Recorded in SF’s Deaf Club in the year of 1979 on 8-tracks, this sadly overlooked LP captures some golden moments!
I myself haven’t been to SF until a few years after these recordings were taken, but even then, there was someting very special about San Francisco. I remember how we once sat in a shithole of a restaurant near Polk Street, when suddenly, on the other side of the road, a door opened and hundreds of Punks etc. came out, sweaty and loud. We waited until some of them would come across the street to the place we sat in. We asked one fellow what gig he cometh from. It was the DEAD KENNEDYS. A postmodern man’s theodicee.
On CAN YOU HEAR ME – MUSIC FROM THE DEAF CLUB, the A-side predominates the flip. Everything here is way beyond greatness – the DK’s, KGB and the OFFS just smoke! Gawddammit, why don’t we hear such music anymore today?! On the B-side, the standout is TUXEDO MOON (especially “19th nervous Breakdown” originally done by the Stolling Rones). A real winner and a document of tempi passati that desperatly needs to get some more acknowledgement!
Well, to my knowledge, this wonderful compilation LP hasn’t been reissued as a whole. The DKs tracks landed on a recent Live CD though.
DEAD KENNEDYS: Police Truck.mp3
DEAD KENNEDYS: Short Songs.mp3
DEAD KENNEDYS: Straight A’s.mp3
K.G.B.: Dying in the USA.mp3
K.G.B.: Picture Frame Seduction.mp3
OFFS: Hundred Dollar Limo.mp3
OFFS: Die Babylon.mp3
OFFS: I’ve got the Handle.mp3
MUTANTS: Tribute to Russ Meyer.mp3
MUTANTS: Monster of Love.mp3
PINK SECTION: Jane Blank.mp3
PINK SECTION: Francine’s List.mp3
PINK SECTION: Been in the Basement for 30 Years.mp3
TUXEDO MOON: 19th nervous Breakdown.mp3
TUXEDO MOON: Heaven (from the film “Earaserhead”).mp3
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Thank you E. for putting this up! You are a sweet person.
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The TUXEDOMOON tracks made my day. Is there any possibility to hear the PINK SECTION tracks? Also MUTANTS tribute to Ross Meyer and K.G.B. – Dying in the USA would be great to hear.
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I’ll rip and upload them when I have time. The KGB track is great too but the other don’t impress me too much.
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The KGB Dying track does not link as you have it titled KGB_dancing.mp3.
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The Tuxedo Moon “19th” track is not complete in only having the end of the song. It should be made available as one of the best punk/post punk songs ever. Well in my opinion.
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Okay, okay – everything fixed now!!!!
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please include the pink section songs and re-list the lp as a zip file and ill make a donation to your superb blog……kind regards leon
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my god-
I had this excellent album.
I was a guest on Rich CLark’s show on WSIA radio, staten island in like 1988, and played the Tuxedomoon track ’19th nervous brkdown’..
lost my copy of the LP long ago.
yer blog is excellent.
Pink Section, if any one’s interested, shows up on the WFMU BLOG. their 7 inch and some other tracks…
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You MUST upload the Pink Section tracks. They are pure genius! PLEASE
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this record I stupidly sold at the start of 1990s:(I bought alone (!) for that THE MUTANTS song ” M O N S T E R S O F
L O V E” !!!! What a good song IT IS !!!
Thanks Erich for not having neglected it!
Is it really that MUTANTS with a rarther mediore 1979-3song 7″ep in 1979 (on 415 Music ,I guess) and this band fronted character S N U K Y T A T E at the same time ?!!??! Just I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E. !!!
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Nice one yet again. You just saved me the trouble of transferring my copy over. To answer Behjan, yes they were the same Mutants and I believe Snuky Tate had a different band on his 45.
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