THE SOUND - Propaganda

Demon Records ‎– DEMREC97

2 × vinyles, 10", 33 ⅓ rpm

Limited to 1000 copies 

18 avril 2015

REN CD 3 - 1999

A l'origine sorti en CD en 1999 (le 26 avril, jour du suicide d'Adrian Borland) par le label Renascent, Propaganda fut édité à l'occasion du Record Store Day pour la première fois en vinyle, dans un format 2x10".

Ces maquettes, enregistrées dans la maison familiale par Bob, le père d'Adrian, ont capté l'énergie d'un groupe en devenir entre mai et juillet 1979. En gros, cela couvre une période pendant laquelle le quatuor de la banlieue de Londres se nommait encore the Outsiders. Certains titres (*) seront réutilisés pour leur premier album officiel, Jeopardy, dans des versions différentes. Les influences des musiciens vont ici des Stooges à Roxy Music, en passant par le MC5. Par moments, le phrasé d'Adrian est proche de celui de Iggy Pop, en bien plus introverti. Et les étranges cuivres (clarinette/saxo) peuvent faire penser au premier album de Roxy Music. Ces influences, pour la plupart issues du punk-rock US, étaient déjà bien présentes dans les deux albums des Outsiders, mais les compos d'Adrian sont ici plus personnelles, car on y entend désormais plus de subtilités et certains des thèmes qui étaient chers à cet artiste sensible, comme les (parfois difficiles) relations humaines, l'anti-militarisme, une société changeante et déstabilisante.

Certains titres auraient même mérités de figurer sur des albums futurs, notamment le prometteur "Statik".

Par la suite, The Sound, gagnera en maturité, aura intégré ses influences, aura trouvé son propre style musical. Tenant compte du fait que ces jeunes gens jouaient ensemble depuis peu, la plupart de ces 12 titres montrent déjà de l'assurance, une qualité artistique, et un certain professionnalisme.

Tout fan hardcore du groupe se doit d'en posséder une copie !

back cover

Inner sleeves front

Inner sleeves back

Face D

A1	No Salvation
A2	Deep Breath
A3	Cost Of Living
B1	Quarter Past Two
B2	Night Vs. Day *
B3	Physical World
C1	Statik
C2	Music Business
C3	Propaganda
D1	Words Fail Me *
D2	One More Escape
D3	Missiles *

/// Versions ///

	Propaganda ‎(CD, Album)	Renascent	REN CD 3	UK	1999
	Propaganda ‎(2x10", Album)	Demon Records	DEMREC97	Europe	2015
	Propaganda ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	Demon Records	DEMREC161	UK	2016

Released in 1999 by Renascent, Propaganda gathers 12 formative recordings that were laid down by the Sound in 1979, some of which would be re-tooled for official release later on. Technically speaking, it covers a period during which a band called the Outsiders -- who put out the first self-released punk LP in Britain in mid-1977 -- underwent some lineup changes and officially changed into a new band, with guitarist/singer Adrian Borland and bassist Graham Bailey carrying over from the initial band. The material found here was recorded in the Borland family home with Adrian's father, Bob, performing the engineering duties from a small room nearby. Borland and company's influences are apparent: the Stooges, MC5, and Roxy Music. Borland's vocal phrasing resembles Iggy Pop's streetwise cool in a more-than-apparent way, though his worlds-apart personality is introverted and restrained compared to Pop's unbridled exhibitionism.

The presence of clarinet blurts is an obvious reference to early Roxy Music, and some of the careening, assaultive guitar licks from Borland himself resemble the unholy squall and torrential bomber FX channeling of MC5's Fred Smith and Wayne Kramer. Down the road, the Sound would become much better at incorporating their influences, blending and almost burying them. Regardless, this is just a rawer version of a Radio Birdman record with a little more stylistic range and more thoughtful lyrics (they are far from being an endless splatter of grunts and scratches), without the crazy pose; despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm. Any hardcore fan needs a copy. It's not for nothing that the bandmembers themselves regard this collection as their first true record.  - See more at: http://www.brittleheaven.com/articles/the-sound-propaganda-review-all-music-guide/23.html#sthash.vaW76Nxm.dpuf

Released in 1999 by Renascent, Propaganda gathers 12 formative recordings that were laid down by the Sound in 1979, some of which would be re-tooled for official release later on. Technically speaking, it covers a period during which a band called the Outsiders -- who put out the first self-released punk LP in Britain in mid-1977 -- underwent some lineup changes and officially changed into a new band, with guitarist/singer Adrian Borland and bassist Graham Bailey carrying over from the initial band. The material found here was recorded in the Borland family home with Adrian's father, Bob, performing the engineering duties from a small room nearby. Borland and company's influences are apparent: the Stooges, MC5, and Roxy Music. Borland's vocal phrasing resembles Iggy Pop's streetwise cool in a more-than-apparent way, though his worlds-apart personality is introverted and restrained compared to Pop's unbridled exhibitionism.

