TAD God's Balls 1989 SUBPOP ORIGINAL PRESSING IN GATEFOLD w/POSTER - NEAR MINT
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Feb 29, 2016
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Feb 19, 2016
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TAD God's Balls 1989 SUBPOP ORIGINAL PRESSING IN GATEFOLD w/POSTER - NEAR MINT
TADGod's Balls
1989 US SUB POP RECORDS (SP27)
NEVER ISSUED IN THE UK
SUPERB COPY OF THIS GRUNGE CLASSIC
SEEN LITTLE USE - PLAYS PERFECTLY THROUGHOUT
ONE OF THE FIRST 2000 COPIES IN GATEFOLD WITH LARGE POSTER OF TAD DOYLE
MATRIX SIDE ONE: Judass Kicks Ass, SP·27-A, kdisc ch, L-32494
MATRIX SIDE TWO: Free Dick Johnson, SP·27-B, kdisc ch, L-32494-X
If you think back to what rock music looked and sounded like circa 1989, Seattle's Tad was a true anomaly. No spandex. No pointy guitars. No pretty boy frontman. Instead, you had a frontman who weighed the same amount as three or four frontmen spliced together, and a flannel shirt-wearing band with long hair that played punk rock slowed down to a powerful Sabbath-like pace.
All the evidence you'll ever need is on the group's debut full-length released in the aforementioned year, the warmly titled God's Balls.
Produced by the same gentleman who manned the controls for both Soundgarden's Screaming Life and Nirvana's Bleach, Jack Endino, God's Balls is chock-full of mammoth riffs and lurching chord progressions.
Tad was always responsible for some of rock's best song titles, and God's Balls is no different -- "Cyanide Bath," "Satan's Chainsaw," and "Nipple Belt" would have all sounded extraordinary announced by Casey Kasem on American Top 40.
Many picked Tad to follow Soundgarden and Nirvana up the chart ladder, and God's Balls showed an awful lot of promise -- it was certainly on par with both act's debut releases.
Unfortunately, lawsuits (stemming from ill-advised album cover art) once again strangled emerging talent
Side Judas:
Behemoth
Pork Chop
Helot
Tuna Car
Sex God Missy (Lumberjack Mix)
Side Jesus:
Cyanide Bath
Boiler Room
Satan's Chainsaw
Hollow Man
Nipple Belt
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - a few spindle traces - seen little play
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault - a fantastic LP from the band commonly sited as “better than Nirvana”
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
Apart from some rub and cracking to the bottom of the spine the cover is solid
POSTER: NEAR MINT
The large six panel poster has some sign of handling but it has never been hung and all edges and folds are undamaged
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
I will combine postage for items purchased within any 10 day period (@£2 for each additional LP).
However, at the end of each 10 day period, all outstanding items will need to be paid for in full and will be posted to you.
Any items purchased after payment will be included in the next 10 period.
I am continually adding new items which may be of interest to you and it is impractical for me to allow payment to be postponed indefinitely in the expectation that you might wish to bid on future items. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks 625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))
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