November’s Heat, Certain General’s first full-length album came out in 1984; like much of the Corvairs’ music, it was first released only in France, in 1984 on the L’Invitation au Suicide record label (yes, that means “the invitation to suicide”). In 1995, the French music magazine Rock & Folk named November’s Heat as one of the best albums released between 1985 and 1995. The album was finally released in the U.S. in 1999 and has recently been reissued on CD.
Here follows a reprint of the Trouser Press Record Guide (4th Edition) listing for the SourMash family of bands. Though slightly garbled, it presents a fairly accurate overview of our thing in the 1980’s.
Holiday of Love EP (Labor) 1982
November’s Heat (Fr. L’Invitation au Suicide) 1984
Reissued w/ bonus tracks (Fr. New Rose) 1990; (Alive) 1999; (Fr. Fantastica) 2002
These Are the Days (Fr. New Rose) 1986
Reissued w/ bonus tracks (Fr. Fantastica 1999)
Cabin Fever (Fr. Barclay) 1988
Jacklighter (Fr. Barclay) 1990
Signals from the Source (CBGB) 1999
Closer to the Sun (Fr. Fantastica) 2000
Live at the Public Theater (Fantastica US) 2001
An Introduction to War (SourMash USA) 2002
Invisible New York (Easy Action UK) 2008
CERTAIN GENERAL / BAND OF OUTSIDERS
Far Away in America (SourMash) 1984
Far Away in America / The Live Side EP (Fr. L’Invitation au Suicide) 1985
Up the River EP (nr/Flicknife) 1985
Everything Takes Forever (Fr. L’Invitation au Suicide) 1985
I Wish I Was Your Kid EP (nr/Flicknife) 1985
Longer Than Always EP (Fr. L’Invitation au Suicide) 1985
Act of Faith (Fr. Barclay) 1986
Acts of Faith (SourMash) 1987
Armistice Day (Nocturnal) 1989
(March 2015)
