The 101ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited *

Artist:

101`ers (The)

UPC:

724347445828

See Also:

Strummer, Joe Clash (The) Public Image Ltd.

Description:

Includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks.
The 101`ers: Dan Kelleher (vocals, bass guitar); Joe Strummer (guitar); Richard Dudanski, Clive Timperley.
Personnel: Desperate Dan Delleher (vocals, bass guitar, background vocals); Joe Strummer (vocals); Clive Timperley (guitar, background vocals); Mole (bass guitar); Richard Dudanski (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Mole.
Audio Remixers: Howard Massey; Vic Keary.
Recording information: BBC Studios, London, England (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); Camberwell Art School, London England (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); Cellar Club, Bracknell (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); Jackson`s Studios, Rickmanworth (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); PAthway Studios (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); The Roundhouse, London, England (11/28/1975-08/13/1980); Wandsworth Prison, London, England (11/28/1975-08/13/1980).
Photographers: Julian Yewdall; Ray Eagle; Janette Beckman.
Though pub-rock is largely forgotten now, it immediately prefigured punk, both musically and historically. Not only did it reject prog-rock excess in favor of a raw brand of stripped-down rock & roll, but there`s a direct family tree; Brinsley Schwarz frontman Nick Lowe, for instance, produced the Damned`s debut, generally regarded as the first UK punk LP, and 101ers singer Joe Strummer found fame as the frontman for the Clash. The latter`s roots are easily identifiable in ELGIN AVENUE BREAKDOWN REVISITED, a bonus-cut-laden reissue of the album the band recorded during its brief lifetime. Like many pub-rockers, the 101ers were heavily indebted to 50s rockers like Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent, their music laden with rockabilly and early R&B references. But Strummer`s raw-throated vocals and the primal guitar-and-drums attack of the band brought these roots up to date with a thrilling sense of urgency. Not only can the first flashes of the Clash`s masterpiece LONDON CALLING be heard here, there are even early versions of tunes Strummer, Jones, and company would later record. And where else will you get to hear Strummer`s gloriously ragged version of the Rolling Stones` "Out of Time?"

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Letsagetabitarockin`
2. Silent Telephone
3. Keys to Your Heart - (version 1)
4. Rabies (From the Dogs of Love)
5. Sweet Revenge
6. Motor Boys Motor
7. Steamgauge 99 - (previously unreleased)
8. 5 Star R `n` R
9. Surf City
10. Keys to Your Heart - (version 2)
11. Sweety of the St. Moritz
12. Hideaway - (previously unreleased)
13. Shake Your Hips - (previously unreleased, live)
14. Lonely Mother`s Son - (previously unreleased, live)
15. Don`t Let It Go - (previously unreleased, live)
16. Keep Taking the Tablets - (previously unreleased, live)
17. Junco Partner - (previously unreleased, live)
18. Out of Time - (previously unreleased, live)
19. Maybelline - (previously unreleased, live)
20. Gloria - (previously unreleased, live)

Album Information

Release Date:

05/23/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Pub Rock

Label:

Astralwerks

Producer:

Roger Armstrong; Simon Jeffes; Vic Maile; Roger Armstrong

Catalog Number:

74458

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

65 : 4

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