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Touch (4 song EP)

by Certain General

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Purchase includes two downloadable bonus tracks (recorded at the same 1981 sessions) not found on 7" limited edition vinyl.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Soon to be a collector's item, the limited edition 7" vinyl with full color picture sleeve. New EP of previously unreleased 1981 recordings from one of New York's legendary post-punk rock bands. 45RPM. Purchase includes digital download version with two added tracks from the same 1981 recording session.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Touch (4 song EP) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days
    edition of 250 

      $12 USD or more 

     

1.
Touch 01:27
2.
Naked Maja 03:01
3.
4.
5.
Bedpan 02:07
6.
Kick Back 03:00

about

Available at last, previously unreleased recordings from one of New York's legendary post-punk rock bands Certain General. Recorded during the band's first year in June, 1981, this collection of songs captures a now gone time and place when young artists flocked to New York and the city was a creative melting pot.

The songs on "Touch" typify the music Certain General were writing and performing in that era... short songs, jerky and funky rhythms, impressionistic lyrics, and exploratory guitar work. It was these elements and a terrific stage show that allowed the band to rise to the top of the NY alternative rock scene in the early 1980's. By the time the prolific band recorded their first proper vinyl release, 1982's "Holiday of Love", they had moved on from this group of songs and subsequently, none of these selections were recorded during the "Love" sessions.

The 7" limited edition 45RMP vinyl version is soon to become a collectors item and comes with two download bonus tracks also previously unreleased.

Press for Certain General:

“Desperately beautiful” – Liberation 1984
“Dangerous, the crowd almost tore down the walls” – Boston Rock 1981
“The bridge between Television and Radiohead” – Rock and Folk 1999
“One of the greatest voices of this young century” – Guitar Parts Magazine 2001
“Faulkner’s and Jarmusch’s America” – Telerama 2000
“A revved up engine with juggernaut possibilities” – NME 1985
“Closer to the Sun is an excellent album” – Village Voice 2001
“The haunted crooner” – Time Out 2001
“The great lost treasure of NY post-punk” – Debutante Diner 2002
“For all of the teenage devils of the world” – Trouser Press 1982
“The American Brel and matinee Iggy” – Figaro 1998
November’s Heat Album and Band of the Year – Liberation 1985
These are the Days Top 10 album of the year – Liberation 1986
Top 10 single, I Lose Myself –Liberation 1988
Top 10 album, Cabin Fever – Liberation 1988
“Still stalk the stage with menace” – NY Times CBGB Festival review 2011
“THE Cult Group” – Le Monde 2000

credits

released May 12, 2018

Parker Dulany ~ lead vocals. Phil Gammage ~ guitar, background vocals, lead on "Just For One Instance". Russell Berke ~ bass. Marcy Saddy ~ drums, percussion, background vocals.

Produced and engineered by Perry Brandston. Recorded at 28th Street Studio 1981. Mixed by David Lee. Mastered by Mario Salvati at Barefoot Flamingo Studio. All songs written by Dulany, Gammage, Saddy, and Berke. Published by Mayan Music BMI and Certain Songs BMI.
www.certaingeneral.com

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Certain General New York, New York

Drawing on a tradition established by New York rock bands such as the Velvet Underground, Certain General has recorded and performed extensively in the United States. Their notoriety would eventually extend to Europe, where they would release November's Heat in 1984. The album would earn the band many accolades, especially in France. ... more

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