Essential Logic – Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Play ?
Label: |
Rough Trade – ROUGH 5 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Post-Punk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Quality Crayon Wax OK | 3:11 | |
| A2 | The Order Form | 5:44 | |
| A3 | Shabby Abbott | 3:45 | |
| A4 | World Friction | 7:07 | |
| B1 | Wake Up | 3:01 | |
| B2 | Albert | 4:55 | |
| B3 | Alkaline Loaf In The Area | 4:29 | |
| B4 | Collecting Dust | 5:00 | |
| B5 | Popcorn Boy (Waddle Ya Do?) | 3:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rough Trade
- Copyright © – Rough Trade
- Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
- Published By – Dinsong
- Recorded At – Foel Studio
- Mixed At – Foel Studio
- Mastered At – Allied Records Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By [With Arrangements By], Composed By – Essential Logic
- Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Mark Turner (4)
- Design [Cover Design] – Zût Graphics*
- Drums – Rich Tea
- Engineer – Hûgh Jönes*
- Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ashley Buff
- Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
- Producer – Lora Logic
- Songwriter, Composed By – Lora Logic
- Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Lead Vocals [Lead Warbling] – Lora Logic
- Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Cowbell – Dave Wright (2)
Notes
Recorded and mixed at Foel Studios.
Published by DinSong 1979
© ℗ Rough Trade 1979
On label: Rough trade & Logic Records
On spine: Logic / Rough
Track durations are not printed on the release.
Runouts are etched.
Published by DinSong 1979
© ℗ Rough Trade 1979
On label: Rough trade & Logic Records
On spine: Logic / Rough
Track durations are not printed on the release.
Runouts are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): (ALI) S-2 ROUGH 5 A-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): (ALI) S-3 ROUGH 5 B-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): (ALI) S-5 ROUGH 5 A-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): (ALI) S-5 ROUGH 5 B-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): (ALI) S-9 ROUGH 5 A-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): (ALI) S-10 ROUGH 5 B-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): (ALI) S-7 ROUGH 5 A-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): (ALI) ROUGH 5 B-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT S-6
Other Versions (5 of 9)
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Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Play ? (LP, Album) | Rough Arletty | ATTY 4, Rough 5 | Finland | 1979 | ||
| Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Play ? (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo) | Rough Trade | ROUGH 5 | UK | 1980 | |||
| Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Play? (LP, Album) | Rough Trade | RTGAP 1006 | Australia | 1981 | |||
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New Submission
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Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?) (LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue, Blue) | Hiss And Shake Records | HAS002LP | UK | 2023 | ||
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New Submission
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Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?) (9×File, WAV, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Hiss And Shake Records | none | Europe | 2023 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Entirely agree with the other reviewers. I was aware of the band back when this was released but never picked this up. Just got a copy of this truly fantastic album. This pressing is also amazing - great sounding bass and spiky guitars and then of course there is that sax. -
It's a vastly underrated album.
Hell, how many people have even heard of Essential Logic?
X-Ray Spex is a name everyone knows, but hardly anyone seems to care about Lora's band. This album is absolutely outstanding from start to finish.
There's obviously still a high level of Punk attitude in the songs, but the aggression is offset by highly accomplished musicianship. From the fast-paced drive of Quality Crayon Wax OK, the funky yet paranoid The Order Form, through to the absolute insanity of Alkaline Loaf In The Area (imagine a post-punk Gong), every track is a winner.
Wow. Not only are Essential Logic underrated, but they're also very influential.
Shocking that this album, and their outstanding subsequent singles, have never been reissued on vinyl. -
Saxophone Bites
The best thing about Essential Logic is the absolute madness of the band – starting with crazy music, continuing with insane saxophone and ending with mad vocals. “We’re in a room, it doesn’t matter where. Tall step, it doesn’t matter where. We’re in a group, it doesn’t matter where. Tall step, it doesn’t matter where. Quality crayon wax O.K. – paint it while you’re here. Paint all corners black, no way! Cause we need light so dear. Give me sunlight power of source to lighten up the world. Cause I can’t see, I’m blind you see. I’m a cut off sort of girl, I’m a cut of sort of…” Tunes are intricate, rhythms are shifting, melodies are mutating and instrumentation is gorgeously lush. Beat Rhythm News is an art punk album.
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