''In Berlin'' is a live album and the debut release of English

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band

Blurt Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Background Blurt was founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of p ...

. It was recorded live at the Rock Against Junk concert in

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on 13 December 1980, and released the following year, through record label Armageddon. It reached No. 14 on the

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and No. 12 on the US chart. The album was rereleased as a limited 500-copy edition of 10" plus 7", under the title ''Live in Berlin'', on

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(FBN-5) in February 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

; Blurt * Pete Creese – guitar,

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* Jake Milton – vocals, drums * Ted Milton – vocals, saxophone

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1981 debut albums 1981 live albums No wave albums Factory Records live albums Ruby Records live albums