Saturday, October 3, 2009

CARAMBOLAGE-S/T, LP, 1980, GERMANY


Another rare as hen's teeth score from the Stapleton archive, this is fairly stunning female art punk action that was incongruously issued on hippy polit-rockers Ton Steine Scherben's David Volksmund Editions imprint. Expect to find elements of X-Ray Spex like anarchic juvenile glee running headlong into the sort of insouciant femme-voxed and synth armed art rock aggression that fellow NDW merchants Originalton specialized in.

***************NEW LINK POSTED SEPTEMBER 2012***************

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24 comments:

  1. I loved this album; I can barely understand German (or French for that matter), but ain't no thang. Thank you!

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  2. if this record is anywhere near as good as the album art and write-up should be a treat - hope there's not too much x ray spex and more raincoats or pylon going on - anyhow for a bit of fun compare and contrast the front cover to the malfunkshun album return to olympus - many thanks for posting looking forward to it

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  3. I tried downloading this, but for some strange reason the file cannot be burnt as a CD unless it's a bmp or mp3 file. Any suggestions as to how this can be downloaded and made into a disc?

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  4. Thanks!

    Christopher,
    Have you unzipped the file? The mp3s are inside the download file. You can use winrar or 7-zip software to do that if you're unfamiliar.

    scott

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  5. I've spent the past week going through your blog. Wow. It's really impressive. There have been some real gems here and for that I thank you. You clearly have a diverse range of tastes and a wide knowledge of music. Great stuff! Okay, and now the inevitable request... Is there any chance of a reup on The Outsiders? Anyway it goes, just wanted to say thanks for all this.

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  6. they're better looking than x-ray spex I think you'll agree.

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  7. Just got finished listening to this for the umpteenth time since I dl'ed it & just wanted to say...Thank You!!! This is some of the best musick I've listened to in a long time. Oh Johhny, oh Roxan.

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  8. I like the last three track A LOT.

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  9. Finally got it downloaded. Fantastic record, sort of like a cross between early-seventies German agitprop rock and early-eighties female-oriented new wave. A classic I never expected to hear in quite a long time!

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  10. hello, do you happen to have "Demo Moe - Demolish NYC" from 1988 in Maldoror Records? thank you.

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  11. Mutant-Sounds is always incredible!
    I love too much this record...

    Long life to your blog!!!


    Leandro - Brasil

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  12. Very good album. But the quality of the rip is shit.

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  13. anonymous-The quality of the rip is identical to all the others that I've done for Mutant Sounds (all transfered on the same equipment and all at a bit rate of 256). Cock your head to the right a bit or dislodge some of the wax in your ears and maybe it'll register than it's the production values that are what's making this sound murky.

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  14. Yeah, some of us like DIY production values. If you want Lady Gaga, go to another blog.

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  15. @Anonymous DIY and bad quality aren't synonyms.
    @vdoandsound I had my opinion about this rip and i voiced it. I prefer higher quality rips in lossless formats. Especially if it's vinyl rip which deserves at least 96Hz@24bit. I suggest you make some mirrors with quality versions of rips especially if you have unlimited bandwidth.

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  16. Truly a pink gem /way before Jem! Danke schön.

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  17. Does anyone have a rip of Eilzustellung-Exprès, the second Carambolage record? I've only heard one track, Vollgeturnt, off a compilation, and it's pretty good.

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  18. Upon a brief listen my first impression is Dog Faced Herman's meets Stereo Total. Fantastic!

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  19. These girlies look sooo cute, I just had to download it!

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  20. This is a great band. Please post Eilzustellung-expres and Bon voyage, also by them. Thanks a lot for....all this music.

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  21. Alas, both links are dead :(
    anyone have another link? I am dying to hear this!

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  22. @ sandra http://wachturm.biz/music/?p=37900

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  23. Cruising through this at work. Had to pause and rep. This is pretty excellent; these girls are more than punk spit. It feels close to No Wave with some of the histrionics and traditional music goring that I find in the wonkiest of NDW releases.

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