Really Red - Crowd Control 7″
September 19th, 2006 at 3:55 am
Another split post togheter with Erichs Good Bad Music For Bad, Bad Times! Here’s Texas Really Reds debute 7inch from 1979.
One of the few bands that manage the transition from a great punk rock band to an equally great HC band. Loud guitars and a tight hi hat upfront in the mix makes this irresistebale. All their stuff is classic except for their live ditty: Despise Moral Majority 7inch.
So enjoy this and then head over to Erichs post of their second 7inch: Modern Needs.
Ops! I just realised that Dressed For The H Bomb posted this too. But once again “someone” have speeded it up.
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: C.I.A.
Format: 7″
Songs:
Crowd Control.mp3
Corporate Settings.mp3
September 19th, 2006 at 4:29 am
By the looks of some of the latest comments on Erich’s site, you and him should start up a reissue label - your readers will fund it
September 19th, 2006 at 5:15 am
Great band, saw them many times. Still wonder what happened to Ron after he moved to Seattle…
September 19th, 2006 at 7:58 am
Really Red were such a fantastic band (er, except for that live EP and some tracks on their 2nd LP “Rest In Pain”). Their “Teaching You The Fear” LP is phenomenal, no two songs sound the same on it. U-Ron Bond was one of the best singers ever in a punk band. And the band was so tight. This “Crowd Control” 7″ is great, such loud guitars on both songs. BUT for my ears their follow-up 7″ “Modern Needs” is better. On it they sound a bit tighter and polished and at the top of their game. Well, I would have chosen a different B-side than “White Lies” for that 7″ though. There was a Really Red CD on Angry Neighbor that came out in ‘93- it had most of their recorded output on it (sans the “Crowd Control” 7″, the “White Lies” 7″ version, and some cuts from the 2nd LP). Back in 1995, there was a classified in Maximum Rock n’ Roll of someone selling the CD that I bought a copy from. I believe it was U-Ron because he sent me a free extra sleeve for the “New Strings…” EP as well as the CD. I think the person selling it was in Seattle. A few questions- did the “Crowd Control” 7″ really go unreleased until 1987 or 1988? Also, I heard a rumor many years ago that the only reason this “Crowd Control” 7″ surfaced was because an old member (which one?) had a drug problem and needed some cash flow- can anyone confirm/deny this? Maybe just a nasty rumor. In 1994, I remember seeing the “Crowd Control” 7″ listed in one of those massive Subterranean Records catalogs for $10 (!). Of course I tried to get a copy but this was before the “information superhighway” was prevalent, so by the time I snail-mailed an order form to them they were sold out. Oh well.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:23 am
I don’t know if Crowd Control really wasn’t released until 87 or 88 - BUT I do remember very well that all of a sudden, this record was floating around! Ca. 85, one of my top wants was the “New Strings” 7″ which was tough to find back then. I used to communicate a lot with collectors and nobody ever mentioned the first two 7″s. Besides the 4th 7″, the “Despise Moral Majority” 7″ was known and the two LP’s - and that was it.
In the mid 90s quite a batch of “Crowd Control” 7″s turned up (like it did with many other rare records! That’d be an interesting story to do soome research on!). That where I got mine from - a perfectly mint copy which cost me like 12$. “Modern Needs” was always the hardest to find, I think - in the 90s, it went to up over 300$. I traded mine for a Mets 12″ which was a good deal, I think.
September 19th, 2006 at 10:52 am
Ah, thanks for the info. The first time I heard Really Red was in ‘89 when “Modern Needs” was on KBD #4. So I would have missed out on when the “Crowd Control” 7″ started floating around a few years earlier. A mint copy for around $12 is great. Like I said, Subterranean had them for $10 but I missed out. I would have traded the Mets 12″ for a “Modern Needs” 7″ too. Interesting that the “New Strings” EP was tough to find in ‘85 just a few years after it came out.
September 19th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
September 19th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I think the “sped up” version may have been from Deep in the Throat of Texas reissue, but I can’t really tell the difference much. Great stuff, I’ve posted New Strings For Old Puppets
September 20th, 2006 at 5:51 am
Eric is correct, that’s what I ripped it from. I’ll be interested to see if I notice a difference between the original and the reissue. Or maybe Peter just has really good ears?
September 20th, 2006 at 6:54 am
Just compare the two tracks and you’ll hear it :). The song length differs too.
September 20th, 2006 at 9:17 am
E, i noticed that too. I noticed the same with the New Strings EP. I got a perfect mint copy in the late 90s. I also saw mint copies of the Crowd Control ep.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:05 pm
I liked Really Red since let them eat jellybeans(what a great comp?) came out,25 years later and i own all of their stuff ‘cept the live 7″,I was surpised when i bought my modern needs for $30 a few years ago,New strings was about $20-but in the last few years all ushc has gone thru the roof,at least these are good records.
September 21st, 2006 at 3:10 pm
doh!i ment new strings for $30..i’m an adult fuck-up!
September 21st, 2006 at 3:11 pm
doh!i m giving up!
November 12th, 2006 at 10:56 am
Thank you for this! Heard “crowd control” on a comp (prob KBD) and just was amazed. Why is so much HC all 4/4 or 2/4? The brilliance of Void and other early hardcore bands with phrasing, not just simple riffs, is strangely lacking from most of the late 80s and 90s. I blame Metal.
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