Carter USM / Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine: The Studio Recordings 1988-1998
轟音ツインギター+リズムボックスで90年代の英インディーロック・シーンを盛り立てたカーターUSM(Carter USM)。彼らが残した全スタジオ・アルバムとB面集&カヴァー集を収めたコンプリート・アナログレコード・ボックスセット『Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine: The Studio Recordings 1988-1998』が海外で11月30日発売。リリースを前に、メンバーのジム・ボブ(Jim Bob)とマネージャーのMarc Ollingtonがボックスを開封して内容を説明する映像が公開されています
ボックスセットには
<スタジオ・アルバム>
●101 Damnations(1990) ●30 Something(1991) ●1992 : The Love Album(1992) ●Post Historic Monsters(1993) ●Worry Bomb(1995) ●A World Without Dave(1997) ●I Blame The Government(1998)
<コンピレーション・アルバム>
●Starry Eyed And Bollock Naked(1994/B面集) ●This Is the Sound of an Eclectic Guitar(2007/カヴァー集)
を収録。いずれもカラー・ヴァイナル仕様。一部は初のアナログレコード化です。
ボックスにはまたメンバー2人のインタビューや初出写真などを掲載した12ページの本も同梱されます。
リリース元はCherry Red Records。このボックスセットはCherry Red Recordsの公式サイトで販売されます。
■『Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine: The Studio Recordings 1988-1998』
☆101 DAMNATIONS ON WHITE VINYL (The debut album – seminal, inspired and where it all began)
The Road To Domestos Everytime A Churchbell Rings Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill An All American National Sport Sheriff Fatman The Taking Of Peckham 123 Crimestoppers A’ Go Go Good Grief Charlie Brown Midnight On The Murder Mile A Perfect Day To Drop The Bomb G.I. Blues
☆30 SOMETHING ON RED VINYL (The breakthrough album – from indie obscurity to High Street staples. Easy!)
Surfin’ USM My Second To Last Will And Testament Anytime Anyplace Anywhere A Prince In A Pauper’s Grave Shoppers’ Paradise Billy’s Smart Circus Bloodsport For All Sealed With A Glasgow Kiss Say It With Flowers Falling On A Bruise The Final Comedown
☆1992: THE LOVE ALBUM ON BLUE VINYL (The number one album, now with added ‘After The Watershed’)
1993 Is Wrestling Fixed? The Only Living Boy In New Cross Suppose You Gave A Funeral And Nobody Came England After The Watershed Do Re Me, So Far So Good Look Mum, No Hands! While You Were Out Skywest And Crooked The Impossible Dream
☆POST-HISTORIC MONSTERS ON BROWN VINYL (Album number four, full of length and somewhat angry)
2 Million Years B.C. The Music That Nobody Likes Mid Day Crisis Cheer Up, It Might Never Happen Stuff The Jubilee! A Bachelor For Baden Powell Spoilsports Personality Of The Year Suicide Isn’t Painless Being Here Evil Sing Fat Lady Sing Travis Lean On Me I Won’t Fall Over Lenny And Terence Under The Thumb And Over The Moon
☆WORRY BOMB ON GREEN VINYL (The first three-piece album, featuring hit singles, flight anxiety and a Google unfriendly title)
Cheap ‘N’ Cheesy Airplane Food / Airplane Fast Food The Young Offender’s Mum Gas (man) The Life And Soul Of The Party Dies My Defeatist Attitude Worry Bomb Senile Delinquent Me And Mr. Jones Let’s Get Tattoos Going Straight God, Saint Peter And The Guardian Angel The Only Looney Left In Town Ceasefire
☆A WORLD WITHOUT DAVE ON RED VINYL (The original mini-album – NEVER BEFORE ON VINYL and now expanded to full LP length)
Broken Down In Broken Town A World Without Dave Before The War Nowhere Fast Johnny Cash
And God Created Brixton Stand Up And Be Counted Negative Equity Road Rage Elvis Lives And Carterbreakamerica
☆I BLAME THE GOVERNMENT ON PURPLE VINYL (The Final album – NEVER BEFORE ON VINYL and now featuring exclusive new sleeve artwork)
The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time 23:59 End Of The World Sunshine The Undertaker And The Hippy Protest Singer Sweetheart Sugar Baby Growing Old Disgracefully The Man Who Bought The World Winning The War I Blame The Government Citizen’s Band Radio Psycho Bill Closedown Girls Can Keep A Secret
☆STARRY EYED AND BOLLOCK NAKED ON ORANGE VINYL (The classic singles and B-sides collection – Now expanded into a 2LP, Gatefold sleeve edition, including never-before-on-vinyl tracks)
A Sheltered Life Is This The Only Way To Get Through To You? Granny Farming In The UK Rubbish R.S.P.C.E. Twin Tub With Guitar 2001: A Clockwork Orange Alternative Alf Garnett Re-Educating Rita The 90’s Revival A Nation Of Shoplifters Watching The Big Apple Turn Over Turn On, Tune In, Switch Off When Thesauruses Ruled The Earth Always The Bridesmaid Never The Bride Bring On The Girls! Her Song Commercial Fucking Suicide Pt. 1 Stuff The Jubilee (1977) Glam Rock Cops Especially 4 U Turbulence This One’s For Me* King For A Day* Born On The 5th Of November D.I.V.O.R.C.E.F.G. Tomorrow When You Die* The Aftertaste Of Paradise* Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Everything*
(* – Never before on vinyl)
☆THIS IS THE SOUND OF AN ECLECTIC GUITAR ON YELLOW VINYL (The cover versions collection – Now expanded into a 2LP, Gatefold sleeve edition, including never-before-on-vinyl tracks)
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays Rent Alternate Title Randy Sarf Git Bedsitter This Is How It Feels Panic Mannequin Down In The Tube Station At Midnight King Rocker Another Brick In The Wall Peace In Our Time Hit Silver Dream Machine* Speed King* Lonely This Christmas Trouble