here is the NFO file from Indietorrents
Artist: Tronics
Album: What’s The Hubub Bub
Label: Wrench
Year: 1980
Genre: Punk
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Codec: LAME MP3 V0
Posted by: roblivian
Total number of files: 15
Total size of files: 96.60 MB
Total playing time: 49:01
Generated: Sat May 5 14:53:48 2012
Created with: gen-nfo.pl ($Revision: 1.8 $)
my cd rip
Artist: Tronics
Album: What’s The Hubub Bub
Label: Wrench
Year: 1980
Genre: Punk
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Codec: LAME MP3 V0
Posted by: roblivian
Track listing
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[01/15] How Do You Do Again – Tronics (03:55) 7.34 MB 255 kbps
[02/15] Helsinki – Tronics (03:44) 7.17 MB 262 kbps
[03/15] Raw Reggae – Tronics (02:10) 4.02 MB 253 kbps
[04/15] Hard On Me – Tronics (04:18) 8.70 MB 276 kbps
[05/15] Space Message – Tronics (01:16) 2.70 MB 291 kbps
[06/15] The Other Man – Tronics (03:03) 5.40 MB 241 kbps
[07/15] Shark Fucks Intro 1 – Tronics (01:21) 2.46 MB 250 kbps
[08/15] Shark Fucks Intro 2 – Tronics (06:48) 13.15 MB 263 kbps
[09/15] Shark Fucks – Tronics (03:25) 6.58 MB 263 kbps
[10/15] I’m a Diver – Tronics (05:02) 10.67 MB 289 kbps
[11/15] Piece For A Galaxy Bar Jukebox 1 – Tronics (02:46) 4.77 MB 234 kbps
[12/15] Piece For A Galaxy Bar Jukebox 2 – Tronics (01:56) 4.01 MB 282 kbps
[13/15] Squiddley Diddly – Tronics (02:46) 5.37 MB 264 kbps
[14/15] Punk Citizen Rock (Live) – Tronics (04:21) 9.43 MB 295 kbps
[15/15] Flipkot Secretion (Wild Cat Rocks) (Live) – Tronics (02:10) 4.83 MB 304 kbps
Total size of files: 96.60 MB
Total playing time: 49:01
Generated: Sat May 5 14:53:48 2012
Created with: gen-nfo.pl ($Revision: 1.8 $)
love this stuff, and glad to see it getting reissued.
the tracklist on the CD is just plain wrong in several places. corrected what i could, and just went with Shark Fucks Intro 1 & 2 for the unaccounted track
from http://www.wrench.org/Tronics.htm
Initially released on cassette only in 1980 – now re-released on CD in 2001! The first, and so far the only, re-release on the Wrench label.
What’s The Hubub Bub was concieved, recorded and produced live in singer/guitarist Ziro Baby’s basement kitchen in Earls Court during 1980, surrounded by drugs, prostitutes and assorted human oddities.
“What’s The Hubub Bub” was, in fact, the Tronics’ second cassette-LP – prior to this, they released two singles “Favourite Girls” and “Suzie’s Vibrator”, as well as their debut cassette-LP “Tronics”. They went on to record a third album “Love Backed By Force”, and a number of singles.
This may not be a typical release for Wrench Records – but it is a perfect example of how varied and weird things could be in London could be in those screwed-up times!
This CD is available from Wrench Records mailorder price £6.95 + postage & packing.
from http://gildedgutterblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/tronics-shark-fuckstime-off.html
Zarjaz (a nickname based on a futuristic comic book ‘2000 AD’) began playing music in his early teens on the fringes of West London. Touted as the “essence of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Melody Maker, Zarjaz otherwise received little to no promotion, he had only played a handful of shows with a modest out put of records before facing scenes of teen hysteria. Too much attention from over zealous fans, and not enough from the music industry turned Zarjaz into a recluse. These days Zarjaz remains an elusive character partially due to ongoing mental health issues, yet curiously continues to retain success whilst virtually being an anonymous artist in the UK.
At 16 Zarjaz recorded Tronic’s first single ‘Suzy b/w Favourite Girls’ produced by John Edwards linked to The Who producer Shil Talmy. What’s pivotal about this release was support from Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis who encouraged and partly funded the pressing. This first single would become, arguably, a pre-cursor for English Post Punk and Indie music.
Hot off the heels of this single came a cassette that would change the game for independent music. In 1980 self released cassette ‘The Tronics’, described by NME as the original “Indie Album”, became the first independent record to be distributed internationally. A trend was born that saw countless artists follow suit; home recording, self-releasing, taking things into their own hands. If any further testimony is needed as to how crucial this tape was, look around today, cassettes are experiencing resurgence for these very reasons.
BSide ‘Time Off’ is taken from this very cassette, an attention flipping number switching from sultry to skittish whilst provocative in equal measure. The first half of the song features a flirtatious spoken word piece, interjected by acerbic pop-inspired post punk allowing Zarjaz to yelp his words across. “Why don’t we take the day off?” he asks in a playful yet toneless manner alongside a saccharine guitar, keys and saxophone.
ASide ‘Shark Fucks’, originally released through Alien Records, is a song quintessentially quotidian and British as you’ll ever hear. Taken from album ‘What’s the Hubbub Bub’ where Zarjaz experimented recording live in the kitchen of his Earls Court flat. His trash-poetry is delivered catatonically with repetitive guitars built on a base of minimal tapping rhythms. Tronics output isn’t one to be aligned or compared with bands that came before rather, Tronics are referenced as an influence by bands who came after.
I’m looking at you messthetics-heads, LoFi-fiends, post-punk-people-oids, if you’re looking for a copy of this single that isn’t scratched the search is over! If Tronics are just coming on to your radar, What’s Your Rupture? has made it super easy (and infinitely cheaper than coughing up for the original pressing) to pick up a seminal piece of UK Underground music.