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As requested, another Smesh album. Classic Smersh album, hard beats, distorted guitars, screamy vocals and electronics or electronic noise punk. On this album Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard are aided by Bob Craig, Judy daley and Pseu Brown. Excellent stuff. Emmanuelle Goes To Bangkok was released on vinyl and cd by KK Records (KK 047, KK 047 CD) in 1990.

Tracks:

1. A Touch Of Venus
2. Armored Man Dub
3. Great Caesar’s Ghost
4. Under Your Hoop
5. Burn!
6. Brown Out
7. Titanic Fantastic
8. Riding With The Pharaohs
9. Blonde Devil
10. Discoteca
11. You Remind Me Of Summer

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Smersh was Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard. And from 1981 until 1994 they released far too many cassette tapes. They also contributed to far too many compilations throughout the known world. In the early eighties they established a unique sound that is known and loved, combining cheap electronics and wild guitar sounds with distorted vocals. They were in fact a bit The Ramones of the industrial scene. But were they industrial? The Smersh sound had so many faces that it is next to impossible to categorize their music. Smersh recorded on most monday evenings for a couple of hours. Each song was improvised over the course of the evening and then recorded. Once it was finished they never played it again. They never rehearsed, they couldn’t read music, and they never played live. Excellent early Smersh cassette. Ordinary People was released as a cassette by Atlas King (SCO13) in 1985.

Tracks:

1. Fixin To Fool Around
2. Beat This
3. I Hang My Head
4. Turbine Terror
5. Sourdough Days
6. Black Tears
7. The Demand
8. This House
9. Special Branch Agent
10. The Good Life
11. Father’s Day

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