Play It at Your Sister

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Deluxe Set Including all the Band's Output for Stiff Records. A 7" Box Including 130 Page Booklet Loaded with Rare Photos and Memorabilia.

Play It at Your Sister, Music, Damned, Rock
Play It at Your Sister
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Essential rock in an extremely shoddy release
 Play It at Your Sister
The Damned
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BLI38Y
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

  1. I Fall [Demo Version]
  2. See Her Tonite [Demo Version]
  3. Feel the Pain [Demo Version]
  4. New Rose
  5. Help
  6. Stab Your Back [Peel Session]
  7. Neat Neat Neat [Peel Session]
  8. New Rose [Peel Session]
  9. So Messed Up [Peel Session]
  10. I Fall [Peel Session]
  11. Neat Neat Neat
  12. Stab Your Back
  13. Singalongscabies
  14. Fan Club
  15. I Fall
  16. Born to Kill
  17. Feel the Pain
  18. Fish
  19. See the Tonite
  20. 1 of the 2
  21. So Messed Up
  22. I Feel Alright
  23. Sick of Being Sick

Tracks:

  1. Fan Club [Peel Session]
  2. Feel the Pain [Peel Session]
  3. Stretcher Case Baby [Peel Session]
  4. Sick of Being Sick [Peel Session][Version]
  5. I Feel Alright [Live]
  6. Born to Kill [Live]
  7. Sick of Being Sick [Live]
  8. Neat Neat Neat [Live]
  9. Fan Club [Live]
  10. Stretcher Case Baby [Live]
  11. Help [Live]
  12. Stab Your Back [Live]
  13. So Messed Up [Live]
  14. New Rose [Live]
  15. Problem Child
  16. You Take My Money
  17. Don't Cry Wolf
  18. One Way Love
  19. Politics
  20. Stretcher Case Baby
  21. Idiot Box
  22. Alone
  23. Your Eyes
  24. Creep (You Can't Fool Me)
  25. You Know

Tracks:

  1. Introduction [Live][#]
  2. One of the Two [Live][#]
  3. New Rose [Live][#]
  4. Equipment Failure [Live][#]
  5. Help [Live][#]
  6. Fan Club [Live][#]
  7. 1970 (I Feel Alright) [Live][#]
  8. Feel the Pain [Live][#]
  9. Fish [Live][#]
  10. See Her Tonite [Live][#]
  11. I Fall [Live][#]
  12. So Messed Up [Live][#]

Album Description

·Deluxe Box Set containing all of the tracks The Damned recorded for the legendary British Stiff label

·The third disc contains the famous second gig of the band in 1976 at Mont De Marson

·Also includes every known radio session and In Concert sessions

·Featuring 3 rare Stiff demos

·The discs and booklet are housed in a very special box the size and shape of a 7' inch 45 rpm single

·Includes a 130 page booklet loaded with rare photographs and memorabilia

·This is a landmark release for Britain's first ever punk band and a must for all fans of punk rock

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Essential rock in an extremely shoddy release.......2005-11-22

First the good news. There is finally a release of the Damned's amazing BBC In Concert performance from May 1977, where the original quartet, at their musical peak, run through most of their debut album plus a few singles tracks. For those who've never heard the original Damned, they're generally described as a "punk" band, and they are. But this is primal, high-energy rock that belongs in the pantheon with the Stooges, MC5 and vintage Motorhead. And on this live set, they're faster and tighter than any of those bands. Simply incredible musicianship by what must have been, at the time, the fastest rock band ever. Kudos especially to drummer Rat Scabies--as wild as Keith Moon yet remarkably on the beat, always keeping the momentum up.

This package is worth the money just for that 24-minute live set. Unfortunately, it's a mess in every other way. The live set would make a perfect release on its own. There's also the (almost) complete Stiff Records studio recordings from 1976-77--one song is missing, a b-side version of Stretcher Case (but we get that song in three other versions on this set). The Damned Stiff recordings are a classic ouevre and would also be a great release on their own (fitting on one CD). The debut album is just as exciting as the live set I described above, with an even more powerful, amazingly raw studio sound.

