Chronics - Test Tube Baby 7″
September 29th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
This is a re-post from April the 21st 2006. Added more scans.
A solid two tracker. I’ve heard some buzz that “Test Tube Baby” shall be great before I got it. But after awhile it turns out I’ve listen more to the b-side “Calling All Cardinals” an ultra thin XTCish arty-punk song.
Yes, you’re more then welcome to fill me in on more info about the Chronics. I know that Dave De Luca formed The Clock togheter with ex-Pagans guy Tommy Metoff.
Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Nuclear
Format: 7″
Songs:
Test Tube Baby.mp3
Calling All Cardinals.mp3
May 1st, 2006 at 4:45 am
Chronics ! Perfect song maybe Peter was a Test Tube Babies…Ask them
May 1st, 2006 at 5:51 pm
well, these guys were actually from the pretty remote town of Ashtabula Ohio; which is about 50+ miles east of Cleveland, right on the Lake Erie shore. the address of the label this is released on is a very short walk from my house. its in a building that is pretty much empty these days,but at the time of this 45 release, it was a very busy shopping & office center.
about 5 years ago, a cdR surfaced from a band member & it contains an ENTIRE 60-minute live set, in pretty amazing sound quality, from 1978. these guys had so many great tunes, but only ever recorded these 2 on this 45 for some reason.
May 1st, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Fuck, this is coool.
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:27 am
Thanks Wedge for the lenghty info. Any chance of digging up that CD-R?
May 2nd, 2006 at 5:03 pm
i still have a copy of it, but im not sure if i should copy it for anyone. it was originally submitted to Smog Veil for possible inclusion on the “Pie & Ears” CD compilation series(all old Cleveland/Northern Ohio PUNK bands from late-70’s/early 80’s), but volume 3 never got released.ill ask the organizer if its ok to copy for you, but dont hold your breath,ok?? there is an OLD email address for a band member with it. ill email the address to you seperately,ok??
also, i remember being very young(like 9-10 years old[this was 1979-80]) & i was the newspaper delivery boy on my street…there was always this crazy old house at the end of the street i lived on, and when delivering the news in the early morning hours, there was ALWAYS a band rehearsing, or a wild party going on, or drunk people walking around in the street,…very interesting for a rebellious young kid!!! anyways,i just found out in the past couple years that this was the house that members of the Clocks & Wild Giraffes shared, and also TONS of legendary Cleveland-area bands would rehearse…i think i was born too late,sometimes…ah well!!!
May 31st, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Wedge,
Damn, between this site and 7inchpunk is there anything that you don’t know or own. I bow to your superior knowldege. Since downloading this I’ve been finding myself listening to “Calling All Cardinals” about 8-10 times every time the track comes up on my cd. I loved “Test Tube Baby” ever since hearing it on KBD #999 and always figured the B-side would be just as good but I had no idea it would blow away the other track. I just watched a documentary about the Red Brigade the other day and found myself going over the lyrics the whole time watching it.