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The vinyl box set is currently sold out from the Matador store, please check at your local retailer or stock. The CD version of the box will ship around Mid-July. It will not include the badges or the C90. The demo recordings will instead be made available through a download code.
This item is only available to be shipped within the United States. Any order shipped outside of the US will be canceled and payment refunded.
If you are ordering from outside of the US please find your local regional Warner Music store here: https://gangoffour.ffm.to/boxset
To purchase official Gang Of Four merchandise visit https://gangoffour.ffm.to/merch
Coming in 2021 , Matador Records will release GANG OF FOUR: 77-81, a stunning, limited edition box set curated by Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Allen gathering Gang of Four’s influential early work.
The box set contains Entertainment! and Solid Gold (both remastered from the original analog tapes), an exclusive singles LP, and an exclusive double LP of the never officially released Live at American Indian Center 1980. Additionally, the package includes two new badges, a C90 cassette tape compiling 26 never-before-issued outtakes, rarities and studio demos from Entertainment! and Solid Gold, and an epic 100-page, full-color handbound book.
The book details the history and legacy of the original Gang of Four with never before seen photos, contributions from surviving original band members, rare posters, ephemera, flyers, essays, artwork, liner notes and more. It also marks the first official publication of their lyrics.
Gang of Four was formed in Leeds in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen, drummer Hugo Burnham, guitarist Andy Gill, and singer Jon King. The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk’s blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism. They put every element of the traditional “rock band” format to question, from notions of harmony and rhythm to presentation and performance.
This original lineup of the band released two monumental albums, Entertainment! (1979) and Solid Gold (1981). A third, Songs of the Free (1982), was recorded with bassist Sara Lee replacing Dave Allen. After Songs Of The Free, Burnham departed the band and Andy Gill and Jon King continued on to release Hard in 1983. After this release, the band broke up. In 2004, the original quartet reformed for tour dates and released Return The Gift (2005).
Gill’s untimely death in February 2020 was cause for many to once again re-examine the group’s catalog and the legacy of these early releases was widely cited. Not only did Gang of Four’s music speak to the generation of musicians, activists, writers, and visual artists that emerged in the group’s immediate wake, but the generation after that. And the generation after that, even.
In the last few years, their songs have continued to resonate with and been sampled by artists far afield from “post-punk,” including Run the Jewels (“The Ground Below”) and Frank Ocean (“Futura Free”). Now forty years since the original release of Entertainment!, Gang of Four’s legacy cannot be overstated.
TRACK LIST
ENTERTAINMENT!
A1. Ether
A2. Natural’s Not In It
A3. Not Great Men
A4. Damaged Goods
A5. Return The Gift
A6. Guns Before Butter
B1. I Found That Essence Rare
B2. Glass
B3. Contract
B4. At Home He’s A Tourist
B5. 5.45
B6. Love Like Anthrax
SOLID GOLD
A1. Paralysed
A2. What We All Want
A3. If I Could Keep It For Myself
A4. Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time
A5. Why Theory?
B1. Cheeseburger
B2. The Republic
B3. In The Ditch
B4. A Hole In The Wallet
B5. He’d Send In The Army
SINGLES
A1. To Hell With Poverty
A2. It’s Her Factory
A3. Armalite Rifle
B1. Capital (It Fails Us Now)
B2. History’s Bunk!
