PERE UBU Dub Housing 1978 UK CHRYSALIS w/PRESS RELEASE/LYRIC SHEET
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£ 33
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Jul 27, 2017
Sold Date
Jul 17, 2017
Start Date
£ 24
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Great Britain
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Description
PERE UBU Dub Housing 1978 UK CHRYSALIS w/PRESS RELEASE/LYRIC SHEET
PERE UBUDub Housing
UK CHRYSALIS (CHR 1207) FIRST PRESSING (December 1978)
WITH TWO PAGE/FOUR SIDED PRESS RELEASE/DISCOGRAPHY/DUB HOUSING LYRICS
MATRIX: CHR 1207 A // 3 E IB A PORKY PRIME CUT / CHR 1207 B // 2 E IB PECKO
Though Pere Ubu's tenure on Mercury lasted one record, their departure for their unlikely home of Chrysalis (at the time the label of Jethro Tull) resulted in Dub Housing, widely considered their masterpiece. Darker and more difficult than The Modern Dance (indicated by the cover's darkened apartment complex and stormy Cleveland skyline) with plenty of bleak soundscapes (e.g., "Codex"), Dub Housing also includes "Navvy"'s bouncy burble (featuring Thomas yelping "I have desires!"), and "(Pa) Ubu Dance Party"'s surreal big beat. Make no mistake, as much as Ubu indulged in arty dissonance and mucked about with song structure, this is very much a rock & roll record, albeit one made by a band interested in pushing the envelope when it came to sound, song construction, and performance. As much as this is a band effort, the guitar of Tom Herman and the synthesizer of Allen Ravenstine frequently stand out. Herman's strong, polished playing veers from assertive riffing to assaultive noise; Ravenstine, who may be one of the all-time great synth players, colours the sound with ominous whooshes of distortions, blips, and blurbs that sound like a sped-up Pong game. But, as is often the case with Ubu, it's David Thomas' singing (here at its most engagingly unrestrained) that is front and center. Part comic foil, part raging madman, Thomas utilises all of his limited range in a whacked expressiveness built around hiccups, yodels, screeches, and, sometimes, singing. Dub Housing sold next to nothing and signaled the beginning of the end of Ubu's relationship with Chrysalis, but it remains an important and influential American rock record.
Side 1:
Navvy (2:43)
On The Surface (2:40)
Dub Housing (3:40)
Caligari's Mirror (3:48)
Thriller! (4:35)
Side 2:
I, Will Wait (1:46)
Drinking Wine Spodyody (2:44)
(Pa) Ubu Dance Party (4:47)
Blow Daddy-o (3:37)
Codex (4:56)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels - a few spindle traces traces, mostly on one side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+/EXCELLENT
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault - no scratches, clicks or pops just some surface noise on the run-ins/track divisions (mostly Side Two) - nothing major - sounds great
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Slight edge/surface rub - fine example - all spine text is clear and bold
PRESS RELEASE/INSERT: VERY GOOD
A couple of tears on one sheet and old blu tac marks
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks 795 (GS 7.0.7 (795))
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