{"product_id":"mia-notes-from-the-underground","title":"M.I.A. - Notes from the Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarla Records is proud to offer the first digital and CD reissue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof M.I.A.'s third record \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, originally released on National Trust Records, December, 1985. This reissue also includes the album premaster transferred from a studio board tape belonging guitarist\/vocalist Nick Adams, which features previously unreleased alternate mixes of \"Haven't You Heard\" and \"Write Myself a Letter\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM.I.A. formed as a hardcore band in Las Vegas in 1980 and began to find their place and sound once they moved to Orange County, CA in 1981. They played out often including at premier punk venues the Cuckoo's Nest in Costa Mesa and the Cathay de Grande in Hollywood. M.I.A. was part of So Cal punk's hardcore to melodic post-hardcore evolution alongside the scene's best known bands - Adolescents, T.S.O.L. and Social Distortion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a trip to Reno in 1981, a demo was given to Kevin Seconds, who passed a copy to Tim Yohannan of Maximum Rock n Roll. Yohannan included \"New Left\" on Maximum Rock and Roll compilation \u003cem\u003eNot So Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e (Alternative Tentacles). Yohannan passed the tape to Greg Shaw at Bomp! Records, who included \"Tell Me Why\" on the compilation \u003cem\u003eAmerican Youth Report\u003c\/em\u003e. Shaw passed the tape to Felix Alanis at Smoke Seven records who release the entire demo (except \"New Left,\" which Maximum Rock n Roll wanted exclusively) on the split LP \u003cem\u003eLast Rites for Genocide and M.I.A.\u003c\/em\u003e in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.I.A. released \u003cem\u003eMurder in a Foreign Place\u003c\/em\u003e in 1984 on Alternative Tentacles, after label founder\/Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra saw them play at a secret illegal punk nightclub in Las Vegas. Biafra was impressed by Mike Conley's distinctive voice, saying \"The minute you hear a song with him singing you know it's him.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The much-improved \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e leaves hardcore behind for a pretty fair Damned\/TSOL-influenced punk LP with occasional acoustic guitar and even sax (on an anti-apartheid song). The hooks are occasionally a little too obvious, but \"Another Day,\" \"Write Myself a Letter\" and \"Shadows of My Life\" are first-rate punk-pop. Nick Adams' wall of guitar dominates each of the ten tracks.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Jack Rabid, Trouser Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e was produced by renowned producer\/engineer Thom Wilson who also produced the Adolescents' classic self-titled debut album as well as the most popular albums by Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L., Bad Religion, The Joykiller, Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Offspring, Christian Death, Automatic 7, Face to Face and The Bouncing Souls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM.I.A. followed \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e with their final record \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fact\u003c\/em\u003e on core So Cal punk label Flipside Records in early 1987.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-'80s second wave explosion.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- All Music Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTrack List:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Shadows of My Life\u003cbr\u003e2. Voices in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e3. Show Me the Way\u003cbr\u003e4. Scotty Rew \u003cbr\u003e5. Never Again\u003cbr\u003e6. Write Myself a Letter\u003cbr\u003e7. Light of Yesterday\u003cbr\u003e8. Make a Choice\u003cbr\u003e9. Haven't You Heard\u003cbr\u003e10. Another Day\u003cbr\u003e11. Voices in the Dark (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e12. Scotty Rew (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e13. Never Again (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e14. \u003cspan\u003eShow Me the Way \u003c\/span\u003e(Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e15. Shadows of My Life (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e16. Write Myself A Letter (Studio Board Tape Premaster First Mix)\u003cbr\u003e17. Write Myself A Letter (Studio Board Tape Premaster Second Mix)\u003cbr\u003e18. \u003cspan\u003eLight of Yesterday \u003c\/span\u003e(Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e19. Haven't You Heard (Studio Board Tape Premaster First Mix)\u003cbr\u003e20. Haven't You Heard (Studio Board Tape Premaster Second Mix)\u003cbr\u003e21. Another Day (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e22. Make a Choice (Studio Board Tape Premaster)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArranged by M.I.A.\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Thom Wilson\u003cbr\u003eDrums - Larry Pearson\u003cbr\u003eVocals - Michael Conley\u003cbr\u003eGuitar, Vocals - Nick Adams\u003cbr\u003eBass - Paul Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eSax - Henry Alexander\u003cbr\u003eKeyboards, Piano - Robert Windolph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darla","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67833184223599,"sku":"jjv1792654618324","price":9.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"mp3","offer_id":67833184256367,"sku":"yhp1792654618325","price":9.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/5009\/0095\/files\/mia---notes-from-the-underground_1.jpg?v=1792654627","url":"https:\/\/loaferstepfit.shop\/products\/mia-notes-from-the-underground","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}