Blonde Redhead - Masculin Féminin box set

Blonde Redhead has always produced at a furious rate, and the early years of the band were some of their most fruitful, with two excellent albums on Steve Shelley's wonderful but short-lived label imprint Smells Like Records, as well as a handful of stand-alone singles which all contained album-worthy tracks. Numero Group has lovingly compiled this release to document this period in the band's history - these singles are all long out of print and the albums are being made available on vinyl for the first time ever (having originally been issued in that weird period around 1995 where some labels were CD-only).

Blonde Redhead - Masculin Féminin

Street Date, September 30th, 2016, Numero Group

Teeming with the energy and grit of pre-Giuliani Manhattan, Blonde Redhead’s long out-of-print early recordings have finally crawled their way out of the ’90s basement thanks to Numero Group who will issue a 4LP / 2CD set on Sept. 30. Weighing in at 37 tracks, Masculin Féminin compiles the band’s first two albums for Steve Shelley’s Smells Like Records (self-titled andLa Mia Via Violenta), their period singles, extant demos, and radio performances across four LPs or two CDs. Dozens of previously unpublished photographs illustrate two lengthy essays on this essential New York band’s formative years.

.This is the latest installment in Numero Group’s 200 Line series which has also included releases from Unwound, Bedhead, Codeine, White Zombie and The Scientists.

“These songs combine a raw need, a ready access to neediness, with seemingly incongruous cinematic changes reminiscent of ’60s Italian pop music and movie scores. They switch between emotional grandeur and eye scratching immediacy.”     -Arto Lindsay

Tour Dates:

10/11 –  New York, NY – The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph
10/13 – Washington DC – The Howard TheatrE
10/14 – Durham, NC – RJ Reynolds Industries Theater

Track List:
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Masculin 

LP 1 – Self-titled
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1. I Don’t Want U

2. Sciuri Sciura

3. Astro Boy

4. Without Feathers

5. Snippet

6. Mama Cita

7. Swing Pool

8. Girl Boy 

LP 2 – 7″s and Bonus Material
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9. Amescream
10. Big Song
11. Inside You
12. Vague
13. Jet Star
14. This Is The Number Of Times I Said I Will But Didn’t (4 Track Demo)
15. Instrumental (Live at Snacktime)
16. Slogan Attempt
17. Swing Pool Instrumental (Live at Snacktime)
18. Woody (4 Track Demo)
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Féminin

LP 1 – La Mia Vita Violenta
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19. (I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off

20. Violent Life

21. U.F.O.

22. I Am There While You Choke On Me

23. Harmony

24. Down Under

25. Bean

26. Young Neil

27. 10 Feet High

28. Jewel
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LP 2 – 7″s and Bonus Material
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29. Flying Douglas

30. Harmony (7″ Version)

31. 10 Feet High (7″ Version)

32. Valentine

33. Not Too Late

34. (I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off (KCRW Session)

35. Pier Paolo (KCRW Session)

36. Country Song (La Mia Vita Violenta Outtake)
37. It Was All So Sudden (4 Track Demo)