Buzzcocks: Another Music in a Different Kitchen 12″

Description

To mark the 40th anniversary of the original releases, Domino re-issues theBuzzcocks’seminal first two albums,Another Music In A Different KitchenandLove Bites. Both records have been lovinglyrestored and re-mastered from the original ” tapes for the first timeand come packaged in theoriginal Malcolm Garrett designed sleeves with lavish 8-page booklets containing unseen images and extensive liner notes by famed writer, broadcaster, music journalist and cultural commentator Jon Savage. Faithful to their original track-listings, the re-issues see the albums released on deluxe vinyl for the first time in many years and follow the Domino re-releases of their debut EP,Spiral ScratchandTime’s Up, a collection of demos, from 1976.

Famously taking their name from It’s the buzz, cock’, a headline from aTime Outreview of 1970s TV music dramaRock Follies,Buzzcockswere formed in Bolton in 1976 by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto, and kick-started a musical revolution in Manchester having organized and played at the now famous Sex Pistols show at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall in 1976, a show which inspired and spawned the likes of Joy Division, The Fall and The Smiths.

Recorded at Olympic Studios in London between December 1977 and January 1978 with producerMartin Rushentand featuring the line-up ofPete Shelley(vocals/guitar),Steve Diggle(guitar/vocals),Steve Garvey(bass) andJohn Maher(drums),Another Music In A Different Kitchenwas released in March 1978 and boasted a distinctive cover by Malcolm Garrett whose work would become inextricably linked with the band.By the end of 1978 not only hadBuzzcocksestablished themselves as one of the leading-lights of punk but proved themselves as deft songwriters capable of producing three-minute-mini-masterpieces that would endure long after the initial spark of punk had faded.

Features:
Restored and re-mastered from the original ” tapes for the first time since its March 1978 release
Newly curated booklet featuring an essay from cultural commentator Jon Savage & previously unseen images
Packaged in its original Malcolm Garrett designed sleeve, with a classic Buzzcocks Product’ silver biodegradable carrier bag