When Silence Was Sound

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Release Date: 2014-04-07

Label: Reckless Records

This timely compilation documents the first flourishing of psych-punks Brainiac 5, born out of the free-flowing Cornish freak-scene of the mid-70s. Featuring seventeen extremely rare recordings, highlighting the band’s New Wave smarts melded with lysergic guitar workouts influenced by the late-60s San Francisco scene, the release comprises the band’s 7-inchs, along with sole long-player World Inside, produced by Hawkwind/Hawklords drummer Martin Griffin, and live tracks recorded at The White Horse, Launceston in 1980. Including a sixteen-page booklet with full band history by archivist Colin Hill, When Silence Was Sound is packaged in mindbending art from the paintbox of noted UK artist John Hurford. Released on the specially reactivated Reckless Records imprint, the anthology chimes neatly with the current resurgence in all things psychedelic.

Tracks 1 to 3 originally released on Brainiac 5 - Mushy Doubt
The version of 'I Was A Vejetable' from Mushy Doubt does not appear here
Tracks 4 and 15 originally released on Brainiac 5 - Time
Tracks 5 and 6 originally released as Brainiac 5 - Working - Feel
Tracks 7 to 14 originally released on Brainiac 5 - World Inside
The 'World Inside' LP versions of 'Working' and 'Trotsky' do not appear here
Tracks 16 and 17 were recorded live at The White Horse pub in Launceston in 1980