catalogue

DECIMA VICTIMA

EN EL GARAJE (GATEFOLD SLEEVE) (MUNSTER)

DECIMA VICTIMA - EN EL GARAJE (GATEFOLD SLEEVE) 135787
format:
1 LP
release:
25.10.2019
label:
MUNSTER
item ID:
135787
barcode:
8435008839413
Décima Víctima were a Spanish-(Swedish) band that, during their short-lived career between 1981 and 1984, developed a very personal sound reminiscent of Joy Division, The Cure and other British post-punk bands.

Although commercial success evaded them, rarely has any Spanish band achieved such a high degree of quality and coherence in their music and personality.

This LP contains previously unreleased tracks recorded by Décima Víctima in November 1983, one month before their last concert.

Seven of these songs feature different lyrics to the ones later recorded for the "Un hombre solo" album.

This is the way they performed them that night on the Rock-Ola stage, so this record can be considered, to some extent, an approximation to their last show and to their powerful live sound.

After many years a rehearsal session that DV had recorded on an old cassette tape has been resurfaced.

It had originally been laid down on a four-track recorder but unfortunately the tape got lost.The story of these tracks goes back to the last weekend of October 1983, when DV went to record at friend Paco Trinidad's family home in the mountains north of Madrid.

Paco recorded the latest songs on a four-track tape recorder at the house. It was done live, except for extra takes of clarinet and some guitar details.

The garage sound, as the name suggests, was achieved in the garage and an adjoining room where the drums were played.

The sleeve design is a photo montage of our performance for the Maqueta de Oro (Gold Demo) at the Diario Pop awards in March 1983, plus another photo of the band in the dressing room at Rock-Ola after playing our last gig.

The directness and passion of the tape makes it an interesting item for collectors and fans and the fact that some of the lyrics were not the definitive ones is an added rarity that reveals the development process for the following LP "Un hombre solo".