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New Race
Title: The First and the Last  -  Company: WEA/Trafalgar (Aust)
Cat No: (768120)  -  Format: 12" lp / cass  -  Rel: Sept 1982  -  Status: Deleted
first and last cover
This album documents a remarkable tour which took place in Australia in 1981, and witnessed the merging of elements of the MC5, Stooges, and Radio Birdman into a single project oriented "supergroup". Unlike many, this supergroup project was successful, yielding live performances of immense power.

The original lead vocals are great being raw and spontaneous. They can be heard on the Revenge New Race reissues. The fact that Rob insisted on redoing his vocals upset Deniz who liked the live version. To add insult to injury, the overdub process erased Deniz' original backing vocals. They then had to be reproduced by Clyde Bramley (who did a faithful rendering of them), Deniz being out of the country.

Track Listing:

Side 1:poster
  1. Crying Sun ( W Gilbert / D Tek ) (3:04 m:s)
  2. Haunted Road ( D Tek ) (3:44 m:s)
  3. Sad TV ( D Tek ) (4:07 m:s)
  4. Breaks My Heart ( D Tek ) (3:10 m:s)
  5. Looking At You ( MC5 ) (7:12 m:s)
Side 2:
  1. November 22, 1963 ( Asheton / Niagara ) (5:06 m:s)
  2. Alone In The Endzone ( D Tek ) (2:03 m:s)
  3. Love Kills ( D Tek ) (3:50 m:s)
  4. Gotta Keep Movin' ( D Thompson ) (3:18 m:s)
  5. Columbia ( New Race ) (4:48 m:s)

Other Releases

CompanyCat NoFormatReleasedStatus
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Line Records (Germany)(6.25446ap)12" lp1983Deleted
Statik/Polarvox Oy (UK/Finnland)(btd-906)12" lp1983Deleted

Reissues

CompanyCat NoFormatReleasedStatus
Big Time (Australia)(btb-907)12" lpJune 1984Deleted
WEA (Australia) *(wea 255960.1)12" lpDec 1988Deleted
WEA/Trafalgar (Australia)(wea 255960.1)12" lpApril 1989Deleted
WEA/Trafalgar (Australia)(wea 229255960.2)cdSept 1992Deleted
Total Energy (USA)(ner3013)cdNov 1997In print
* this release was included in the Under The Ashes boxed set

The Musicians:

Rob Younger - Vocals  /  Deniz Tek - Guitar & Backing Vocals  /  Ron Asheton - Guitar  /  Warwick Gilbert - Bass
Dennis Thompson - Drums & Backing Vocals
Chris Masuak - Guitar on tracks 5 & 10  /  Clyde Bramley - Backing Vocals on tracks 1, 2 & 10

Technical Details:

Produced by Charles Fisher, Rob Younger and Alan Thorne  /  Engineered by Alan Thorne  /  Recorded live at Selinas, Sgt Peppers, Manly Vale Hotel & Crystal Ballroom  /  Mixed at Trafalgar Studios  /  Lead vocal overdubs recorded at Trafalgar Studios


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