THE NEW AGE STEPPERS - SELF-TITLED DEBUT LP FROM DUB COLLECTIVE RARE MINT VINYL
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ORIGINAL ON-U-SOUND RELEASE !!! PRISTINE MINT VINYL (MOST COPIES WERE PLAYED TO DEATH OR HOARDED BY D.J.'s)......
R.I.P. ARI UP 1962-2010
MINT ORIGINAL ON-U-SOUND IMPORT RELEASE WITH MEMBERS OF THE SLITS & THE POP GROUP. BOUGHT NEW, PLAYED ONCE & PLACED INTO A POLY OUTER SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE HAS SLIGHT DISCOLORATION AT THE TOP WHERE THE POLY OUTER SLEEVE OPENING WAS, JUST ON THE EDGE, ABOUT 1/32" (THE PHOTO HERE OF THE REAR COVER IS NOT MINE! THE VINYL IS A GREAT MINT IMPORT VINYL PRESSING WITH DEEP DUB BASS, A CLASSIC, A D.J.'S DREAM!
TRACK LISTING:
SIDE ONE:
1. Fade Away
2. Radial Drill
3. State Assembly
4. Crazy Dreams and High Ideals
SIDE TWO:
1. Abderhamane's Demise
2. Animal Space
3. Love Forever
4. Private Armies
THE NEW AGE STEPPERS are: Viv Albertine (vocals, guitar ex-THE SLITS), Mark Stewart, Ari Up (vocals); Crucial Tony, John Waddington (guitar); Vikki (violin); George Oban (bass); Steve Beresford (piano, keyboards, percussion, bass); Sean (keyboards); Bruce Smith (synthesizer, drums); Dan, Shoes, Style Scott, Cecil (drums); Nobby Turner (percussion). Audio Mixers: Adrian Sherwood; THE NEW AGE STEPPERS. Recording information: Barry Street Studios, London, England. THE NEW AGE STEPPERS were one of Adrian Sherwood's first pet projects for On-U Sound, the label he started with then-wife Kishi Yamamoto, CREATION REBEL's Tony Phillips, Martin Harrison, Pete Holdsworth, and a gent named Lizard. The label's first release was THE NEW AGE STEPPERS' single for "Fade Away" (a brilliant, reverent remake of a Junior Byles song), which made a reappearance on the ad-hoc group's self-titled debut LP. Released in early 1981, THE NEW AGE STEPPERS features contributions from well over a dozen post-punk and reggae scenesters and, like the following Action Battlefield, the record epitomizes the spirit of the exciting late-'70s/early-'80s crossbreeding that took place between punk and reggae. Central to this record, Style Scott of the ROOTS RADICS and George Oban of ASWAD provide most of the rhythms, and the originals were penned predominantly by Sherwood and Scott, with the occasional outside contribution factoring into the whole. THE POP GROUP's Mark Stewart pipes in with "Crazy Dreams and High Ideals," a winding, warping dub composition filled with random surges of snare drums, searing, trebly effects, and crazy vocal tricks -- Stewart seems to be yelping from the bottom of a well one moment, and then suddenly you'll feel as if you need to wipe his spittle off your ear! THE SLITS' Ari Up's relaxed vocals highlight some of the album's most song-based material; both "Love Forever" and the aforementioned "Fade Away" feature galloping pianos and thick, rhythmic bases that Up merely sails along with. The remainder of the record is comprised of instrumentals that throw all sorts of manipulations and funhouse oddities into the mix. The best of the bunch is a dub of Viv Goldman's "Private Armies," which treats a melodica (?) so heavily that it resembles a violin. Wild, unpredictable, and great. ~ Andy Kellman
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