UNITS WARM MOVING BODIES AMERICAN POST PUNK ROCK RARE

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Oct 14, 2010 Sold Date

Oct 4, 2010 Start Date

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Great Britain Country Of Seller

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN EXCELLENT CONDITION 7"

UNITS

WARM MOVING BODIES

I-NIGHT

MATRIX NUMBERS: 801-67-A

801-67-B,

THIS AMERICAN ISSUED RECORD HAS HAND WRITTEN MATRIX NUMBERS AND COMES IN A FOLD AROUND SLEEVE

WE DO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR ITEMS PURCHASED MEANING THAT WE DO PROVIDE POSTAGE DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES WHERE POSSIBLE, AS A RULE THE FIRST LP IS CHARGED AT STANDARD POSTAL RATE AND EACH ITEM THERE AFTER AT AROUND A 50% DISCOUNT, AND THE SAME GOES FOR 7" RECORDS, THERE MAY BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THIS, SUCH AS BEING UNABLE TO COMBINE POSTAGE FOR A POSTER AND A RECORD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US IF YOU ARE STILL UNSURE

ITEMS ARE PACKAGED IN STIFF CARD MAILERS WITH STIFFENERS, AND ARE REMOVED FROM SLEEVES PRIOR TO PACKING-UNLESS THE ITEM IS SOLD AS 'SEALED'

Part performance art piece, part synth pop/post-punk/new wave innovators, the Units practically ruled the San Francisco scene in the late '70s and early '80s before flirting with unlikely mainstream success in 1983. The Units built swirling prog rock-esque keyboards and frenetic electronic blips around politically and sociologically charged chants which echoed elements of what bands like Devo and Gang of Four were discovering elsewhere. The band mainly consisted of Rachel Webber and Scott Ryser, but held true to the spirit of a collective as members of the Bay Area avant-garde scene flitted in and out. After a spate of 7"s and dozens of high-profile opening slots, the Units released Digital Stimulation in 1980. The album earned critical raves and is considered one of the earliest new wave records. In 1982, the peppy "The Right Man" scaled the dance charts and helped earn the band a contract with Epic Records. While the soundtrack-ready single "A Girl Like You" found its way into rotation on the nascent MTV, their second and third records never saw the light of the day. In 1984, Ryser and Webber moved on, and the band dissolved. In 2010, the dormant band earned a new audience when the Portland, OR, indie label Community Library issued History of the Units.

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