Mousetrap (album)

Mousetrap
Mousetrap
Civil Defense Studio Album
Date of issue	1987, 1996, 2006
Recorded by	1987
Genre	Punk rock ; noise rock ; garage punk
Duration	42:36
Producer	Egor Letov
A country	the USSR
Label	GroB Records, hor-music, The Mystery of Sound
Professional reviews
	Kushnir A. 100 magneto-albums of Soviet rock;
Timeline of Civil Defense

Mousetrap is the third official album of the Civil Defense group. Released in 1987, reprinted in 1996 by the Choir label and 2006 by the Mystery of Sound label (with bonus tracks from previously unreleased song variations). The first of a series of albums in 1987. Like all albums in the series, Yegor Letov plays alone on all instruments. Included in the summary of “ 100 Magnetic Albums of Soviet Rock ” by Alexander Kushnir .

Content

1 History
- 1.1 Record an album
2 List of Songs
3 Information from the booklet
4 Additional Information
5 notes
6 References

History

In 1987, Yegor Letov was almost completely isolated due to problems with the authorities. Realizing that there will be no outside support, he learns to play all the instruments himself. The only ones who helped him were the Peak and the Horn group (brothers Oleg and Yevgeny Lishchenko). They provided him with recording equipment (except for the Olympus-003 tape recorder provided by Dmitry Logachev) and musical instruments. In May 1987, Yegor Letov began recording albums. The album "The Mousetrap" includes songs from 1984-1986. Subsequently, Letov will call this album his first successful record, a completely "independent" album, the best album at the time of recording " Armageddon-Pops ", "naive, but very lively" ^[1] .

I remember that when I finished it, brought it together and cut it to the fullest - I began to jump in the most frantic way around the room to the ceiling and yell from tearing joy and pride. I experienced a natural triumph.
- Egor Letov. The official albumography of GroB-Records.

Album Record

Recording was done by overlay. First Letov recorded drums, then rhythm guitar and bass. Lastly, a voice was recorded simultaneously with guitar solos ^[2] . In order to fix a complex drum part onto the film, Letov recorded it at ninth speed and played twice as slow as the required tempo. Then the tape recorder switched to 19th speed. As a result, the drums sounded at a faster pace, corresponding to the speed of the composition ^[3] . Using the same means, the next albums of this year will be recorded: “ Good !! "," Totalitarianism "," Necrophilia "and" Red Album ".

List of Songs

The author of all songs is Egor Letov except the Red Banner (V.Semernin-E.Letov)

Reprint 2006
No.	Title	Duration
one.	“Just as before”	0:14
2.	"He saw the sun"	3:38
3.	"Plasticine"	2:28
four.	"Footprints in the snow"	2:16
5.	"Die young"	1:45
6.	"Child"	2:42
7.	"Yellow press"	2:16
8.	"Ivan Govnov"	1:45
9.	"Deserter"	2:35
10.	"Central Committee"	1:59
eleven.	"Rave"	2:13
12.	"Mimicry"	1:32
13.	"Blind thorn"	2:17
fourteen.	"Fuck you all"	2:37
fifteen.	"Mousetrap"	0:57

Bonus Tracks for Reissue 2006
No.	Title	Duration
16.	“Nice bus”	2:31
17.	"Good!"	1:47
eighteen.	"Red flag"	2:03
19.	Bloody Summer	0:05
twenty.	Hello Black Monday	2:17
21.	“Soon it will come completely”	2:10

Booklet Information

Egor Letov - voice, guitars, bass, drums.
Producer: Egor Letov
Recorded in May 1987 in the studio.
From December 1 to December 4, 2005 the album was re-translated and restored by Egor Letov and Natalya Chumakova .
Mastering: Natalya Chumakova
Design: Egor Letov.
Thank you: Janka , Zhenya and Oleg Lishchenko, Dimka Logachev, Sergey Sergeev, Manager , Putti group, hippies from Kemerovo, Andryusha Rublev, Vadim Kuzmin , Irka Letyaeva, John Deev and Farhad Jackle and all-all-all of our peers and partisanism.

Additional Information

Vladimir Kozlov ’s documentary about Siberian punk “ Footprints in the Snow ” is named after the song from this album.

Notes

↑ Egor Letov: ... Loners are more dangerous for society than a whole movement ... // Egor Letov. I do not believe in anarchy (collection of articles) . - M .: Publishing Center in conjunction with List New LLC, 1997. - ISBN 5-87109-058-3 .
↑ Egor Letov. Description of the album on the official website of the group. (unspecified) (December 9, 2005). Date of treatment July 13, 2010. Archived February 11, 2012.
↑ Alexander Kushnir. Civil Defense, Mousetrap (1987) // 100 magneto-albums of Soviet rock . - 400 p. - ISBN 5-7784-0251-1 .

Links

The Mousetrap album on the band’s official website (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 13, 2010. Archived February 11, 2012.

[1] Egor Letov: ... Loners are more dangerous for society than a whole movement ... // Egor Letov. I do not believe in anarchy (collection of articles) . - M .: Publishing Center in conjunction with List New LLC, 1997. - ISBN 5-87109-058-3 .

[2] Egor Letov. Description of the album on the official website of the group. (unspecified) (December 9, 2005). Date of treatment July 13, 2010. Archived February 11, 2012.

[3] Alexander Kushnir. Civil Defense, Mousetrap (1987) // 100 magneto-albums of Soviet rock . - 400 p. - ISBN 5-7784-0251-1 .