Recombo DNA explained

Recombo DNA
Type:Compilation Album
Artist:Devo
Cover:Recombo DNA.jpg
Caption:Cover art by KRK Ryden
Released:2000
Recorded:1977–1988
Label:Rhino
Producer:Devo
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Live in Central Park
Next Year:2004

Recombo DNA is a collection of studio demos and unreleased tracks by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in 2000 by Rhino Entertainment's Rhino Handmade label and limited to 5,000 copies.

Background

Recombo DNA is culled from cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, multi-tracks and DATs from the Devo archives, with an emphasis on recordings that had not previously been illicitly circulated, augmented with some sonically upgraded versions of tracks that had previously leaked. The recordings span the era following the band's first independently released singles to the year prior to their signing with Enigma Records.[1]

On August 11, 2017, Futurismo Records reissued Recombo DNA on quadruple vinyl with additional material and new artwork. For this LP edition, "Somewhere With Devo" was removed from the main track listing, retitled "The Somewhere Suite" and included on a 3-inch Mini CD, a release which had been originally planned for May 1989.[2]

"The Somewhere Suite" is in six parts, and an original advertisement from 1989, reproduced inside the LP reissue, labels them as follows:[3]

Track listing

Notes adapted from liner notes of original 2000 Rhino Handmade edition.[1]

2017 Futurismo LP edition

The bonus tracks for this edition appear below in italics.

Personnel

Devo
Technical

Notes and References

  1. . Recombo DNA . 2000 . CD liner notes . . RHM2 7718 . Los Angeles.
  2. Web site: Sebastian . Matt . Devo rarities 'Recombo DNA!' to be reissued as 4LP/mini-CD set with unreleased tracks . . June 20, 2017 . January 7, 2018.
  3. . Recombo DNA . 2017 . LP liner notes . Futurismo Inc. . FUTNO27 . United Kingdom.