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ROIR A124 - C60 - November 1983
01. Chris Moffa & The Competition / You Know How Hot (It's Been Getting Around Here)
02. Martha Hull / Feelin' Right Tonight
03. Norman Salant / Tickets Are Free
04. Erector Set / Inside Out
05. Poli Styrene Jass Band / Drano in Your Veins
06. Shoes / Like I Told You
07. Nerves / Working Too Hard
08. R. Stevie Moore / Manufacturers
09. Residents / The Booker Tease
10. Pylon / Dub
11. Gary Valentine / The First One
12. Fans / True
13. Tweeds / Underwater Girl
14. Bunnydrums / Crawl
15. Wrinklemuzik / A Move to the Right
16. Algebra Suicide / True Romance at the World's Fair
17. Suburbs / World War III
18. Dub Rifles / Stand
19. Bizarros / I, Bizarro
20. Armand Schaubroeck Steals / The Independent Hitter
Executive producer: Ira A. Robbins for Trouser Press
Associate producers: Jim Green and Steve Korte
Edited at Songshop Recording, NYC, August 1983
Engineer: Wayne Vican
Cover and art direction by Judy Steccone
Special thanks to Neil Cooper
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SIDE ONECHRIS MOFFA & THE
COMPETITION [New Jersey]
You Know How Hot (It's Been
Getting Around Here) (3:03)
Released as a 45 in April 1981
on Change Records
Written & ©1981 by Chris
Moffa, published & (P)1981 by
Change Trajectory Music Inc.
Produced by Apollo Vermouth
Chris Moffa (guitar/vocals),
Frank Roselli (bass), Jim Ohm
(drums/conga)MARTHA HULL
[Washington, DC]
Feelin' Right Tonight (2:09)
Originally released in 1981 as
Ripsaw 45 #217A
Written by Tex Rubinowitz
Published by Southern
Crescent Pubishing
Produced by Tex Rubinowitz &
A.B. Rubinowitz
Martha Hull (vocals) backed by
Tex Rubinowitz & the Bad
Boys: Tex (acoustic gui-
tar/vocals), Ratso (guitar/
vocals), Eddie Heeran (guitar),
Johnny Castle (bass), Scotty
Flowers (drums), Bob E. Rock
(background vocals)
(P)©1981 Ripsaw RecordsNORMAN SALANT [NYC/SF]
Tickets Are Free (3:38)
From "Saxophone Demonstra-
tions" EP (Alive Records,
1981)
Written by Norman Salant &
Andrew Schulman;
©1981 Northcove
Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Norman Salant
Norman Salant (4 tenors/
soprano), Jeff Kaplan (guitar),
Andrew Schulman (guitar),
Jerry Mark (bass), Gene
Reffkin (drums)
(P) 1981 Alive RecordsERECTOR SET [Cincinnati]
Inside Out (4:05)
Originally released in 1981 by
Erectunes Productions
Written by & © 1980 Alex
Chronis & Edward Pugh
Published by Erectunes
Publishing
Produced and engineered by
Ron Hamad; assisted by Jesse
Hirbe and Rich Probst
Rick Beatty (lead vocals), Alex
Chronis (guitar/vocals), Barry
Handy (percussion/vocals),
John Schmidt (bass), Sean
Vigle (drums/cymbals)
(P) 1981 Erectunes Prods.POLI STYRENE JASS BAND
[Cleveland]
Drano in Your Veins (1:46)
Originally released (September
1975) on Mustard Records
Written and produced
by Paul Marotta
Paul Marotta (vocal/piano),
Jamie Klimek (guitar), Anton
Fier (drums), Jim Jones (bass)SHOES [Zion, IL]
Like I Told You (2:36)
Recorded in 1978; previously
unreleased
Written by John Murphy and
Gary Klebe
(P) & © 1983 Shoetunes
(BMI), Administered by Bug
Produced by Shoes
John Murphy (lead vocals/
bass), Jeff Murphy (guitar/
vocals), Gary Klebe (guitar/
vocals), Skip Meyer (drums)NERVES [SF/LA]
Working Too Hard (1:51)
Originally released in 1976
Written by Paul Collins; pub-
lished by Grajonca Music (BMI)
Produced by the Nerves
Jack Lee (guitar/vocals), Peter
Case (bass/vocals), Paul
Collins (drums/vocals)R. STEVIE MOORE
[Nashville/New Jersey]
Manufacturers (4:35)
From the "Stance" EP (H.P.
Music, 1978)
Written by R. Stevie Moore
©1978 H.P. Music (ASCAP)
R. Stevie Moore (everything)RESIDENTS [San Francisco]
The Booker Tease (1:04)
From the "Duck Stab" EP
(Ralph Records, 1978)
Written & produced by the
Residents
©1977 The Cryptic Corp.
