"Feminine Is Beautiful" is a limited edition 7" single by the rock band Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

. 500 copies were released in July 1991 on the Caff Records

Caff Records

Caff Records was a short lived British independent record label run by Bob Stanley of the band Saint Etienne. The label went by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation. Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers...

 label, owned by Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)

Bob Stanley is a UK musician, film producer and journalist.-Saint Etienne:Stanley is best known as a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne for which he co-writes songs and produces...

 of the band Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...

. It featured live versions of "New Art Riot

New Art Riot

New Art Riot is an EP released in 1990 by Manic Street Preachers, and it was the first release from the band to feature the four-piece line-up ....

" and "Repeat After Me" copied from a cassette sent to Stanley. The sleeve was designed by punk historian Jon Savage

Jon Savage

Jon Savage , real name Jonathon Sage, is a Cambridge-educated writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his award winning history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming, published in 1991.-Career:...

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"For the Caff single, they'd recorded two songs live the previous Christmas," recalls Stanley. "They didn't buy the master tape

Master recording

A multitrack recording master tape, disk or computer files on which productions are developed for later mixing, is known as the multi-track master, while the tape, disk or computer files holding a mix is called a mixed master.It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording, known as...

, and it was taped over, so the vinyl had to be cut from a third-generation cassette

Compact Cassette

The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

 copy. That's why the sound quality's so shit. It's still a great record, though." http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=301539.

"New Art Riot

New Art Riot

New Art Riot is an EP released in 1990 by Manic Street Preachers, and it was the first release from the band to feature the four-piece line-up ....

" had already featured as the title track of an EP released the previous summer.

"Repeat After Me" later resurfaced in two forms on the band's 1992 debut album Generation Terrorists

Generation Terrorists

- Personnel :Manic Street Preachers*James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitar*Richey Edwards – guitar*Sean Moore – drums, percussion, backing vocals*Nicky Wire – bass, piano on Little Baby NothingAdditional personnel...

as "Repeat (Stars and Stripes)" and "Repeat (UK)

Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat

"Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" was a single released by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers on 28 October 1991. It was the second single to be released from their debut album, Generation Terrorists....

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