R.A.S. - Pas Le Temps De Regretter

Contra Records / Dirty Punk Records

 

R.A.S. is yet another classic French Oi! / punk band from the early 80's that is back in action again! The band disbanded only two years after its original formation in 1982, but revived themselves nearly five years ago (2012) and have occasionally been playing live ever since. It never came to new recordings though... until now that is! Because after decades of 'studio-silence', Contra Records - who were also partly responsible for the first new release of the resurrected Komintern Sect – is about to release the brand new "Pas Le Temps De Regretter" mini-album on 12" vinyl!

 

Although the songs on this 12" aren't completely new, you might have heard a raw studio or live recording of 'em here or there, the recordings of "Pas Le Temps De Regretter" definitely are. As a matter of fact, the five tracks of this mini-LP were already recorded back in 2015! Now it is a complete mystery to me why R.A.S. kept these recordings on the shelf for such a long time, but they're finally getting out there and they definitely taste like more!

 

It most likely has something to do with the fact that these songs were originally written between 1982 and 1984, but nonetheless R.A.S. managed to preserve that classic, French sound and get it on a master tape 30+ years later. With guest appearances by Carl (Komintern Sect), Mourad (L'Infanterie Sauvage), Fred (Outreau) and Joss (Gonna Get Yours), R.A.S. recorded a superb release, perhaps sounding better than ever before! As said, you might have heard songs like "Jeunesse De La Honte", "Paradisiak", "Nelly" and "Cochennec" in another form before - I believe "Ma Force" is the only song I don’t immediately recognize from an (un)official release - but on "Pas Le Temps De Regretter" they appear for the first time in all their glory and it sounds absolutely killer!

 

Besides the 12"-version, "Pas Le Temps De Regretter" will also be released on CD, featuring a total of ten bonus-tracks! Although all ten songs were written by R.A.S., they are performed by the likes of P38, Gundog, The Templars, Impact, Les Teckles – just to name a few – and was originally released in the year 2000 as a tribute 10" by Autonomy Records under the title "Hommages R.A.S. 1982 – 1984". Keeping in mind that this compilation was never released on CD, this is an excellent addition to make the 'disque compact'-package complete!

 

Must-have!