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- From: "Dina Hornreich" <dina8 AT cox.net>
- To: "Typical Girls" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [TypicalGirls] the slits: live at the gibus club
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:08:06 -0500
Just picked up this CD last week. It looks legit to
me.
Here is the info:
1. Split
2. Vaseline 3. So Tough 4. New Town 5. Instant Hit 6. Une Homme Et Une Slit 7. Love & Romance 8. Femme Fatale 9. Shoplifting 10. Enemy Numero Une 11. Split - (encore) 12. Shoplifting - (encore) The Slits: Ari Up, Viv Albertine, Tessa Pollitt,
Palmolive. Compilation Producers: Steve Hammonds; John Reed; Nick Bourne. Liner
Note Author: Don Letts. Recording information: Gibus Club, Paris, France
(01/26/1978). LIVE AT THE GIBUS CLUB captures the Slits in raw, feral form, just
after their career-making opening slot on the Clash's 1977 White Riot tour, and
just before the release of their seminal 1979 debut CUT. While CUT is full of
burbling, avant-funky rhythms (thanks, in large part, to reggae producer Dennis
Bovell), and found the Slits trimmed down to a trio, LIVE AT THE GIBUS CLUB was
recorded when the Slits were still a quartet, and a brash, guitar-heavy sound
still dominated their performances. As rumor would have it, the Slits barely
knew how to play their instruments when they formed and, given the ragged,
primitive sound of this live set, those rumors might very well be true. But the
Slits play with an urgency that fairly overwhelms, with Palmolive's powerhouse
drumming, Viv Albertine's spiky shards of guitar, Tessa Pollitt's rumbling bass,
and singer Ari Up's ululating caterwaul creating a visceral effect rivaled by
few bands of their generation. Additionally, LIVE plays like one giant blueprint
for the riot grrl rock of the '90s and 2000s, proving that the Slits sowed the
seeds for everyone from Hole to Sleater-Kinney
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