{"product_id":"beat-rhythm-news-waddle-ya-play-deluxe-45th-anniversary-edition","title":"Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?) [Deluxe - 45th Anniversary  Edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIconic UK punk band X-Ray Spex co-founder Lora Logic was unexpectedly ousted before the recording of their debut album \u003cem\u003eGerm Free Adolescents\u003c\/em\u003e in 1977. Undeterred, Lora went on to form and front the post-punk band Essential Logic. With trademark angular sax lines and her unmistakable vocal stylings, she went on to create some of the most liberating and exciting music of the early post-punk era, not only as Essential Logic, but also as a solo artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)\u003c\/em\u003e is the band's debut studio album. Originally released in December 1979 on the Rough Trade Records label, whose founder Geoff Travis provided enthusiastic encouragement. The album reached number 11 in the UK Indie chart. Lora’s solo album \u003cem\u003ePedigree Charm\u003c\/em\u003e followed in 1982. Lora and Poly Styrene would later reform X-Ray Spex for the band's sophomore and final studio album \u003cem\u003eConscious Consumer \u003c\/em\u003ein 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential Logic returned from an extended hiatus in 2022 with the 5 x LP boxset \u003cem\u003eLogically Yours,\u003c\/em\u003e including the new studio album \u003cem\u003eLand of Kali\u003c\/em\u003e, co-produced by Lora and Youth (Killing Joke), followed by 2024’s remix album thereof - \u003cem\u003eRekalibrated\u003c\/em\u003e, which enlisted the talents of an ambitious and diverse set, including Grammy Award winner - Dave Audé, Rave-pop legend - Adamski and Scottish Kandy-poppers - bis, amongst others on remixer duties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 45th Anniversary ‘Deluxe’ edition compiles the original studio album together with a bonus album containing the complete Essential Logic studio recordings from 1978 - 1983, including the iconic Cells Records debut single ‘Aerosol Burns’ (1978), the ‘Wake Up’ EP (1979), included here for the first time on any physical release since its original pressing, together with the non-album b-side ‘Flora Force’ and 3 post album Rough Trade Records single releases: ’Eugene’ (1980), 1981's ‘Music Is A Better Noise' and 'Fanfare In The Garden’, and their respective b-sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepackaged in a high gloss accented, spot varnished sleeve, on 2 x black and white splatter vinyl, foiler stickered, with inner-sleeves including full lyrics and new sleeve notes by Lora.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiss and Shake Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black \/ White Splatter","offer_id":50969860899147,"sku":"2231255","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50969860964683,"sku":"2231266","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Essential_Logic_-_Beat_Rhythm_News_Waddle_Ya_Play_De_8c234a84_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734064911","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/beat-rhythm-news-waddle-ya-play-deluxe-45th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}