PERE UBU - TERMINAL TOWER - UK LP - BEAUTIFUL & SCARCE

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I OFFER FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE THIS SCARCE UK ALBUM OF

PERE UBU 

TERMINAL TOWER - AN ARCHIVAL COLLECTION 

 Pere Ubu emerged from the urban wastelands of mid-'70s Cleveland to impact the American underground for generations to follow; led by hulking frontman David Thomas, whose absurdist warble and rapturously demented lyrics remained the band's creative focus throughout their long, convoluted career, Ubu's protean art punk sound harnessed self-destructing melodies, scattershot rhythms, and industrial-strength dissonance to capture the angst and chaos of their times with both apocalyptic fervor and surprising humanity. Named in honor of Alfred Jarry's surrealist play Ubu Roi, Pere Ubu was formed in the autumn of 1975 from the ashes of local cult favorite Rocket from the Tombs, reuniting Thomas with guitarist Peter Laughner, and adding guitarist Tom Herman, bassist Tim Wright, keyboardist Allen Ravenstine, and drummer Scott Krauss. The group soon issued their debut single, "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," on Thomas' Hearthan label. The follow-up, "Final Solution," appeared on the renamed Hearpen in early 1976, and resulted in a series of live dates at the famed New York City club Max's Kansas City. Laughner's longstanding battles with drugs and alcohol forced his exit from Pere Ubu in June of 1976; within a year, he was dead. The group continued on as a quintet, with bassist Tony Maimone signing on in the wake of Wright's move to New York, where he joined the pioneering no wave band DNA. In the wake of their third single, "Street Waves," Thomas was approached by Mercury label A&R exec Cliff Burnstein, who convinced the label to form a new imprint, Blank Records, for the express purposes of signing Pere Ubu. Their debut LP, The Modern Dance, was issued in early 1978, and although the record made little commercial impact at home or abroad, its manic intensity and dark impenetrability proved profoundly influential on countless post-punk acts on both sides of the Atlantic. The follow-up, Dub Housing, was even better, pushing the band to further extremes of otherworldliness, but already the cracks were beginning to show, and upon completing 1979's New Picture Time (working title: "Goodbye"), Ubu disbanded. Although the group re-formed months later, Herman opted not to return and was replaced by Red Krayola mastermind Mayo Thompson. 

A UK ISSUE ON ROUGH TRADE LABEL RELEASED IN 1985 - ROUGH 83

THE UNLAMINATED GLOSSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE LOOKS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. THE OPENING EDGE, THE SEAMS AND THE SPINE ARE CLEAN AND SHARP. THERE IS A TINY DING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE GATEFOLD.

INSIDE THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS BEAUTIFUL - ALMOST LIKE NEW - THERE IS A COLLAGE OF SURREAL PICTURES.

THE SHINY VINYL IS BEAUTIFUL - ALMOST LIKE NEW - ONE OR TWO VERY, VERY  LIGHT MARKS

PLAYS LIKE IT LOOKS - BEAUTIFUL - LOUD AND CLEAR.

THE LABELS ARE BEAUT TOO - ONE OR TWO LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS - NO WRITING - NO STICKERS.

THE PAPER INNER SLEEVE IS BEAUT TOO - IT HAS THE LYRICS OF ALL THE SONGS. 

TRACKS ARE: 

HEART OF DARKNESS == D PART I TO V == WELCOME TO THE MACHINE == HAVE A CIGAR == WISH YOU WERE HERE == SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND PART VI TO IX.  

VERY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF THIS SCARCE UK ALBUM IN ANY CONDITION

 THIS ONE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SLEEVE AND THE SHINY VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY BIDDING FANS.

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