slash records. sr-104 / 9 tracks / 1980

RI: slash records. 1-23930 / 1988 (?)

Produced by Ray Manzarek (ex-Doors) who also plays organ on some tracks. The Studio budget was about 10.000$. Early copies have heavy brown cardboard cover with printed paper glued on, Jem distribution info on back sleeve, printed inner sleeve, and the old Slash logo on the labels (just a large “/” in black & white). Reissues on Slash have thinner paper sleeve, no printed inner sleeve, new Slash logo on labels (“Slash”, written in red), bar code on back sleeve and old matrix numbers scratched out. A double-sided acetate dated 3/14/1980 was sold on Ebay in 2007; plain white sleeve with info sticker, typeset labels.

Their first LP is an all-time classic of LA punk; I'd love to call it “highly influential” but actually I don't know any band that comes close to their sound. Based on rough and melodic LA punk with a cool garage feel; but the crazy duets of John and Exene give this a weird, weird edge, and some of the lyrics are just insane. Essential. [9]  

Die erste LP, toller LA-Punk mit vielen hitverdächtigen Momenten. Dazu der schräge Duettgesang von John & Exene… genial. Texte sind völlig abgedreht. Klassiker.

Tracks: your phone’s off the hook, but you’re not / johny hit and run paulene / soul kitchen / nausea / sugarlight // los angeles / sex and dying in high society / the unheard music / the world’s a mess, it’s in my kiss