SOCIAL CLIMBERS, by mark bingham

SOCIAL CLIMBERS

by mark bingham

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1.	Domestic 02:47	buy track
2.	Chicken 80 03:59	buy track
3.	Western World 05:04	buy track
4.	Chris and Debbie 06:59	buy track
5.	Palm Springs 04:05	buy track
6.	That's Why 02:44	buy track
7.	Ernie K 03:09	buy track
8.	Hello Texas 02:57	buy track
9.	Taipei 05:03	buy track
10.	Tickhead 02:09	buy track
11.	Sheet metal Workers 09:12	buy track
12.	The Best Years 03:14	buy track
13.	Connie Mack 03:09	buy track
14.	Love Is A Job 03:39	buy track
15.	What Are You Afraid Of ? 03:53	buy track
16.	Radar 03:44	buy track

about

fun band , terrible name. should have just kept the name for the one gig then shifted to something less ignorant. the band started
with a Mudd Club show in late 79 with 2 basses and vocals. Dick Connette was in the audience, liked what he heard, wanted to play, we got together the next week and Dick joined in on keys and drum machine. At that point in time, he was know as A. Leroy. The band lasted a few years, did some tours. Thanks to Mark Hood, we were able to record in a good studio. We did a 5 hour show of covers at Franklin Furnace , rehearsed more than any band I was ever in . If i hadnt called it social climbers, the band might still be around today. this collection includes the original Hoboken records release plus what was to be the 2nd record that never came out.
Funny note: the fanzine called Sub Pop liked the band. They wanted a song for their pre-label compilation. I gave them Love Is A Job - which is a cover of an MX-80 song and they said “don't you have anything like what’s on your record?” We didn't get to be on the compilation. But now you can hear Love Is A Job- only 42 years late.

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released July 1, 1981

recorded and mixed by mark hood at celebration NYC 1980-81

dick connette - farfisa/ korg synth
jean shaw - bass, vocals
mark bingham - bass, guitar , vocals
wharton tiers- drums on sheet metal workers, what are you afraid of , radar
richie morales - drums on capitol of the universe, connie mack, fuck it up, love is a job, the best years
(uncredited on original release) John Scofield- guitar on Chris and Debbie

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