Das Schnitz - 4 A.M. E.P. 7″
July 25th, 2006 at 11:16 am
A couple of months ago Nadi Jahangiri guitarist of Das Schnitz sold off a copule of stock copys of this legendary 7inch. He was kind enough to sign it for me. Geek? Me? 533 copys and nearly all with sleeves from other bands releases that they wrote their name and titles on: Das Schnitz sleeves. On the Ellie Jay label that have got some great releases to be proud of.
From Detour Records about Das Schnitz:”It was recorded at the only studio in Torquay at the time, Swan Street studios on an 8-track machine. Rates were £8 per hour but we only had £12 so we were in and out within one and a half hours!!“.
Great amateurish Punk Rock from the UK.
Country: UK
Year: 1979
Label: Ellie Jay
Format: 7″
Songs:
4 A.M.mp3
Getting Nowhere.mp3
My House.mp3
July 25th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Record collectors are pretentious assholes.
July 25th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Wow! The internet remembers Das Schnitz. I had to borrow Tim Dodge’s copy of this and make a minidisc of it.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
August 10th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
I was in the band and I only vaguely remember it!
What,s a minidisc?Yeah and Tim Dodge has still got my mohair jumper. Doh!
October 10th, 2006 at 10:39 am
Such a great record, all 3 tracks deserve to be remembered.
Dr Hook sleeve rulz!
;-)
October 15th, 2006 at 6:02 am
You like! You should hear the early stuff.
December 29th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Hey stu
are there recordings of the early songs? Will you ever release them?
January 5th, 2007 at 4:09 am
It,s unlikely they are only ropey old live recordings on cassette. In mono and pretty poor. It,s not impossible that future recordings could be made as we had a bit of a get together in january, first time in 25 yrs. Whatch this space!
April 29th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Weirdly enough I still have the photos I took of Das Schnitz which were for the record sleeve, they couldn’t afford. God this brings back memories, now I remember what I did for my 18th birthday, the Lurkers at Torquay Town Hall.
May 7th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Hi Sue, I,d really like to get copies of those photos if possible.Any costs gladly covered. Leave a post and i,ll give you my address etc.
Best wishes, Stu Gordon.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Hi Stu, its been a long time! I’m new to this so how do we get in contact?
Regards Sue
May 8th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Stu, I’ve just looked at the artwork, and you are not on it, it must have been done for something else in 79?, but I do have a pic of you at QNX first gig in march 79, plus a pic of you at exeter.
May 9th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hi Sue,
Sorry my memory after all these years in rock n Roll isnot what it should be! what was your surname in those days? Best idea ,if you drop a line to me at 17 Hastings way, Billingham, Cleveland TS23 3EB with your contact details I,ll get in touch. QNX? (don,t forget the ?) wow that,s a blast from the past!
Take Care, Stu.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Flakes - Drummer thinks people that collect records are pretencious arseholes! Ha! that,s rich coming from a guy in a band with an EP out. Anyone who was mug enough to buy a copy should send it back and demand their money back.
Stu (Das Schitz).ps Anybody who has a copy of 4am is a wonderful person.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Eh what??
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:55 am
Anything he bloody well wants too.If anyone says otherwise they,re cruising for a damn good thrashing! The world can go fuck itself! Ha, there I said it!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I the unlikely event any member of the band reads this, if there is any form of reunion for a laugh, I would be one slightly fatter forty something who would turn up! I sold my single (in Chic sleeve) last year, gutted now but was penniless at the time. Almost crying about it now!
September 9th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Stu - if you fancy doing a reunion gig at a punk festival in 2009, I can make it happen. What’s your email addy?