“Fat Young” (1985) is the first official album of the Civil Defense group. Although the official release date of the album is considered to be 1985, it was released in 1989 after a series of long changes. The album was originally distributed in the form of a magnetic album. Re-translated and reissued along with other albums in 2006 on the label “ Mystery of Sound ”.
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| Civil Defense Studio Album | |||||||
| Date of issue | 1985, 1988 | ||||||
| Recorded by | 1985, 1988 | ||||||
| Genres | Punk rock Garage rock Noise rock | ||||||
| Duration | 54:57 | ||||||
| Producer | Egor Letov | ||||||
| A country | the USSR | ||||||
| Labels | GroB Records, hor-music, The Mystery of Sound , Stanzmarke Records | ||||||
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Content
Creation History
After the dissolution of the Sowing project in November 1984, Yegor Letov and Konstantin Ryabinov form a group called Civil Defense. Initially, they decided to focus on studio recordings, since the question of live performances of the group was not raised then [1] . Recording was carried out in a variety of conditions, ranging from home to semi-studio. The result was a large number of variants of this recording, some of which were known as bootlegs . In general, according to Letov himself, the records were of poor quality. Having never had time to release the final versions of the album, the group was dispersed by the KGB . Konstantin Ryabinov was sent to the army, Yegor Letov was taken for compulsory treatment to a psychiatric hospital . Having freed himself, Letov single-handedly re-recorded some of the material of these years, releasing the acoustic bootleg "Red Album" (officially released under the title " Bead Play in Front of the Pigs "). Also, some of the early things went into the electrical "official" albums of 1987 ( Mousetrap and Red Album ).
After Ryabinov returned from the army, from January 12 to 22, 1988, an attempt was made to restore the early material. Some things were completely rewritten, some were recreated with the help of preserved recordings. Further, the resulting material was divided into two parts - earlier compositions were included in “Foul Youth”, later ones were included in the album “ Optimism ”. When reissued in 2005, the album was supplemented with bonus tracks from previously unreleased material [2] . In 2011 , an LP reissue was released.
List of Songs
The songwriters are listed in accordance with the information on the 2005 reprint booklet. Prior to the re-release on the Mystery of Sound label, the album included the song “It Is Not Called Anyway”, which was included in the album “ Good !! "
| No. | Title | Author | Duration |
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| one. | "Foul youth" | Egor Letov , Konstantin Ryabinov | 2:30 |
| 2. | “Outside of all dimensions” | Egor Letov, | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Doubles in the eyes" | Egor Letov | 1:11 |
| four. | “Old age is not joy” | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 2:46 |
| five. | “I am completely invented” | Egor Letov | 2:06 |
| 6. | “I hate women (like you)” | Egor Letov | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Train to the Small Earth" | Egor Letov | 2:04 |
| eight. | "Not funny" | Egor Letov | 2:01 |
| 9. | "Mom fucking" | Konstantin Ryabinov | 4:58 |
| ten. | "Lyrical mood" | Konstantin Ryabinov | 0:39 |
| eleven. | "Clalafuda Clalaf" | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 1:48 |
| 12. | "Zoo" | Egor Letov | 3:03 |
| 13. | "Mother Mother…" | Egor Letov | 3:12 |
| 14. | “Enough!” | Egor Letov | 1:19 |
| 15. | "Diarrhea is the apotheosis" | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 0:32 |
| 2005 Reissue Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| sixteen. | "Who is looking for meaning" | Egor Letov | 3:59 | ||||||
| 17. | "I saw a dog" | Konstantin Ryabinov | 3:56 | ||||||
| 18. | “I puke on your affairs” | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 2:12 | ||||||
| nineteen. | Raspberry Rock | Egor Letov | 3:08 | ||||||
| 20. | “I'm useless” | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 3:13 | ||||||
| 21. | “Children's doctor said:“ Nishtyak “(from the early songs of Sowing)” | Egor Letov, Konstantin Ryabinov | 4:17 | ||||||
About Record
Recorded in the Grob Studio: January 12-22, 1988,
Besides:
- 5, 6, 7, 16: July 1985, the Palace of Culture “Zvezdny”, January 1988, the Coffin Studio;
- 10: November 1985;
- 12: June 1985;
- March 15: 1985;
- 11, 16: July 1985, DC "Star";
- 19: August 24, 1985, October 12, 1989.
Record Members
- Egor Letov - voice, guitars, bass, drums
- Kuzya UO - guitars, bass, voice
Reconstruction and restoration - July 2005, Egor Letov and Natalya Chumakova.
Mastering - Natalya Chumakova .
Restoration and mastering for LP - May 2011, Natalya Chumakova.
Design - Egor Letov, Natalya Chumakova, Andrey Batura, Dmitry Kozhevnikov.
Photo: Egor Letov.
On the front side, the work “We Will Leave the Zoo” by Konstantin Ryabinov and Yegor Letov was used.
Links
- The album is on the official website of the Civil Defense group . Date of treatment July 7, 2010. Archived on February 3, 2012.
Sources
- ↑ Egor Letov. The coffin of the chronicle (November 7, 1990). Date of treatment July 8, 2010. Archived February 17, 2012.
- ↑ Egor Letov. Foul youth, 1985. Discography of the group Civil Defense (July 4, 2005). Date of treatment July 8, 2010. Archived February 3, 2012.