13th floor records. sd 4501 / 3 tracks / 1982

RI: (12”): 13th story records. sd-4501 / 3 tracks / 1985

RI: (12”, CD5, cass): triple x records. 51021 / 3 tracks / 1989

#1 - First pressing on 13^th Floor has Radioactive logo on labels printed in red, and the band logo is bigger. Many copies come sleeveless, there are two rare sleeve variations, though, hand-made by the band: (a) xerox sleeve with live photo of the band, most on white, some on blue paper. (b) large “radioactive” logo on heavier yellow paper. A fake version of this was reported by breakmyface.com; it has original second press vinyl in a bootlegged #1b sleeve and fake first press labels glued over the second press labels. Easiest way to spot it is the additional “SD” in the runout grooves (which is typical for a second press). #2 - Second 13^th Floor 7” pressing with black radioactive logo on labels and nuclear explosion sleeve (design used for all subsequent pressings). #3 - First 12” version on 13^th Story. #4 - Reissue on Triple X.

This is the sound that made them famous; great mid-tempo LA punk rock, catchy as hell, and with a great rough guitar sound. 1945 from the Rodney on the ROQ compilation, a good Rolling Stones cover version, and a new improved version of Playpen. Excellent EP. [9]  

L.A.-Punk-Rock vom Allerfeinsten, mid-tempo, dafür genialste Gitarren (sowas gab’s nur in Los Angeles…) und sehr eingängige trax: das vom Rodney-Sampler bekannte 1945, eine tolle Coverversion von Under my Thumb und eine neue Version von Playpen. Sehr gut.

Tracks: 1945 // under my thumb / playpen