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Abuse Flexidisc

Fresh Flexi 001

Features Topeka, KS band Abuse playing three songs, No Money, In America, and Love’s Alright. Simple, tight with memorable melodies reminiscent of The Stooges or Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers. Included in Talk Talk Volume 3 #2.

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Get Smart! Flexidisc

Fresh Flexi 002

Features Lawrence, KS band Get Smart! playing Ankle Deep In Mud and Numbers and Colours. Recorded locally at Ramona Studios, the two songs were early crowd favorites and showcase their minimalist punk style. Included in Talk Talk Volume 3 #4.

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William S. Burroughs Flexidisc

Fresh Flexi 003

Abandoned Artifacts: A processed version which combining three separate overlapping readings along with a rhythm track by Marty Olson. Original recordings courtesy of James Grauerholz from performances at The Edge, Toronto; Tuts, Chicago; and Keystone Korner, San Francisco. “Abandoned Artifacts” is a selection from Chapter One of Burrough’s western novel, “The Place of Dead Roads”.

On The Nova Lark: Recorded by Burroughs in the early 60’s in London or Tangiers. It is a passage partially contained in “The Nova Express”. The background music is probably bleeding backwards from an instrument.

Included exclusively in TALK TALK, Vol. 3, #6, September/October 1981.

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Reviews and Comments

Abuse is one of the best bands from this region, holds up 40 years later.
—Sangin' Drummond, YouTube
"Rudimentary in style—casual and original in approach—I like this band [Get Smart!] simply because they seem to act independently in an area of the country where I'm sure they find the going rough."
—Touch and Go
Burroughs had the best speaking voice of them all. He could make the telephone directory sound good
—Comment on YouTube

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