The Nerves - S/T E.P. 7″
July 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
What a perfect transition. From Olho Seco to some of the best powerpop platters ever released. If you haven’t heard Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie you’ve probably been without a radio the past 25 years or so. It took me a looooonngg time till I get to know that their mega hit was actually done by The Nerves and was way better rendered in it’s original form. Totally stripped down and super thin powerpop. Goose bumps every time. Rest of the tracks are hooked laden and highly 60s influenced pop songs that will make every punker cry and longing for their studs and glue bags. I can hear you scream “play faster”. This is more punk then any and all of the dis-clones out there.
And now you fill in all the blanks about how important The Nerves where to the early L.A. punk scene and especially Peter Case.
Country: USA
Year: 1976
Label: Nerves
Format: 7″
Songs:
Hangin On The Telephone.mp3
When You Find Out.mp3
Give Me Sometime.mp3
Working Too Hard.mp3
July 18th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Working Too Hard was covered by Paul Collins’ Beat. Now that I hear the original, PCB’s version sounds much less exciting… Thnx for these gems, didn’t know these guys, but they sure got on my nerves!
July 18th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
And now that I hear When You Find Out, I’m sure I heard it before as some kind of surf instrumental, but couldn’t remember who did it. Any idea ? And who wrote the song ?
July 18th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Oh, I got it, it was the b.side of the single “Now” by the Plimsouls !
And oooooh, i’ve just looked up in wikipedia and found out that Peter Case of the Plimsouls was a member of the Nerves !! And Paul Collins was the Nerves’ drummer !!! Incredible!!
Well sorry for all those comments but it’s been one discovery after the other. Now I’d like to find out more about the third guy, Jack Lee, who wrote songs, sang and played guitar…
July 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Sweet!
July 19th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Hands down, the Blondie version is better. Sexier.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am
This is EP so incredibly perfect. Such a shame it’s the only thing they put out, as they have some great demos as well, with plenty of future Beat and Plimsouls songs of course.
July 19th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I think Discharge and Olho Seco might of covered ‘hanging on the telephone’ as well. (Wink)
July 19th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Also I think Debbie Harry looked better in a dress than these Nerves lads!
July 19th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Blondie stole One Way or Another from the Lyres. I thought Mono sued, but don’t remember the outcome.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
This is a gem, and I agree with Erich.
Cheers!
July 20th, 2008 at 9:47 am
It must be old age setting in….I think I have fallen victim to the “powerpop” bug.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:44 am
Yeah, one of the demos that’s on the extended version of the EP called “Are You Famous” is fucking great, even with the muddled recording quality.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Pedro, I’m amazed and glad that people who do the HC route enjoys this kind of stuff too. Too many seems to be on the one or the other side.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lee
and
http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/2007/09/jack-lees-greatest-hits-vol.html
August 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
[...] greatest mp3 site in the world for rare and vintage punk, KBD, has the entire EP up for download right now and we recommend you grab it and do yourself a favor [...]
August 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
This EP is so amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you for introducing it to me.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
[...] 80s classic “A Million Miles Away.” The greatest mp3 site in the world for rare and vintage punk, KBD, has the entire EP up for download right now and we recommend you grab it and do yourself a favor [...]
August 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Although a really hard to find item, this was issued twice. Once with the rear sleeve having black print on a white background, and the other with white print on a black background.
An awesome EP that hasn’t dated over the last 30+ years. I think that youtube has some footage of Case & Collins playing Hangin On The Telephone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px-QXkcqVgY -
September 7th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Cool … thank you.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
October 13th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
great record wow =)
October 14th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Damn it, I didn’t really listen to this one until now, and it truly is a fine record. Makes me wanna post some powerpop as well
October 14th, 2008 at 5:22 am
any information on which was the first press..white back or black back.. just curious cause i just picked up the one with the black back sleave and paid like 140 for it… ouch… one of my favorite records all the same
October 14th, 2008 at 8:21 am
peter case looked better in a dress than debbie harry
October 24th, 2008 at 7:19 am
what a great record. thanks a lot for this!