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7" released in 1985 on Homestead (HMS042), and in 1992 by Touch and Go (TG95)
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Two corkers--but strangely enough Il Duce isn't widely available on CD--it's only appeared on the hard-to-find CD version of the Wailing Ultimate, or the even harder-to-find It's Toasted. Go figger. I've seen a Blast First edition of this in several discographies, but I seriously doubt there was a BF version--there's no free stock number for it, I've never seen a copy myself, and I've never seen a copy for sale online. If someone wants to derail my train of logic with an actual Blast First edition, please, email me. Some Homestead pressings were in a glossy paper sleeve, instead of the normal cardstock.
Il Duce was a left-over from the Racer X sessions and Big Money was recorded with Atomizer.
reviews:
What's all this fascination with fascism; last month, "Funkahdafi," this month "Il Duce," next month maybe "Franco-A-Go-Go?" I like the intro and the beat, but I wish the guitar were rawer than a freshly opened wound. "Big Money" is great: An adreanalin caplet blasting from the limbic system and crashing through the skull.
--Kevin
Incredible sounds on this record from the horizontal guitar of Santiago Durango and the vertical guitar of Steve Albini. Steve seems to get mentioned in every issue of this magazine, so why not slip it in here?
Anyhow, these aren't so much songs as they are sonic bursts of free-form hardcore or something like that. I was going to call Bruce, our reviews editor and ask him if anybody's created a label for this yet. Bruce is on top of everything.
Enough of my glib remarks: Big Black is Big Black and that should be good enough, No labels necessary, just a love of Big Black.
--Doug
Enough songs have been written, directly or indirectly, about that other fascist; it's great to know that someone thinks of Bambino Benito once in a while.
--Edna, Non-Stop Banter 7
...obviously inferior to the other Big Black 7", but since that one is now rare, out-of-print, and worth hundreds, I guess you might as well settle for this little barn burner. You could do a whole fuckin' lot worse. [C/U 10]
--Gump #1, Forced Exposure 10
back cover:
he got a dowager's hump,
he got a gimp
he been walking this beat
you little punk
while you were still swimming
in your daddy's balls
this record is dedicated to the memory of the bambino, il duce benito mussolini, whose life has been an inspiration to us all.
this record was produced & engineered by big black and iain burgess in the fair city of chicago, illinois, usa.
big black is:
write big black po box 442 evanston, il. 60204 usa
milo kicks butt.
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