The Slits - In The Beginning (Live Anthology 1977-1981)The first time on vinyl for the complete 15 track album. Limited edition in blue vinyl for RSD 2024. Three exclusive songs. Guest vocals by Nina Hagen and Neneh Cherry. Notes by Mick Mercer. Gatefold sleeve with unseen photos. From punk to dub eras. The Slits were known for their uncompromising artude and confrontaYonal music, first seen on their 1977 tour with The Clash. To this day they are cited as being hugely inspiring to many female arYsts. But

Available to independent retailers on recycled vinyl

The Pastels’ ‘The Last Great Wilderness’ - the score to director David Mackenzie’s film of the same name - and Lightships’ astounding ‘Electric Cables’

and a split EP with Nostalgie Eternelle in 1990

French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis drew inspiration from their music

The instrumentation is arranged in each song to fit the subject

not least the title of Here Comes the Cowboy

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The name change is symbolic

with whom they collaborated on a very special show at manchester's bridgewater hall in 2009

and on limited blue vinyl

an album that casts more light and shade than ever before to create a mood of hope and re-birth

intertwined with themes of love