Elitism for the People 1975-1978

Pere Ubu

29th September 2023 - Album - FIRE406

Elitism For The People 1975-1978’ is a four-disc ‘bookback’ set featuring excerpts from the Pere Ubu scrapbook 75-82, written by David Thomas, including historical photos. It features the seismic debut album ‘Modern Dance’, it’s follow up ‘Dub Housing’ and ‘The Hearpen Singles’ and the incendiary ‘Live At Max’s Kansas City’. The set collects the bracing and brilliant Pere Ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devasting one-two knockout blow of 1978 studio bookends.

  • Ltd Edition 4XCD Bookback

£45.00

‘Elistism For The People 1975-1978’ is a four-disc ‘bookback’ set featuring excerpts from the Pere Ubu scrapbook 75-82, written by David Thomas, including historical photos. It features the seismic debut album ‘Modern Dance’, it’s follow up ‘Dub Housing’ and ‘The Hearpen Singles’ and the incendiary ‘Live At Max’s Kansas City’. The set collects the bracing and brilliant Pere Ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devasting one-two knockout blow of 1978 studio bookends.

The Modern Dance is one of the first and greatest art-rock records.” The Guardian

Reinventing rock music from the ground up, Pere Ubu are equally at ease with Sun Ra and The Monkees, Glen Campbell and The MC5, Can and The Raspberries, they are the white Funkadelic.

Harsh and willfully ugly, yet always mindful of certain rock & roll imperatives: a solid beat, snappy lyrics and engaging themesRolling Stone

As vital as ever, no band before or since has ever sounded like Pere Ubu – period.

Tracklist

The Modern Dance
A1 Non-Alignment Pact 3:19
A2 The Modern Dance 3:30
A3 Laughing 4:37
A4 Street Waves 3:06
A5 Chinese Radiation 3:29
B1 Life Stinks 1:53
B2 Real World 4:00
B3 Over My Head 3:51
B4 Sentimental Journey 6:08
B5 Humor Me 2:44
Dub Housing
C1 Navvy 2:43
C2 On The Surface 2:40
C3 Dub Housing 3:40
C4 Caligari's Mirror 3:48
C5 Thriller! 4:35
D1 I, Will Wait 1:46
D2 Drinking Wine Spodyody 2:44
D3 (Pa) Ubu Dance Party 4:47
D4 Blow Daddy-o 3:37
D5 Codex 4:56
The Hearpen Singles
E1 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:21
E2 Heart Of Darkness 4:44
E3 Final Solution 4:38
E4 Cloud 149 2:32
F1 Untitled
Guitar – Alan Greenblatt
3:28
F2 Street Waves 3:00
F3 My Dark Ages 4:00
F4 Modern Dance 3:32
F5 Heaven 3:06
Manhattan: Live At Max's Kansas City
G1 My Dark Ages 6:53
G2 Heaven 3:55
G3 Sentimental Journey 8:04
H1 Over My Head 7:38
H2 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:56
H3 Life Stinks 2:40




Description

‘Elistism For The People 1975-1978’ is a four-disc ‘bookback’ set featuring excerpts from the Pere Ubu scrapbook 75-82, written by David Thomas, including historical photos. It features the seismic debut album ‘Modern Dance’, it’s follow up ‘Dub Housing’ and ‘The Hearpen Singles’ and the incendiary ‘Live At Max’s Kansas City’. The set collects the bracing and brilliant Pere Ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devasting one-two knockout blow of 1978 studio bookends.

The Modern Dance is one of the first and greatest art-rock records.” The Guardian

Reinventing rock music from the ground up, Pere Ubu are equally at ease with Sun Ra and The Monkees, Glen Campbell and The MC5, Can and The Raspberries, they are the white Funkadelic.

Harsh and willfully ugly, yet always mindful of certain rock & roll imperatives: a solid beat, snappy lyrics and engaging themesRolling Stone

As vital as ever, no band before or since has ever sounded like Pere Ubu – period.

Description

‘Elistism For The People 1975-1978’ is a four-disc ‘bookback’ set featuring excerpts from the Pere Ubu scrapbook 75-82, written by David Thomas, including historical photos. It features the seismic debut album ‘Modern Dance’, it’s follow up ‘Dub Housing’ and ‘The Hearpen Singles’ and the incendiary ‘Live At Max’s Kansas City’. The set collects the bracing and brilliant Pere Ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devasting one-two knockout blow of 1978 studio bookends.

The Modern Dance is one of the first and greatest art-rock records.” The Guardian

Reinventing rock music from the ground up, Pere Ubu are equally at ease with Sun Ra and The Monkees, Glen Campbell and The MC5, Can and The Raspberries, they are the white Funkadelic.

Harsh and willfully ugly, yet always mindful of certain rock & roll imperatives: a solid beat, snappy lyrics and engaging themesRolling Stone

As vital as ever, no band before or since has ever sounded like Pere Ubu – period.

Tracklist

The Modern Dance
A1 Non-Alignment Pact 3:19
A2 The Modern Dance 3:30
A3 Laughing 4:37
A4 Street Waves 3:06
A5 Chinese Radiation 3:29
B1 Life Stinks 1:53
B2 Real World 4:00
B3 Over My Head 3:51
B4 Sentimental Journey 6:08
B5 Humor Me 2:44
Dub Housing
C1 Navvy 2:43
C2 On The Surface 2:40
C3 Dub Housing 3:40
C4 Caligari's Mirror 3:48
C5 Thriller! 4:35
D1 I, Will Wait 1:46
D2 Drinking Wine Spodyody 2:44
D3 (Pa) Ubu Dance Party 4:47
D4 Blow Daddy-o 3:37
D5 Codex 4:56
The Hearpen Singles
E1 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:21
E2 Heart Of Darkness 4:44
E3 Final Solution 4:38
E4 Cloud 149 2:32
F1 Untitled
Guitar – Alan Greenblatt
3:28
F2 Street Waves 3:00
F3 My Dark Ages 4:00
F4 Modern Dance 3:32
F5 Heaven 3:06
Manhattan: Live At Max's Kansas City
G1 My Dark Ages 6:53
G2 Heaven 3:55
G3 Sentimental Journey 8:04
H1 Over My Head 7:38
H2 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:56
H3 Life Stinks 2:40




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