rykodisc. rcd 40072 / 24 tracks / 1988

Contains side A of Academy Fight Song 7”, Signals Call and Marches 12”, VS LP, Trem Two 7”, two unreleased tracks and two tracks from The Horrible Truth…LP. Lots of classic MOB stuff on an 80 minute CD; it's just a shame that “Max Ernst” is missing. [9]

Sampler mit den MOB-Platten auf dem Ace of Hearts-Label. Einige zeitlose Klassiker (Academy Fight Song, That’s when I… usw.), einige weniger interes­sante Tracks, ansonsten guter Burma-Sound: spröder, aber trotzdem melodi­scher Gitarrenrock; die REM des Punkrock. Schon allein wegen der Rekord-Spieldauer (über 80 Minuten!) empfehlenswert.

Tracks: academy fight song / that’s when i reach for my revolver / outlaw / fame and fortune / this is not a photograph / red / all world cowboy romance / forget / laugh the world away / ok - no way / secrets / train / trem two / new nails / dead pool / learn how / mica / weatherbox / the ballad of johnny burma / ein­stein’s day / fun world / that’s how i escaped my certain fate / go fun burn man / 1970