Recordings From Live Performance, 1981-1983

by Savage Republic

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Signed & numbered edition of 60 copies designed and printed by Bruce Licher
10" x 12", printed on gummed brown kraft paper then perforated

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Mojave Exodus / Desolation Center edition
Signed & numbered edition of 75 copies designed and printed by Bruce Licher
22 1/2" x 17 1/4", printed on plain chipboard

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27" x 19" printed in full color by offset lithography.

Souvenir poster created for the gallery exhibit documenting Stuart Swezey's 1980's Desolation Center events that were held at Cornelius Projects in San Pedro, California during the summer of 2017. Designed by Bruce Licher and printed by offset lithography, we have a small quantity to offer, all of which have been signed in pencil by Bruce Licher.

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Packaged in a letterpress printed die cut Discfolio created at Independent Project Press in a numbered edition of 1000 copies. Includes folding insert with detailed track information and graphics.

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1.	Exodus 05:17	buy track
2.	Machinery 04:20	buy track
3.	Mobilization 03:13	buy track
4.	Kill The Fascists! 02:23	buy track
5.	The Ivory Coast 03:43	buy track
6.	Procession 06:39	buy track
7.	Real Men 02:59	buy track
8.	Snakedance 06:00	buy track
9.	Tragic Figure 04:54	buy track
10.	So It Is Written 03:03	buy track
11.	Surfin' With The Shah 02:33	buy track
12.	Flesh That Walks 03:21	buy track
13.	When All Else Fails... 04:47	buy track

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This album of early live recordings from SAVAGE REPUBLIC was originally made available in 1992 as a double 10” vinyl release in Independent Project Records’ Archive Series. Recorded during the first two years of the band’s existence, this documentary release includes one track from the group’s first ever live performance in May of 1981, several songs never recorded in the studio or otherwise released, as well as a generous amount of “atmosphere,” consisting of snippets of dialogue, band/audience exchanges, and ambient club noise. All in all, it’s as good a document as you’ll find of the early years of this unique Los Angeles-based band.

Formed in 1981 by UCLA art students Bruce Licher, Philip Drucker (a.k.a. Jackson Del Rey), and Mark Erskine, along with Jeff Long, SAVAGE REPUBLIC explored a wide range of musical ideas, consistently redefining what had come before as they went along. Never wanting to repeat themselves, the songs in the first few years were in a state of constant evolution, such that the versions recorded for their first studio LP “Tragic Figures” are often quite different than those versions you will hear on this Archive release. SAVAGE REPUBLIC did indeed create a unique music. Even in the thirty-plus years since this music was made, there has not been anything quite like it, and although one can occasionally hear influences, what SAVAGE
REPUBLIC managed to create was never quite like anything else that had come before. Not an easy thing to do, to create a unique musical expression, in this day and age. We hope that you will agree that this document of a special time and a unique band is well worth the listen.

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released December 3, 2020

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Savage Republic (originally named Africa Corps) is an American, Los Angeles-based post-punk band, formed in the early 1980s. They are known for lengthy songs with an emphasis on percussion and droning guitars.

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