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Artist:	CRIME
Title:	San Francisco's Still Doomed
Label:	SWAMI
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	SWA 126CD

Reissue of a previous bootleg of unreleased demos (one 11 track session from 1978, the other a 9 track session from 1979), plus 2 alt. 7" takes. Doesn't include the original studio recordings of their singles, that's forthcoming on a Revenant release; medium quality, but it's the only Crime release out there (for now). "One of the most artistically significant and visually subversive bands in the rock n roll universe was Crime. Having released the first independent punk record on the West Coast in 1976 they immediately set a precedent as one of the loosest, most raw, uncompromising and confrontational bands of all time. Dubbing themselves 'San Francisco's first and only Rock N Roll band' only added to an already bubbling alienation from the punk scene at that time. They were simply too wild to contain, too stylized to ignore, and musically too violent for the faint of heart. San Francisco's Still Doomed is a reissue of their classic San Francisco's Doomed record with two unreleased bonus tracks (alternate takes of 'Hot Wire My Heart' and 'You're So Repulsive'), never seen before photos, updated liner notes and better mastering. Both bonus tracks are taken from the same session that produced the first Crime single."

Artist:	PENETRATORS
Title:	Basement Anthology 1976-84
Label:	SWAMI
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SWA 129CD

"In the tradition of the fine Swami reissues of Crime and Testors comes a primordial belch of pathos crushing punk ineptness. The Penetrators' Basement Anthology chronicles this criminally overlooked Syracuse bands recordings from 1976-1982. Their sound was firmly rooted in the tradition of the rebellious rock n roll of the 60's and branded with generous amounts of the attitude and style that marked the first wave of American punk bands. Basement Anthology is a time machine back into an age that chronologically is not that long ago but culturally is beyond reach. The Penetrators liberal use of gigantic bumble bee guitar rip, paper tommy gun snare attack, sure echoed vocal proclamations of eternal rock n roll lore. In a time when eyeliner and synthesizers were listed as ground breaking musical influences The Penetrators upstate isolation bred a band worthy to hold the torch of garage blasting during what was then considered dark times. Until now only championed by the Killed By Death set (is there such a thing?), Basement Anthology rectifies elusiveness and puts these legendary noise makers on the radar."

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