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VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 25 - First Wave Part 2: 14 Pre & Post Punk Greats
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 395 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 2002
Genre: Rock | Style: Proto-, Post-Punk, New Wave

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.

VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 24 - First Wave Part One: 14 Post-Punk Greats
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 397 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 2002
Genre: Rock | Style: Post-Punk, New Wave

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.

VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 42 - Girls, Girrls, Grrls: Female-Fronted Post-Punk
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 272 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
abel/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 2005
Genre: Rock, Punk | Style: Indie, Post-Punk

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.

This two-CD reissue of Ducks Deluxe's first two albums differs from the previous Edsel two-on-one release, as no tracks were omitted due to space constraints. In retrospect, these recordings seem more relevant after the passage of time, as they provide a clearer linkage between British blues-based album rock and late-'70s punk and post-punk new wave. In fact, the influences of British pub rock span back to '50s rock & roll and R&B. Their take on Eddie Cochran's "Nervous Breakdown" bears an uncanny resemblance to perhaps his biggest hit, "Summertime Blues." But it's Ducks Deluxe's original pieces that evoke echoes of artists like the Rolling Stones, Them, and Mott the Hoople. "Fireball" sounds like a direct outtake from All the Young Dudes or Mott, while the R&B-rich "Falling for That Woman" suggests Van Morrison at his soulful best. "Rio Grande," from Taxi to the Terminal Zone, wouldn't sound out of place on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks.