Title: Rehearsal Tape
Label: In The Red Records, 2.13.61
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 2024-06-01
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
A1 One Chord Wonders 2:38
A2 New Boys 3:35
B1 Quick Step 3:37
B2 We Who Wait 3:35
B3 Bored Teenagers 2:01
In 1977 The Adverts sent a five song cassette they recorded at a rehearsal to Chiswick Records. Chiswick chose not to pick up the band and the tape sat at the label’s headquarters until October 2022 when the tape was auctioned on eBay. The winning bidder was Henry Rollins who, upon hearing the tape, contacted TV Smith (the band’s singer and principal songwriter) and got permission to release the tracks. The tape was transferred at Tonal Park in Maryland and mastered by Mikey Young in Australia. Rehearsal Tape is the first time the band was ever recorded.
