Prag VEC - "Peel Sessions 1978-79"

Pragmatically ,the definition of 'Vector' seems to describe the music of Prag VEC quite satisfactorily indeed thank you very much....'a quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.'
And , as usual, the recordings made for the BBC are especially representative of a groups sound in their natural state.
Unfortunately, this groups third John Peel session seems to be absent without leave......does anyone have it out there? More Prag VEC please?

Tracklist:

01 Nervous [08-23-78]
02 Ruby [08-23-78]
03 Stay [08-23-78]
04 Bits [08-23-78]
05 Hijack [01-29-79]
06 Toast [01-29-79]
07 The Follower [01-29-79]
08 Expert [01-29-79]

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Prag VEC - "Live in Plymouth 20-02-1979" (Bootleg)

An extremely rare bootleg of Prag VEC in a live situation.
Its an audience recording, but quite good quality.I have no idea if they are supporting a main act or if they are headlining, but its a short set of around twenty minutes, which suggests the former.I suspect its from Magazine's uk tour early in 1979.

Tracklist:

1- Expert
2- Uh Oh Erotic
3- Wolf
4- Toast
5- Bits
6- Ruby
7- Third Person

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Prag VEC - "No-Cowboys" (Spec Records – reSPECt 1) 1980

Post-punk enigmas ,prag VEC, never released an actual album as such; but they did release a fake compilation called 'No Cowboys,which was filled with tracks by themselves (prag VEC) masquerading as fake groups with names like 'The Couch Potatoes' and 'Vince Quince And His Rialto Ballroom Detectives'.Hi-jinks indeed?
It also features Jim Thirlwell on the Wasp Synth, in the days before he became a Foetus; his work never got better than this.
Experimental proto-indie Art-rock of the highest caliber.

Tracklist:
A1 –Laugh
A2 –Third Person
A3 –Nervous
A4 –Happy Valley
A5 –Mens Casual Wear 1962
A6 –Breaking Point
A7 –Your Your Lay Lay
A8 –By The Sea
B1 –Uh Oh Erotic
B2 –Welcome Home
B3 –My Name's Eddie
B4 –You're The Gun
B5 –Cigar-Ettes (Y.M.C.A. Oct 79)

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Prag VEC ‎– "Bits EP" (Spec Records ‎– SP001) 1978

A group frequently seen supporting nigh-on every 'post-punk ' act going, especially Magazine, in 1978/9 was proto-indie arty types Prag VEC.
Admirably 'Prog' free, they were an early pointer to what would become know as 'Indie' to floppy fringed students everywhere.
The band name was apparently a contraction of the two words "pragmatism" and "vector", chosen at random.

Later line-ups featured Jim "Foetus" Thirlwell, whose career went decidedly downhill, musically, from there, but uphill in terms of success.Personally, Foetus is one of those musical projects I can't abide......unlike Prag VEC who are brilliant; even though they occasionally indulge themselves with that Post-Punk cliché of writing a song with French lyrics. A 'proggy' tactic to show your peers how intellectual you are.......it works, and as a bi-product you inevitably get an audience in France; and they will never forget you for it.

Tracklist:
A1 Existential 2:30
A2 Bits 1:41
B1 Wolf 1:49
B2 Cigarettes 2:27

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