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Tronics - Time Off b/w Goodbye Original 1980 T 002 45. Ziro Baby's 2nd release. Excellent UK DIY. Not an easy score nowadays. Super Condition Copy, Purchased Upon Release. If this is on your list here's a chance to score a Good As New condition copy. Both Vinyl & Sleeve are conservatively graded at Mint-.
Here's a bit of info gleaned from the nether regions of cyberspace, AKA Wikipedia & Youtube. As Ziro Baby got precious little coverage in the press at the time this is the story to date:
Here's a link to hear the 45. This is NOT recorded from the copy on offer; Be assured the copy for sale is in excellent condition.
www.youtube.com:watch?v=dGAUgkSYnakThe Tronics were a London-based band that released records from 1979 to 1984.[1] The band was formed and fronted by musician, songwriter, and music producer Zarjaz Baby, also known as Ziro Baby.[2]
Background and influences[edit]
The band is known for being primitive[3] and strange,[4] with an underground reputation.[5] They released a string of highly acclaimed records during the post-punk and new wave periods.[6] Tronics has been recognized for releasing the first independent cassette album, Tronics, to be distributed nationally and internationally.[7] The Tronics' cassette album was soon followed by another cassette album of outsider art rock,[8] in 1980, What's the Hubub Bub, that was later reissued on vinyl in 2013 on M’lady’s Records.[9] The last Tronics release was "Wild Cat Rock", a 7" on Red Rhino Records in 1984.
Early years[edit]
The first incarnation of Tronics appeared in London in mid-1977 with Ziro (pronounced Zero) Baby joined by Londoners Richard (Rick) Gregerson, Phil Anderson, and, completing the original lineup, New Zealand drummer Glenn Evans. At the time, Ziro Baby, who had previously been known as Zoom Harlow, had formed the band under the name The Gits. Their debut at Westfield College was followed by sporadic gigging and recording around London with Anderson leaving at the end of the year and being replaced by Rick Kenyer.[10]
At this time, their style was still developing, although at all times the sound was firmly directed and controlled by Ziro Baby's unique vision. He supplied all the material, some of which was unreleased until the 2010 M'Ladys compilation 'Say! What Is This?', which showed the full range of Ziro Baby's ideas with the proto punk of 'Find Somewhere To Live', and the bizarre military-drum themed 'Gonna Make It OK'. The album also included later material and out-takes. It was released on LP and CD as a companion piece to the reissue of 'What's The Hubbub Bub'. A live recording at the Rock Garden, dating from mid-1978, contains a large amount of still-unreleased material. Recordings were also made in Camberwell - some of these appeared some thirty years later - and two tracks, 'Favourite Girls' and 'Suzie's Vibrator' were recorded at Gooseberry Studios in Soho, with the Baby-Evans-Gregersen-Kenyer lineup. However, many songs from this period remain unreleased.Late in 1978, following the release of the "Suzie" single (actually "Suzie's Vibrator" but problems with the pressing plant necessitated a name change), Evans left to join the Reds, then the Lost Lovers, before returning to the antipodes and solo work. Rick Gregerson also left soon afterwards playing in various bands including Criminal Minds, and over the next eighteen months Tronics had a varied lineup before the Ziro Baby/Gaby de Vivienne duo appeared on the iconic 'Love Backed By Force'. Much of the documented information about the early period of Tronics is inaccurate, particularly the references in Mario Panciera's '45 Revolutions', which claims that de Vivienne played on 'Favourite Girls'/'Suzie's Vibrator', even though it was actually another three years before she even met Ziro Baby. These inaccuracies are largely due to the lack of recorded information about the band's activities during this somewhat mysterious period, and are based primarily on supposition.
Style And Sound[edit]
The Tronics' style and sound saw several changes during their activity described as a clash of punk attitude, sixties psychedelic (jimi Hendrix), a Velvet Underground comparison,[11] the spirit of rock 'n' roll,[12] a fine line between hypnotism and somnambulism,[13] with a mediaeval atmosphere.[14] Tronics recordings are mainly known to have influences from A Clockwork Orange, Marc Bolan and T-Rex,[15] New York Dolls [16] Johnny Burnette,[17] Buddy Holly and Ronettes.[18]
From their beginnings, Tronics and Zarjaz Baby were reported to be troubled by supernatural and paranormal events, described as everyday occurrences.[19] In 1982, the NME reported that although Tronics attracted diverse groups of people, gangs of Hells Angels followed Tronics and were seen lining the back of Tronics audiences.[20] In 1983, Zarjaz was reported to claim that he was married to Marilyn Monroe in the afterlife and that she had influenced him to create the sleeve artwork of 1983's Tronics "Wild Cat Rock" single depicting Marilyn Monroe on a subway air vent, with a tiger’s head.[21]
Discography[edit]
- "Suzy"/"Favorite Girls" - 7" double A-side single (1979, Tronics, T001)
- "Time Off"/"Goodbye" - 7" single (1980, Tronics, T002)
- Tronics - cassette album (1980, Tronics, T003)
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