Friday Ephemera: ESG & Y Pants, 12.17.80, The Other End, NYC

To purchase this, and see much more like it, visit Gallery 98.

Instant Collection: 99 Records!

The rarest of the rare. A Liquid Liquid 7" (Bellhead) that was never issued and is very difficult to find (7" single, 1981)

More goodies are up on eBay now. I thought this lot might be of interest as they're all 99 Records-related. Click each photo to view that item specifically, and see all of my eBay items here.

Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps (7" single, 1980)

Maximum Joy - Stretch (this is a Y Records 7" issue, but 99 released a 12", 1981)

Y Pants - Off The Hook (Includes insert, 7" EP, produced by Glenn Branca, 1980)

ESG - You're No Good (7" EP as issued by Factory Records, 1981)

Congo (The Congos in disguise) - At The Feast (12" EP, 1981)

Singers & Players - War of Worlds (Originally issued by On-U Sound, and produced by Adrian Sherwood, LP, 1981)

ESG - Dance To The Beat of Moody (12" EP, 1982)

Liquid Liquid - GroupMeGroup (Includes insert, 12" EP, 1981)

Liquid Liquid - Dig We Must (12" EP, 1984)

Just for kicks, here is the insert that comes with Liquid Liquid's GroupMeGroup EP (above)

Friday Ephemera: Y Pants

Two original Y Pants fliers, circa early 80's. Both of these gorgeous & extremely rare posters are available to purchase from the gallery store at 98 Bowery.

New York Noise, Vol. 2

Released today in the UK, it should be easy to find here in the States...I've been looking forward to this for a while now from Soul Jazz.

TRACKLISTING
1. pulsallama - ungawa pt. 2
2. mofungo - hunter gatherer
3. red transistor - not bite
4. vortex ost - black box disco
5. certain general - back downtown
6. sonic youth - i dreamed i dream
7. rhys chatham - drastic classicism
8. clandestine feat ned sublette - radio rhythm (dub)
9. glorious strangers - move it time
10. felix (arthur russell/nicky siano) - tigerstripes
11. the del byzantines (w/jim jarmusch) - my hands are yellow
12. don king - tanajura
13. jill kroesen - im not seeing that you are here
14. ut - sham shack
15. the static (glenn branca) - my relationship
16. y pants - favorite sweater

This is the second volume of Soul Jazz Records’ New York Noise and delves further into the post-punk/dance world of New York in the 1980s. The music ranges from the guitar-driven experimentation of Sonic Youth, Red Transistor and minimalism of Rhys Chatham to the dubbed-out disco of Arthur Russell and Nicky Siano and Pulsallama. All alongside a healthy dose of punk-funk from the likes of Y Pants, Vortex and more. Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham (minimalist classical composer), Jim Jarmusch (film-maker and founding member of Del Byzantines), Arthur Russell, Ned Sublette (writer), Thurston Moore -all included here- played key roles in bringing the New York music and art scene together in the early 1980s alongside the artist Jean Michel Basquiat, actor Vincent Gallo, poet Lydia Lunch and a host of other characters. This album features text, original photos and interviews documenting this amazing period.

For more from Soul Jazz, go here. Be on the lookout for an early hip hop comp from them this year as well.