Abecedarians (band)
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Abecedarians were a Los Angeles based post-punk
trio active in the mid to late 1980s, on Factory Records
. The lineup was Chris Manecke (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Kevin Dolan (drums) and John Blake (bass). They specialized in reverb heavy, synth driven post-punk songs.
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
trio active in the mid to late 1980s, on Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
. The lineup was Chris Manecke (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Kevin Dolan (drums) and John Blake (bass). They specialized in reverb heavy, synth driven post-punk songs.
Singles
- Smiling Monarchs (6:34) / Benway's Carnival (5:08) (12", Factory UK FAC-117, April 1985)
Albums
- Eureka (mini-LP, Southwest Audio Reproductions 7-PV-50772, 1986)
- Ghosts / Soil / Beneath The City Of The Hedonistic Bohemians // I Glide/ Mice & Coconut Tree / The Misery Of Cities
- Reissued by Caroline (CAROL-1342, 1987) with different sleeve and "The Other Side Of The Fence" replacing "Beneath The City Of The Hedonistic Bohemians"
- Resin (LP, Caroline CAROL-1343, 1988)
- Dinner / Spaghetti Western / Where Whitie Ain't Allowed / Wild Flowers Grow From The Trash // Press Escape / Laugh At Yourself / Sufferin' Tarnation / Panic In Needle Park
- AB-CD (CD, Caroline CAROL-CD-1343, 1988)
- Ghosts (6:42) / Soil (7:00) / The Other Side Of The Fence (4:09) / I Glide (7:32) / Mice & Coconut Tree (4:59) / Smiling Monarchs (6:48) / Dinner (4:49) / Spaghetti Western (6:25) / Where Whitie Ain't Allowed (3:54) / Press Escape (5:01) / Laugh At Yourself (3:37) / Surf Western (3:17) / Panic In Needle Park (6:55)
- CD version of Resin with previously-released tracks
- The Other Side Of The Fence (2×10", Independent Project Records IP-031/032, 1990)
- Beneath The City Of The Hedonistic Bohemians / Ghosts / John's Pop // Come Out / Classic / Spaghetti Western /// Switch / Where's Karen / Soil // The Other Side Of The Fence / Wildflower / They Said Tomorrow
- early recordings, from 1983–1985
Compilations
- "They Said Tomorrow" - L.A. Mantra II (cassette, Trance Port Tapes, 1984)
- reissued Calypso NowCalypso NowCalypso Now was part of the cassette culture movement.Calypso Now was founded in 1983 by swiss musician and concert promoter Hotcha alias Rudi Tüscher, located in Biel/Bienne. Until 1989 about 200 cassette releases were produced, mainly from Switzerland, Germany, UK, USA and Canada...
1985
- reissued Calypso Now
- "They Said Tomorrow" - Scream: The Compilation LP, Geffen Records, 1987)
- "Smiling Monarchs" - Hardest Hits Volume Two (CD, SPG Music Productions Ltd., 1992)
- "Smiling Monarchs" - Voices In The Air (CD, Wavestation, 1993)
- "Smiling Monarchs" - Too Young To Know, Too Wild To Care...1978-1992 The Factory Story Part One (CD, London, 1997)
- "Smiling Monarchs" - Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984 (CD, Les Temps Modernes, 2009)
- "Benway's Carnival" - Auteur Labels: Independent Project Records (CD, Les Temps Modernes, 2010)