r radical records. rr 1984 / 53 tracks / 1984

EU: r radical records. rr 1984 / 53 tracks / 1984

RI (2xCD): new red archives. nra 68 / 1997

+ info / lyric fanzine. There’s a US and a European version which was distributed/manufactured(?) by EfA in Germany, US has yellow/black labels, the Euro version has black & white labels. CD version has bonus tracks.

Anti war compilation; basically all the bands that were in line with the left-wing peace punk movement of the early/mid 80s are there: MDC, DOA, BGK, Subhumans UK, Crass, Wretched, Dicks, Conflict, Dead Kennedys… it's a long long list. The music is almost exclusively fast, rough, powerful mid-80s hardcore, sometimes with a slight metal edge, sometimes a bit simple, sometimes great and tight. After four LP sides this style gets a bit tiring, but there's a lot of excellent music here. My favorites here are Gism, Septic Death and Crass who have a very untypical “ambient anarcho electronics” track. [8]  

Engagierter Peace-Sampler mit tonnenweise genialen Bands, die in­ternationale HC-Elite. Hat wenig Sinn, einzelne Bands hervorzu­heben, alle spielen den schnellen, derben 80er-HC. manche recht stumpf, manche ausgefeilt. Bemerkenswert noch der tolle Crass-Track, kommt sehr atmosphärisch/avantgardistisch/elektronisch. Die Platte ist ewig lang und daher nach einiger Zeit etwas ermüdend; ansonsten aber eine exzellente Platte: gute Auswahl, gute Musik, interessantes Booklet.

Tracks: Articles of Faith - up against a wall / Gism - endless blockade for pussyfooter / Neon Christ - ashes to ashes / Kalashnikov - schluters kabinet / Cause for Alarm - time will tell / Local Disturbance - no usa / Unwarranted Trust - honour’s calling / Wretched - mai arrendersi / ODFX - drop the a bomb on me / Afflicted - here come the cops / Declino - inutile trionfo / Dicks - hope you get drafted / BGK - arms race / Crass - it’s you // Upright Citizens - swastika ratss / False Prophets - banana split republic / Mob 47 - nuclear attack / Offenders - face down in the dirt / Contrazione - sbarra / Scum - so much hate / Los Violadores - viejos pateticos / Deadlock - sometimes / PPG - will it ever end / Trash - peace of what / Vicious Circle - police brutality / Condemned to Death - gartlands pit / Negazione - non mi dire / DOA - america the beautiful /// DRI - snap / Porno Patrol - jump back / Treason - drop out / Shit S.A. - abortos / Septic Death - silence / Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers - life of punishment / Peggio Punx - no mai / Proletariat - an uneasy peace / Conflict - bomb / Iconoclast - battlefield (nightmare) / Pandemonium - pay for shit / Dead Kennedys - kinky sex makes the world go round / Boskops - skorbut // Subhumans (UK) - rats / White Lie - peace officer / Wargasm - r.a.t.-pentagone / Slaughterhouse 4 - four more hours / Execute - finale / Reagan Youth - reagan youth / Impact - the man goes on / Butthole Surfers - 100 million people dead / Kangrena - ataque / Porcelain Forehead - will amerika / Barely Human - no mercy no war / Raf Punk - contro la pace contro la guerra / Zenzile - moment by moment-exiled shadows / MDC - missile destroyed civilization