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Mekons : The Mekons Story
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From cacophonic punk, primitive disco, agitated funk and new wave, and synth pop, the consistent thread in this material is the sheer brilliance of the Mekons' literacy in songwriting.
Genre: Rock: Punk
Release Date: 2008
The Mekons Story Record Label: Buried Treasure
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Letter's In The Post 1:13 Album Only
Not a Bitterman (Born To Be Mild) 3:53 Album Only
Dance and Drink the Mekons 2:40 Album Only
Bomb Train 3:04 Album Only
Trouble Down South 3:10 Album Only
Car-Men 3:29 Album Only
Eden 3:15 Album Only
Frustration 2:51 Album Only
Fight The Cuts 2:05 Album Only
Byron 4:22 Album Only
This Sporting Life 6:29 Album Only
Rosanne 2:20 Album Only
Garden Fence of Sound 2:43 Album Only
Miriam Always 2:25 Album Only
Walking Song 1:20 Album Only
The Building 3:08 Album Only
I'm So Happy 4:19 Album Only
I Bought You These 3:27 Album Only
He Beat Up His Boyfriend 2:16 Album Only
1st Guitarist 2:27 Album Only
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Originally released in 1982, The Mekons Story (also known as It Falleth like the Gentle Rain from Heaven) is a collection of rare and unobtainable tracks from the U.K. punk legends which Jon Langford describes as "our revenge on the world". This 20 track CD includes brilliant outtakes, unreleased tracks, alternate versions, B-sides, as well as a handful of live radio sessions recorded between 1977 and 1982 during the first Mekons incarnation. With a drunken sounding David Spencer providing a between cuts "history" of the band, this, more than any other Mekons recording, shows their crucial and comic postpunk development. From cacophonic punk, primitive disco, agitated funk and new wave, and synth pop, the consistent thread in this material is the sheer brilliance of the Mekons' literacy in songwriting.

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