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Originally released June 2015 as part of A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover web series.
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Originally released June 2015 as part of A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover web series.
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![Salem 66 - Natural Disasters, Natural Treasures (1988) [remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8xyLv10Blg/mqdefault.jpg "Salem 66 - Natural Disasters, Natural Treasures (1988) [remastered]
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Salem 66 were founded by Judy Grunwald, Beth Kaplan and Susan Merriam in Boston in 1981. A major part of a thriving Boston scene that produced bands like Mission of Burma and Dinosaur Jr (Dinosaur Jrs first New York show was notably an opening slot for Salem 66 at Folk City), the band were ahead of their time.
They were one of the few women-led bands in their scene, and made their mark with an adventurous blend of arty post-punk (they notably covered Wires Fragile) and melodic pop. Between 1984 and 1990 they released one self-titled EP, 2 singles and 4 albums, 1985s A Ripping Spin, 1987s Frequency & Urgency, 1988s Natural Disasters, National Treasures, and 1990s Down The Primrose Path (produced by Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie who went on to produce Radiohead’s Pablo Honey and Hole’s Live Through This), all on the venerable New York imprint Homestead Records, label home to bands like Sonic Youth, Big Black and The Chills. The band earned comparisons to R.E.M., The Talking Heads and The Velvet Underground from The New York Times, and further praise from outlets like Rolling Stone, CREEM and the Village Voice. They shared stages with The Replacements, Mission of Burma, the Go-Betweens, the Wipers, the Saints and the Raincoats, and toured across the country on multiple occasions, but despite their prominence in the 80s, the Salem 66 catalog has been out of print for decades and their music has never been available on streaming.
00:00 Isabella
02:31 The Marble
06:17 Lucky Penny
09:11 You Cant Take It With You
11:59 Secret
15:10 Electric Avenue
18:01 George Washington Slept Here
22:16 Tough As Nails
25:25 Suffering Bastard
28:04 Eight Ball
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