homestead records. hms 044 / 18 tracks / 1986

EU: boudisque records. /

RI: touch & go records. tg 92 / oct 1992

RI: AUS: augogo records. anda 157 / 1992

Some HMS copies on red vinyl. Homestead cover has liner notes by Steve Albini, T&G reissue has same text with photos added. HMS version on LP and CD, T&G on CD only.

Compiles the first two 12”s, Lungs and Bulldozer (and Racer X on the CD versions). Music ranges from early, less noisy stuff to the “real” Big Black sound. Essential. [9]

Zusammenstellung der ersten beiden Big-Black-EPs auf einer LP (“Lungs”, “Bulldozer”, auf der CD noch “Racer X”). Nette Sache, denn die Originale sind kaum zu bezahlen. Musikalisch gibt es Big Black-Krach aus der ganz frühen Phase (weniger Krach) bis zu “richtigem” Big-Black-Sound. Essentiell, wie alles von dieser Band! (KS)

Tracks: steelworker / live is a hole / dead billy / i can be killed / crack / rip / cables / pigeon kill / i’m a mess / texas / seth / jump the climb / racer x / shotgun / the ugly american / deep six / sleep! / the big playback