Gerry And The Holograms - The Emperors New Music
Review by Paul Sweany
The Emperors New Music by Gerry And The Holograms is a captivating album that showcases the band's versatility and creativity. The album features a range of musical styles, from upbeat pop songs to introspective ballads, all of which are executed with precision and skill.
One of the standout tracks on the album is "The Emperor's New Music," which features a driving beat and catchy melody that will have listeners tapping their feet and singing along. Other notable songs include "On the Edge of Tomorrow," a haunting ballad that showcases the band's ability to create emotional depth in their music, and "Electric Dreams," a synth-heavy track that perfectly captures the feel of the 80s.
Table of Contents
Download
Filename: gerry-and-the-holograms-the-emperors-new-music.rar- MP3 size: 6.3 mb
- FLAC size: 36.5 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Untitled |
Video
Gerry & The Holograms - The Emperor's New Music - Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, 3/9/16
Gerry and the HologramsThe Emperor's New Music
Images
Catalog Numbers
- ABSURD 5
- CACHE017
Labels
- Absurd Records
- Finders Keepers Records, Cache Cache
Listen online
- online anhören
- lytte på nettet
- ouvir online
- écouter en ligne
- escuchar en línea
- online luisteren
- ascolta in linea
- lyssna på nätet
- kuunnella verkossa
Formats
- Vinyl
- 7"
- Single
- Limited Edition
- Reissue
Notes
- This sub = 'Rough Trade' on front p/s.
- A conceptual and unplayable record. Each record was pasted with glue to the inside of the picture sleeve. Two variations of the sleeve exist: with or without the Rough Trade logo. In 1980 a few copies came in a third sleeve variation which was credited to "The Charlie Parkas". Absurd Records label boss (Lawrence Beedle) in quoted as saying "It took the best part of a week to paint and glue them into the bags". The numbers made are unknown but around 500 is the most likely number.
- The music itself does not actually exist - rather the records were actually unsold singles from Rabid Records' catalog but with a paste-on Gerry & The Holograms label on one side to fool the buyer that the record actually exists.
- This sub = variant p/s without 'Rough Trade' on front p/s.
- A conceptual and unplayable anti-record. Each record was pasted with glue to the inside of the picture sleeve. Two variations of the sleeve exist: with or without the Rough Trade logo. In 1980 a few copies came in a third sleeve variation which was credited to "The Charlie Parkas". Absurd Records label boss (Lawrence Beedle) in quoted as saying "It took the best part of a week to paint and glue them into the bags". The numbers made are unknown but around 500 is the most likely number.
- Reissue by Finders Keepers Records for Record Store Day, 2016. Given away for free at selected record stores. Reproduction sleeve hand-stitched together on all sides, with record glued inside. 100 numbered copies.
- Finders Keepers press notes:
- Possibly the rarest and most confusing art-house non-record remnant from the post-punk/DIY era recreated to coincide with the delayed liberation of the forthcoming lost Gerry And The Holograms LP. Direct from imaginary 1979 anti-masters Finders Keepers latest tangible antic is landing inconspicuously within the racks of the people who care most this Record Store Day.
- Championed by Frank Zappa as his favourite new band on release and Rivalling Durutti Colums famed sandpaper sleeve for its situationist zeal this second release by masked electronic pantomime punks Gerry And The Holograms was not even an audible record rather an unplayable disc encapsulated in glue under the name The Emperor’s New Music. Refabricated and further “stitched-up” for everybody’s safety, this limited re-enactment comes in a tidy run of 100 replicants, even rarer than the original article (which now commands upto 150 quid in pricey punk/KBD circles).
- In an era where people frame vinyl records to decorate their walls The Emperor’s New Music and it’s holographic dissidents yet again predict our future from their 1979 capsule. How many other records will evade the evil needle?
- "A conceptual and unplayable anti-record. Each record was pasted with glue to the inside of the picture sleeve. Two variations of the sleeve exist: with or without the Rough Trade logo. In 1980 a few copies came in a third sleeve variation which was credited to "The Charlie Parkas". Absurd Records label boss (Lawrence Beedle) in quoted as saying "It took the best part of a week to paint and glue them into the bags". The numbers made are unknown but around 500 is the most likely number.
- The music itself does not actually exist - rather the records were actually unsold singles from Rabid Records' catalog but with a paste-on Gerry & The Holograms label on one side to fool the buyer that the record actually exists."
About Gerry And The Holograms
Situationist-indebted masked art-rock studio duo from England - the brainchild of Manchester's CP Lee (of Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias) and producer annex electronica excursionist John Scott. They were really a front for all sorts of musical shenanigans. For a long time their first single was their only recorded output, until more material was unearthed in 2017. Their second single was a conceptual and unplayable anti-record in the situationist art tradition. Each record came glued into its picture sleeve, rendering the disc completely unplayable even if you managed to tear it free as the glue had destroyed the grooves in the process (rivalling that of Peter Saville and Durutti Columns Debordist sandpaper re-hash by at least 3 years). "Having risen from the electronic embers of Manchesters first genuine psychedelic band, via Vertigo commissioned prog and experimental theatre, then refined through the musical mind behind the most inspired vinyl moments of Martin Hannett, John Cooper Clarke and Jilted John - the onliest discography of the GATH antiband remains unrivalled as the most idiosyncratic and enigmatic pivotal postpunk artefact from the first electronic entrenchment of pop." In 1982 the duo would reappear alongside in .
Name Vars
- Gerri And The Holograms
- Gerry
- Gerry & The Holograms
- Gerry + The Holograms
- Gerry And The Hologramms
- The Holograms
Members
- C.P. Lee
- John Scott
Summary by Paul Sweany
Comments
Blue Monday
PLAY IT. PLAY IT.
I still got mine, given to me by a member of one of the Absurd bands.
That was hilarious!! I love how on the 2017 compilation, The Emperor's New Music is literally dead silent the whole track
