In the Beginning (RSD24)

RECORD STORE DAY 2024
This title will be available in store on Saturday 20^th April from 8am, with any remaining stock being made available online at 8pm on Monday 22^nd April.
All Record Store Day titles are limited to one copy per person / address.

The first time on vinyl for the complete 15-track album.

Limited editon in blue vinyl for RSD 2024.

Three exclusive songs. Guest vocals by Nina Hagen and Neneh Cherry. Notes by Mick Mercer. Gatefold sleeve with unseen photos. From punk to dub eras.

The Slits were known for their uncompromising artude and confrontational music,first seen on their 1977 tour with The Clash. To this day they are cited as being hugely inspiring to many female artsts. But even their seminal Island Records 1979 debut album ‘Cut’, with its infamous sleeve of the band members naked and caked in mud, does not capture the true energy and spontaneity as well as these live recordings do.

The album spans from an early, chaoic punk-era show which includes classics such as Shoplifting, Newtown and Love & Romance. It shows how they evolved into their
dubby, reggae-influenced style with songs such as Typical Girls, and finishes with a track from their last ever performance in 1981. Over its fifteen tracks it features three songs never otherwise recorded*, and guest vocals from Nina Hagen and Neneh Cherry.

The gatefold sleeve includes updated notes from Mick Mercer and previously unseen live and at home photos. A limited edition in transparent blue vinyl.

Tracks 1-7 Live at Dingwalls, London 1977; 8 live in rehearsal; 9-14 Live in CincinnaY & San Francisco 1980; 15 Live at Hammersmith Palais, Dec. 1981 (last ever show)

Track List:

1. Vindicitive
2. A Boring Life*
3. Slime*
4. New Town
5. Love & Romance
6. Shoplifting
7. Number One Enemy
8. Number One Enemy(acousic) (guest vocal from Nina Hagen)
9. In The Beginning
10. New Town
11. Man Next Door
12. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
13. Typical Girls
14. Fade Away*
15. In The Beginning (guest vocal from Neneh Cherry)

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Track List:

1. Vindicitive
2. A Boring Life*
3. Slime*
4. New Town
5. Love & Romance
6. Shoplifting
7. Number One Enemy
8. Number One Enemy(acousic) (guest vocal from Nina Hagen)
9. In The Beginning
10. New Town
11. Man Next Door
12. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
13. Typical Girls
14. Fade Away*
15. In The Beginning (guest vocal from Neneh Cherry)