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Fair, Jad / Strobe Talbot: Hunger (Music a la Coque)

Jad Fair, vocalist and mastermind of Half Japanese, with the band Strobe Talbot (Nick Hobbs, Beng Gallaher, Andy Fisher), in a 33 rpm postcard flexi record of a song titled "Hunger", a limited and numbered edition of 250 copies with artwork from Jad Fair himself.
 

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Jad Fair-vocals

Mick Hobbs-guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals

Benb Gallaher-drums, keyboards, vocals

Andy Fisher-bass


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Post card flexi-disc. Edition of 250. Includes unlimited streaming of "Hunger" postcard flexi disc via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Label: Music a la Coque
Catalog ID: coq-08
Squidco Product Code: 21635

Format: Flexi-disc
Condition: New
Released: 2015
Country: Italy
Packaging: Flexi-disc

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"This is a postcard flexi record that can be played on your record player.Limited edition of 250. Cool object for Jad's fans and addicted music collectors !"-Musique a la Coq


Post card flexi-disc. Edition of 250. Includes unlimited streaming of "Hunger" postcard flexi disc via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Artist Biographies

London based Mick Hobbs was a seminal member of the RIO scene in the late Õ70s and early 1980s, initially as guitarist in The Work with Bill Gilonis, Rick Wilson and Henry CowÕs Tim Hodgkinson, and after in The Lowest Note, The Lo Yo Yo, and The Momes. He is also associated with This Heat and their Cold Storage studio in Brixton, working with the likes of Flaming Tunes, Family Fodder, Catherine Jauniaux and Zeena Parkins, 1/2 Japanese, Strobe Talbot, &c.

-Squidco 3/27/2024

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1. Hunger 2:18

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