The presence of clarinet blurts is an obvious reference to early Roxy Music, and some of the careening, assaultive guitar licks from Borland himself resemble the unholy squall and torrential bomber FX channeling of MC5's Fred Smith and Wayne Kramer. Down the road, the Sound would become much better at incorporating their influences, blending and almost burying them. Regardless, this is just a rawer version of a Radio Birdman record with a little more stylistic range and more thoughtful lyrics (they are far from being an endless splatter of grunts and scratches), without the crazy pose; despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm. Any hardcore fan needs a copy. It's not for nothing that the bandmembers themselves regard this collection as their first true record.  - See more at: http://www.brittleheaven.com/articles/the-sound-propaganda-review-all-music-guide/23.html#sthash.vaW76Nxm.dpuf

Released in 1999 by Renascent, Propaganda gathers 12 formative recordings that were laid down by the Sound in 1979, some of which would be re-tooled for official release later on. Technically speaking, it covers a period during which a band called the Outsiders -- who put out the first self-released punk LP in Britain in mid-1977 -- underwent some lineup changes and officially changed into a new band, with guitarist/singer Adrian Borland and bassist Graham Bailey carrying over from the initial band. The material found here was recorded in the Borland family home with Adrian's father, Bob, performing the engineering duties from a small room nearby. Borland and company's influences are apparent: the Stooges, MC5, and Roxy Music. Borland's vocal phrasing resembles Iggy Pop's streetwise cool in a more-than-apparent way, though his worlds-apart personality is introverted and restrained compared to Pop's unbridled exhibitionism.

The presence of clarinet blurts is an obvious reference to early Roxy Music, and some of the careening, assaultive guitar licks from Borland himself resemble the unholy squall and torrential bomber FX channeling of MC5's Fred Smith and Wayne Kramer. Down the road, the Sound would become much better at incorporating their influences, blending and almost burying them. Regardless, this is just a rawer version of a Radio Birdman record with a little more stylistic range and more thoughtful lyrics (they are far from being an endless splatter of grunts and scratches), without the crazy pose; despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm. Any hardcore fan needs a copy. It's not for nothing that the bandmembers themselves regard this collection as their first true record.  - See more at: http://www.brittleheaven.com/articles/the-sound-propaganda-review-all-music-guide/23.html#sthash.vaW76Nxm.dpuf

THE SOUND - Propaganda

(Renascent)

Released in 1999 by Renascent, Propaganda gathers 12 formative recordings that were laid down by the Sound in 1979, some of which would be re-tooled for official release later on. Technically speaking, it covers a period during which a band called the Outsiders -- who put out the first self-released punk LP in Britain in mid-1977 -- underwent some lineup changes and officially changed into a new band, with guitarist/singer Adrian Borland and bassist Graham Bailey carrying over from the initial band. The material found here was recorded in the Borland family home with Adrian's father, Bob, performing the engineering duties from a small room nearby. Borland and company's influences are apparent: the Stooges, MC5, and Roxy Music. Borland's vocal phrasing resembles Iggy Pop's streetwise cool in a more-than-apparent way, though his worlds-apart personality is introverted and restrained compared to Pop's unbridled exhibitionism.

The presence of clarinet blurts is an obvious reference to early Roxy Music, and some of the careening, assaultive guitar licks from Borland himself resemble the unholy squall and torrential bomber FX channeling of MC5's Fred Smith and Wayne Kramer. Down the road, the Sound would become much better at incorporating their influences, blending and almost burying them. Regardless, this is just a rawer version of a Radio Birdman record with a little more stylistic range and more thoughtful lyrics (they are far from being an endless splatter of grunts and scratches), without the crazy pose; despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm. Any hardcore fan needs a copy. It's not for nothing that the bandmembers themselves regard this collection as their first true record.  - See more at: http://www.brittleheaven.com/articles/the-sound-propaganda-review-all-music-guide/23.html#sthash.8toRNVkF.dpuf

THE SOUND - Propaganda

(Renascent)

Released in 1999 by Renascent, Propaganda gathers 12 formative recordings that were laid down by the Sound in 1979, some of which would be re-tooled for official release later on. Technically speaking, it covers a period during which a band called the Outsiders -- who put out the first self-released punk LP in Britain in mid-1977 -- underwent some lineup changes and officially changed into a new band, with guitarist/singer Adrian Borland and bassist Graham Bailey carrying over from the initial band. The material found here was recorded in the Borland family home with Adrian's father, Bob, performing the engineering duties from a small room nearby. Borland and company's influences are apparent: the Stooges, MC5, and Roxy Music. Borland's vocal phrasing resembles Iggy Pop's streetwise cool in a more-than-apparent way, though his worlds-apart personality is introverted and restrained compared to Pop's unbridled exhibitionism.

The presence of clarinet blurts is an obvious reference to early Roxy Music, and some of the careening, assaultive guitar licks from Borland himself resemble the unholy squall and torrential bomber FX channeling of MC5's Fred Smith and Wayne Kramer. Down the road, the Sound would become much better at incorporating their influences, blending and almost burying them. Regardless, this is just a rawer version of a Radio Birdman record with a little more stylistic range and more thoughtful lyrics (they are far from being an endless splatter of grunts and scratches), without the crazy pose; despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm. Any hardcore fan needs a copy. It's not for nothing that the bandmembers themselves regard this collection as their first true record.  - See more at: http://www.brittleheaven.com/articles/the-sound-propaganda-review-all-music-guide/23.html#sthash.8toRNVkF.dpuf