{"product_id":"going-through-the-motions","title":"Going Through the Motions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Prefects were a tense art punk band from Birmingham and they released just one posthumous 7\" on Vindaloo \/ Rough Trade and one John Peel session 12\". Members went on to form the Nightingales but for just over 2 years (late 77 to early 79) the Prefects were the most important post punk band in Birmingham. \u003ci\u003eGoing Through The Motions\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length vinyl collection of The Prefects studio recordings. Although a few tunes don’t stray from the general sounds of their time, there’s innovation and humour here. \u003ci\u003eEscort Girls\u003c\/i\u003e may be the first recorded forerunner of American hardcore. \u003ci\u003eThe Bristol Road Leads To Dachau\u003c\/i\u003e hints at Joy Division’s later \u003ci\u003eThe Atrocity Exhibition\u003c\/i\u003e. Taking it a step farther than Alternative TV’s \u003ci\u003eHow Much Longer \u003c\/i\u003ewith its deliberate dirge, \u003ci\u003eGoing Through The Motions\u003c\/i\u003e, mocks punk expectation against an almost psychedelic haze. \u003ci\u003eTotal Luck\u003c\/i\u003e bears the early evidence of Lloyd’s lone-man confessional style, and Barbarella’s is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to their most-played local venue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVersions of The Modern Lovers’ \u003ci\u003eShe Cracked\u003c\/i\u003e and the Prefects’ original \u003ci\u003e625 Lines\u003c\/i\u003e were recorded live by Virgin on the final two nights of Manchester’s Electric Circus and later issued as a compilation with tracks by The Fall, The Buzzcocks, Joy Division and others. The Prefects refused release of their material, believing their first outing should be a studio recording, not a live track or two on a compilation. During the White Riot tour, members of Subway Sect, The Slits and The Prefects joined in on a live encore loosely based on Velvet Underground’s \u003ci\u003eSister Ray\u003c\/i\u003e. Incredibly difficult to listen to, the song was bootlegged widely before eventually appearing on The Slits’ 1980 album of early demos in a 5’20” version called \u003ci\u003eNo More Rock And Roll For You\u003c\/i\u003e. Twenty years later, Vic Godard of Subway Sect edited a minute from the recording and released it on his Twenty Odd Years compilation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, The Prefects have edited more than a minute from it and retitled it White Riot Tour. In another twenty years, it is hoped that the prolonged rite of ritual shortening of this song will leave no trace of it at all. For the record, it’s Robert Lloyd going “wooo-ooo” in the background, in what he says was an attempt to mimic the organ part from \u003ci\u003eSister Ray\u003c\/i\u003e, which, listeners may note, is no longer being played. This is the opening salvo in the telling of Robert Lloyd’s career, which will include King Rocker: A film about Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales, by comedian and writer Stewart Lee, director Michael Cumming and Fire Films’ James Nicholls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call Of The Void","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498612822347,"sku":"1077807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50498613051723,"sku":"1077808","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e49feb5b-1830-4f17-8b34-3daf2588e9c1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727751074","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/going-through-the-motions","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}