DEVO - Art Devo (1973 - 1977) [3xLP - Space Junk]

Futurismo present a standard LP version of DEVO's highly celebrated and sold-out box set release - ART DEVO 1973-1977. Now available as a 3xLP in a new limited colour 'Space Junk'. The release all hardcore Devo fans have been waiting for, ART DEVO is a vital collection housing unheard and obscure mind blowers sourced directly from the vaults of The De-Evolution Band. This anthology takes you from the bands initial conception in Akron, Ohio to the moment before the world woke up, in a collection of sonic and visual art that captures Devo at the dawn of industrial death. In honour of their 50th Anniversary, ART DEVO showcases the mesmerizing evolution of a band on the brink of discovery, mining irony, wit and dark humour from the madness of a distorted modern world still coming to terms with aftermath of a collapsed economy and the Vietnam war. From 1973-1977 Devo would transform from an art project, pop art in the literal sense, into the group David Bowie would declare "the band of the future". Here you will find the audio mutations of a band at the edge of greatness, initial concepts that gave birth to a new aesthetic that continually challenged preconceptions about music, art, performance, culture, composition and consumption... it was also the birth of Booji Boy. While the songs here may not be fully grown, raw even, these are the seeds of subversion that kickstarted Devo's fifty year legacy.

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Tracklist

1. Exhibit [A] 1973-1976
2. Booji's Industrial Death
3. Total Love
4. Auto Modown (Early Version)
5. Space Girl Blues (Early Version)
6. Live Forever
7. Androgyny (Live At Kent Kove 74)
8. Fraulein (Kent Kove 74)
9. Exhibit [B] 1973-1975
10. Bicentennial Birthday
11. Man From The Past
12. Midget/My Lai Mama (Kent Kove 74)
13. Shimmy Shake
14. All Of Us
15. Hubert House
16. The Tinkle Tune
17. Exhibit [C] 1973-1975
18. Private Secretary (Kent Kove 74)
19. I Don’t Know Why
20. Dixie
21. Pigs Waddle (Kent Kove 74)
22. Death Of Lt. Casanova (Kent Kove 74)
23. Exhibit [D] 1975-1977
24. U Got Me Bugged (Instrumental Version)
25. I Don’t Know What I Do Do
26. Huboon Stomp
27. Can U Take It (Early Version)
28. Uncontrollable Urge (Early Version)
29. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
30. Falling In Love Again
31. Exhibit [E] 1975-1977
32. Devo Corporate Anthem (Early Version)
33. Shrivel Up (Early Version)
34. Smart Patrol (Early Version)
35. I’m Lost At Home
36. Untitled
37. Never Go Back
38. Secret Agent Man (Mark Vocal)
39. Exhibit [F] 1975-1977
40. Social Fools (Early Version)
41. A Plan For U (Early Version)
42. Nutty Buddy (Live at JB’s 76)
43. Dogs Of Democracy
44. Race Of Doom (Early Version)
45. Space Junk (Early Version)
46. Primal Satisfaction
47. End Message