Signals, Calls, and Marches

Infobox Album |
Name = Signals, Calls, and Marches
Type = EP
Artist = Mission of Burma


Released = start date|1981|8
Recorded = Normandy Sound start date|1981|1–end date|1981|4
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 20:47 (original EP), 27:00 (Rykodisc release), 33:02 (Matador release)
Label = Ace of Hearts
Rykodisc CD Issue start date|1997|7|1
Matador Records Reissue start date|2008|3|18
Producer = Richard W. Harte
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:js6gtq8ztu48 link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.8/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49397-signals-calls-and-marches-vs-the-horrible-truth-about-burma link]
Last album =
This album = "Signals, Calls and Marches"
(1981)
Next album = "Vs."
(1982)

"Signals, Calls, and Marches" is the first EP by Boston-based band Mission of Burma, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). For the CD issue, Rykodisc remastered the six songs were and added the two tracks from the band's 1980 debut 7" single, "Academy Fight Song." The EP was remastered by Matador Records in 2008 with video material and extra tracks. [ [http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1243 Matador Records | Matablog ] ] .

Track listing

# "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" (Clint Conley) – 3:53
# "Outlaw" (Roger Miller) – 2:33
# "Fame and Fortune" (Miller) – 3:35
# "This Is Not a Photograph" (Miller) – 1:53
# "Red" (Miller) – 3:37
# "All World Cowboy Romance" (Conley, Miller) – 5:13

1997 Rykodisc bonus tracks

#

"Academy Fight Song" (Conley) – 3:09
# "Max Ernst" (Miller) – 3:04

2008 Matador Records

# "Academy Fight Song" (Conley) – 3:09
# "Max Ernst" (Miller) – 3:00
# "Devotion" (Conley) (bonus track) – 3:41
# "Execution" (Miller) (bonus track) – 2:21
# "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" (Conley) – 3:53
# "Outlaw" (Miller) – 2:34
# "Fame and Fortune" (Miller) – 3:35
# "This Is Not a Photograph" (Miller) – 1:57
# "Red" (Miller) – 3:38
# "All World Cowboy Romance" (Conley, Miller) – 5:12

2008 DVD

Includes two concerts recorded at The Space in 1979 and The Underground in 1980) [ [http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1243 Matador Records | Matablog ] ] :
# "This Is Not a Photograph" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Secrets" (The Space, 1979)
# "Devotion" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Manic Incarnation" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Eyes of Men" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Tremolo" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Break on Through" (The Space, 1979)
# "Head Over Head" (The Underground, 1980)
# "Peking Spring" (The Space, 1979)
# "OK/No Way" (The Underground, 1980)

Personnel

* Martin Swope – loops, percussion
* Clint Conley – bass, vocals, percussion
* Roger Miller – guitar, vocals, piano, trumpet, percussion
* Peter Prescott – drums, vocals, percussion

Notes