The Endless Mirror (+ bonus tracks) / DW039, by Jayhawks

The Endless Mirror (+ bonus tracks) / DW039

by Jayhawks

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1.	My mirror (first recording) 03:31	buy track
2.	Happy weekend (first recording) 02:54	buy track
3.	Sense of humour (first recording) 03:10	buy track
4.	Feel the pain (first recording) 03:59	buy track
5.	Feel the pain 04:06	buy track
6.	Happy weekend 03:01	buy track
7.	Wall of mire 04:16	buy track
8.	Day by night 03:37	buy track
9.	Nonstop paradise 03:09	buy track
10.	My mirror 04:37	buy track
11.	Black lovers (bonus track) 03:07	buy track
12.	Little lover (bonus track) 04:15	buy track
13.	Sense of humour (bonus track) 03:14	buy track
14.	The suitable walk (bonus track) 04:07	buy track

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VINYL VERSION (out February 2023): Clear vinyl (100 copies) or standard black (200 copies), inc. double sided insert + download code. PRE-ORDER at www.deadwaxrecords.es

On April 27, 1985 the German post-punk / goth rock band JAYHAWKS recorded their first demo with the four songs ‘My Mirror’, ‘Happy Weekend’, ‘Sense of Humour’ and ‘Feel the Pain’ at the Studio Sachsenstraße in Bremen. Friends Benno, Mathe, Udo and Monika had just formed JAYHAWKS some months earlier in January, with Tom Lipinski joining them as lead guitarist in May, only days after the recording. As a five-piece, later in November they went into the Sound Service studios run by Jörg Siemer, who would produce new renditions of the demo tracks and additional songs with the band. The first one was the new recording of ‘My Mirror’, which was featured in the ‘Bremen-Deutschland’ sampler, published in December 1985.

More visits to the studio and by the fall of 1986 ten songs had been finished, then Tom left the band and was replaced by Hardy Pelka. The spring of 1987 saw the release of the 12” ‘The Joy of Love’, containing the songs ‘Black Lover’, ‘Little Lover’, ‘Sense of Humour’ and ‘The Suitable Walk’. Apart from these four and ‘My Mirror’ on the mentioned ‘Bremen-Deutschland’ sampler, the rest of the songs from those sessions remained unpublished and forgotten... until now.

We invite you to look and watch yourself into THE ENDLESS MIRROR, put before you as a limited, hand numbered edition split in two vinyl colours; 100 copies in clear and 200 in standard black, housed in a matt finish sleeve with a double sided insert and download code.

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released February 28, 2023

In loving memory of our friend Thomas ‘Tom’ Lipinski 14.03.1965 - 23.07.1997

Music by Jayhawks, lyrics by Albrecht.

Udo Albrecht: Vocals
Benno Blittersdorf: Guitar
Mathe Dreßen: Bass
Monika Kommnick: Drums
Thomas Lipinski: Lead guitar (tracks 5-14)

Tracks 1-4 recorded at Studio Sachsenstraße, Bremen, 27.04.1985. Engineered by Jürgen Drogies.

Tracks 5-14 recorded at Sound Service (Siemer Studios), Bremen, November 1985 and autumn 1986. Engineered by Jörg Siemer.

Track 10 released on the 'Bremen-Deutschland' compilation in December 1985. Tracks 11-14 released as 'The Joy of Love' 12" EP in spring 1987. All other tracks previously unreleased.

Transferred and mastered by Nicolás Zúñiga.

Band portraits by Holger Blöhte. Outdoors / barn photography by Robert Bergmann.
Front cover photo by Bill Brandt, 1933.

Artwork by David Lanna.

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Dead Wax Records is an independent label just like the ones in the early 80s. We do everything ourselves out of pure passion for music, focusing mainly on post-punk, minimal & cold wave, synthpop, goth rock / pop. Quality music always, lost forgotten jewels in need of a second chance, recently discovered treasures that will see the light for the first time.

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