Sunday 1 March 2009

News From Putnam - 21 Years Of AxCx

(On a related note, Seth Putnam formed Anal Cunt on March 1, 1988. Happy 21st birthday, AxCx!)

LATER THIS YEAR, I WILL BE RELEASING ON WICKED SICK RECORDS ( http://www.wickedsickrecords.com ) A CD WITH THE MOST OBSCURE A.C. RECORDINGS EVER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE:

1.) OUR FIRST DEMO, WHICH WAS RECORDED IN APRIL, 1988. I STILL HAVENT EVEN MIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL 4-TRACK TAPE YET. NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD IT, EXCEPT FOR ME, MIKE MAHAN, TIM MORSE, AND THE 2 BROADS WHO WERE THERE WHEN WE RECORDED IT, BUT THEY HAVENT HEARD IT SINCE 1988. I HAVE HEARD IT RECENTLY, AND DECIDED IT'S ABOUT TIME IT GOT RELEASED.

2.) THE "BREAKING THE LAW" 7" E.P., ONLY 200 COPIES OF THIS WERE MADE ON A 7" IN 1993. FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW ABOUT THS RELEASE, IT IS FROM TWO SHOWS WE PLAYED IN 1993 (ONE IN MASSACHUSETTS, ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO) THAT WE PLAYED FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, AND THE REST OF THE SIDE IS PEOPLE YELLING AT US, CALLING POLICE, GETTING HURT, ETC.

3) THE "HOWARD IS BALD" 7" E.P., THERE WERE ONLY 53 COPIES OF THIS RECORD PRESSED (AND 4 COPIES OF THE CASSETTE DEMO). IT WAS RECORDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A DRUNKEN EVENING AT OUR HOUSE WITH SETH, TIM MORSE, AND SCOTT HULL. IT'S PRETTY FUCKING FUNNY.

4) UNRELEASED 1991 STUDIO RECORDING. THIS IS A RECORDING THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD EXCEPT FOR ME AND TIM. IT HAS ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF SONG #5, AND 5 OTHER SONGS, IT'S PRETTY HEAVY

5) SONGS FOR SOCKEYE TRIBUTE RECORD THAT WE NEVER SENT IN. ME AND TIM RECORDED VERSIONS OF "DONT FUCK WITH FOGHAT" AND "YOUR CITY SUCKS" BY SOCKEYE. IT WAS IN 1992.

6) GG ALLIN COVER "I'LL SLICE YOUR FUCKING THROAT", RECORDED IN 1994.

7) SONGS RECORDED FOR A BOSTON HARDCORE COMP THAT NEVER CAME OUT. INCLUDES DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF 4 SONGS FROM "40 MORE REASONS TO HATE US" AND A SKREWDRIVER COVER ("I DON'T LIKE YOU:").

I WILL ALSO BE GOING THROUGH EVERY TAPE I HAVE TO FIND THE MOST OBSCUE STUFF I HAVE, I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. IF I CAN GET ACCESS TO A 16 TRACK, 1 INCH REEL MACHINE, I MIGHT EVEN PUT OUT THE ENTIRE 5,643 SONG E.P., EACH TRACK SEPERATELY, SO THERE A BASICALLY 16 DIFFERENT 7"S WORTH OF MATERIAL ON THAT. THERE IS ALSO THE FIRST RECORDING OF "EVERYONE SHOULD BE KILLED" THAT WE DECIDED TO RE-RECORD. NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF IT. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF UNHEARD OF, UNRELEASED A.C. STUFF LYING AROUND. I WILL ONLY GET THE BEST QUALITY STUFF FOR THIS RELEASE. ANY SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE GET AHOLD OF ME.

BYE,
SETH PUTNAM

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