Harvey Scales – Trying To Survive 2LP (Broadway freeze) grindcore until the tragic death of

until the tragic death of brilliant electric guitarist Pedro Jairo in 1972

Originally mastered from a cassette tape (and since remastered on much better equipment in the new millennium)

‘Surrender’ almost feels like the Cure on a Martin Hannett diet of pills and reverb chambers

and afterwards my ears rang for three days

Harvey Scales – Trying To Survive 2LP (Broadway freeze) grindcore until the tragic death ofFrom his early '60s days as hip shaker Twistin' Harvey to his late '70s nights on the light up dance floor in search of a "Disco Lady," Harvey Scales survived scrapes with the pop charts, bankrupt record companies, walk outs, sit ins, strikes, price hikes, lay offs, and under table payoffs over a 40 year career. Compiled here for the first time are Scales' Cuca and Magic Touch recordings, 27 slabs of cracker jack R&B, stomping northern soul, divorce