"SAME OLD THING YEAH I KNOW...Everybody does it" The Slits' Cut POLL

Brillaint album...I want to vote for "So Tough" bcz that might be one of the greatest songs of the 20th century!

"Instant Hit"
I remember being blown away by the band's tight rhythms when I first heard this: "I thought they couldn't play!"

no joke...they still get the "amateruish musicianship" label sometimes...unfreakinbelievable!!!

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newtown ftw

^ the secret crown jewel of this album ^

seems so typical to go for "typical girls"

near impossible to choose one

can't I have them all?

let not this thread be worksafe

http://www.l8k.com.ar/blog/hello/1233619/750/Slits_1979-2005.11.05-16.21.00.jpg

voted "so tough" ah! that song is too good! the whole album is!

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I couldn't decide between FM or Ping Pong Affair and now both had no votes :-(

Missed this, would have gone for "Shoplifting." We pay...FUCKALL!

Cut (2CD Deluxe Edition)
The Slits

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Track List

Disc 1

Instant Hit
So Tough
Spend, Spend, Spend
Shoplifting
Fm
Newtown
Ping Pong Affair
Love Und Romance
Typical Girls
Adventures Close To Home
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Liebe And Romanze
Typical Girls
Love And Romance
Vindictive
Newtown
Shoplifting
So Tough
Instant Hit
FM
Disc 2

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Instant Hit
Spend, Spend, Spend
Newtown
Adventures Close To Home
Instant Hit
So Tough
Spend, Spend, Spend
Shoplifting
FM
Newtown
Ping Pong Affair
Love Und Romance
Typical Girls
Adventures Close To Home
So Tough
Instant Hit
Typical Girls
Spend, Spend, Spend
In The Beginning, There Was Rhythm

sorry, better details...NOW!

Disc 1 Title Additional Info
1. Instant Hit
2. So Tough
3. Spend, Spend, Spend
4. Shoplifting
5. Fm
6. Newtown
7. Ping Pong Affair
8. Love Und Romance
9. Typical Girls
10. Adventures Close To Home
11. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Liebe And Romanze Slow Version
13. Typical Girls Brink Style Dub
14. Love And Romance John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
15. Vindictive John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
16. Newtown John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
17. Shoplifting John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
18. So Tough John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
19. Instant Hit John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
20. FM John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
Disc 2 Title Additional Info
1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine Rough Mix
2. Instant Hit 8 Track Demo
3. Spend, Spend, Spend 8 Track Demo
4. Newtown 8 Track Demo
5. Adventures Close To Home 8 Track Demo
6. Instant Hit "Rough Mix"
7. So Tough "Rough Mix"
8. Spend, Spend, Spend Toast Version
9. Shoplifting "Rough Mix"
10. FM "Rough Mix"
11. Newtown "Rough Mix"
12. Ping Pong Affair "Rough Mix"
13. Love Und Romance "Rough Mix"
14. Typical Girls "Rough Mix"
15. Adventures Close To Home "Rough Mix"
16. So Tough Outtake
17. Instant Hit Instrumental Outtake
18. Typical Girls Instrumental Outtake
19. Spend, Spend, Spend Dub Version
20. In The Beginning, There Was Rhythm Early Version

ooooooooooh gimme cd2 now!

So this is out - is the second disc worth it? I'm kinda dubious about the value of rough mixes of this material.

I think I like the Peel sessions more than the album :/
FM is a great song!

The Peel session are indeed great. There's another session they did for the second album, pity they didn't include it with the expanded reissue of "Return".

a "second disc" has NEVER, EVER been more worth it in the entirety of bs coin-scraping reissues EVER, if it's making the Peel Sessions properly available again!!

I can't really state that strongly enough! Cut is ace, yes, but the Peel Sessions oh man, there's no shame at all in preferring them to the studio album, none at all.

Yeah, but this also sounds like those fabled 'demo tapes' that the "Y" album was 'supposed' to be...

.. although no "Number One Enemy" ?

didn't really read the above posts properly in my glee there...

didnt Return of the Giant Slits get reissued a couple years back as well...did Dennis Bovell produce that one too?

referring to this:

i always feltd. bovell flattened out and muffled their ideas somewhat on cut (compared to what he did with the pop group on "y", for example) — i like the very scratchy monochrome sound for a while, and then i drift away
by contrast, i've been playing "return of the gigantic" all weekend, which is amazing

(i've still got my giant cut wall poster though — the other jazz insects gave it to me as a birthday present!!) (we were produced by d.bovell also — WE PUT IT IN GIANT LETTERS ON THE SLEEVE as he was a million times more famous than us)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:37 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark

oh man I missed this, sounds awesome.

I think mark s was referring to an orig copy, but I'm not sure.

"Return Of The Giant Slits" got reissued a couple of years ago with a bonus disc of remixes. Amazon's got it for $11 used.

Anyone seen Viv Albertine's new band Limerence? They are coming to my town in Feb.

I saw her play solo a couple of months ago, just her & guitar. Funny, bitter songs she wrote around her divorce mostly. No Slits songs. Seems v nice.

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/the-slits-cut-round-13-toms-selection/

Just a brilliant, brilliant album. How can you pick a favourite song?

This album was like a bolt out of the blue when I first heard it *very* late in my musical education. The various remixes and demos that have come out on expanded editions don't tempt me, but the original studio LPs and the Peel sessions are just impeccable. They really make me see the world through different eyes when I listen.

It certainly manages the trick of capturing a moment in time and yet sounding pretty timeless.

would have gone for grapevine cos its an extra on the CD copy i bought for a girlfriend, but i guess it had its own poll recently.

http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/the-slits-says-they-never-received-royalties-for-debut-album-cut