SUICIDE / FIRST REHEARSAL TAPES
マーティン・レヴのクールなシンセとドラム・マシーン、アラン・ヴェガのプレスリーを変態セクシー解釈したようなヴォーカルの、NYアンダーグラウンド界隈の源泉！スーサイド!!! 2018年のCHANEL（シャネル）のCMに「Cheree」が使用されていて驚愕した1977年リリースの名作1stアルバム「SUICIDE」の2年前の1975年に録音されていた最初のリハーサル音源で、1980年リリースの2ndアルバムが1999年にBLAST FIRSTからリイシューされた際にボーナスとして付属されていた「FIRST REHEARSAL TAPES」が、2017年にSUPERIOR VIADUCTからアナログLP盤のみで単独リイシュー！ ヘンリー・ロリンズによるライナーノーツ付き。 "On Suicide's First Rehearsal Tapes, recorded in 1975, Alan Vega and Martin Rev create minimalist aural structures, traces of which would surface on their eponymous debut album, released on the Red Star label in late 1977. "These songs are not a sketchpad of semi-formed ideas. The First Rehearsal Tapes comprise an audio diary of two men out in the ether, measuring themselves as evolving individual artists and as a unit who would rely on inseparability to realize their unique and often confrontational mass in the decades to come. What the tapes also reveal is that Vega and Rev were compositionally ambitious, capable of melody and form, while resisting definition as they headed further into uncharted territory. "The First Rehearsal Tapes afford the listener a glimpse into the creative process of two groundbreaking, true art warriors with their swords and shields leaning against the practice room wall. To understand the absolute brilliance of Suicide's first album as well as their sonic adventures that followed, you have to start here with their earliest recordings." ──Henry Rollins (excerpt from the liner notes) （SUPERIOR VIADUCT） Side One 1. SPEEDQUEEN 2. CREATURE FEATURE 3. TOUGH GUY 4. A-MAN 5. SNEAKIN' AROUND 6. TOO FINE FOR YOU 7. SEE YOU AROUND 8. BE MY DREAM Side Two 1. SPACE BLUE BAMBO 2. SPACESHIP 3. INTO MY EYES 4. C'MON BABE 5. NEW CITY 6. DO IT NICE Format：LP Label：SUPERIOR VIADUCT (US)
