Gates of Steel 7''
Warner Bros
2014
Rating: 7.5 television scripts out of 10
This was really the only "novelty" I bought at this year's Record Store Day on a whim. On silver vinyl and "limited" to 7500 copies (does that really count as a limit?!?), it features a live version of Devo performing their greatest song "Gates of Steel" on side A, and side B is a live version of the same song by the Flaming Lips. The sound quality on both versions are great for live tracks, so no issues there. The Devo version is pretty true to the studio original, and the Lips really take a different track, slowing it down, making it noiser - generally doing what they do to songs. I suppose it would have been silly to pair an original with a cover that sounded just like that original. Anyways, a fun, short record worth a grab if you dig these acts.
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