SCENE IS NOW - CD TOTAL JIVE

Popis - TOTAL JIVE:
Part two (of three) of their reissue series documenting the great works of New Yorks The Scene Is Now from the 1980s.
This time around its their sophomore album from 1986, Total Jive. TSIN started out in the early 80s, born from the ashes of No Wave outfit, Information (recently documented in Thurston Moore and Byron Coleys No Wave book), by Philip Dray and Chris Nelson. Joined by Dick Champ and Jeff McGovern, they went on to release three LPs in that decade which remain amazing and scarcelyheard gems from Underground America. With a sound which was distinctly New York - equal parts Velvets/Feelies strum,
angular geekoid rock a la Television/Talking Heads and choppy avant rhythms straight from the No Wave - the band also melded influences from such disparate sources (The Fall, Minutemen, Bob Wills) that they remain a tough band to musically pin down. They truly are/were a unique blend of the avant-garde and
the traditional. Total Jive was originally released on the bands own Lost label in 1986, manufactured and distributed by the Twin/Tone label. Roughly half of the tracks are produced
by downtown wiz-kid, Elliott Sharp, and it has never been issued on CD before. This version is fully remastered from the original master tapes and features a 12-page full-colour booklet with never-seen-before photos of the band from the period, as well as liner notes by Lexicon Devil honcho, Dave Lang. The 1980s produced a lot of great underground sounds from the US of A, and The Scene Is Now is certainly one of them begging for some much-deserved 21stcentury recognition.. RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: MOFUNGO, YO LA TENGO, THE FEELIES, TALKING HEADS, TELEVISION, PERE UBU.