Look To The Artist: 1978-1981, by L'Amour

Look To The Artist: 1978-1981

by L'Amour

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☆R●gR4f☆ jdoor, L'amour! its like tutu &thePirates style , crazzy bikers mixed with punk? who knows this rox this schlock-jock!!!

RxVx proto punk supremes! Favorite track: You Gotta Go.

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Black vinyl 12"
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Standard black vinyl version of the L'AMOUR - LOOK TO THE ARTIST: 1978-1981 12", limited to a one time pressing of 500 copies. Grab this piece of Virginia punk history while you can!

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Gold vinyl deluxe edition 12"
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LIMITED EDITION version of the L'AMOUR - LOOK TO THE ARTIST 12" - only 100 copies in existence. This particular variant comes on gold vinyl and features a reprint of the band's 1978 zine RICHMOND NEW RAVER taken from the original master copy and also comes with reprints of 3 classic L'AMOUR flyers on a thick card stock paper! Only a few of these left that I recently came across, act now!

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1.	Sunglass Party 02:28	buy track
2.	Someday 03:01	buy track
3.	You Gotta Go 02:05	buy track
4.	Sunglass Party 02:32	buy track
5.	The Edge 02:33	buy track
6.	I Want (Turn Around World) 02:37	buy track
7.	You Gotta Go 02:05	buy track
8.	Someday 03:04	buy track
9.	I.T.W.A.N. 02:51	buy track
10.	What Do You Call It? 02:13	buy track
11.	Even Completed 05:40	buy track
12.	The Investigation 04:08	buy track
13.	Tommy the Rock 05:11	buy track
14.	No Time To Waste 02:23	buy track

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When admiring a piece of cultural and historical significance it's not uncommon for the admirer to question where it all began; to trace it all back to the epicenter of the event that set it all into motion. If RICKY AND THE WHITE BOYS were the punk rock meteor that crashed into an unsuspecting Richmond, VA in the age of disco then L'AMOUR was the shock wave immediately following that fabled and chaotic impact event, forever altering the cultural landscape within the city limits. Formed in 1978 by a couple of disciples of rock and roll who'd had their lives altered by said genre / belief system in the years prior to that, Tom Applegate and Dave Stover recruited other like minded rockers to aid them in their aural conquest over the next few years that followed in the group's all too brief existence. In that time they left behind a trail of broken bottles, perhaps a few broken hearts, and definitely some perturbed club owners up and down the east coast. But most importantly, the fellas in L'AMOUR left us with documentation of their rock in the form of some long forgotten tapes. Nearly 40 years after the band entered the studio to lay down tracks for their first and only 7" single on the band's own legendary ZERO DEGREE RECORDS (a label that became synonymous with the release and widespread circulation of the early Richmond punk scene that was soon to follow), Beach Impediment is proud to not only re-release those classic songs but also bring to light a slew of previously unreleased tracks, alternate demo takes, and even a rare later era soundboard recording of the band live in their hometown that exhibits a grip of originals that sadly never made it into the studio before the band's untimely demise the day before Reagan took office. Lovingly transferred from the original 1/4" reels (some of which were a wee bit moldy after years of being M.I.A. but were thankfully salvaged via professional cleaning) along with a new mastering job, these tracks hit harder than ever! Members would go on to play in other classic and ground breaking Richmond bands like BEEX and THE PREVARICATORS. Each record comes with a fold out 12" x 24" double sided insert chock full of archival photos and flyers plus liner notes from Tommy the Rock himself that give the reader a glimpse into the counter-cultural explosion of the late 70's / early 80's in the land once known as Dixie. Electric guitars were (and still are) their only desire. Limited to 500 copies.

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released October 19, 2018

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