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De Brassers - 1979-1982 [OS05 BEL 2010 24-Bit FLAC] As promised yesterday, more De Brassers. These chaps have been on constant rotation recently at ESWA Towers however you would need a small fortune to explore their studio recordings, most were just released on self distributed cassettes or very short run vinyl pressings. Thankfully most were compiled on this double vinyl set at the turn of the decade, these two platters themselves becoming highly collectible due to its limited pressing. I'd like to thank a good few of you blog donors who helped fund these two purchases, ripped here for you in 24-bit FLAC. What we get is the debut seven inch single,  En Toen Was Er Niets Meer in its entirety, most of the twelve inch EP released on the Kremlin label in 1981, key segments from the mega rare Leven cassette, the superb Kontrole which featured on a hard-to-find punk compilation album in 1980 and finishing with four tracks from the band's final gig at Zaal Concordia i...

De Brassers - Live At Doornroosje (Nijmegen 1982) [OS21 BEL 2013 24-Bit FLAC] Recorded live onstage in Nijmegen, Netherlands during 1982. I would guess many blog followers will have never come across Belgian post-punk band De Brassers, unless of course you grew up in the low countries in the early eighties. All of you need to hear De Brassers and there is no better place to start with a live album.  The energy given off by this four piece is immense and this live soundboard capture sounds fantastic, originally captured to tape and now on a superb vinyl pressing from quality Belgian label Onderstroom. Yes, they do sound a bit like early Joy Division ...but don't let that put you off! De Brassers studio recordings are very hard to track down, however some of those may well feature over the coming days should you want to hear more. Of course you do! Play loud. A1 Rise & Fall A2 Pijn A3 Last Time A4 They Wanted Us Away A5 Instrumental B1 Sick In Your M...