BROKEN FLAG Retrospective Box Set VOD ART EDITION

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BROKEN FLAG Retrospective Box Set VOD ART EDITION w/bag/poster/t-shirt LTD 250

Mint/unplayed copy (small barely noticeable bash on the side of the box) of the very limited art edition of this long OOP and highly collectable set on Vinyl On Demand, Broken Flag: A Retrospective 1982-1985. This is the special sub-edition of 250 numbered comes and comes with a camouflage bag, a t-shirt, two dog tags, trouser braces and a bonus Ramleh 7” as well as the five LPs. Very rare.

Alongside Come Org, Produktion and United Dairies, Broken Flag was one of the most important UK avant/noise/power imprints of the early Eighties Industrial revolution. It provided cover for a host of seminal rock/noise/performance groups who had been inspired by early Whitehouse performances and associated art/music refusals to extend punk’s liberating anti-rock ‘n’ roll stance into more formally challenging areas. As the label’s reputation has grown the artefacts associated with its brief reign have become extremely collectable, making it even more difficult for the average dolt to get his ears around the many manifestations of this subterranean UK scene. Until now. With this retrospective Vinyl-On-Demand perform a vital cultural service by gathering all of the early label releases in one place across five beautifully presented LPs with individual sleeves bundled with a highly informative booklet with tracks details, history, complete discography and introduction by label owner Gary Mundy of Ramleh. The set features a raft of tracks from artists like Sutcliffe Jugend, Consumer Electronics, Un-Kommuniti, Maurizio Bianchi, Controlled Bleeding, Ramleh, Male Rape Group (Gary Mundy and Philip Best), Kleistwahr, TOLL, New Blockaders, Mauthausen Orchestra, Falx Cerebri, Giancarlo Toniutti, Vortex Campaign and many more. From this perspective, Broken Flag looks to have permanently deformed the arc of underground music, infecting everything from the Matthew Bower Skullflower/Total/Hototogisu arc through the current Wolf Eyes/Michigan scene. A jaw dropping over-the-top-deluxe set and one that feels every bit as culturally resonant as the Patton box.

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