AVENGERS Avengers LP CD PRESENTS 1983 UK orig CD007 PENELOPE HOUSTON
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AVENGERSOne of the first and finest bands to emerge from San Francisco's punk scene, the Avengers were originally together for only two years, and they didn't release an album during that period. But their passionate music and uncompromising viewpoints proved to be a major inspiration in a scene that would grow and flourish long after they broke up, and the handful of singles they left behind documented a band of uncommon power and force. Just as importantly, lead singer Penelope Houston was one of the pioneering women of American punk, proving there was a place for female artists in the new music"AVENGERS"
1983 LP CD PRESENTS RECORDS CD 007
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
[UK Edition in black vinyl only, was manufactured by MPO (France) and used the original sleeve printed in USA]
SINGLE SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
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LABEL: CD PRESENTS - BLACK LABEL - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: CD 007
Catalog on labels: CD007
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): CD 007 A1 A PORKY PRIME CUT. WE ARE NOT JESUS CHRIST.... MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): CD 007 B1 ...WE ARE THE ONE. PORKY. MPO
On labels: © & ? 1983 C.D. Presents Ltd. #312 The Metrostore
231 The Vale, Acton London W3 7QS, England
On Spine: Printed in U.S.A.
On Back Cover: Notes by Vale
All songs by the Avengers except Paint It Black...............Made in USA
tracklisting
Side A: WE ARE THE ONE - CAR CRASH - I BELIEVE IN ME - OPEN YOUR EYES
NO MARTYR - DESPERATION - THIN WHITE LINE
Side B: PAINT IT BLACK - THE AMERIKAN IN ME - WHITE NIGGER
UH OH - SECOND TO NONE - CORPUS CHRISTIE - FUCK YOU/LIVE
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Although it was released in 1983, this collection represents just about everything San Francisco's late,
great Avengers recorded from 1977-1978. By contemporary standards, it's by-the-book punk thrash:
Greg Ingraham's guitar spews up hairball after hairball of distortion, while Penelope Houston snarls in
her best impression of Johnny Rotten. However, contemporary standards diminish what great music
this was and what a great band the Avengers were. Dozens of bands came in their wake, but few could
recapture the excitement and ferocity of their sound. Houston, who re-emerged years later as a folk-rocker,
is in full fury on these 14 tracks, especially the youth culture solidarity anthem "We Are the One"
and the tale of desperation "Thin White Line." A few spins of this and you'll hear how the Avengers
influenced everyone from Black Flag to X. Yes, they were that good.
A forgotten classic...(AllMusic)
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