THIS HEAT This Heat LP METRONOME 1979 GERM orig 0060.310 GONG-QUIET SUN RARE

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Despite their extremely short-lived tenure, U.K. experimentalist trio This Heat left behind 

a legacy that would open the doors for the formation of forward-thinking genres like post-rock, 

industrial, and post-punk. The group came together in January of 1976 in Brixton, London, 

made up of Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward, and Gareth Williams. All three members 

contributed vocals and played a variety of instruments including guitar, keyboards, clarinet, 

viola, and prerecorded tapes. Bullen and Hayward had played together previously under 

the name Radar Favourites and Hayward been a member of the Amazing Band 

and Gong as well as playing alongside Phil Manzanera in Quiet Sun

"THIS HEAT"

Produced by This Heat with David Cunningham and Anthony Moore

1979     LP     METRONOME RECORDS     0060.310  

MADE IN GERMANY    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER

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LABEL: METRONOME - BLACK LABEL w/SILVER TEXT

Label Code: LC 0270

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) 0060.310

Catalog on labels: 0060.310-A (0703.636 S 1) / 0060.310-B (0703.636 S 2)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 0060 310 S 1  0703 636 S 1   320

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 0060 310 S 2  0703 636 S 2   320

On labels: GEMA (boxed)

Alle urheber........Made in Germany by Metronome Musik GMBH

Licensed by Blackhill Music

P. 1979 Piano Records

All compositions This Heat

Rights Society / Publishing: GEMA, Blackhill Music

On Back Cover: mono/stereo cassette

2 and 24 track recordings Feb.1976-Sept.1978

the workhouse-cold storage......

tracklisting

Side A: TESTCARD - HORIZONTAL HOLD - NOT WAVING

WATER - TWILIGHT FORNITURE

Side B: 24 TRACK LOOP - DIET FOR WORMS - MUSIC LIKE ESCAPING GAS

RAINFOREST - THE FALL OF SAIGON - TESTCARD

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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

This Heat was one of the most influential groups of the late '70s. They created uncanny experimental rock music that has many similarities in approach to German pioneers such as Can and Faust. Other groundbreaking independent groups such as Henry Cow and Wire may be their only peers, and much later This Heat also became profoundly influential on the '90s genre known as post-rock. Their angular juxtapositions of abrasive guitar, driving rhythms, and noise loops on the opening cut, "Horizontal Hold," preempt much later activity in the electronica and drum'n'bass scenes. The outstanding "24 Track Loop" is based around a circular drum pattern that could have been a late-'90s jungle cut were it not recorded in late-'70s London, long before such strategies were even dreamed of in breakbeat music. This album is a great example of ahead-of-time genius, work that draws on elements of progressive rock, notably "Larks Tongues in Aspic"-era King Crimson for all its abrasive, warped rhythm, as well as Can, Neu!, and Faust's pioneering work -- though there is little else that comes close to the unique and distinctive avant rock sound, an entirely new take on the rock format. Their self-titled debut is a radical conglomeration of progressive rock, musique concrète, free improvisation, and even -- in a bizarre distillation -- aspects of British folk can be heard in Charles Hayward's singing. There are very few records that can be considered truly important, landmark works of art that produce blueprints for an entire genre. In the case of this album, it's clear that this seminal work was integral in shaping the genres of post-punk, avant rock, and post-rock and like all great influential albums it seemed it had to wait two decades before its contents could truly be fathomed. In short, This Heat is essential