30, by The Ex

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1.	Rules 01:43	buy track
2.	Blessed Box At The Backseat 01:14	buy track
3.	Sucked Out Chucked Out #1 02:58	buy track
4.	The Wellknown Soldier 02:23	buy track
5.	Bouquet Of Barbed Wire 06:59	buy track
6.	Jack Frost Is Innocent 02:53	buy track
7.	Gonna Rob The Spermbank 03:47	buy track
8.	Fire And Ice 04:41	buy track
9.	White Liberals 05:44	buy track
10.	Ay Carmela 03:13	buy track
11.	Knock 02:48	buy track
12.	Choice 03:05	buy track
13.	Rara Rap 04:33	buy track
14.	Headache By Numbers 02:35	buy track
15.	Shopping Street 02:13	buy track
16.	State Of Freedom 05:31	buy track
17.	Blah Blah 03:05	buy track
18.	Lied Der Steinklopfer 03:31	buy track
19.	State Of Shock 06:08	buy track
20.	Hidegen Fújnak A Szelek 03:12
21.	Stupid Competitions 04:16	buy track
22.	The Big Black 05:33	buy track
23.	Former Reporter 03:59	buy track
24.	Travel On, Poor Bob 02:18	buy track
25.	Atoll 01:45	buy track
26.	If The Hat Fits The Suit 03:23	buy track
27.	Frenzy 05:01	buy track
28.	The Lawn Of The Limp 04:04	buy track
29.	Time Flies 04:22	buy track
30.	Symfonie Voor Machines 03:09	buy track
31.	Huriyet 05:09	buy track
32.	Listen To The Painters 04:13	buy track
33.	Ethiopia Hagere 06:29	buy track

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THIS DIGITAL ALBUM INCLUDES BONUS ITEM: 12-pages booklet scan in PDF

30 years of The Ex - a double album compilation featuring songs from all Ex albums from 1980 until 2006.

Ex Records, 2009.
EX119D/EX120D

CD at The Ex shop - exmailorder.nl/shop/catalogue/30-cd
LP at The Ex shop - exmailorder.nl/shop/catalogue/30-lp

credits

released January 1, 2009

All songs remastered for this release by Colin McLean at OT301, Amsterdam.

CD1:
RULES - from Disturbing Domestic Peace (1980)
BLESSED BOX AT THE BACKSEAT - from History Is What's Happening (1982)
SUCKED OUT CHUCKED OUT #1 - from Dignity Of Labour (1983)
THE WELLKNOWN SOLDIER - from Tumult (1983)
JACK FROST IS INNOCENT - from Blueprints For A Blackout (1984)
FIRE AND ICE - from Blueprints For A Blackout (1984)
WHITE LIBERALS - from Pokeherrie (1985)
AY CARMELA - from 1936 : The Spanish Revolution (1986)
KNOCK - from Too Many Cowboys (1987)
CHOICE - from Hands Up! You're Free (1988)
RARA RAP - from Rara Rap 7" (1988)
HEADACHE BY NUMBERS - from Aural Guerrilla (1988)
SHOPPING STREET - from Joggers + Smoggers (1989)
STATE OF FREEDOM - from Joggers + Smoggers (1989)
BLAH BLAH - from Dead Fish (1990)
BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE - from Tumult (1983)
GONNA ROB THE SPERMBANK - from Gonna Rob The Spermbank 12" (1983)
LIED DER STEINKLOPFER - from Stonestampers 7" (1990)

CD2:
STATE OF SHOCK - from Scrabbling At The Lock (1991)
HIDEGEN FJNAK A SZELEK - from 6.3 7" (1991)
STUPID COMPETITIONS - from And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders (1993)
FORMER REPORTER - from Mudbird Shivers (1995)
TRAVEL ON, POOR BOB - from Instant (1995)
ATOLL - from Instant (1995)
FRENZY - from Starters Alternators (1998)
TIME FLIES - from Dizzy Spells (2001)
SYMFONIE VOOR MACHINES - from Een Rondje Holland (2001)
HURIYET - from Turn (2004)
ETHIOPIA HAGERE - from Moa Anbessa (2006)
THE BIG BLACK - from And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders (1993)
IF THE HAT FITS THE SUIT - from Instant (1995)
THE LAWN OF THE LIMP - from In The Fishtank #5 (1999)
LISTEN TO THE PAINTERS - from Turn (2004)

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The Ex Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Ex started playing in 1979. Using guitars, bass, drums and voice as their starting point The Ex have continued to musically explore undiscovered areas right up to the present day: collaborations with jazz musicians and an Iraqi-Kurdish band, Kamagurka, Tom Cora, Sonic Youth, Han Bennink, Jan Mulder, Shellac and Wolter Wierbos. In 2002 The Ex set up a lively musical exchange with Ethiopia. ... more

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La Station - Gare Des Mines

Paris, France
Apr 27

Le Grand Mix

Tourcoing, France
Jun 1

Rotown

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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