V.A. (YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS / THE GIST / WEEKEND) / NIPPED IN THE BUD / LP /

(JPN / JAPAN / RTL-29 / 1983 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-)

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS、THE GIST、WEEKENDの楽曲をコンパイル！
モックスハム兄弟とアリソン・スタットン嬢による、異彩にしてネオアコの原型ともされたミニマル・ポストパンク・ユニットYOUNG MARBLE GIANTSのアルバム未収録音源となる全てのトラック9曲、YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS解散後に別れて結成されたTHE GIST、WEEKENDのそれぞれのシングルをコンパイル。ローファイ/ポストパンク好きはもちろん、UPSETTERSのチープなインストものやエマーソン北村さん、マニー・マーク好きな方にもオススメ。

TRACKLIST
A1 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– FINAL DAY
A2 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– RADIO SILENTS
A3 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– CAKE WALKING
A4 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– THIS WAY
A5 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– POSED BY MODELS
A6 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– CLOCK
A7 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– CLICK CLACK
A8 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– ZEBRA TRUCKS
A9 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS– SPORTING LIFE
A10 THE GIST– GREENER GRASS
B1 THE GIST– THIS IS LOVE
B2 THE GIST– LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
B3 WEEKEND– THE VIEW FROM HER ROOM
B4 WEEKEND– LEAVES OF SPRING
B5 WEEKEND– MIDNIGHT SLOW
B6 WEEKEND– PAST MEETS PRESENT
B7 WEEKEND– DRUMBEAT FOR BABY
B8 WEEKEND– SLEEPY THEORY

LICENSED THROUGH – ROUGH TRADE
RECORDED AT – FOEL STUDIO
RECORDED AT – COLD STORAGE
RECORDED AT – BLACKWING STUDIOS
BASS – ALISON STATTON (TRACKS: B3 TO B8), PHILIP MOXHAM (TRACKS: A1 TO B2)
DRUMS – MARK (TRACKS: B3 TO B6)
GUITAR – DAVE DEARNALEY (TRACKS: A10 TO B2), SIMON BOOTH (TRACKS: B3 TO B8), SPIKE REPTILE* (TRACKS: B3 TO B8), STUART MOXHAM (TRACKS: A1 TO A9)
ORGAN – STUART MOXHAM (TRACKS: A1 TO A9)
PAINTING – WENDY SMITH
PERCUSSION – DAWSON MILLER (TRACKS: B3 TO B8)
PERFORMER [INSTRUMENTS] – STUART MOXHAM (TRACKS: A10 TO B2)
TENOR SAXOPHONE – LARRY STABBINS (TRACKS: B3 TO B8)
VIOLA – SPIKE REPTILE (TRACKS: B3 TO B8)
VOCALS – ALISON STATTON (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, B3 TO B8), STUART MOXHAM (TRACKS: A10 TO B2)
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS ARE ALISON STATTON, PHILIP MOXHAM AND STUART MOXHAM.

THE GIST ARE PHILIP MOXHAM AND STUART MOXHAM.

WEEKEND ARE ALISON STATTON, SPIKE REPTILE AND SIMON BOOTH.

RECORDED AT FOEL STUDIOS (A1 TO A3, A10, B1), HOME (A1 TO A9), COLD STORAGE (B2) AND BLACKWING (B3 TO B6).