Heaven Sent

 

Josef K - The Only Fun In Town [TWI 052 UK 2020 24-Bit FLAC]

After about ten years of planning to rip my original 1981 Postcard Records pressing of The Only Fun In Town, and each time abandoning my work due to the poor condition of the original. My Postcard edition is flimsy, crackly and quietly pressed ...three factors which do not contribute to a quality rip.

I decided to invest in one of the three recent Les Disques Du Crépuscule pressings, all of which come with the same bonus album of early singles and a John Peel radio session. I really do wish labels would abandon their rush for coloured vinyl, especially given the lack of care in audible quality control by many of them, including LDDC.

I would be surprised if this album was new to any of you, most of us grew up with Josef K and the other important Scottish bands who were once part of the Postcard Records stable. Their brittle, jagged and radiant post-punk guitar sound was borrowed by nearly all of the C86 generation bands ...and a significant number of indie guitar bands since. Josef K only ever released one album, this and after abandoning what was supposed to be their original debut, Sorry For Laughing to return to the studio with Belgian producer Marc François to record nearly everything again.

The next time you encounter somebody enthusing about Franz Ferdinand ...just lock them in a room and make them listen to this album over & over again until they are willing to repent.

A1 Fun 'N' Frenzy

A2 Revelation

A3 Crazy To Exist

A4 It's Kinda Funny

A5 The Angle

B1 Forever Drone

B2 Heart Of Song

B3 16 Years

B4 Citizens

B5 Sorry For Laughing

C1 Radio Drill Time

C2 Romance

C3 Chance Meeting

C4 Pictures

C5 Final Request

D1 The Missionary

D2 Heaven Sent

D3 Heart Of Song

D4 Applebush