The Eat - Communist Radio/Catholic Love 7″
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
First installment of the fantastic The Eat. I like the second,posted some months ago, release but this is an insane piece of punk rock. And it’s recorded live! I hardly like live recordings but here it works perfect. It got so much energy and inspiration I can picture the whole band in front of me while the needle carves its way into vinyl. And last and most important: the songs are short! And the sleeve!! Take a look at it ladies and gentlemen! Can it get much better? Let’s see when a new post hits the blog if I can top this.
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Label: Giggling Hitler
Format: 7″
Songs:
Communist Radio.mp3
Catholic Love.mp3
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm
What a record! Simply perfect. The songs are top of the top and the live sound is, as Pjotr says, incredibly good and, well, “live” in the best sense of the word.
Expensive little thing, but damn, it’s worth the money when it’s in such fantastic condition.
PS: And if I ever hear one gawddamn Punkrocker ranting against guitar solos - I’ll send him here to “Communist Radio”.
PS 2: This should be hard to top, Pedro.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
I just bought the 2CD reissue on Alternative Tentacles - their other songs aren’t on a patch on this and the second EP (thanks for that by the way!), talk about padding out! Oh well. Communist Radio really is perfect. And your scans give more info than the CD!
December 4th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Just wonderful punk rock! These guys were TIGHT! You know, I’ve always been more of a hardcore man, but blogs like this one have opened my eyes (& ears!) to the wonders of pre-hardcore punk. Keep ‘em coming, Peter!
December 4th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Fuck yeah for The Eat. I got that shit on a shirt as well. Punk record!
December 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
I’d never even heard of these guys until a year or two ago (thanks, if I recall correctly, to this blog here) but man, Communist Radio rocks so fucking hard.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
>>>> And it’s recorded live! >>>>
“Live recording” is stetching it a bit. It was recorded in a studio. But before an audience….
December 9th, 2007 at 1:29 am
god i want this record. wait. that wont work… satan, i want this record.
December 11th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Someone tab the solo!
December 12th, 2007 at 4:01 am
Personally I can’t stand politics in punk rock. Worse even, the singer reminds me of Paul Weller. The Features ‘Floozie’ from above pisses all over this. Overrated record.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
i dont get it with this one…heard both tracks on various comps for years & have yet to see the wonder of this 45…i hoped that your rip of the orig vinyl would show the light, as quite a few things on KBD comps sound shit from bad remastering…well, the verdict is in and its unanimous- possibly the most highly over-rated 45 ever made; of any genre of music, at any time. its not bad, but it sure as fuck aint the holy grail that everyone wanks over.
December 13th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Gills, all posts here are from my own collection which means they’re ripped from the original source. I’ve bought a new audio interface so the quality will be even better in the future.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
One of the best Punkrockitems ever, when I heard Communist Radio firstn here, i can´t stop to jump around! And after that, I hear it again and again and and……! So, I thought to myself, I want this record! And a few days ago I saw it ebay and thought this must be mine! And now, I got my own copy of this two brillant songs! Can´t stop dancing!!!!