I've been impressed with the generosity of the online punk blogging community in sharing their old punk stuff. So I've decided to get in on the act by putting up occasional gems from my own collection. You can read more about the whys and hows here. Enjoy.
Artist: Karma Sutra
Album: The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker
Source: Vinyl 12" LP
Running time (h:m:s): 00:38:55
Bitrate: V0 VBR
Size (mb): 77
Label: Paradoxical Records (defunct)
Year: 1987
Notes: Best burned with no gaps between tracks
1. Roleplay
2. Intelligent Life
3. Pillow Talk
4. The Package
5. Dismantle The Lie
6. Absent Friends
7. The Spectre Of Capitalism
8. The Very Last Night Of The Proms
9. When The Music Stops
10. Indifference Kills
11. Shroud
12. Collectivise
13. Goodbye Cruel World
14. Masters And Slaves
This has to be one of the finest records ever to have come out of the 80's UK anarcho scene. Not for Karma Sutra the simple political polemic and jarring guitar noise. No, lyrically this lot included situationism, anarcho-syndicalism, love and class war all wrapped up in strong melodic tunes.
Karma Sutra made it quite clear that they encouraged non-commercial copying and distribution of this record as much as possible – at one point they even planned only to sell it to public libraries so that no-one actually owned it (although they were defeated in this by local government logistics and the fact that some communities don't have music libraries!). The label says it all really. See, all you torrent kiddies, we were fighting the fight way back!
OP's opinion: @@@@@
Thanks for the comment Old Punk! Nice blog too… I'll add you to one of my links in the side bar. Thanks again.
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Great album. Well worth listening to.
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Ahh – lovely! Was so chuffed to see this up here. Lived above Dave, lead singer, for couple of years in a housing co-op in MK but only had crappy copy on tape. Thanks loads for this – well appreciated.
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Thanks for the comments, glad you're all enjoying it
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I download this a while ago but I never thanked you for introducing me to this fine band. So.. thanks! It's a rather interesting album.
Also, would you happen to have the lyrics?
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Hi Frank
Yeah, it's a good record eh?
I'll take some photos of the booklet with the lyrics and upload them in the next couple of days.
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Any luck on the lyrics? I might be blind…
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