Wolfgang Press Legendary Wolfgang Press & Other STories Uk Lp 4ad
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it is a record...made in the Uk, with a picture cover and all artwork . 1. Deep Briny 2. Tremble (My Girl Doesn't) 3. Heart of Stone 4. Respect 5. My Way 6. I'm Coming Home (Mama) 7. Muted 8. Deserve 9. Sweat Box 10. Fire Eater 11. Ecstasy Enigmatic, moody and challenging, Britain's Wolfgang Press were one of the most mercurial talents of the post-punk era, restlessly moving from Gothic noise to dark balladry to eccentric funk; paradoxically, the group was also the 4AD label's longest tenured artist -- even their stylish album packages were all the product of the same designer, Alberto Ricci. Formed in London in 1983, the Wolfgang Press comprised vocalist Michael Allen, guitarist Andrew Gray and keyboardist Mark Cox. Allen and Cox first teamed in the group Rema Rema, which also featured Adam and the Ants alum Marco Perroni; after reuniting in the short-lived quartet Mass, the duo recruited Gray, and as the Wolfgang Press issued their cacophonous, gloomy debut LP The Burden of Mules in 1983. An EP trilogy co-produced by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie followed in quick succession: while 1984's Scarecrow was a lighter, more streamlined affair, 1985's Water spotlighted ominously sparse torch songs, and the same year's Sweatbox explored deconstructionist pop. .....
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