THE MEKONS The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen LP VIRGIN 1979 UK orig+inner V2143
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THE MEKONS
Long-running band with a genre-bending orientation that has embraced country, folk, punk, and other influences.
Lester Bangs once wrote, "The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock 'n' roll," and although he wrote it tongue in cheek, that doesn't mean he was wrong. Thoroughly uncompromising, creatively restless, at once witty and profoundly cynical, and seemingly incapable of repeating themselves, the Mekons are one of the few bands from the first wave of British punk who not only never turned their back on their guiding ideals, but clung to them with greater tenacity over time. (This helps explain why their audience, while relatively small, is unfailingly loyal.) The Mekons were (and remain) as strongly political as any band short of Crass.....
"THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRNEN"
Produced by Bob Last
1979 LP VIRGIN RECORDS V2143
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
This version: on labels "THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAINED"
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LABEL: VIRGIN - GREEN/RED LABELS - BLACK & WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine, rear, inner) V2143
Catalog on labels: V 2143 (V 2143-A) / V 2143 (V 2143-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): V-2143-A-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): V-2143-B-1 BOTTOM OF THE POPS
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Made in England"
All tracks composed by The Mekons
Produced by Bob Last
Engineer: Richard Manwaring
Publishing by Glance Love Publishing
?1979 Virgin Records Ltd
On Back Cover: Recorded at The Manor
Produced by Bob Last
Engineered by Richard Manwaring
P 1979 Virgin Records
tracklistingSide A: LIKE SPOONS NO MORE - JOYN US IN THE COUNTRYSIDE - ROSANNE
TREVIRA TROUSERS - AFTER 6 - WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TONIGHT
Side B: WHAT - WATCH THE FILM - BEETROOT - I SAW YOU DANCE
LONELY AND WET - DAN DARE
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Here's where it all began. Not the best Mekons album available, but Quality, along with their second album, Devils, Rats and Piggies, and a A Special Message from Godzilla (Red Rhino, 1980, now out of print) shows off the Mekons' noisy, avant-garde side. It's abrasive and not as user-friendly as their later records, but this was an exciting time for British punk-rock, and this music, as dense and difficult as it may be, reflects punk's seemingly limitless possibilities...(AllMusic)
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