Unfortunately this great music is watered down with already available BBC session recordings that repeat many titles in less exciting versions. And the BBC sessions are interspersed chronologically with the studio recordings, which means you get lots of repetition of songs, often very close to each other.

Finally, the mastering on the Stiff recordings is terrible. The drums come across better than ever, but the sound in some places is excessively bright. Yet in other places, there's distortion that sounds like nobody even did a quality-control check. "See Her Tonite", a highlight of the debut album, is unlistenable here, with "in the red" noise throughout and a horrible blast of static near the end.

There are also three unreleased demos from 1976. These sound terrible compared with the long available bootleg versions. The tape hiss is removed, but so is all the life in the guitar sound. And there's a live "bonus" disc from a 1976 concert that is probably the worst-sounding recording I've ever bought from a "legit" record company.

The package includes a seven-inch-size book with lots of nice photos and a long essay. I haven't read the essay, but just in scanning the basic track info and credits, I found countless typos and errors, more signs of a rush job with poor quality control.
Play It at Your Sister
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    		Play It at Your Sister
    The Damned
    Manufacturer: Castle
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000A17GR4
    Release Date: 2005-10-04

    Tracks:

    1. I Fall [Demo Version]
    2. See Her Tonite [Demo Version]
    3. Feel the Pain [Demo Version]
    4. New Rose
    5. Help
    6. Stab Your Back [Peel Session]
    7. Neat Neat Neat [Peel Session]
    8. New Rose [Peel Session]
    9. So Messed Up [Peel Session]
    10. I Fall [Peel Session]
    11. Neat Neat Neat
    12. Stab Your Back
    13. Singalongscabies
    14. Fan Club
    15. I Fall
    16. Born to Kill
    17. Feel the Pain
    18. Fish
    19. See the Tonite
    20. 1 of the 2
    21. So Messed Up
    22. I Feel Alright
    23. Sick of Being Sick

    Tracks:

    1. Fan Club [Peel Session]
    2. Feel the Pain [Peel Session]
    3. Stretcher Case Baby [Peel Session]
    4. Sick of Being Sick [Peel Session][Version]
    5. I Feel Alright [Live]
    6. Born to Kill [Live]
    7. Sick of Being Sick [Live]
    8. Neat Neat Neat [Live]
    9. Fan Club [Live]
    10. Stretcher Case Baby [Live]
    11. Help [Live]
    12. Stab Your Back [Live]
    13. So Messed Up [Live]
    14. New Rose [Live]
    15. Problem Child
    16. You Take My Money
    17. Don't Cry Wolf
    18. One Way Love
    19. Politics
    20. Stretcher Case Baby
    21. Idiot Box
    22. Alone
    23. Your Eyes
    24. Creep (You Can't Fool Me)
    25. You Know

    Tracks:

    1. Introduction [Live][#]
    2. One of the Two [Live][#]
    3. New Rose [Live][#]
    4. Equipment Failure [Live][#]
    5. Help [Live][#]
    6. Fan Club [Live][#]
    7. 1970 (I Feel Alright) [Live][#]
    8. Feel the Pain [Live][#]
    9. Fish [Live][#]
    10. See Her Tonite [Live][#]
    11. I Fall [Live][#]
    12. So Messed Up [Live][#]

    Album Description

    Deluxe box set containing all of The Damned's output for Stiff Records. The 3rd disc contains a previously unissued recording of their second-ever gig at the Mont De Marsan Festival in mid 1976. Plus every radio session , in concert & 3 pre Stiff demo's. This set comes packaged in a 7 inch box containing a 130 page booklet loaded with rare photos and memorabilia. All of the this great package has been fully endorsed by the band. Sanctuary. 2005.

