Early, by Scritti Politti

Early

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1.	Skank Bloc Bologna 05:51	info	buy track
2.	Is and Ought the Western World 03:47	info	buy track
3.	28/8/78 02:41	info	buy track
4.	Scritlocks Door 01:35	info	buy track
5.	Opec - Immac 03:14	info	buy track
6.	Messthetics 01:48	info	buy track
7.	Hegemony 02:07	info	buy track
8.	Bibbly-O-Tek 03:31	info	buy track
9.	Doubt Beat 03:46	info	buy track
10.	Confidence 03:07	info	buy track
11.	P.A.S 06:01	info	buy track
12.	The "Sweetest Girl" 05:07	info	buy track
13.	Lions After Slumber 04:59	info	buy track

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‘Early’ brought together a series of formative recordings from the late 70s and early 80s, for an America-only vinyl release in 2005. The collection, accompanied by sleeve notes from Green Gartside, included the band's debut single “Skank Bloc Bologna”, along with seminal tracks including The "Sweetest Girl", “27/8/78” and “Lions After Slumber”, and offered a stunning chance to enjoy the long-overlooked musical foundations of Scritti Politti again.

Emerging from the scene around Leeds Art School, with fellow travellers The Mekons and The Gang Of Four, and recorded while the band were residing in a Camden squat organised along Marxist principles, these post-punk rallying cries which prefigured Green and co's pop-leaning rebirth several years later, were the songs that grabbed the attention of John Peel, Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis and a generation of music fans who helped bring the indie music scene – and the labels that accompanied it – into existence. A musical community in which Scritti Politti played an influential and formative role

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released February 14, 2005

2004, Rough Trade Records Ltd

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