I wouldn't typically dive into KBD territory, but having gotten this 2001 reissue for a fantastic price a bit ago, I couldn't resist sharing it. The Afrika Korps were a DC-area proto-punk/garage band active in the late 70s. When I first encountered them, it was along with other pre-Dischord punks like the Slickee Boys White Boy, and the Chumps on mixtapes and comps like "30 Seconds Over DC". It was all more new wave than hardcore, which meant I wasn't going to dig it until I was older, but tracks like "N.Y. Punk" and "Jailbait Janet" appealed to me in that scuzzy way that Iggy and Turbonegro did. The older I get, the more I dig it.
This reissue came out on the esteemed, long-lived Gulcher Records of Bloomington, Indiana back in '01, It's topped off with a slew of outtakes from their initial recording sessions, and four tracks from a 1977 show at Cantone's in Boston. This would be followed up a year later with the complete Cantone's set, a 2005 reissue of the Korps' second LP "Hellow World". cBased on how much I dug this one, I'll no doubt be following the link above to pay full freight on those two discs in due time.
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Nice, Thanks!
Afrika Korps has more than a few common traits with the Slickee Boys including guitarist Kim Kane but most other early SB musicians participate on the record. Jailbait Janet was also on SB's No Breaks LP. Same label too: Dacoit. Not to mention those Limp comps like 30 Seconds over DC are hard to come by these days especially here in Europe, great variety too from Half Japanese to Jeff Dahl. But isn't it Vulcher Records ? Cheers.
J from Europe.
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