If you're looking for Scritti Politti from the prepop period, there was a compi called Early released a few years ago that has a lot of their more d.i.y. stuff on it. Not sure if it's still in print though.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 27 August 2015 08:16 (eight years ago) link
Nothing to do with the NME, it was put out by Rough Trade US, and it was on vinyl not cassette.
I have the Early Scritti comp, dunno if it's in print but it's v cheap used.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 27 August 2015 08:32 (eight years ago) link
But valuable.
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 August 2015 08:52 (eight years ago) link
It blew my mind to realise that the same Tim Wright of DNA and Pere Ubu played with Essential Logic... I was sure it had to be a different, British Tim Wright but NO
Aerosol Burns all the way
― Portugal minus Pedro Foster Cage (Spectrist), Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, and similarly I thought that Red Crayola and Red Krayola were different bands, but.
Well, different but.
― Mark G, Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:31 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the crayon makers sued Mayo early on so its actually with a K from the 2nd 60s lp onwards I think.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:32 (eight years ago) link
Skank Bloc Bologna. Despite loving Scritti's later pop work, this track is a standout for me.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:55 (eight years ago) link
My head says Nag Nag Nag just over Read About Seymour, but every time I go to vote my heart reminds me of the giddy rush of Alternative Ulster's opening guitar
13 hours to fight it out
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 27 August 2015 10:22 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 28 August 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
one of my fav albums ever -- impossible to choose but probably "mind your own business."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 28 August 2015 00:17 (eight years ago) link
"Part Time Punks" shut out...I could have voted for it--brilliantly funny, a bridge between the Mothers' "Flower Punk" and Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta."
― clemenza, Friday, 28 August 2015 02:03 (eight years ago) link
Our Alice used to love "Becoming A Monster" the most when she was four.
(it came eighth)
― Mark G, Friday, 28 August 2015 07:31 (eight years ago) link
Voted Final Day after much agonising
― paolo, Friday, 28 August 2015 09:49 (eight years ago) link
alternative ulster was robbed IMO
still, this is the best compilation ever.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 3 March 2016 09:22 (eight years ago) link
i agree. the wall to wall brilliance of the songs, the perfect sequencing, "at last i am free"
― adam, Thursday, 3 March 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link