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VANCOUVER COMPLICATION

Rare initial black and white cover version of this great 1979 punk LP. Canadian private pressing from Vancouver with original insert. 500 made. Listen to a recording of the enitre LP.

Vancouver Complication is a potent document, rife with frenetic, explosive punk, yet with a smattering of quirky new wave and edgier post-punk for good measure. Local kingpins DOA of course anchor the disc with the muscular 'Kill, Kill, This is Pop' and the caustic punk of 'I Hate You'. The all-girrrl fury of the Dishrags marks their vinyl debut here with the studied anglo-punk of 'I Don't Love You.' The K-Tels, soon to be the Young Canadians, weigh in with their crabby pop-punk, while Exxotone straddle Devo and Gang of Four with the jumpy, oddball "Big Shot'. Not to be outdone, U-J3RKS contribute the most fascinating track here. A prime shard of spastic weirdness 'U-J3RKS Work for the Police' is a stunningly intense 1:03 of jerky, chafing post-punk, all the more fascinating for having been recorded in March of 1979 as well as for counting among its members future photographer-extraordinaire Jeff Wall. Alas, few bands here ever achieved much in the way of fame, even by the paltry indie standards of the day - Pointed Sticks and of course DOA the obvious exceptions. Still, this is a gutsy sampler, a lucid snapshot of an adolescent, though swiftly maturing underground scene.

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• Label: Pinned Records
• Catalogue #: PIN 7933001
• Country of issue: Canada
• Year: 1979
• Condition Disc: : EX Just a few light surface marks. Listen to a recording of the entire LP.
• Condition Cover: : EX Light ringwear otherwise fine. No creases, splits, writing. Paste on back style cover. Insert is EX
• Comments: Great copy of a rare and excellent punk compilation LP.


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