NEUROOT
(The Netherlands)
LP / CD + EP | „Raw / Rare 1982 – 1988 + Right Is Might“
2022 | THREAT FROM THE PAST
(Germany)
COLOUR: Black (LP + EP), CD housed in a cardboard sleeve
NEUROOT from Arnhem, The Netherlands were one of the most (political) active bands in the dutch Eighties Punk, Hardcore scene, next to LÄRM, NO PIGS, STANX, B.G.K., … one of the best known bands coming from The Netherlands (maybe from Europe) for shure. In summer 2022 THREAT FROM THE PAST released a compilation LP + CD (CD will include different tracks) including tons of rare and raw material (mosty live) recorded from 1982 – 1988, as bonus the legendary „Right Is Might“ EP from 1986 is added. All songs (except the tracks on the EP) were restored from original tapes and remastered by Henning Prochnow in Germany. All the LP (and CD) artwork was done by Marcel Stol (NEUROOT) and Bernd Spring (ULCEROUS, PHLEGM, DEEP) from Germany, who did all final graphic preparation for the pressing plant.
The compilation LP includes tracks from:
# a concert at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1983)
# from the demo done for the „Right Is Might“ EP (recorded at OOC Bauplatz Venlo, The Netherlands, 1984)
# a rehearsal at Goudvishal in Arnhem, The Netherlands (1986)
# a concert at Goudvishal, Arnhem, The Netherlands (20/09/1987)
# a concert at the Fusebox Blackburn, UK (16/12/1988)
# live at the Chi Chi Club Winterswijk, The Netherlands (08/06/1987)
The compilation CD includes tracks from:
# a concert at Stokvishal in Arnhem, The Netherlands (20/12/1982)
# the demo for the „Right Is Might“ EP (1986)
# a concert at Van Hall in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (17/4/1987)
# a rehearsal at Goudvishal in Arnhem, The Netherlands (1986)
# a concert at Goudvishal in Arnhem, The Netherlands (20/9/1987)
# a concert at the Fusebox Blackburn, UK (16/12/1988)
# a concert at Ungdomhuset in Kopenhagen, Denmark (13/02/1986)
# live at the Chi Chi Club Winterswijk, The Netherlands (08/06/1987)
The four tracks on the „Right Is Might“ EP originally were released in the year 1986 on the dutch label SMEUL PRODUCTIONS.
There will be three different versions of this great release:
# Test pressing on Black vinyl limited to 20 hand-numbered copies, it comes with the standard b/w test pressing pocket cover from the pressing plant, two full-coloured inlay cover sheets are added for the LP and the EP comes with a replica of the original fold-out cover (front cover artwork of the LP and the EP cover artwork will be different than on the final product, it also will have a full-coloured Obi-Strip and a twelve paged booklet in LP size, the test pressing will come without that)
# Standard edition on Black vinyl limited to 390 copies ( LP + EP) (THIS VERSION IS SOLD HERE)
# Die Hard edition on Galaxy Effect: Orange / Silver vinyl (LP) and Silver vinyl (EP) limited to 95 copies
The Standard and Die Hard edition will come with additional CD housed in a cardboard sleeve, the LP is housed in a full-coloured pocket cover with 4 mm spine and OBI-Strip, the EP is housed a fold-over cover, both editions will come with twelve paged b/w booklet in LP size including photos, lyrics and band history written by Marcel Stol (one of the band members).
