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They might agonize over the sound of recording a match being lit in the middle of one song, while doing a single take of a vocal via a microphone hung in the bathroom for another. Giant choirs were built meticulously over multiple tracks, while the sound of a rat running through the reverb room would be captured forever. The results wrapped some of TV’s best songs in strange and inventive sounds to compliment his anti-pop smarts and rock and roll heart. They did not know it at the time, but the band was falling apart. Tensions would soon rise to the level that replacement players were called in to finish their final tour. Punk fans left them in droves. Critics skewered the singles from the album. Their record label had moved on to the next big thing. Feeling that they had reached a creative peak made the tumble even harder to swallow. Time has been very kind though, and fans discovering punk after the first wave have been able to hear “Cast” for what it is - a brilliant and biting collection of rock and roll. Still full of stomp and swagger even when stripped down on “My Place” or via the anthemic surge of “Television’s Over”, with TV’s hook factory on full display on the anti-love song “Love Songs”, and the band closing the album with the creeping ballad “I Will Walk You Home”; The Adverts had grown from a great punk rock band to a great rock band.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call Of The Void","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50417110352203,"sku":"2194178","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Adverts_-_Cast_of_Thousands_82e5868d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726717032"},{"product_id":"rehearsal-tape","title":"Rehearsal Tape","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1977 The Adverts sent a five song cassette they recorded at a rehearsal to Chiswick Records. Chiswick chose not to pick up the band and the tape sat at the label’s headquarters until October 2022 when the tape was auctioned on eBay. The winning bidder was Henry Rollins who, upon hearing the tape, contacted TV Smith (the band’s singer and principal songwriter) and got permission to release the tracks. The tape was transferred at Tonal Park in Maryland and mastered by Mikey Young in Australia and it sounds incredible in all its raw glory.The Adverts were one of the original Class of ’77 UK punk bands and they were arguably one of the best. Their singles and debut album, \u003ci\u003eCrossing The Red Sea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWith The Adverts\u003c\/i\u003e, are all time classics of the genre. \u003ci\u003eRehearsal Tape\u003c\/i\u003e is the first time the band was ever recorded. In The Red and 2.13.61 are over the moon to have the opportunity this punk rock artifact on vinyl. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1,  One Chord Wonders \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2,  New Boys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3,  Quickstep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4,  We Who Wait \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5,  Bored Teenagers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Red 12\"","offer_id":50445954548043,"sku":"2200673","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5n5ccvkhrjezaofwm7dkytkqqv91.jpg_e72ce9d7_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1727050392"},{"product_id":"crossing-the-red-sea-with-the-adverts","title":"Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFire Records\u003c\/strong\u003e reissue of the 1978 classic debut punk record \u003cem\u003eCrossing The Red Sea with the Adverts\u003c\/em\u003e. Released after an ever-growing live following and a string of successful chart hits, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Adverts\u003c\/strong\u003e' debut has cemented its place in punk rock history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the sonic Armageddon which ushers in \"\u003cem\u003eOne Chord Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e\" through to the deliriously protracted fade of \"\u003cem\u003eGreat British Mistake\u003c\/em\u003e\", \u003cem\u003eCrossing The Red Sea\u003c\/em\u003e never put a foot wrong. Created at the height of Punk, recorded with all the venom and passion which gave the era such vitality, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Red Sea\u003c\/em\u003e was at once a statement of intent and a bellow of defiance, a refusal to take anything for granted, even its own brilliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than that, though, the album defined and thus became the precious moment in time when the establishment rules of rock fell away, and new ones still had to be carved out. And by those brittle standards, \u003cstrong\u003ethe Adverts\u003c\/strong\u003e weren't simply crossing the Red Sea, they were parting it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50466630762827,"sku":"381200","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50466631385419,"sku":"381201","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9b35cb25-c048-4e7d-be6e-a82aa2b84d45_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727317821"},{"product_id":"cast-of-thousands-2","title":"Cast Of Thousands","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released to a fanbase and music press that were unprepared for the band to move on from the punk fury of “Crossing The Red Sea”, The Adverts “Cast Of Thousands” has since been recognized as a lost classic of the time period. 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