Inner City Unit - Punkadelic (CD, Imported)

Inner City Unit's third album was, in fact, a collection of odds and ends that rounded up some of the more intriguing one-offs the band had perpetrated over the past couple of years. Many of these are demos for material issued elsewhere, including the first ever run-through of "Watching the Grass Grow" and the terrific versions of "Space Invaders" and "Polyethylene" that landed the band the offer of a deal with Polydor in late 1979. They chose not to take it -- apparently, the major label didn't actually offer them any money in return for their signatures! Also included are a couple of disco numbers hatched by bandmembers Dead Fred and Trev Thomas alone that never went any further than the versions you hear here (a shame), and "Blue Rinse Haggard Robot," an ode to Margaret Thatcher that, up there with Iron Maiden's Eddie mascot, sums up many folks' feelings toward her with matter-of-fact lucidity: "Little girls are pretty; robot, you're not -- you're a cunt!" Should one wish to make comparisons, the "regular" versions of such classics as "Watching the Grass Grow," "Cars Eat with Auto Face," and "Solitary Ashtray" (all of which appeared on their debut album) are more complete than those included here. But the nature of the band was such that any version -- live, demo, or studio -- can be considered "definitive" by some standard or another, and this set is just as enjoyable as anything else the band released. Cherry Red's 2007 reissue of Punkadelic also includes six tracks from the Blood and Bone EP plus two additional bonus tracks from the Hawkwind collection Friends & Relations. ~ Dave Thompson

General

Label:	Dark Peak Productions
Release date:	June 2007
Originally released:	July 2007
Recorded by:	Inner City Unit
Dimensions:	127 x 146 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Categories:	Music > Pop / Rock Promotions
LSN:	XWB-MHM-WJE-4
Barcode:	5013929219823

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Disk 1

1	Watching The Grass Grow
2	Space Invaders
3	Polyethylene
4	Cars Eat With Auto Face
5	God Disco
6	Disco Tango
7	Gas Money
8	Alright On The Flight
9	Blue Rinse Haggard Robot
10	Bildeborg
11	Blood And Bone (bonus track)
12	Hurricane Fighter Plane (bonus track)
13	Brand New Cadillac (bonus track)
14	Paint Your Windows White (bonus track)
15	Little Black Egg (bonus track)
16	Laughing Policeman (bonus track)
17	Raj Neesh (bonus track)
18	Human Beings (bonus track)

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