{"id":25067,"date":"2024-08-29T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=25067"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:11:31","slug":"long-running-british-punk-band-999-issues-emergency-at-the-old-waldorf-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/long-running-british-punk-band-999-issues-emergency-at-the-old-waldorf-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"LONG-RUNNING BRITISH PUNK BAND 999 ISSUES\u00a0EMERGENCY AT THE OLD WALDORF 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liberation Hall<\/a>\u00a0will issue\u00a0Emergency at the Old Waldorf 1979<\/em>, a previously unreleased concert recording by the English punk band\u00a0999<\/a>, on October 18. Newly remastered by Randy Perry, this high-energy live set will be available on LP, CD and download. CD and download will feature six bonus tracks. In addition to standard black vinyl, this title will also be available in a limited edition, translucent ruby red vinyl pressing sold exclusively at independent record stores. All formats are distributed by\u00a0MVD Entertainment Group<\/a>\u00a0(USA) and\u00a0Wienerworld<\/a>\u00a0(UK).\u00a0\u00a0
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Pre-order at\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a>.
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Formed in London in the closing days of 1976, just thirteen months after the Sex Pistols had made their live debut, 999 rose from the ashes of the UK\u2019s \u201cpub rock\u201d scene. Nick Cash had been the guitarist for Kilburn and the High Roads, one of the leading proponents of pub rock, and the group in which legendary punk-poet Ian Dury originally found fame. \u201cThe bones of punk was happening, Joe Strummer\u2019s 101\u2019ers were doing things,\u201d Cash recently told\u00a0Vive Le Rock Magazine<\/em>. \u201cI was already working with Guy writing songs when I left Kilburn and the High Roads.\u201d Cash would soon be sharing songwriting and guitar duties with his brother, Guy Days, in 999, and the group was rounded out by bassist Jon Watson and drummer Pablo LaBritain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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By July of 1979, when\u00a0Emergency at the Old Waldorf<\/em>\u00a0was recorded, 999 had released a pair of classic punk LPs for the United Artists record label. The self-titled debut album featured Cash\u2019s vocals on the bristling, sneering singles \u201cI\u2019m Alive,\u201d \u201cNasty Nasty\u201d and \u201cEmergency.\u201d Second album\u00a0Separates<\/em>\u00a0was retitled\u00a0High Energy Plan<\/em>\u00a0for the U.S. market. Lead track \u201cHomicide\u201d quickly became the band\u2019s signature tune, featuring its melodic, irresistible refrain of\u00a0\u201cI believe in Homicide!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite resistance from the UK music press, 999 jumped at the chance to tour the U.S. when Ian Copeland of Frontier Booking International offered to set them up with a van and a coast-to-coast itinerary. \u201cWe constantly toured all over the States, which enabled us to build up a strong following,\u201d Cash explains in his new liner notes for the package. \u201cNew Wave\/Punk music was very popular at the time because audiences were looking for something new, same as they were in England and Europe.\u201d
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Emergency at the Old Waldorf 1979<\/em>\u00a0was recorded, mixed and produced by Terry Hammer on July 2, 1979, during the second of two sets at the Old Waldorf. Several tracks were immediately aired on Hammer\u2019s local radio show on KALX, but the entirety of the show has been archived until now. In addition to Cash\u2019s liner notes, music journalist Bill Kopp also contributes a booklet essay detailing Hammer\u2019s significant contribution to the San Francisco music scene.\u00a0
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999 continues to record and perform. They most recently visited the U.S. in May to play a show at the Punk Rock Bowling Festival in Las Vegas. A UK tour begins October 17 and details can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.nineninenine.net\/gigs.htm<\/a>.
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\u00a0999 \u2013\u00a0Emergency At the Old Waldorf 1979<\/em>\u00a0(CD\/DL: LIB-5146 \/ LP: LIB-5150)<\/strong>
\u00a0Digital single\u00a0\u201cEmergency\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is available now.\u00a0
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TRACKLIST:<\/strong>\u00a01. Pick It Up * | 2. My Street Stinks * | 3. Hit Me | 4. Me and My Desire | 5. Let\u2019s Face It | 6. Action * | 7. Feelin\u2019 Alright with the Crew | 8. Lie, Lie, Lie | 9. Nobody Knows * | 10. Inside Out | 11. Titanic (My Over) Reaction | 12. Rael Rean | 13. Emergency | 14. Nasty, Nasty * | 15. Homicide | 16. Quite Disappointing * | 17. Boiler\u00a0
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* Non-LP track. Only appears on CD and download.\u00a0
All songs by Nick Cash\/Guy Days. Recorded during 999\u2019s second set at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco on July 2, 1979.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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