Meat Whiplash Collected/Contextualized (Double LP or CD)

Collected/Contextualized is a double-LP and 2xCD set compiling all known studio recordings and several live songs together with extensive liner notes and vintage photography detailing the Meat Whiplash story. With one LP/CD gathering Meat Whiplash’s recorded output, the second disc will feature contemporary artists covering the band’s songs. Also from East Kilbride, Jim and William Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) produced Meat Whiplash's 7" single in 1985 for Creation Records and recruited them to open up for them as they toured the UK that year. Sharing a band member in common, in Douglas Hart, both bands became somewhat notorious for the infamous "riot gig" at the North London Polytechnic (in March, 1985) where fights broke out and, along with the Jasmine Minks, became near household names. Prior to recruiting Alex Taylor (Shop Assistants) to reform as Motorcycle Boy, Meat Whiplash were a humble quartet that peaked in notoriety when their “Don’t Slip Up” single stayed on the UK Indep