Mission of Burma Signals, Calls and Marches 12" EP 1981 NEAR MINT VINYL rare
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Description
Mission of Burma
Signals, Calls and Marches
Ace of Hearts Records AHS1006 1981 12" 33rpm (USA)
Signals, Calls, and Marches is an EP and the debut release by American post-punk band Mission of Burma. It was released on July 4, 1981, through record label Ace of Hearts.
Signals, Calls, and Marches has a notably "cleaner" sound in comparison to the band live performances and subsequent recordings, which Pitchfork called "somewhat misrepresentative" of the band, as "Harte's production cleaned up the band's brutally loud live sound." Guitarist Roger Miller noted that the sound probably helped the band become more accessible, recalling:
We played a show in Cleveland ('81 or '82) and we were on the street in front of the club. A girl came up to us and said how much she was looking forward to the show, and that she loved "That's When I Reach for My Revolver". We thought we were golden. However, once we started playing, people backed up against the wall and after the first song did not applaud or respond to us one bit, even after we started heckling them. Even when we played "Revolver". So, it is quite probably true that the "mild-mannered" recording we made on Signals reached more people than if we recorded it in a more furious or noisy fashion.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Roger Miller, except as noted.
Side A
1. "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" Clint Conley 3:53
2. "Outlaw" 2:33
3. "Fame and Fortune" 3:35
Side B
4. "This Is Not a Photograph" 1:53
5. "Red" 3:37
6. "All World Cowboy Romance" Conley, Miller 5:13
Signals, Calls, and Marches is considered an immensely influential landmark in the field of indie rock and alternative rock. AllMusic wrote, "One could argue that [Signals, Calls, and Marches] was the point where indie rock as a separate and distinct musical subgenre well and truly began. Mission of Burma's music had the brawn and the volume of hardcore punk, but with a lyrical intelligence and obvious musical sophistication that set them apart from the Southern California faster-and-louder brigade." Pitchfork opined that the EP "reverberated loudly through alternative rock for three decades, influencing everyone from R.E.M. to Fugazi to Nirvana."
Personnel
Mission of Burma
Martin Swope – loops, percussion, cover and sleeve design
Clint Conley – bass guitar, vocals, percussion, cover and sleeve design
Roger Miller – guitar, vocals, piano, trumpet, percussion, cover and sleeve design
Peter Prescott – drums, vocals, percussion, cover and sleeve design
Technical
Richard W. Harte – production
John Kiehl – engineering
Holly Anderson – cover and sleeve design
Neal Trousdale – sleeve photography
Recorded Jan.-Mar. 1981.
Contains insert with photos of four band members on one side and all the lyrics on the EP listed alphabetically in six columns on the other side.
Condition: LP is NEAR MINT in a plastic inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in excellent condition, with 2-sided 1-sheet insert.
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