Ishmael United Song of the Last Generation/Crowd Trouble UK 7” Xian Punk
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Ishmael United Song of the Last Generation/Crowd Trouble UK 19?? 7” Kingsway Music Catalogue Number 5NIL. Very desirable and sought after Xian punk 45. B-side label signed by all the band. Ian Smale took the stage name Ishmael when he began his music ministry in the early 70's. Initially he was one half of the acoustic folk/rock duo Ishmael and Andy with Andy Piercy of After the Fire fame. After two albums together the two went their different ways though remaining friends and songwriting partners.
Piercy would join the progressive rock After the Fire and help morph into a 1980's new wave rock band, most known for their smash hit Der Kommissar. Smale would produce an album called “Charge of the Light Brigade” under the name Ishmael. the album was much more rock than the Ishmael and Andy projects and would serve as a precursor to Ishmael United.
The 45 starts with a phone ringing and an operator directing a call to “Ishmael United.” This immediately kicks into “Song of the Last Generation,” a punk song with a great sense of pop. It possesses a touch of Andy McCarroll with lyrics pointing out how, in the mind of the writer, the world doesn’t seem to notice that this is the world’s last generation. A Noahic call for repentance is lamented as the world appears to be heading to hell in a handbasket and “nobody cares.” VG++ Condition. P&P UK £1.75 Overseas at cost
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