The 012 – Let’s Get Professional LP 1984. Mint LP. Rare brown cover (not black). Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Post punk indie weirdness. Check video and audio

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The 012  Lets Get Professional
Label: Flicknife Records – SHARP 020
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Style: Lo-Fi, Indie Rock

Media: Mint
Sleeve: very near Mint
This is an original, unplayed mint condition 1984 Flicknife LP pressing!

Tracklist
A1 Lets Get Professional 4:19
A2 I Feel Cool 3:27
A3 Three Little Birds 4:26
A4 Funkytown People 4:12
A5 Asbestos Lead Asbestos 5:29
B1 San Andreas Fault 1:45
B2 She Doesn’t Come 1:11
B3 Rio Tinto Zinc International 3:08
B4 Live Fast Die Young 3:37
B5 Meltdown Situation 3:28
B6 Three Days Then 4 1:53

Recorded At Street Level Studios 1981 and then in 1983 / 1984
Bass Crazy Alan Dogend (tracks: A1, A4 to A5, B1, B2 to B5), Granto Showbiz* (tracks: A2 to A3, B2, B6)
Drums José Gross
Guitar, Vocals Kif Kif Le Batter*


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“The 012 would like it to be generally known that they have now sold out completely, but will be doing all they can to maintain that urban guerilla pop star image in the future.”

The 012 changed their name to World Domination Enterprises and then scored big indie-chart hits, including ‘Asbestos Lead Asbestos’, the original version of which can be found on this original 1984 album.

The 012 were Fuck Off supremo Kif Kifs group. More uncompromising messy noise fest, with more emphasis on UN-learning any musical technique available to them.
Includes the original version of Asbestos Lead Asbestos, as made famous by The 012s later incarnation, World Domination Enterprises.
Talking about weirdness? here’s their only LP. The band along with the hippy punkies Here and Now established in the late 70s the cassette label Fuck Off. They appeared in the compilations Weird Noise, We couldn’t agree on a title, Angst in my Pants. Weird Pere Ubu-ish post punk weirdness. The band later transformed to World Domination Enterprises.


The 012 ‎– “Let’s Get Professional” (Flicknife Records ‎– SHARP 020) 1984

Whatever happened to the 012 ? Not to be confused with Birmingham incompetents the 021, from the wonderful ‘Mell Square Music’ ep.
This combination of the first three numbers in the Arabic numerical system were basically a Fuck Off Records ‘super-group’, containing ex-Here and Now drummer boy, Kif Kif le Batteur (on guitar and vocals!); and even features top producer Grant Showbiz on Bass for tracks 2 and 3.
This belatedly released vinyl outing from 1984 is a sort of free-form UK DIY version of 1983 Sonic Youth with Dead C no-fi recording A-quality. Featuring thee most untuned guitar this side of AMM’s Kieth Rowe, backed up with down tuned white-dub Basslines(played by one of the best stage names ever,the one and only, Dog End),and jazz tinged cardboard boxy drums.
The title of this LP is obviously ‘Ironic’, but one does detect an overly deliberate atmosphere of amateurishness that can irritate if you are aware of it ; so I apologise for ruining it for you……just don’t read this, or if you have already read it, unread it.
I smell good musicians trying to be bad musicians…….and why not ? ‘Tis a noble quest to rediscover ones musical innocence is it not ?
These fellows went on to be World Domination Enterprises, who made one of the greatest singles ever ; ‘Asbestos Lead Asbestos’.
You ,ay have noticed that an early version of the aforementioned classic is included on this album ?
You are correct, but one must say, that it is just a tad inferior to the future Indie hit version from ’86.
They also redid a version of ‘Funkytown’ on their LP, which was inferior to the version by the 012, so they didn’t improve in all departments.
Summing up, great band name, great album, great sound
the 012 on this record are kif kif le batter - guitar and vocal, Jose Gross - drums and 
laughing, crazy alan Dogend - bass, Granto showbiz - bass on *, Richard ans Adrians rankin 
horns on three little birds. Recorded at Street Level 1981* and on the Street Level mobile 
83/84 cut by Jacko at tape one.

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Weight 0.25 kg

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