touch and go. 13357 (t&g05) / 4 tracks / jan 1982

1000 made. Test pressings have generic United test press labels. A copy with an allegedly unique sleeve was sold on ebay in 2005; has the picture of the original sleeve on white paper, but not the band logo or title. Regular copies come with one of two different lyric sheets, one has handwritten lyrics on yellow paper and some spray paint (to cover some unwanted artwork?), the other (much more common) one has typed lyrics, white paper. Obik from the Big Black discography site sent me this: “There are three variations on the spraypaint insert - black spraypaint, silver spraypaint, and then silver spraypaint and magic-marker additions. Steve remembered having a “spraypaint party” with Tesco, but couldn’t remember what it was they were trying to cover up…”. Tracks rereleased on the At The Speed of Twisted Thought CD.

A lot better and tighter than their debut 7”, great fast & angry hardcore like early Necros or Negative Approach; great singer, too. A classic. [8]

In bester T+G-Tradition sägen The Fix hier vier wütende und düstere HC-Hämmer herunter, die in Power und Geschwindigkeit durchaus mit Labelgenossen wie Necros oder Negative Approach vergleichbar sind. Dazu die röhrende Stimme des Sängers… Klassiker.

Tracks: cos the elite / truth right now // signal / off to war