{"id":1213,"date":"2021-04-14T06:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/hansa-archives-uberlinuberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:01:05","slug":"hansa-archives-uberlinuberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/hansa-archives-uberlinuberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansa Archives : uberlinuberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-07T08:45:08+0000\">April 7, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-cure\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: The Cure<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PHjEv9_t9aU\" height=\"488\" width=\"650\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bet you didn&#8217;t know <strong>The Cure<\/strong> were once signed to Berlin&#8217;s Hansa Records. For like, a second&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On the pointed club crossover 12-inch in question <em>(Boys Don&#8217;t Cry<\/em>), Smith balanced out its somewhat grotesque ambition by lampooning their early days: Included on the flipside were the slinking, original 1979 track &#8220;Plastic Passion&#8221;, the faltering pop\/punk stab &#8220;Pillbox Tales&#8221;, and an in-studio disco joke, &#8220;Do the Hansa&#8221;. Recorded under the name Easy Cure in 1978, the last two tunes were leftovers from the group&#8217;s first big break, a contract with Germany&#8217;s then-largest independent label, Hansa, whose interest in the band proved superficial. After being pressured to record covers of Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders&#8217; &#8220;Great Airplane Strike&#8221; and the Bobby Fuller Four&#8217;s &#8220;I Fought the Law&#8221; (which, by that time, The Clash were already well known for), Easy Cure took their \u00a31000, their tapes and their pride home with them, then recorded &#8220;Do the Hansa&#8221;, an embittered shot at the suits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/1692-join-the-dots-b-sides-and-rarities-1978-2001-the-fiction-years\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/pitchfork.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Pitchfork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"like\" style=\"height: 40px;  \"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-cure\/&amp;layout=button_count&amp;send=false&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=120&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; 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