Archival project that Henry Rollins & Ian MacKaye were working on revealed

"Fanatic! Finally, it can be told. Several weeks ago, our good pal and sonic ally, not to mention one of my heroes for decades, the one and only Gaye Advert wrote to tell me she had found an Adverts tape on her shelf but she didn't know what was on it. She asked if I was interested in checking it out, to which, of course I replied in the Fanatic affirmative."

"Days later, the tape arrived. I took it to Infrasonic Sound. The great Pete Lyman carefully baked and transferred the tracks. Luckily, the tape was in pristine condition and contained two classic Adverts songs: We Who Wait and New Boys. They were produced by Larry Wallis, he of Pink Fairies fame, at Pathway Studios in London on March 20, 1977."

"As you might know, both of these songs eventually found themselves on proper Adverts releases, but not these versions. As far as we know, they have never been released until now. Pete sent the transferred tracks to both myself and Ian MacKaye. I sent them to Larry Hardy at In The Red Records and Gaye. Everyone thought they sounded great."

Initial reports suggested Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye had recorded a project together, but Rollins clarified they instead mixed a demo he recently acquired. The tape contained demo versions of two classic Adverts songs, "We Who Wait" and "New Boys," recorded and produced by Larry Wallis at Pathway Studios on March 20, 1977. Pete Lyman baked and transferred the pristine tape at Infrasonic Sound and mastered the tracks. The transfers were shared with Ian MacKaye, Larry Hardy at In The Red Records, and Gaye Advert. The recordings were pressed as a 7" release on In The Red Records and sold out.

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