E Pluribus Unum, by The 49 Americans

E Pluribus Unum

by The 49 Americans

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1.	Beat Up Russians 01:57	buy track
2.	That Man 01:29	buy track
3.	Involved In Local Chaos 03:08	buy track
4.	Doubt 01:35	buy track
5.	Edible 02:26	buy track
6.	Should Be More Ideal 01:55	buy track
7.	All The Fun 02:12	buy track
8.	Sounds Like Ska 01:20	buy track
9.	Architecture Stops 00:25	buy track
10.	Don't Sing The Blues 03:25	buy track
11.	Heritage 02:40	buy track
12.	Pledge Of Allegiance 01:06	buy track
13.	Overture 00:58	buy track
14.	Song Of The Peasants (Chief Peasant) 01:50	buy track
15.	Tralala (Eldest Prince) 01:22	buy track
16.	Dragon Eating Peasants Instr. 00:22	buy track
17.	I Don't Want (Royal Children) 01:23	buy track
18.	Let Yourself Go (Impulsive Knight) 02:24	buy track
19.	Digestion 1 (Instrumental) 00:27	buy track
20.	Fairy Tale (King) 01:38	buy track
21.	What You Need (Equipped Knight) 02:00	buy track
22.	Digestion 2 (Instrumental) 00:22	buy track
23.	Intellectual Yodel (Theoretical Knight) 01:53	buy track
24.	Pain In The Belly (Friendly Knight) 02:20	buy track
25.	Digestion 3 (Instrumental) 00:43	buy track
26.	Ha Ha Ha (Jester) 01:07	buy track
27.	Aye, There's The Battle (Dreamy Knight) 01:29	buy track
28.	Digestion 4 (Instrumental) 00:36	buy track
29.	Yodel Again (Theoretical Knight) 00:58	buy track
30.	Digestion 5 (Instrumental) 00:18	buy track
31.	Fairy Tale (Reprise) (King) 01:34	buy track
32.	Contradictions - The Finale (Jester) 02:30	buy track
33.	Newton's Laws (Live Bonus Track) 01:39	buy track
34.	Book Addict (Live Bonus Track) 02:24	buy track
35.	All the Fun (Live Bonus Track) 02:16	buy track
36.	Heritage (Live Bonus Track) 02:12	buy track
37.	Classified (Live Bonus Track) 02:16	buy track
38.	The Uncertainty Principle (Live Bonus Track) 01:25	buy track
39.	Intellectuals on Parade (Live Bonus Track) 00:56	buy track

about

Long-awaited reissue of the first full-length album from 1980 by late 70s/early 80s UK DIY super group The 49 Americans. The main instigator behind The 49 Americans was Andrew "Giblet" Brenner who assembled a loose, disparate group of musical/non-musical practitioners as an experiment in equality and democracy. This democracy included David Toop, Steve Beresford, Max Eastley, Lol Coxhill and Peter Cusack (coming out of the anything goes improv scene), Nag and Bendle of The Door And The Window, Viv Albertine of the Slits, Vivien Goldman (her Adrian Sherwoood/John Lydon produced Dirty Washing 12" on 99 Records is a classic), Giblet's mum and many more. "Think of The 49 Americans as a band, in the conventional sense, and you're lost." (David Toop)

By the first LP (after "The 14-Track Single" in 1979) the sound of "The 49 Americans" evolved into an off-kilter songwriting style similar to that of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Red Crayola and early Beat Happening. “Some of my favourite sessions were the early ones - just me, Andrew and Else, playing a song like 'Beat Up Russians', Else playing saucepans from my kitchen and the Sony cassette sitting there on the floor next to us. Else had a certain sensibility that you can't replicate. Her, me and Steve playing in our Chic mode could sound surprisingly tight, yet the feel was still peculiar." (David Toop)

On occasion of its 15th anniversary, the Staubgold label is proud to reissue the complete back catalogue of The 49 Americans. Further releases include a vinyl- and download-only reissue of their first album "E Pluribus Unum" (staubgold 124) and a download-only compilation of "The 14-Track Single" 7" and "Too Young To Be Ideal" 12" (staubgold 125). All downloads feature exclusive bonus tracks (live recordings and studio outtakes).

(parts of info text courtesy of Fusetron, www.fusetronsound.com)

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released December 4, 2013

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Its roster can boast internationally known names like Vivien Goldman, The Flying Lizards, Faust, To Rococo Rot, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Ekkehard Ehlers and Rafael Toral. ... more

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