park avenue records. pa 82801 / 12 tracks / 1979

RI: UK: psycho. 22 / 1984

RI: D: weird system records. ws 024 / 1987 (?)

Original pressing with printed inner sleeve. Limited Park Avenue pressing on clear vinyl. German pressing also has printed inner sleeve, limited edition on blue vinyl.

On their debut LP the Wipers are still a bit more on the punk side than on their subsequent releases, and the song structure is somewhat simpler; so it has a slight Ramones/77-style punk edge. Still, with their guitar sound and Greg's vocals, this is anything but conventional, and some of the songs (like the title track) are genuine hits. [8]  

Diese erste Wipers-LP ist im Vergleich zu den späteren Platten noch einfacher und ’punkiger’, Anklänge z.B. an die Ramones und andere 77er-Bands sind noch vorhanden. Trotz allem gibt Greg Sages Stimme dem Ganzen einen sehr ungewöhnlichen und geheimnisvollen Touch, und einige Tracks (wie der Titelsong) sind waschechte Wipers-Hits. Sehr gut.

Tracks: return of the rat / mystery / up front / let’s go let’s go away / is this real? / tragedy / alien boy // d-7 / potential suicide / don’t know what i am / window shop for love / wait a minute