The Proletariat - Complete (Flac)

The Proletariat was a punk rock band from Fall River, Massachusetts. They were active during the 1980s in the Boston Hardcore scene, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore sound; the Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of bands such as Wire, and Gang of Four in their angular guitar sound and Marxist-themed lyrics.

Soma Holiday (Disc One)

1-1 Voodoo Economics
1-2 Ten Years
1-3 Abstain
1-4 Options
1-5 Allegiance
1-6 After The Rise
1-7 White Hands
1-8 Westernization
1-9 Decorations
1-10 Splendid Wars
1-11 Famine
1-12 Embraced
1-13 Events / Repeat
1-14 Another Banner Raised
1-15 Hollow Victory
1-16 Condition
1-17 Avoidance
1-18 Pictures
1-19 Bread & Circus
1-20 Blind
1-21 Subsidized
1-22 Torn Curtain
1-23 Purge
1-24 Scars
1-25 Decide On Change
1-26 No Lesser Of Evils


Indifference (Disc Two)

2-1 Choice
2-2 It's More Than Soil
2-3 Death Of A Hedon
2-4 Indifference
2-5 Pride
2-6 Better Man
2-7 Homeland
2-8 Columns
2-9 Sins
2-10 An Uneasy Peace
2-11 Recollections
2-12 Trail Of Tears
2-13 The Guns Are Winning
2-14 Instinct
2-15 No Real Hope - Prelude
2-16 No Real Hope
2-17 Piecework
2-18 Marketplace
2-19 Religion Is The Opium Of The Masses


Arranged By – The Proletariat

Backing Vocals – Peter Bevilacqua (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-16, 1-18 to 2-19)

Bass – Peter Bevilacqua

Drums – Tom McKnight (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-12, 2-14 to 2-19)

Engineer – Jimmy Dufour (tracks: 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-8, 2-19), Lou Giordano (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9 to 2-18, 2-20 to 2-26)

Guitar – Frank Michaels

Lyrics By – Frank Michaels (tracks: 1-5, 1-14, 1-23, 2-7, 2-11, 2-13), Richard Brown (4) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-13, 1-15 to 1-22, 1-24, 1-26 to 2-6, 2-8, 2-10 to 2-12, 2-14 to 2-19)

Music By – Frank Michaels, Peter Bevilacqua
Photography – Frank Michaels

Producer – Frank Michaels (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 2-18), Jim Dufour* (tracks: 1-1 to 2-2, 2-19),Lou Giordano (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 2-18)

Vocals – Richard Brown (4) (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6, 2-8 to 2-12, 2-14 to 2-19)

NOTES

This compiles the cassette "Distortion", the two LPs "Soma Holiday", "Indifference", the 7"EP "Marketplace", four unreleased songs, and songs that appeared on the compilations "This Is Boston Not L.A." and "Unsafe At Any Speed".

All songs tracked at Radiobeat Studios, Boston, MA. All songs mixed at Radiobeat except 2-4 to 2-18 mixed at White Dog Studio, Newton, MA, and 2-2 recorded live on Metrowave show at WERS Studios, Boston, MA.