FACTION's You've Got The Fire EP from 1983 was an excellent uptempo anarcho punk record, with shadows of early Siouxsie lurking in the mix. In case you would rather read my words than the writing on the label, this tape has two different mixes of the EP and an eight track demo. The demo appears to be 1983's If They Give You Ruled Paper...Write The Other Way minus "Blinded By The Dark" which the internet tells me appeared on the original version - warbly guitars and timid vocals, and awesome tape. But the first mix of the EP is the real gem here - heavier guitars and less keyboards than the eventual EP version (which is included as the "remix" tracks on this tape), with a psyched out 6:26 version of "Turn Away" that descends into swirling guitar chaos more akin to HAWKWIND than CRASS. The piano that starts off "Drowning" on the EP was initially tacked onto the front end of the intro, and that version starts of the first EP mix here. Members of A-HEADS (Mel joined just before this recording) and SNAILS (criminally under appreciated) made up FACTION, in case you are keeping track....
3 comments:
hey nice one, but is it normal that one song (song#2) is missing from the ep 1st mix (apparently that would be that psyched out 6:26 version of turn away)
Um...why is it that only one person bothered to mention this? Apologies for the digital error - the situation has been rectified.
thank you very much for the fix :-)
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