The Ruins’ eponymous EP (also known as the “gray record”) was originally released in the late spring of 1984 and in fact represents a significant moment in the Italian independent music scene of the early 1980s. The then contemporary burgeoning wave of entertainment music contaminated by experimental accents and conveyed essentially by electronic instruments saw the Ruins at the forefront. The band, essentially a duo, formed in Mestre (Venice) in 1978, had already carved out a window of national attention within the Italian new wave in 1981 with their first single ‘Short Wave’ and their participation in one of the very first (if not the very first) Italian new wave compilations entitled ‘Samples Only.’ Side A contains the original 1984 EP and side B contains bonus tracks from 1984.
Brand new, never played, sealed
Side A the 1984 original E.P.
Side B the 1984 extra bonuses
