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YOUNG.MARBLE.GIANTS - COLOSSAL YOUTH
Colossal Youth is the first and only LP by Young Marble Giants, released in 1980 on Rough Trade Records. Young Marble Giants were offered the opportunity to record the album after Rough Trade heard just two songs by the band on the local Cardiff music compilation, Is The War Over?.
The album was recorded in three and half days at Foel Studios in North Wales for £1000. The band was able to record fast and cheaply by using many of their first takes on the record in a deliberate attempt to keep the music 'alive'. The only overdubbing on the record is a slide guitar on one track and distorted vocals on another.
Track listing:
"Searching for Mr. Right"
"Include Me Out"
"The Taxi"
"Eating Noddemix"
"Constantly Changing"
"N.I.T.A."
"Colossal Youth"
"Music for Evenings"
"The Man Amplifier"
"Choci Loni"
"Wurlitzer Jukebox"
"Salad Days"
"Credit in the Straight World"
"Brand - New - Life"
"Wind in the Rigging"
The re-release including the following bonus tracks, taken from the Testcard EP, and some B-sides:
"This Way"
"Posed by Models"
"Clock"
"Clicktalk"
"Zebra Trucks"
"Sporting Life"
"Final Day"
"Radio Silents"
"Cake Walking"
"Ode to Booker T"
Personnel:
Stuart Moxham - guitar and organ
Alison Statton - vocals
Philip Moxham - bass
1980
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