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Released
  
1987

Too Many Cowboys (1987)
  
Aural Guerrilla (1988)

Release date
  
June 1987

Genre
  
Anarcho-punk

Producer
  
Dolf Planteijdt

Artist
  
The Ex

Label
  
Ex Records

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Recorded
  
Partly live and partly at Emma's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam.

Similar
  
Disturbing Domestic Peace, Catch My Shoe, History Is What's Happening, Blueprints for a Blackout, Aural Guerrilla

The ex too many cowboys full album


Too Many Cowboys is the second double-album and first album of live recordings by Dutch anarchist punk band The Ex. Recorded partly live and partly in the studio, Too Many Cowboys was the first of the Ex's records to be issued simultaneously in more than one country on both the band's own Ex Records in the Netherlands, by Ron Johnson Records in England, by Mordam Records in the United States, and by Di-Di Records in Greece.

Contents

In addition to material not available on any other Ex release, the album contains live versions of songs previously found on the band's double-single/book about the Spanish Civil War and from their then-forthcoming Peel Sessions compilation album, as well as a cover versions of songs by seminal communist Dutch punks The Rondos and contemporary British anarcho-punks Chumbawamba. The original vinyl double-LP came packed with newsprint posters and comics designed by members of the band and their friends, plus a single-sided flexi-disc featuring poet Nico Van Apeldoorn. The Ex reissued Too Many Cowboys on a single CD in 1993.

Track listing

  1. "Red + Black"
  2. "White Shirts"
  3. "Adversit" (originally by Chumbawamba)
  4. "People Again"
  5. "Knock"
  6. "Hands Up! You're Free"
  7. "Ignorance"
  8. "Butter or Bombs"
  9. "Dumbo"
  10. "How Can One Sell the Air"
  11. "Business as Usual"
  12. "Olympigs"
  13. "Choice"
  14. "A Job"
  15. "Stupid"
  16. "Oops"
  17. "No Fear"
  18. "Vivisection" (originally by The Rondos)
  19. "A Piece of Paper"
  20. "They Shall Not Pass"
  21. "Pigjump" (vinyl only)
  22. "Wie Vermoordde Hans K.?" (bonus flexi-disc issued with the original double LP)

Personnel and recording

  • Terrie (guitar)
  • G.W. Sok (vocals)
  • Luc (bass)
  • John (vocals)
  • Katrin (drums)

    • On "Wie Vermoordde Hans K.?":

  • Nico Van Apeldoorn (lyrics)
  • Beat Cornaz (guitar)
  • Kees Van Der Haak (saxophone)

    • Recorded partly live and partly at Emma's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.

    Songs

    1Red & Black5:47
    2White Shirts3:53
    3Adversity0:30

    References

    Too Many Cowboys Wikipedia
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