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Heaven Sent

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  Josef K - The Only Fun In Town [TWI 052 UK 2020 24-Bit FLAC] After about ten years of planning to rip my original 1981 Postcard Records pressing of The Only Fun In Town , and each time abandoning my work due to the poor condition of the original. My Postcard edition is flimsy, crackly and quietly pressed ...three factors which do not contribute to a quality rip. I decided to invest in one of the three recent Les Disques Du Crépuscule pressings, all of which come with the same bonus album of early singles and a John Peel radio session. I really do wish labels would abandon their rush for coloured vinyl, especially given the lack of care in audible quality control by many of them, including LDDC. I would be surprised if this album was new to any of you, most of us grew up with Josef K and the other important Scottish bands who were once part of the Postcard Records stable. Their brittle, jagged and radiant post-punk guitar sound was borrowed by nearly all of the C86 generation ban...

Radio Drill Time

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  Josef K ‎- It’s Kinda Funny [TWI 022 BEL 2016 24-Bit FLAC] Here's a superb compilation, released on noisy vinyl only, of the six Josef K singles ...highly worthy for all, however made extra special by the inclusion of the 1979 single Chance Meeting b/w Romance from their pre-Postcard days. A1 Romance A2 Radio Drill Time A3 It’s Kinda Funny A4 Sorry For Laughing A5 Chance Meeting A6 The Missionary B1 Heaven Sent B2 Revelation B3 Crazy To Exist B4 The Angle B5 Pictures (Of Cindy) B6 Final Request B7 Chance Meeting (Absolute Version)

Fun & Frenzy

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Josef K - Young And Stupid / Endless Soul [EDITION 87-6 UK 1987 24-Bit FLAC] Courtesy of short lived Edinburgh label, Supreme International Editions comes this fabulous compilation of Josef K singles, sessions and rarities. You get the Postcard Records and Crepescule singles, the original 1979 recording of Chance Meeting for the debut Absolute Records single, two tracks from the BBC Peel Session and a couple of compilation tracks and the rare(ish) Castle Sound recordings from Autumn 1980 for the then unreleased Sorry For Laughing album .  The pressing quality is really rather good and a good clean rip was quite easy. Every jangly guitar indie band since owes a debt of gratitude to Edinburgh's finest. Enjoy! A1 Heart Of A Song A2 Endless Soul A3 Citizens A4 Variation Of A Scene A5 It's Kinda Funny A6 Sorry For Laughing B1 Chance Meeting B2 Heaven Sent B3 Drone B4 Sense Of Guilt B5 Revelation B6 Romance