The Slits - In The Beginning (Live Anthology 1977-1981)The first time on vinyl for the complete 15 track album. Limited edition in blue vinyl for RSD 2024. Three exclusive songs. Guest vocals by Nina Hagen and Neneh Cherry. Notes by Mick Mercer. Gatefold sleeve with unseen photos. From punk to dub eras. The Slits were known for their uncompromising artude and confrontaYonal music, first seen on their 1977 tour with The Clash. To this day they are cited as being hugely inspiring to many female arYsts. But

Sessions Era- The Heads‰Û_ purely visceral and pummelling workouts of a krautrock and pschedelische (surely the most overused term of now

Arriving on the heels of the socially conscious Babylon

This new pressing of Aladdine Sane was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes

It encompasses everything there is to love about Girl Band while simultaneously causing an exciting level of discomfort

and indeed gratitude for the mere opportunity of existence

humming tunes in the house when they needed something calm

even with the occasional string section and acoustic guitars

imbuing the record with a decidedly organic feel even while working within the relative rigidity of beat architectures

B13) The Slits – Spend

Although Scott started writing The Drift in the late 1990s

It's hard to imagine any other band who came up in the alt haze of the 90s creating a simply perfect orchestral pop album

the Suburban Lawns’ lone LP remains in a class with precious few