Sold Date: June 13, 2018
Start Date: June 13, 2018
Final Price: $55.00 (USD)
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Damarge- Les Box Set LATHE CUT double 12” lathe LP’s/four 10” lathe discs/one 8” lathe disc/1 CD-Rom CDr/two booklets/2 magnets/2 badges/information sheet and poster] (Equation Records)
LIMITED TO 23 COPIES ONLY…LIKE…EVER!!

Obscure, really undocumented on record except for this absurdly limited (23 copies, that's it), Damarge were a UK Electro Pop/Cold Wave/Synth-Pop/Dark Wave/Post-Punk/Minimal Wave/Electro-Pop…really they're all of that, and their earlier and subsequent incarnations (represented here) dip into early 80's UK punk, early Industrial and later even some rap. It's difficult to put them in a clear catagory but they were definitely an underground band that expressed that 1981-1984 era. And this is an insanely rare boxed set.

They were also the starting point for Snowboy (aka Mark Cotgrove) who is represented here with the band and in his earliest solo adventures. Snowboy ended up something of a legend, having worked with Mick Hucknall, Anna Ross, M.F.O.S., The Perceptions, Mr. P.C., , Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Coldcut, Basia, Noel McCoy, The James Taylor Quartet, Pressure Zone, Lisa Stansfield, Mother Earth, Unitone Rockers, Shakatak, United Future Organization, 8Up, Incognito, Casa Forte, Tenth & Parker Featuring Mark Murphy, Dr Bob Jones & The Interns, The Super-Phonics, Jackson Sloan, The Sound Stylistics, The Filthy Six, Speedometer, The Delta Rhythm Section, Big Boy Bloater And The Limits, Imelda May, The Haggis Horn, Darrel Higham and tons more as well as having a substantial solo career.

Strap in, this one is massive!!

I have stored this pretty much as I received it when it came out except that I have stored it in a mylar outer sleeve to protect the box.
All lathe records are MINT- to VG+ (they are unplayed but lathe discs always have some surface noise due to the cutting process and I always grade new lathes as M- to VG+)/CDr-ROM is VG (some marks from the hard card stock sleeve, it came this was)/Inserts are MINT to MINT-/Plain manila envelope holding paper inserts and CD-ROM is VG (with some light tearing on the tab)/Cover is MINT to MINT-.

All records were LATHE CUT BY HAND by PETER KING at King Worldwide in New Zealand.

Tracks are:
*** Record One (10" EP) ***
Damarge
A1. Bodyrock
A2. 20,000 Souls

B1. The Awakening
B2. In Remembrence Of M.P.

*** Record Two (10" EP) ***
Damarge
C1. I Feel Love
C2. Bonjour
C3. Cold (Excerpt)

D1. Break On Through (To The Other Side) (Live Version 1)
D2. 20,000 Souls (Early Demo)
D3. The Awakening (Early Demo)

*** Record Three (10" EP) ***
Damarge
E1. Break On Through (To The Other Side) (Live Version 2)
E2. Bodyrock (Early Demo)
E3. Break On Through (To The Other Side) (Demo Detail)

Jean-Michel Bill
F1. Intro #1
Damarge
F2. In Remembrence Of M.P. (Early Demo)
F3. Are You Getting Enough (Sex In Your Life)? (Dub Edit)

*** Record Four (10" EP) ***
Jean-Michel Bill
G1. Intro #2
Damarge
G2. Break On Through (To The Other Side) (Dub Master)
G3. The 60's Sound (Instrumental Version)

Jean-Michel Bill
H1. HP (Part 1)
H2. HP (Part 3)
H3. HP (Part 3)

*** Record Five (12" LP) ***
Damarge
I1. Live At The Pink Toothbrush (Rayleigh, Essex, UK)

Damarge
J1. Live At The Zero 6 (Southend-On-Sea, Essex, UK) (Gig Rehearsal)
Oaf
J2. Les Malscheeurrse Waltz

*** Record Six (12" LP) ***
Damarge
K1. Damarge with Dave Gregory: Essex Radio Interview
K2. 20,000 Souls (Dub)
K3. The Awakening (Dub)

Damarge
L1. Live At The Cliffs Pavilion (Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, UK)
L2. The Awakening (Dub)
Snowboy L3. Caister Radio Advert

*** Record Seven ***
Triple O
M1. March On London

Rob Paveley
N1. The Monster Song

CDr-ROM content (mostly MP 3 and documents/photos "CDr of everything, plus a live video & other recordings, in MP3 format, by The Drunken Bums, The Void (live at Zero 6), the complete unreleased Oaf LP "Neuf Oaf Beuf (Sur La Plat)" and a few other sound files.")
The Void
CD-1. Live At The Zero 6 (Southend-On-Sea, Essex, UK)
The Drunken Bums
CD-2. The Drunken Bums X-Mas Eve Piss-Up
Damarge
CD-3. Everything (Really, everything Damarge put down on tape!)
Oaf
CD-4. Neuf Oaf Beouf (Sur La Plat)
Damarge
CD-5. Video: Live At The Cliffs Pavilion


"Box set (4 10" lathe cut records/2 lathe cut LPs, 1 Square 8" lathe record, one CDr-ROM plus lots of extras) limited to 23 copies: 20 standard copies and 3 personalized copies (1 of which was given to John Peel. The set comes housed in a 12"x12" hand-made card box and comprises the complete works of Damarge, best described as an electro band from Southend-On-Sea (Essex, UK) that existed between 1982 & 1985."

This copy included the square 8" (Triple O– March On London/Rob Paveley- The Monster Song…Equation Records E=mc03x which had been released separately but 23 of the 35 made were added to this boxed set as a bonus record).

Additional non-audio:
- 2 x colour booklets (22 & 13 pages each).
- 2 x fridge magnets.
- 2 x badges.
- 2 x micro-stickers.
- A3-sized colour poster, numerous flyers, Chesters gig ticket reproduction and track listing information sheets.


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