Running Wild - The Inevitable Years - | Berry Red Vinyl

•THE TWO CLASSIC AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLEINEVITABLE SINGES PLUS RELATEDPEELSESSIONRECORDINGS.•CAPTURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OFDEAD ORALIVE’S CAREER.•ON BERRY-RED VINYL!•A SEQUEL AND COMPANION RELEASE TO 2023’SCRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ‘LETTHEM DRAG MY SOUL AWAY’.Having been ‘discovered’ working in Liverpool’s ProbeRecords during the punk rock explosion of the late 1970s,Pete Burnsquickly found himself fronting his very own band,Nightmares In Wax, who quickly mutated into the morefamiliar Dead Or Alive. A star was born.But prior to pop superstardom, tabloid-tantalising celebrityand his later revival and recognition as an icon of gay punkand pop culture, Pete led Dead Or Alive into far darkerwaters, as one of the earliest explorers of the post-punk Gothscene. Captured on two remarkable 7' singles originallyreleased on Liverpool label Inevitable, the band also caughtthe attention of the ever-reliableJohn Peel, and recordedmaterial for his seminal BBC Radio One programme.‘Running Wild’ compiles those early singles and related PeelSession highlights, bringing the latter to vinyl for the firsttime. Pressed on berry red vinyl,and housed in a coverphotograph by Dead Or Alive’s then managerFrancescoMellina, ‘Running Wild presents an early glimpse at thephenomenon Pete would become, and a long overdue backstory accompaniment for fans and collectors alike.

Tracks

1~1~I'm Falling
1~2~Flowers
1~3~Number Eleven
1~4~Namegame (Live Version)
1~5~Nowhere To Nowhere
1~6~Running Wild
1~7~Number Eleven
1~8~Number Twelve
1~9~Flowers

Details

Catalogue Number: BRED889
Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Dead Or Alive
Release Date: 31 May 2024
Genre: Punk
Label: Cherry Red
Distributor: Rocket Group