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ARTIST
NEWTOWN NEUROTICS
TITLE
Beggars Can Be Choosers
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
RADIATION REISSUES
CATALOG #
RRS 037LP
RRS 037LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/20/2020
Radiation Deluxe Series present a reissue of
Newtown Neurotics
'
Beggars Can Be Choosers
, originally released in 1983. As suggested by the name of the group, Newtown Neurotics was a product of suburban Britain. Formed in 1979 in the anonymous town of Harlow in Essex (which had been established as a planned city to house displaced families in the aftermath of World War II), lead singer, guitarist and songwriter
Steve Drewett
took an openly socialist stance within the band, steering their music in a bid for stimulating social change, much in the manner of
Joe Strummer
in
The Clash
or punk troubadour,
Billy Bragg
;
The Ramones
also provided early musical inspiration, along with the deep and heavy sounds of roots reggae from Jamaica. Along with bassist and backing vocalist
Colin Dredd
(AKA
Colin Masters
), demos and early singles featured drummer
Tig Barber
, who was replaced by
Simon O'Brien
(AKA
Simon Lomond
) in 1981. The cassette release
Pissed As A Newt
surfaced in small quantities, but their proper debut album arrived in 1983 in the form of
Beggars Can Be Choosers
, a masterwork of political punk with pop and reggae leanings; in addition to spurring their listeners to wake up and take direct action on the disc, the album also addresses teen angst, messy relationships and the caustic nature of boredom and apathy, as well as gender inequality and racial tensions. Closing number, "Living With Unemployment" was co-written by
JM Carroll
and
Nicky Tesco
of
The Members
. Includes 60X40cm poster. First 150 individually numbered copies on red vinyl.
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