Nash The Slash – Decomposing
Label: |
Cut-Throat Records – CUT-5 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM, Mini-Album
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Country: |
Canada |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Darkwave |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Calling | 4:14 | |
| A2 | Life In Loch Ness | 4:41 | |
| B1 | Womble | 6:58 | |
| B2 | Pilgrim's Lament | 3:33 |
Companies, etc.
- Made By – World Records (3) – WRC1-1867
- Manufactured By – Cut-Throat Productions
- Distributed By – Cut-Throat Productions
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cut-Throat Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cut-Throat Productions
- Copyright © – Cut-Throat Records
- Copyright © – Cut-Throat Productions
- Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Corp. Of Canada Ltd.
- Published By – Marginal Music
- Published By – Virgin Music Publishers
- Produced At – Cut-Throat Studios
- Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Credits
- Design – Nash*
- Photography By – Paul Till
- Written-By, Producer – Nash The Slash
Notes
Being all-instrumental music, there are no voices to affect the realism of the orchestrations. Thus the album becomes a collection of electronic concertos, each movement being defined by the speed of the turntable. A turntable with speeds of 33, 45 and 78 RPM, creates a different ratio within the pieces, yet maintains a familiar melodic drama.
Saying all this, the record was recorded to produce the sound you hear at 45 RPM and any compilations using tracks taken from this record reflect this.
Times listed are at the speed the tracks were recorded (45 RPM)
Catalogue number on back cover, spine and labels 'CUT-5'.
World Records job number 'WRC1-1867' appears on spine and labels .
Back cover:
Playable At Any Speed
Written and produced by Nash The Slash at Cut-Throat Studios, Autumn 1981.
[Cut-Throat Records logo] © ℗ 1981
Labels:
Manufactured & distributed by Cut-Throat Productions © ℗ 1981
Made in Canada
Saying all this, the record was recorded to produce the sound you hear at 45 RPM and any compilations using tracks taken from this record reflect this.
Times listed are at the speed the tracks were recorded (45 RPM)
Catalogue number on back cover, spine and labels 'CUT-5'.
World Records job number 'WRC1-1867' appears on spine and labels .
Back cover:
Playable At Any Speed
Written and produced by Nash The Slash at Cut-Throat Studios, Autumn 1981.
[Cut-Throat Records logo] © ℗ 1981
Labels:
Manufactured & distributed by Cut-Throat Productions © ℗ 1981
Made in Canada
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: CAPAC
- Other (Spine): Shorewood logo
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): DM
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout area - variant 1): DM-1 WRC1 1867 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout area - variant 1): DM-2 WRC1 1867 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout area - variant 2): WRC1 1867 A B DM-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout area - variant 2): WRC1 1867 B DM-2
Other Versions (5 of 7)
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Decomposing (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM, Mini-Album) | Cut-Throat Records | CUT-5 | Canada | 1981 | ||
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Decomposing (12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue, Yellow) | Artoffact Records | AOF255 | Canada | 2017 | ||
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New Submission
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Decomposing (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM, Mini-Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing) | Artoffact Records | AOF255 | Canada | 2017 | ||
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Decomposing (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Artoffact Records | AOF255CD | Canada | 2017 | ||
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New Submission
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Decomposing (12", 45 RPM, Mini-Album, Reissue, Stereo) | Artoffact Records | AOF255 | Canada | 2017 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 10 months agoFor me, "playable" at all speeds does not necessarily mean "enjoyable" at all speeds.
At the intended speed of 45rpm, it's A-grade Nash - 'nuff said. Layered and detailed with a healthy slab of DIY-aesthetic. What's not to like?
At 33rpm, the drop in key and tempo gives it a darker and more sinister tone, A-grade Nash with a twist.
At 78rpm, it becomes more like "Nash on Acid" - its an assault on the ears where its detail barely discernable and the healthy bass of the 45pm version is now non-existent. I may be wrong though: my TT can't play at 78pm so I'm listening to a version artificially sped up using Audacity. (*)
But that then asks the question - what does it sound like at 16rpm? After all, Neu's "Super 16" benefited from that lo-fi, gloomy quality - enough to make an appearance in a Tarantino movie.
(*) before anyone comments, yes I did compensate for the RIAA curve. It's not my first day making vinyl rips ;) -
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Edited 13 years agoIt's not the first album playable at any speed, that was "Pagan Muzak" by Non from 1978 which also had 17 locked grooves and 2 holes... if you want to hear REALLY revolutionary music (and not music from the guy whose band wrote The Carpenters' "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft") please start there.
I am biased because that Non album permanently changed how I heard music. Alas I haven't had the same experience with Nash, although I remain open minded.
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