Scars! Scars! Scars!
From the Paul Research / Scars site, the following:
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SCARS ON THE BBC
Don't miss Scars performing All About You on Top Of The Pops 2 on BBCTV, Saturday 3rd March 2007. It's a broadcast of the Whistle Test performance from Spring 1981.
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! NOW!!
In 1981, Edinburgh's SCARS released Author! Author!. The album was hailed by the music press as a masterpiece of new post-punk pop and Scars - who had emerged from the Edinburgh's hip Fast Product label with the milestone Horrorshow single in 1979 (sampled last year by Lemon Jelly' Shouty Track) - sparkled across the stages and screens of Europe and the USA.
Scars were Edinburgh's first punk band to build on their glam and disco roots, and were the first to move on, inspiring may of their contemporaries in the search for new futures. Unlike so many groups of the time, Scars managed to capture their fire and creativity on album. It is truly amazing that Author! Author! has never been available on CD, but now that is about to change.
Author! Author!, plus bonus tracks and additional singles IS NOW AVAILABLE on CD on Scars' own label PreVS, and can be ordered RIGHT HERE. Author! Author! has been remastered for this century and sounds bold, bright and very exciting.
PreVS is run by Scars, and all profits from album sales go directly to the original members of the band.
Buy it now.
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Buy it now, indeed. I just have. What are you waiting for?
Yes, but why no 'Adult/ery' or 'Horrorshow'? I've been after CD versions of those tracks, so am a bit disappointed. I know they were on a different label, but I don't see how the album can be referred to as "the definitive collection of Scars studio recordings" without them?
Posted by: Stuart | February 27, 2007 at 11:44
I can only assume there are copyright issues involved with those tracks. it's a shame they are not on there, yes, but it is a startlingly good collection nonetheless. Those two tracks were available on CD on the Fast Product compilation 'rigour discipline and disgust' in 1993. I dont know if that can be tracked down anywhere these days...
Posted by: me | February 27, 2007 at 11:52
Thanks. I guess I'm buying this anyway (although I found the recent Manicured Noise one a bit disappointing), and I'll keep a look out for the Fast comp.
Posted by: Stuart | February 27, 2007 at 12:23
still not sure about this one - adult/ery made me youth much more noisey, but the lp disappointed the hell out of me at the time. i've never heard it since, so perhaps i should have another try.
Posted by: ally | March 02, 2007 at 13:24