B3. Cheeseburger (Live) *
B4. What We All Want (Live) *
*Live at Hammersmith Palais
LIVE AT AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER 1980
A1. Not Great Men
A2. Contract
A3. Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time
A4. Damaged Goods
B1. He’d Send In The Army
B2. Guns Before Butter
B3. 5.45
C1. Anthrax
C2. It’s Her Factory
C3. Ether
C4. Natural’s Not In It
D1. At Home He’s A Tourist
D2. Rosanne
D3. Return The Gift
D4. Glass
CASSETTE
SIDE A -THE EARLY DEMOS (VARIOUS)
- I) REHEARSAL ROOM – LEEDS, 1977-78
The Things You Do
What You Ask For
Armalite Rifle
Love Like Anthrax
Silence Is Not Useful
Disco Sound
Damaged Goods
Elevator
- II) CARGO DEMOS – CARGO STUDIO, ROCHDALE
Song One
Song Two
iii) THE TAPES – POLYDOR STUDIOS, JAN 1978
Essence Rare
Tourist
Return The Gift
5.45
Corked Up With The Ether
SIDE B – ABBEY ROAD DEMOS
FROM 5TH JANUARY 1981 - (single track from cassette)
Why Theory
Cargo
Trains
Army
Disco/Funk
Dog’s Breath
Asshole
Cymbal
Reverb
Cheeseburger
Ditch
| Vinyl Weight | 120 |
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| Immediate Download | No |
| Download Coupon | No |
| Bundle | No |
| Export as Individual Orders? | No |
| Artist | Gang of Four |
| Label | Matador |
| Description | The vinyl box set is currently sold out from the Matador store, please check at your local retailer or stock. The CD version of the box will ship around Mid-July. It will not include the badges or the C90. The demo recordings will instead be made available through a download code. This item is only available to be shipped within the United States. Any order shipped outside of the US will be canceled and payment refunded. If you are ordering from outside of the US please find your local regional Warner Music store here: https://gangoffour.ffm.to/boxset To purchase official Gang Of Four merchandise visit https://gangoffour.ffm.to/merch Coming in 2021 , Matador Records will release GANG OF FOUR: 77-81, a stunning, limited edition box set curated by Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Allen gathering Gang of Four’s influential early work. The box set contains Entertainment! and Solid Gold (both remastered from the original analog tapes), an exclusive singles LP, and an exclusive double LP of the never officially released Live at American Indian Center 1980. Additionally, the package includes two new badges, a C90 cassette tape compiling 26 never-before-issued outtakes, rarities and studio demos from Entertainment! and Solid Gold, and an epic 100-page, full-color handbound book. The book details the history and legacy of the original Gang of Four with never before seen photos, contributions from surviving original band members, rare posters, ephemera, flyers, essays, artwork, liner notes and more. It also marks the first official publication of their lyrics. Gang of Four was formed in Leeds in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen, drummer Hugo Burnham, guitarist Andy Gill, and singer Jon King. The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk’s blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism. They put every element of the traditional “rock band” format to question, from notions of harmony and rhythm to presentation and performance. This original lineup of the band released two monumental albums, Entertainment! (1979) and Solid Gold (1981). A third, Songs of the Free (1982), was recorded with bassist Sara Lee replacing Dave Allen. After Songs Of The Free, Burnham departed the band and Andy Gill and Jon King continued on to release Hard in 1983. After this release, the band broke up. In 2004, the original quartet reformed for tour dates and released Return The Gift (2005). Gill’s untimely death in February 2020 was cause for many to once again re-examine the group’s catalog and the legacy of these early releases was widely cited. Not only did Gang of Four’s music speak to the generation of musicians, activists, writers, and visual artists that emerged in the group’s immediate wake, but the generation after that. And the generation after that, even. In the last few years, their songs have continued to resonate with and been sampled by artists far afield from “post-punk,” including Run the Jewels (“The Ground Below”) and Frank Ocean (“Futura Free”). Now forty years since the original release of Entertainment!, Gang of Four’s legacy cannot be overstated. TRACK LIST ENTERTAINMENT! A1. Ether A2. Natural’s Not In It A3. Not Great Men A4. Damaged Goods A5. Return The Gift A6. Guns Before Butter B1. I Found That Essence Rare B2. Glass B3. Contract B4. At Home He’s A Tourist B5. 5.45 B6. Love Like Anthrax SOLID GOLD A1. Paralysed A2. What We All Want A3. If I Could Keep It For Myself A4. Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time A5. Why Theory? B1. Cheeseburger B2. The Republic B3. In The Ditch B4. A Hole In The Wallet B5. He’d Send In The Army SINGLES A1. To Hell With Poverty A2. It’s Her Factory A3. Armalite Rifle B1. Capital (It Fails Us Now) B2. History’s Bunk! B3. Cheeseburger (Live) * B4. What We All Want (Live) * *Live at Hammersmith Palais LIVE AT AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER 1980 A1. Not Great Men A2. Contract A3. Outside The Trains Don’t Run On Time A4. Damaged Goods B1. He’d Send In The Army B2. Guns Before Butter B3. 5.45 C1. Anthrax C2. It’s Her Factory C3. Ether C4. Natural’s Not In It D1. At Home He’s A Tourist D2. Rosanne D3. Return The Gift D4. Glass CASSETTE SIDE A -THE EARLY DEMOS (VARIOUS)
The Things You Do What You Ask For Armalite Rifle Love Like Anthrax Silence Is Not Useful Disco Sound Damaged Goods Elevator
Song One Song Two
iii) THE TAPES – POLYDOR STUDIOS, JAN 1978 Essence Rare Tourist Return The Gift 5.45 Corked Up With The Ether SIDE B – ABBEY ROAD DEMOS
FROM 5TH JANUARY 1981 - (single track from cassette)
Why Theory Cargo Trains Army Disco/Funk Dog’s Breath Asshole Cymbal Reverb Cheeseburger Ditch
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