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.

Steve G.  

CERTAIN GENERAL  

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 

BAND OF OUTSIDERS  

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)