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V/A - Kitten

March 25th, 2006 | Posted by: Eric | Category: Various Artists, 80's Hardcore, 80's Punk


Originally released as Reflex Records “C”, Kitten was the follow up to the 1982 Minneapolis compilation Barefoot and Pregnant. Recorded live at infamous Minneapolis punk club Goofy’s Upper Deck over the course of two shows in October 1982, Kitten featured 11 bands and a total of 36 tracks. Lots of great noisy Midwestern punk interspersed with some furious hardcore action. Choice cuts are turned in from Husker Du, Red Meat, Exmo-6-Desmo, and Willful Neglect. This was reissued in 1999 with two bonus Husker Du tracks, which you can buy direct from Garage D’Or for just $10. All the info you could possible want on the release has been collected right here. Some samples:

Proud Crass Fools - Bad Moon.mp3
Propaganda - The War Ain’t Over.mp3
Exmo-6-Desmo - The Old Bum.mp3
Todlachen - Parasites.mp3
Rifle Sport - Keep on Walkin’.mp3
Willful Neglect - Geeks.mp3
Red Meat - The Circle.mp3
Man Sized Action - Only You.mp3
Husker Du - It’s Not Fair.mp3

9 Comments so far

  1. asfo_del March 27th, 2006 12:53 pm

    I just stumbled across your blog. Wow! Thanks for all the info and music.

  2. blip March 28th, 2006 2:33 am

    any chance you have barefoot & pregnant? i used to have it. i found it in the minneapolis public library. i ripped a copy of it, but i think i lost it when i moved. I’ve only got 2 songs now…

  3. fnordboy March 28th, 2006 3:30 am

    This is a day for MPLS requests - you wouldn’t by any chance have a copy of the Lung Cookies comp? If I remember correctly, there are a coupla good Red Meat tunes to be found there.

  4. Eric March 28th, 2006 11:50 am

    blip - there’sa link to B&P in the post. It’s not the whole thing because it’s still in print and available.

    fnord - I’ve been looking for Lung Cookies for ages. It’s funny you mention it, as I just got my hands on a CD-R of it last week. Look for it soon.

  5. fnordboy March 29th, 2006 4:55 am

    Awesome, Eric - I’ll keep my eyes open for it. Special request for the Final Conflict songs - old pals.

  6. The Corpse Glide April 2nd, 2006 1:50 am

    You can’t go wrong with a little WILLFUL NEGLECT!

  7. Anonymous April 6th, 2006 6:23 am

    What ever happened to the E.S.S.C.?

  8. TL December 16th, 2006 1:02 am

    The then-19-year-old Todd Trainer is playing just as well, if not better, in “Keep On Walking” than he does in receint years. Been looking for early RS for a long while. Cool stuff.

  9. jizstr March 1st, 2008 4:50 am

    hi wery good site

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