Proletariat - Soma Holiday LP - Boston Hardcore Punk - 1983 Second Press VG+/EX
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Proletariat - Soma Holiday LP - Boston Hardcore Punk - Non-U Records #1/Radiobeat Records #1 - 1983 Second Press - VG+/EX
This was the debut album from Boston Hardcore punk band The Proletariat, issued jointly by the band's Non U- Records label and Radiobeat Records in 1983.

Second pressing features song titles printed on back cover and printed inner sleeve with lyrics (first pressing was with plain inner sleeve and no titles on cover). There were no insert sheets. Please feel free to verify features of various release versions on Discogs if you have any concerns.
Overall condition is VG+/EX. Vinyl is VG+/EX with just a small bit of scuffing. Sleeve is NM, still in shrinkwrap with very minor wear along sleeve opening. Inner sleeve is VG+/EX with some light wrinkling.
Side 1:
Decorations
Splendid Wars
Famine
Embraced
Events/Repeat
Another Banner Raised
Hollow Victory
Condition
Avoidance

Side 2:
Pictures
Bread And Circus
Blind
Subsidized
Torn Curtain
Purge
Scars
Decide On Change
No Lesser Of Evils

  • From the original Boston Phoenix review: "Soma Holiday is a hefty 18-song manifesto on class warfare and economic inequality... [with] frequent midsong tempo changes from martial punk to bouncing-off-the-wall hardcore." The band still performs occasionally.

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