The Mekons., there is so much to be said about this brilliant band. I bought their first single “Never Been in a Riot” which is a simple, classic, “123” punk song. The Mekons apparently wrote "Never Been In A Riot" as a sarcastic response to the Clash’s “White Riot”, based upon the premise of how many white middle class people have actually been in a riot (not many I guess).
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The B-side is also a gem. Again I don’t know why these tracks are not available, there was a FAST compilation album, but this has been unavailable for many years, and if you buy the “Heaven and Hell The Best of the Mekons album”:
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Band: The Mekons
Label: Fast
Year: 1978
Name: Where Was You? / I’ll have to dance then on my own
Label: Fast
Year: 1978
Name: Where Was You? / I’ll have to dance then on my own
One final note for vinyl enthusiasts, this record has an etching: "This Signal Is A Product". Don't know what it means, but I always liked finding these.
4 comments:
The compilation LP is called 'FAST Product', which leads me to the thought that all releases on FAST were 'product'.
great label.
great tunes.
thankyou for this blog.
haven't had a comment this far back for a long time. Thank you
Look again - the original 7" version of "Where Were You?" is track #3 on the two-CD compilation Heaven & Hell.
Hi anon, you're right my mistake, I don;t know why but I got this mixed up with "Work All Week" which is a completely different version. Thanks for the correction
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