Vivien Goldman – Launderette
Tracklist
| A | Launderette | |
| B | Private Armies |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Rough Trade Records
- Manufactured By – Rough Trade Records
- Pressed By – Damont
- Mastered At – Utopia Studios
Credits
- Other [The Beau] – Archie Pool
- Photography By, Design – Jean Bernard Sohiez*
- Plated By – EG*
- Written-By – Goldman*
Notes
UK 7" release of original Dirty Washing EP (NME 22/8/81, page 40: "The disc [...] was formerly a strong-selling import under the title Dirty Washing.")
Some copies have a sticker on the sleeve with the text:
Manufactured & Distributed By Rough Trade Records 137 Blenheim Crescent W11 01 221 1100
Some copies have a sticker on the sleeve with the text:
Manufactured & Distributed By Rough Trade Records 137 Blenheim Crescent W11 01 221 1100
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (label, side A): WIN 1A
- Matrix / Runout (label, side B): WIN 1B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, etched): Ʊ Q ̶V̶I̶V̶I̶A̶N̶ ̶G̶O̶L̶D̶M̶A̶N̶ ̶A̶₂̶ WINDOW 01 A₂ EG DAMONT
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, etched): Ʊ Z V̶I̶V̶I̶A̶N̶ ̶G̶O̶L̶D̶M̶A̶N̶ ̶B̶₂̶ WINDOW 01 B₂ EG DAMONT
Other Versions (5 of 8)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty Washing (12", 45 RPM, EP, Gold Labels) | 99 Records (2) | 99-05EP | US | 1981 | |||
New Submission | Launderette (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Virgin | 101581 | France | 1981 | ||
New Submission | Launderette (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Window | WIN 1 | UK | 1981 | ||
New Submission | Launderette (7", 45 RPM, Single, MPO) | Window | WIN 1 | UK | 1981 | ||
New Submission | Launderette (7", 45 RPM, Single, White Label) | Window | WINDOW 1 | UK | 1981 |
Recommendations
- Released1980 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1980 — UKVinyl —7"
Vinyl —12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition
Released1980 — UKVinyl —7", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, Single
Released1979 — UKVinyl —7", Single
Released1978 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Released1977 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Released1979 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1979 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1981 — UKVinyl —7", 45 RPM, EP
Reviews
- While the single credits Adrian Sherwood for production of the B side track "Private Armies", Sherwood confirmed in conversation with Trevor Jackson on Strongroom Alive (2012-Jun-06) that he didn't produce it, but did "mix it and finished it off" for her, and did the dub version, of which he then asked Goldman if he could include it on the album he was working on - which turned out to be New Age Steppers "New Age Steppers", the first album on the On-U Sound label.
- 1981 was probably the last great year of UK post-punk before things got diluted with New Romantics and suchlike creeping onto the scene. So it's perhaps fitting that 1981 saw the release of one of the all-time greatest post-punk singles - Vivien Goldman's Launderette.
My friend Lyndon (in '81 a 20 year old with the record collection of a wealthy middle-aged man) always copped the best new records and I generally just went out and bought what he did. He used to buy a ton of records and then leave them 'round my house for me to listen to. (Great education, why I bothered with A levels I don't know). I knew him from 77 - 81 so this was one of the last records he hipped me to, more than likely. When we first met we were both 16 and it was amazing at the time to meet a teenager with thousands of records. They were very pricey back then.
Anyway - I digress.
This record combines excellent songwriting (lyrically and melodically) with heavy dubwize production and yet it also has a sublime pop sensibility. At the time Vivien was known as a music journalist (I remember her best from Melody Maker but I think she wrote for the other main two inkies as well - Sounds and NME) so this record came as a genuine bolt from the blue. Just check the credits - a massive who's-who of movers and shakers in the post punk and reggae early 80s milieu.
I ran out to buy the 12" which was easy to get as a new release in '81. A bit later I found the Window 7" in a bargain bin for £1. My life was complete (I've never seen the French issue though).
Great to see the new collection which compiles the 12" and rounds up other essential recordings from the era.
Release
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