Published by Pale Pachyderm
Publishing (BMI)
(P) 1978 The Cryptic Corp.PYLON [Athens, GA]
Dub (4:25)
Originally released on 45 by DB
Records (1979)
Written by & © 1979 Pylon
Published by Caution
Music (BMI)
Produced by Kevin Dunn,
Bruce Baxter & Pylon
Randall Bewley (guitar), Curtis
Crowe (drums), Vanessa
Briscoe (vocals), Michael
Lachowski (bass)
(P) 1981 Compendium Inc.
SIDE TWO
GARY VALENTINE [NYC/LA]
The First One (2:33)
Originally released in 1978
on Beat Records
Written by Gary Valentine;
published by Jiru Music
Inc./Monster Island Music
(ASCAP)
Engineered by Stephen Hague
Coordination–Stephen Zepeda
Gary Valentine (bass/gui-
tar/vocals), Paul Rutner*
(drums), Rob DuPrey* (guitar)
Kristian Hoffman* (piano)
[*courtesy of the Mumps]
(P) 1978 Beat Records, Box
20321, Long Beach CA 90801FANS [Atlanta GA]
True (3:20)
Originally released in 1980
Written by and © 1980 Alfredo
Villar; published by Blue Beam
Music (BMI)
Produced by John Anthony
Alfredo Villar (vocals/bass),
Kevin Dunn (vocals/guitar),
Russell King (drums), Carl
Emerson (keyboards)
(P)1980 Blue Beam
Music (BMI)TWEEDS [Boston]
Underwater Girl (3:07)
Released July 1978
on Autobahn Records
Written by Marc McHugh
©1978 Tweedletunes
Ltd. (BMI)
Marc McHugh (vocals/guitar),
George Godding (vocals/
bass), Gordon Wallace
(drums), Jeff Mezzrow (guitar)
(P)1978 Autobahn RecordsBUNNYDRUMS [Philadelphia]
Crawl (3:30)
From "Feather's Web" EP
(Funk Dungeon Music, 1983)
Written and produced
by Bunnydrums
Greg Davis (bass), David Goerk
(guitar), Frank Marr (guitar),
Joe Ankenbrand (drums)
(P)©1983 Funk Dungeon
Music, Inc. (ASCAP) All rights
reserved.WRINKLEMUZIK [NYC]
A Move to the Right (3:00)
Originally released in 1981
Composed, produced and
played by Kenn Lowy (synthe-
sizer/electronic guitar/energy-
bow/voice/rhythm machine)
(P)©1981 Kenn LowyALGEBRA SUICIDE [Chicago]
True Romance at the World's Fair (1:40)
From a 1983 EP (Buzzerama
Records)
Written by Lydia Tomkiw and
Don Hedeker
Produced by Algebra Suicide
Lydia Tomkiw (recitation), Don
Hedeker (Vox guitar-organ),
rhythm box
©1982 Algebra SuicideSUBURBS [Minneapolis]
World War III (2:56)
Originally released in 1979 on
Twin Tone Records
Written by the Suburbs;
© Suburban Music (BMI)
Produced by Paul Stark
Chan Poling (keyboards/
vocals), Bruce B.C. Allen
(guitar/vocals), Hugo Klaers
(drums), Michael Halliday
(bass), Blaine John Chaney
(beejtar/vocals)DUB RIFLES [Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada]
Stand (3:11)
Originally released in 1983 by
Notown Records
Colin Bryce (guitar/vocals),
Clint Bowman (bass), Eloi
Bertholt (drums), Dave
Brown (sax), M.P. (Sid)
Challenger (sax)
(P)1983 Dub Rifles
PRO CanadaBIZARROS [Akron, OH]
I, Bizarro (1:55)
Originally released in 1976
on Gorilla Records
Written by Nick Nicholis/Don
Parkins; ©1977 Fleshtunes
Nick Nicholis (vocals), Jerry
Parkins (lead guitar).
Don Parkins (bass), Terry
Walker (rhythm guitar), Marty
Zelei (drums)ARMAND SCHAUBROECK
STEALS [Rochester, NY]
The Independent Hitter
[shortened version] (2:41)
From the LP "Ratfucker"
(Mirror Records, 1978)
Written by and © 1978
Armand Schaubroeck;
published by Kack Klick
Publishing Co. (BMI)
Produced by "the whole band"
Armand Schaubroeck (vocals),
Ethan Porter (guitar), Bernie
Heveron (bass), Jay Porter
(drums), backing vocals: Riley
Neilson, Bob Huber, Jack
Bearce
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