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The Slits Return Of The Giant Slits

Real Gone Music | Item No: 545089
Vinyl LP | 1981 / US – Reissue | New
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Item Description
Labeling The Slits groundbreaking just doesn’t (pardon the pun) “cut” it. No other post-punk band was as confrontational—an all-female trio calling themselves The Slits and posing muddily topless on their debut album cover was about as in-your-face as a feminist statement gets—or as determinedly uncommercial. Indeed, after being dropped by their label, Island, despite having made “Cut”, of the signature albums of the era, Viv Albertine, Tessa Pollitt, and Ari Up treated Sony, their new label, to an even more radical record, 1981’s “Return of the Giant Slits”.

Already far removed from the male-dominated, louder-faster ethos of punk rock, The Slits, with new drummer Bruce Smith of The Pop Group and multi-instrumentalist Steve Beresford in tow, added world music and free jazz to Up’s Ono-esque ululations, Albertine’s skittering guitar, and Pollitt’s dubwise bass riddims. Predictably, Sony dropped the record like a hot potato, not even bothering to release it in the U.S., and it has only been intermittently available on CD in the 35-plus years since.

But the reputation of Return of the Giant Slits has continued to grow, with Albertine herself recently commenting, “It’s more experimental than Cut and brings in even wider musical influences. In some ways, I think it’s a better record.”

Now, Real Gone Music is returning “Return of the Giant Slits” to availability with this vinyl edition. This record demands to be in your collection…you can trace the beginning of the whole “riot grrrl” movement to right here.
Item Details
Item No: 545089
Artist: The Slits
Title: Return Of The Giant Slits
Label: Real Gone Music
Catalog No: RGM-0602
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 1981
Genre: Rock & Indie
Style: Punk | Hardcore
Available since: 2017-09-28
Condition: New
Price: $ 33.62 $ 30.25
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Earthbeat
A2 Or What Is This
A3 Face Place
A4 Walkabout
B1 Difficult Fun
B2 Animal Space/spacier
B3 Improperly Dressed
B4 Life On Earth
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