Mx-80 Sound Hard Attack CD

Digitally re-mastered and expanded two CD edition of the Avant-Garde band's debut album. Hard Attack has been mastered from the original analog tapes for the first time since 1977 and remixed by the band. This definitive version includes 19 previously unreleased tracks, documenting the band from their early days to the moment they relocated to San Francisco and signed to the Residents' Ralph Records label. The singular and staggering innovation of MX-80 Sound still harkens to Rock's future potential. MX-80 Sound is one of the real oddities in American music. Their debut album, Hard Attack (released in the UK on Island Records), found little-to-no audience in the States upon it's release in 1977, yet remains a key document of the mid-'70s proto-punk zeitgeist. Hailing from Bloomington, Indiana, MX-80 Sound is lead by guitarist Bruce Anderson and defies simple classification with relentless riffs, dual drummers and vocalist Rich Stim's absurdist prose and dizzying sax. Assimilating the avant-rock of Captain Beefheart and conjuring the ghosts of Albert Ayler, MX-80 Sound evokes what free jazz would sound like if born in Bloomington.

1. Man on the Move 2. Kid Stuff 3. Fascination 4. Summer 77 5. PCBS 6. Crushed Ice 7. Tidal Wave 8. Checkmate 9. Facts-Facts 10. You're Not Alone 11. Civilized/Demeyes 12. Afterbirth/Aftermath 13. Felonius Funk 14. Kicking [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 10/15/76] [L 15. Instant Nostalgia [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 5/ 16. Paint It Black 17. Rockin' Robots [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 5/5/7 18. Rock Mini [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 2/18/77] [ 19. House of Cards [Home Grown Studios Rehearsal 9/25/76] 20. Spoonfight [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 2/18/77] 21. Sit Down [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 10/15/76] 22. Stranger's Friend 23. Replica [Live at Time Out Tavern, Wqax Music Festival, Bloomington 1976 24. Obsession [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 2/18/77] [ 25. Industry [Live at Time Out Tavern, Wqax Music Festival, Bloomington 197 26. (Rich's Wife Joke) [Live at Time Out Tavern, Wqax Music Festival, Bloom 27. What the...? 28. Fever in the Forest [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 29. Tired, Poor and Yearning [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomin 30. Where Is Jane 31. (Rich's Old Age Home Joke) [Live at Time Out Tavern, Wqax Music Festiva 32. Diaphanous Ginger [Live at Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington 4/ 33. Untitled, 1978 34. (Coda, Mabuhay 1978)