Solger White Album kbd punk only 99 exist

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In working to put out the complete works of Solger on CD tilted "Solger Codex 1980" (due out in late August 2003), we also put the project down on white vinyl with plain blank black labels (opposite of the original 1981 release -- black vinyl with plain blank white labels. Everything once again is featured in wonderful black and white packaging, the true sign of black and white thinking from a black and white era. This is a limited pressing of 100, which makes for a very expensive per record cost (and one was destroyed). Recordings include high fidelity versions of their original 4 track recording sessions from the main dressing room Showbox Theatre in 1980 (American Youth, Raping Dead Nuns, Aman, I Hate It, Dead Solger). Also included are live tracks from their last show at Wrex opening for DOA in November of 1980 (Do Me A Favor, Repetitions, What We Do Is Secret, Stab Yor Back, The Last Punk, Scheme & Fraud). And for the hardcore purist, the original 5 song EP is included in all of its horrendously super lo-fi glory on the flipside -- super deep grooves. This 12" 33 rpm record is awesome and a must for the hardcore record collector. This record will never be pressed again and is not available in retail stores. (This album comes with an additional plain white cover and insert sheet. The black covers were a misorder and suffered some bent corner). NO OVERSEAS OR CANADIAN BIDDING -- PLEASE E-MAIL FOR OTHER MEANS OF PURCHASE. All items authentic and authorized by the band Solger. FYI http://groups.msn.com/SOLGER

Here are the liner notes written for the upcoming "Solger Codex 1980" Cd as well as the White Album "Solger MIA 1980";

Seattle had a rich punk rock heritage prior to the birth of hardcore in 1980, with the likes of early punk bands such the Lewd, the Dils, the Mentors, the Tupperwares (later the Screamers), and the legendary Telepaths. There were also a handful of local bands that played an upbeat style of punk. That all changed when Solger was formed in June of 1980. Earlier that same year Black Flag had given Kyle Nixon the opportunity to sing "Nervous Breakdown" during their first of many visits to Seattle. A few months later 15 year old Paul Dana placed an ad in a local paper looking for a punk vocalist. Kyle answered and they immediately started rehearsing in the back of the Showbox before finding bassist Doug Rockness through a girlfriend. Tor Midtskog also soon joined Solger simply because he liked the flyer the band had posted. None of the members of Solger knew each other before they came together, which made for some very unstable chemistry. Within a month they played their first gig with just five songs at the Showbox Theatre. They rarely rehearsed and lasted nearly six months -- playing a mere six shows before they disbanded. And they would have been forgotten had they not recorded a rather raw and powerful record in their wake. This compact disc (or album) further documents their true sound and energy while also preserving their horrendous lo-fi anti-production legacy.

Steve Turner of Mudhoney, "I can point to the weekend my life changed: August 15 - 16, 1980, Black Flag was playing with Solger opening. I REALLY loved it. Solger freaked me out. All I can really remember is a lot of loud noise, fights, leather jackets, and that they looked like kids. Tough kids. I was a very young 15, Solger seemed older and a lot cooler. In fact, everything at the show seemed cooler than whatever I'd ever seen up to that point. I was hooked. A couple years later when I got the single, I couldn't believe how horrible it sounded. Still can't. But I love it and it's one of the purest sounds of what hardcore punk should or could have been that I can imagine. It's brutal, mean, sloppy, angry, confused, ugly, and exactly what parents should be afraid their kids are listening to, or God forbid, pounding out in the basement. Perfect.”

Mark Arm of Mudhoney, "I never saw Solger live. By the time I grasped the idea that Punk Rock was being played by other local kids, Solger's short life span had run its course. The Solger 7" came along at just the right time. Hearing that single was like driving head-on into a wall of fried muck. It was beautiful. That impenetrable wall soon became an electrostatic source of comfort and warmth. I blasted it in my dorm room and played it at the small town college radio station. Solger was the first Seattle band to play what would become known as hardcore. Kyle slurs his words like Darby Crash, but spits them out with far more brutality, venom, and grit. Paul's guitar reminds me of early Greg Ginn and Pat Smear, but his overall sound is darker and thicker. As for the rhythm section, I had no idea that they really existed until hearing this CD. I didn't think it'd be possible, but the "cleaned up" version of the single packs more punch while remaining raw as hell. This collection includes 6 new live tracks, unless you are one of the 20 people who picked up the What Syndrome cassette compilation. These songs range from the hyper version of the Germs' "What We Do Is Secret" to the droning heavy psych stylings of "Scheme & Fraud". The latter points to a direction Solger might have gone in if they had stuck it out. It's also my new favorite Solger song. I never could have imagined that, twenty-odd years later, I'd have a new favorite Solger song."