Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 1 – 12-INCH SINGLE

Title: Lesson No. 1
Artist: Glenn Branca
Label: Superior Viaduct
Product Type: 12-INCH SINGLE
UPC: 857176003393
Genre: Alternative Rock
Release Date: 2014-02-18
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: REISSUE, BONUS TRACK

Double vinyl LP pressing of this expanded edition of the 1980 album from the Avant Garde artist. LESSON NO. 1 unveiled Brancas visionary guitar concepts with two monstrous, side-long compositions that helped forge NYC’s downtown Art-Punk sound and acted as a massive influence on countless young groups, including Sonic Youth and Swans. Soon after the release of LESSON NO. 1, Branca began to work on ambitious, long-form symphonies. ‘Bad Smells,’ included here as a single-sided bonus 12-inch, was commissioned in 1982 as a dance piece for choreographer Twyla Tharp and originally released on a split LP with John Giorno. Featuring Sonic Youth guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, ‘Bad Smells’ is a thrilling multi-section guitar assault that foretells much of Branca, Ranaldo and Moore’s work for the next decade.

Tracks:
1.1 Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar – Glenn Branca
1.2 Dissonance – Glenn Branca
2.1 Bad Smells – Glenn Branca