Devo - Clockout (1977)

Devo gained some fame in 1976 when Chuck Statler's the short film 'The Truth About De-Evolution' won a prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and this attracted the attention of David Bowie, who began work to get the band a recording contract with Warner Music Group. In 1977, Devo were asked by Neil Young to participate in the making of his film 'Human Highway' playing "nuclear garbagemen", and the band members were asked to write their own parts, with Mark Mothersbaugh scoring and recording much of the soundtrack. In March 1977 Devo released their first single 'Mongoloid' backed with 'Jocko Homo', taken from the soundtrack to 'The Truth About De-Evolution', and this was followed by a cover of the Rolling Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', and then the 'B Stiff EP' the next year. This third post of  basement demos from the band includes early versions of some of those singles, alongside a handful of previously unheard tracks from the inimitable Devo.   

Track listing

01 Soo Bawls
02 Golden Energy
03 Midget

04 Goo Goo Itch
05 Uglatto
06 Stop Look And Listen
07 Dogs Of Democracy

08 Satisfaction

09 Clockout
10 Bottled Up

11 Mongoloid
12 Booji Boy's Funeral
13 Working In A Coalmine
14 Fountain Of Filth
15 Let's Go