39 Clocks ‎- 13 More Protest Songs [LP] (1987, What's So Funny About.., Psychotic Promotion)

Based in Hannover, a river city in the north of Germany and a gateway to several of the country's river valleys, post-punkers 39 Clocks, AKA the duo of JG39 (AKA Jurgen Gleue) and CH39 (AKA Christian Henjes), existed under the critical radar for much of their time together. Far removed from any potential peers, 39 Clocks harbored a philosophical position just shy of absolute misanthropy, often purposefully alienating themselves from all that surrounded. 

Behind the masks, though, were two songwriters of unique voice, who somehow managed to lift the best lessons from The Velvet Underground, ’60s freakbeat music, psychotic garage moves and outsider rock mythology, creating an entirely idiosyncratic, cracked vision of what popular song could communicate. They sometimes called this aesthetic, with perfect brevity and wit, “Psycho Beat.” [SOURCE: RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY] 

Label: What's So Funny About.. ‎– SF 93, Psychotic Promotion ‎– PSI-H 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: Germany, Greece

Released: 1987 

Style: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Eternal Yesterdays 2:40 

A2 What Never Happened 4:10 

A3 Eve Of Destruction 2:50 

A4 You Can't Count The Bombs (It's Zero) 3:41 

A5 But You Know 7:08 

B1 Mr. Diamond 3:06 

B2 My Tears Will Drown The World 2:42 

B3 Il Ne Porte Pas Ses Nylons Négligés 4:28 

B4 Shake Ghaddafi's Blues 4:30 

B5 I'm Not Alone Without You (Ce N'est Pas Pervers) 1:50 

B6 (They Don't Dance Much) The Violent Ones 4:51 

Credits:

Lacquer Cut By – Hi

Liner Notes – A.J. Webermann 

Photography By – Job Crogier 

Producer – 39 Clocks 

Recorded By – Dr. Schneeberger 

Vocals [Subnarcotic], Guitar [Transcendental], Harmonica [Siren Harp] – JG 

Vocals [Weird Opera], Guitar [Hypnotic], Organ [Genuine], Harmonica [Siren Harp] – CH

Written-By – Henjes (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Gleue (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6) 

Notes:

Recorded in Ilten, 1987. 

Made in Germany 

This record is dedicated to: Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Reg Presley, Chet Baker, Jack Grunsky, Ilona Staller. 

Other Versions: 

13 More Protest Songs ‎(LP, Album) Penguin 30048 Greece 1987 

13 More Protest Songs ‎(LP, Album) What's So Funny About.., Psychotic Promotion SF 93, PSI-H Germany 1987 

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