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| 1 | Slits* – |
A Boring Life
Bass – Tessa Pollitt Drums – Palmolive Guitar – Viv Albertine Vocals – Ari Up* |
2:48 | |
| 2 | Orioles* – |
It's Too Soon To Know
Songwriter – Deborah Chessler |
2:59 | |
| 3 | Tristan Tzara & Marcel Janco & Richard Huelsenbeck – |
L'Amiral Cherche Une Maison À Louer
Voice – Ewald Liska, Hanna Aurbacher, Theophil Maier |
2:29 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Richman – | Road Runner | 4:44 | |
| 5 | Guy Debord – | Excerpt From Soundtrack To Hurlements En Faveur De Sade | 0:40 | |
| 6 | X-Ray Spex, Wire, Buzzcocks, Slaughter & The Dogs*, Eater (2), Johnny Moped and Unwanted, The – |
The Roxy, London: Ambience
Recorded By – Mike Thorne |
1:30 | |
| 7 | Jean-Louis Brau – | Instrumentation Verbale (Face 2) | 4:25 | |
| 8 | Buzzcocks – |
Boredom
Bass – Steve Diggle Drums – John Maher Guitar – Pete Shelley Vocals – Howard Devoto |
2:53 | |
| 9 | Adverts* – |
One Chord Wonders
Bass – Gaye Advert Drums – Laurie Driver Guitar – Howard Pickup Vocals – T.V. Smith* |
2:48 | |
| 10 | Raoul Hausmann – | Phonème BBB | 1:07 | |
| 11 | Gang Of Four – |
At Home He's A Tourist
Bass – Dave Allen (5) Drums – Hugo Burnham Guitar, Vocals – Andy Gill Vocals, Melodica – Jon King |
3:30 | |
| 12 | Adverts* – | Gary Gilmore's Eyes | 2:20 | |
| 13 | Kleenex – |
U (Angry Side)
Bass – Klaudia Schiff* Drums – Lislot Ha* Guitar – Marlene Marder Vocals – Regula Sing |
2:33 | |
| 14 | Guy Debord – |
Excerpt From Soundtrack To Critique De La Séparation
Music By – Bodin De Boismortier Narrator – Guy Debord |
0:37 | |
| 15 | Clash* – |
Stage Talk, Roundhouse, London, 23 September 1976
Featuring – Joe Strummer |
3:50 | |
| 16 | Mekons* – |
Never Been In A Riot
Bass – Ros Allen Drums, Vocals – Jon Langford (2) Guitar – Ken*, Tong Vocals – Andy Corrigan, Mark White (14) |
1:46 | |
| 17 | Liliput – |
Split
Bass – Klaudia Schiff* Drums – Lislot Ha* Guitar – Marlene Marder Saxophone – Angie Barrack Vocals – Chrigel Freund* |
2:00 | |
| 18 | Peter Blegvad, Et Al* – |
Röhrenhose-Rokoko-Neger-Rhythmus
Mixed By – Ulrich Ullman* Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Music By – John Greaves Producer – Herbert Kapfer, Regina Moths Sampler – Roman Bunka Tuba – Jon Sass Voice – Hans Richter, Holger Czukay, Raymond Federman, Richard Huelsenbeck, Stefan Schwerdtfeger (2) Voice, Guitar, Harmonica, Music By – Peter Blegvad |
6:28 | |
| 19 | Essential Logic – |
Wake Up
Bass – Mark Turner (4) Drums – Rich Tea Guitar – Phil Lip*, William Bennett Saxophone [Tenor] – David* |
2:31 | |
| 20 | Kleenex – |
You (Friendly Side)
Bass – Klaudia Schiff* Drums – Lislot Ha* Guitar – Marlene Marder Vocals – Regula Sing |
3:18 | |
| 21 | Gil J. Wolman – | Mégapneumies, 24 Mars 1963 (Face 1) | 4:53 | |
| 22 | Raincoats* – |
In Love
Drums – Palmolive Recorded By, Guitar, Vocals – Ana Da Silva Vocals, Violin – Gina Birch, Vicki Aspinall* |
3:10 | |
| 23 | Guy Debord – | Excerpt From Soundtrack To Hurlements En Faveur De Sade | 0:41 | |
| 24 | Marie Osmond – | Karawane | 0:31 | |
| 25 | Bascam Lamar Lunsford* – | I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground | 3:20 | |
| 26 | Mekons* – |
The Building
Vocals – Mark White (14) |
2:24 | |
| 27 | Benny Spellman – |
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)
Music By – Allen Toussaint |
2:25 |
Credits
- Design – Colin Fallows
- Liner Notes – Jon Savage
- Liner Notes [Quotes] – Greil Marcus
Notes
Soundtrack or audio companion to "Lipstick Traces: a secret history of the 20th century" (Harvard press, 1989, 497 pages), a book of comparative history by rock-music critic Greil Marcus that examines popular music and art as a social critique of Western culture.
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| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipstick Traces (LP, Comp) | Rough Trade | R2901 | UK | 1993 |
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