Beat Happening: Crashing Through - Boxs auf 7 CDs

Since their inception in 1983, the legendary underground pop rockin' combo from Olympia, Washington, called BEAT HAPPENING have been the inhabitants of an imperfect world, one that is stripped down and codified with personal politics and emotional trauma. Threaded through a one guitar and drum corps, they are the main proponents of the unembellished Do-It-Yourself movement. One of the truly seminal bands of the post punk era, BEAT HAPPENING's influence on the world of minimal music, punk and pure pop has been massive, virtually establishing the International Pop Underground as its pioneering passport holders. The bulk of BEAT HAPPENING's classic catalog of albums have been under the jurisdiction of our pals at Sub Pop since 1991, but have criminally gone out of print and thus unavailable to the public since 1999. Now K Records announces the retrospective compendium of their entire oeuvre: a seven CD box set entitled "Crashing Through". BEAT HAPPENING is Bret Lunsfort, Heather Lewis and Calvin Johnson. "Crashing Through" includes all five of the BEAT HAPPENING albums ("Beat Happening", "Jamboree", "Black Candy", "Dreamy" and "You Turn Me On") and a sixth album ("Music to climb Apple the Apple Tree By") of songs from singles ans compilations, including the long out of print BEAT HAPPENING/SCREAMING TREES collaborative 12" and last year's "Angel Gone" 45. An exclusive seventh CD-Rom features live and video material: "Live in London", a cassette-only release, now on CD for the first time plus the videos produced for the songs "Pine Box Derby" and "Hot Chocolate Boy". The seven CDs are accompanied by a deluxe 96 page book written by Lois Maffeo that tells the story of BEAT HAPPENING, along with obscure poster art, 45 sleeves and dozens of rare photographs. This box is a limited edition of 5.000.