Health and Efficiency This Heat SKU: MCR918 Barcode: 826853091817 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic Released Date: 22nd January 2016 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “The Beatles of modern experimental music.” – Damon McMahon (Amen Dunes) With their self-titled debut, This Heat sowed the seeds of post-punk, avant rock, noise rock and post-rock. The album took the trio – Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams – two years to create, and placed them at the forefront of experimental music. The follow-up, the 20-minute Health and Efficiency, proved to be a less labored – and more conventional – record to make. Bridging the gap between the debut and their masterpiece, Deceit, the 1980 release found the band settling into a groove at their studio, Cold Storage. The eight-minute title track, remembers Charles Hayward, “was improvised pretty much fully-formed,” and included the sound of the neighboring school’s playground and the band rolling bottles around in the gallery space next to their studio. That’s where they found the maxi-single’s sleeve too – Pete Cobb’s blue and white image was on display in the same gallery. As Charles Hayward notes: “Everything seemed to fall into place.” On the B-side, the drone for “Graphic/Varispeed” came from the song “24 Track Loop” on the first album, albeit manipulated, slowed down and sped up. “In the process, we realized that we liked the morphing of the sound from one state to another as the vari-speed combed the sound across the equalization, like a microscope. So we recorded the process itself, which is what you hear here,” says Hayward. The intention was for the single to be able to be played at 33, 45 or 78 RPM – which you’re welcome to do with this reissue, too. Celebrating This Heat’s 40th anniversary in 2016, Modern Classics Recordings will re-issue the band’s catalog – 1979’s This Heat, 1980’s Health and Efficiency, and 1981’s Deceit – with full co-operation of surviving members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward. Four decades on, the tireless efforts of This Heat’s process can once again be a revelation for new audiences. * First official vinyl re-issue in collaboration with original band members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward * 24 bit/96 kHz re-master from original analog tapes * 180 gram wax housed in an expanded gatefold tip-on jacket * Includes booklet with track notes and archival photos Artist This Heat Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Modern Classics / Light In The Attic Buying Options 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side A Health and Efficiency Side B Graphic/Varispeed Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from This Heat View Product Quick View This Heat Live 80-81 Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Classics / Light In The Attic | 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders This Heat Live 80-81 £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic SKU: MCR928 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View This Heat Repeat/Metal Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Classics / Light In The Attic | 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders This Heat Repeat/Metal £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic SKU: MCR927 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View This Heat Made Available Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Classics / Light In The Attic | 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders This Heat Made Available £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic SKU: MCR926 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View This Heat This Heat Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Classics / Light In The Attic | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd January 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders This Heat This Heat £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic SKU: MCR916 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View This Heat Deceit Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Modern Classics / Light In The Attic | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd January 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders This Heat Deceit £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Modern Classics / Light In The Attic SKU: MCR917 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more from This Heat Start again More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Jeff Rosenstock We Cool? 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