Kosmik Radiation Radio - Jul 20, 2012 Playlist

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Public Image Ltd "Metal Box" (aka "Second Edition") 1979 (UK)

This week's Classic Album is one of the most heralded underground albums of the punk/new wave era. After quitting his role as "Johnny Rotten" of the infamous Sex Pistols (a band who were in truth very much manufactured and just as fake as The Monkees), John Lydon reclaimed his real name and founded a more artistically successful group. Though they've never had the commercial or cultural impact of the Pistols, Public Image was something of a guiding light for the whole 1980's DIY "indie punk" scene. PiL combines krautrock experimentalism and reggae grooves with the uniquely passionate "punk rock" wailing of one of the West's most unlikely popstars, and it is widely agreed that this is their finest record. Originally entitled Metal Box, because it was packaged as a set of 45rpm records that came in a metal box, the album has also been released in a more conventional double LP or CD format as Second Edition.
Public Image made one of my favorite appearances on American Bandstand back in the day (trainwreck TV!), and here's another notorious appearance on UK television. But even before that, prankster svengali Malcolm McLaren put together a fake band to prove controvery sells more than talent: ladies and gentlemen, here's the Sex Pistols! But the skinny Irish kid with the bad teeth who sang for this band was secretly a fan of prog and kraut rock, and that's the secret ingredient behind PiL. Take for example the glorious 70's German group CAN, whose singer seems like one of Johnny's key influences. And by the way, Can has a new album of LOST TAPES just released this month!

(N) = New Release

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
Kool & The Gang	Summer Madness	Light Of Worlds	1974	USA
Quincy Jones	Midnight Soul Patrol	I Heard That!!	1976	USA
Peaking Lights	Midnight	Lucifer (N)	2012 (Mexican Summer)	USA
Public Image Ltd.	Poptones	Metal Box CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1979	UK

Public Image Ltd.	Albatross	Metal Box CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1979	UK
Public Image Ltd.	Memories	Metal Box CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1979	UK
Public Image Ltd.	Deeper Waters	This Is PiL (N)	2012 (PiL Official Ltd.)	UK
The Sex Pistols	Sub-Mission	Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols	1977	UK

Mission of Burma	This Is Hi-Fi	UnSound (N)	2012 (Fire)	USA
Can	Millionenspiel	The Lost Tapes (N - previously unreleased tracks)	1970's (2012 Spoon/Mute)	Germany
Broken Water	When You Said	Tempest (N)	2012 (Hardly Art)	USA
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)	Angles	Between The Times And Tides (N)	2012 (Matador)	USA
Chuck Prophet	Willie Mays Is Up At Bat	Temple Beautiful (N)	2012 (Yep Roc)	USA

Throbbing Gristle	Distant Dreams (part two)	B-side 7" single (Mission Of Dead Souls CD bonus track)	1980	UK
Cluster	Im Süden	Cluster II	1972	Germany
Chrome	Instrumental (Non-LP Track) (live in Bologne Italy)	Chrome Box	rec. 1981, rel. 1996	USA
Amon Düül II	La Krautoma (based on "La Paloma")	Made In Germany	1975	Germany
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO	Chakra 24	The Ripper At The Gates Of Heaven's Dark	2011 (Riot Season)	Japan

Chris Forsyth	East Kensington Run Down	Kenzo Deluxe (N)	2012 (Northern Spy)	USA
Blues Control & Laraaji	Awakening Day	FRKWYS Vol. 8 (N)	2011 (RVNG)	USA

Charles Mingus	Cumbia & Jazz Fusion	Cumbia & Jazz Fusion	1978	USA