TITLE....... Art Devo 1973-1977 (3xLP + 7" Box Set)
STYLE...... New Wave, Synthpop, Experimental
LABEL...... Futurismo
QUALITY..... 320kbps / FLAC
COUNTRY... US
Futurismo proudly present the release all hardcore Devo fans have been waiting for: ART DEVO 1973-1977, a lovingly packaged box set housing rare, unheard and obscure mind blowers sourced directly from the vaults of The De-Evolution Band. This anthology takes you from the bands initial conception in Akron, Ohio to the moment before the world woke up, in a collection of sonic and visual art that captures Devo at the dawn of industrial death. ART DEVO showcases the mesmerizing evolution of a band on the brink of discovery, mining irony, wit and dark humour from the madness of a distorted modern world still coming to terms with aftermath of a collapsed economy and the Vietnam war. From 1973-1977 Devo would transform from an art project, pop art in the literal sense, into the group David Bowie would declare “the band of the future”. Here you will find the audio mutations of a band at the edge of greatness, initial concepts that gave birth to a new aesthetic that continually challenged preconceptions about music, art, performance, culture, composition and consumption...it was also the birth of Booji Boy. While the songs here may not be fully grown, raw even, these are the seeds of subversion that kickstarted Devo’s fifty year legacy. Spanning 3 LP’s and a 7” of unreleased material, this collection draws purely from that integral early history, garnered from unearthed basement recordings, original demo tapes, unfinished montages and rare live audio, all taken from the bands personal archive. The music is set against rare imagery, photos and personal artwork, with liners penned directly from the hands of founding members Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh and packaged in a gold foiled archive box containing separate art cards, to evoke a pseudo auction house art catalogue. Did we mention one of the images is also Scratch ‘N’ Sniff! This is a one-time only, strictly limited edition box set, never to be remade, showcasing why Devo was, and is still is, one of the most important bands in American history. De-evolution is real. The art of DEVO is real. Here is the evidence. This 3xLP + 7” box set comes in a choice of limited edition coloured vinyl: Nuclear Rubber and Industrial Death, plus a super-limited and individually numbered Akron Gold version. All sets have a tracklist that has been curated by the band, they come housed in a gold foiled archive box, and contain a set of double sided art cards - including a Scratch ‘N’ Sniff image. Plus liner notes by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V Casale.
Tracklist: Exhibit [A] 1973-1976 A1 Booji’s Industrial Death A2 Total Love A3 Auto Modown (Early Version) A4 Space Girl Blues (Early Version) A5 Live Forever A6 Androgyny (Live at Kent Kove 74)+ A7 Fraulein (Kent Kove 1974)
Exhibit [B] 1973-1975 B1 Bicentennial Birthday B2 Man From The Past B3 Midget/My Lai Mama (Kent Kove 74) B4 Shimmy Shake B5 All Of Us B6 Hubert House B7 The Tinkle Tune
Exhibit [C] 1973-1975 C1 Private Secretary (Kent Kove 74)+ C2 I Don’t Know Why C3 Dixie C4 Pigs Waddle (Kent Kove 74)+ C5 Death Of Lt. Casanova (Kent Kove 74)
Exhibit [D] 1975-1977 D1 U Got Me Bugged (Instrumental Version) D2 I Don’t Know What I Do Do D3 Huboon Stomp D4 Can U Take It (Early Version) D5 Uncontrollable Urge (Early Version) D6 Everything’s Gonna Be Alright D7 Falling In Love Again
Exhibit [E] 1975-1977 E1 Devo Corporate Anthem (Early Version) E2 Shrivel Up (Early Version) E3 Smart Patrol (Early Version) E4 I’m Lost at Home E5 Untitled E6 Never Go Back E7 Secret Agent Man (Mark Vocal)
Exhibit [F] 1975-1977 F1 Social Fools (Early Version) F2 A Plan For U (Early Version) F3 Nutty Buddy (Live At JB’s 76) F4 Dogs Of Democracy F5 Race Of Doom (Early Version) F6 Space Junk (Early Version) F7 Primal Satisfaction F8 End Message
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