Josef K - Sorry For Laughing - Les Disques Du Crepuscule 7" TWI 023

Recorded especially for Les Disques Du Crepuscule in January 1981. Presumably at a time when the band were passing through Belgium, otherwise why ship four Scotsmen over just to record two tracks? Sorry For Laughing was the title of Josef K's aborted first release. The LP that made it as far as test-pressings and art samples but was then binned (until later revival on CD, naturally). Anyway, good stuff... Enjoy.

Josef K - Sorry For Laughing - Les Disques Du Crepuscule 7" TWI 023.

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The Go-Betweens - Hammer The Hammer - Rough Trade Records 7". RT 108.

The sleeve for this one is hardly going to keep the World's greatest graphic designers awake at night. Well done, Rough Trade. Flip side By Chance is from The Go-Betweens second, and greatest, LP, Before Hollywood. This was the A-Side's debut appearance. It has since appeared on a number of compilation releases. The Go-Betweens are a band whose lack of wider success is a mystery for many, but this release is from their earlier, less compromising, post  new wave period. The production budgets were smaller and the sound was more thud and crash than the smoother pop sound which was introduced on their next LP, their major label debut, Spring Hill Fair. All periods of The Go-Betweens, have their merits, though. More from them soon. Enjoy.

The Go-Betweens - Hammer The Hammer - Rough Trade Records 7". RT 108.

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Josef K - The Farewell Single. Les Disques Du Crepuscule 7". TWI 053.

A Postcard band but not a Postcard release. Josef K are sharp and angular. Postcard had, I seem to remember, gone West before the release of this single on Holland's super sexy Les Disques Du Crepuscule . The a-side is from a Peel session. The flip side is two versions of the same song. I've upped the bit rate in response to several requests, particularly that from the talented and mysterious Mr. Noon at 'not for the children' blog Nothing But Trash. Enjoy.

Josef K - The Farewell Single. Les Disques Du Crepuscule 7". TWI 053.

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