    Album Details

    Special Box Set that Expands on a Previous Issue of the Same Title with Literally Every Version of the Singles that the Damned Recorded for Stiff Records. They were One of the Most Important as Well as Popular Punk Bands in the Late 1970's Amid the Atmosphere Created by the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, the Clash and Elvis Costello. The Set Comes with a Special Book of the Band's History with the Label, Rife with Photographs and Memorabilia.
    Play It at Your Sister
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Play It at Your Sister
      The Damned
      Manufacturer: Castle
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      GothGoth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      British PunkBritish Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      Hardcore & PunkHardcore & Punk | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      BritainBritain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0009F9OA8

      Tracks:

      1. I Fall [Demo Version]
      2. See Her Tonite [Demo Version]
      3. Feel the Pain [Demo Version]
      4. New Rose
      5. Help
      6. Stab Your Back [Peel Session]
      7. Neat Neat Neat [Peel Session]
      8. New Rose [Peel Session]
      9. So Messed Up [Peel Session]
      10. I Fall [Peel Session]
      11. Neat Neat Neat
      12. Stab Your Back
      13. Singalongscabies
      14. Fan Club
      15. I Fall
      16. Born to Kill
      17. Feel the Pain
      18. Fish
      19. See the Tonite
      20. 1 of the 2
      21. So Messed Up
      22. I Feel Alright
      23. Sick of Being Sick

      Tracks:

      1. Fan Club [Peel Session]
      2. Feel the Pain [Peel Session]
      3. Stretcher Case Baby [Peel Session]
      4. Sick of Being Sick [Peel Session][Version]
      5. I Feel Alright [Live]
      6. Born to Kill [Live]
      7. Sick of Being Sick [Live]
      8. Neat Neat Neat [Live]
      9. Fan Club [Live]
      10. Stretcher Case Baby [Live]
      11. Help [Live]
      12. Stab Your Back [Live]
      13. So Messed Up [Live]
      14. New Rose [Live]
      15. Problem Child
      16. You Take My Money
      17. Don't Cry Wolf
      18. One Way Love
      19. Politics
      20. Stretcher Case Baby
      21. Idiot Box
      22. Alone
      23. Your Eyes
      24. Creep (You Can't Fool Me)
      25. You Know

      Tracks:

      1. Introduction [Live][#]
      2. One of the Two [Live][#]
      3. New Rose [Live][#]
      4. Equipment Failure [Live][#]
      5. Help [Live][#]
      6. Fan Club [Live][#]
      7. 1970 (I Feel Alright) [Live][#]
      8. Feel the Pain [Live][#]
      9. Fish [Live][#]
      10. See Her Tonite [Live][#]
      11. I Fall [Live][#]
      12. So Messed Up [Live][#]

      Album Details

      Deluxe Set Including all the Band's Output for Stiff Records. A 7" Box Including 130 Page Booklet Loaded with Rare Photos and Memorabilia.

      Music:

      1. Private Talks [CD-single] [Import]
      2. Pronto
      3. Refractured Box One [Import]
      4. Revenge [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
      5. Right Where I Belong
      6. Sad Vacation [Live] [Import]
      7. Safety in Numbers
      8. Savage [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
      9. Score [Enhanced]
      10. seventeen minutes in the cheap seats

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      The Ballad of Dr. Fell

      Bach:Concertos, BWV 1043,1044,1060,1064

      Bach: Mass in B minor; Magnificat, BWV 243

      Brasil

      All of Us [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

      A Deeper Sense of Soul

      Baby Beluga (Blister)

      3 Gymnopedies / 6 Gnossiennes

      20 Honky Tonk Hits

      10 Anos De Soledad [Import]

      10 Am Automatic Pt.2 [CD-single] [Import]

      1975: Yaonkyouno Aloha [Limited Edition] [Import]

      Absolutely Almighty, Vol. 13 [Import]

      Federal

      Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology