The Blasting Concept: SST Compilation LP, Vinyl, SST Records, 1983
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The Blasting Concept: SST Compilation LP, Vinyl, SST Records, 1983
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was first founded in 1966 by Ginn at age 12 as Solid State Transmitters, a small business through which he sold electronics equipment. Ginn repurposed the company as a record label to release material by his band Black Flag.
SST's The Blasting Concept (Vol. 1), released in 1983, features a great selection of early-to-mid-SST jams which feature the label at its most lean and angriest.
The album opens with a selection of early Minutemen tunes. This handful of tracks shows that while many labels were heading in a generic three-chord, minute-thirty direction, SST was signing artists that were unique and completely inimitable. In contrast to the Minutemen, Black Flag dominates the flip side with a song headed by each of the three pre-Rollins singers. Complimenting Black Flag are Saccharine Trust and Stains, two other bands on the early LA punk scene. Although post-punk began to develop almost as soon as punk itself developed, most of these late `80s heros began as straight-up punk outfits. Luckily for us, the comp features early versions of Husker Du and the Meat Puppets. Both bands are caught amidst their transitions, when unusual song structure and thick riffs dominated their sound.
Creative arguments and financial difficulties would plague SST in its later years. These troubles make this document all that much more valuable. There once was a time when SST was a dysfunctional yet happy family united not by a common sound but by a common aesthetic. The 14 cuts on this platter feature SST at its prime when it made a bold statement wrapped in a provocative cover by the awesome Raymond Pettibon.
This is the original, US, SST Records release from 1983. Label reads 45 RPM, however plays at 33 1/3 RPM. With a 3.49 price on spine. While on the back cover, all eleven releases are pictured. And the SST address is listed as P O Box 1, Lawndale CA 90260.
Matrix & Runout numbers: SST 013
SST - 013 - A kdisc LIMEYS DON'T EAT TOFU, AIRHEAD! CAN I TIE MY SHOE NOW, JACK? S-11321 SST - 013 - B kdisc MY LOVE FOR A BOWL OF CHILI — Oi, MATE! WOULD YOU BE FANCYIN' A CHEESE SANDWICH THEN ? S-11322
It has been kept in s torage in a smoke free household. It is from a large and varied record collection, not a DJ collection. This record has never been DJed and is in good condition.
On Side A, there are wee crackles in the run to the first baseline. There are slight crackles during the opening bass of 'Paranoid Chant', track 1. There is a crackle between tracks 2 and 3. There is a wee crackle around the opening note of track 5, 'Tumblin' Tumbleweeds'. Finally, between tracks 6 and 7, there are crackles.
Flip it over to Side 2, there are slight crackles between the Black Flag tracks 1, 2 and 3. Finally there are slight crackles before the intro of the track by Würm.
There is evidence of foxing on the record sleeve from being in storage.
International postage is available on request.
Tracklist:
A1 Minutemen– Paranoid Chant A2 Minutemen– The Maze A3 Minutemen– Boiling A4 Minutemen– Games A5 Meat Puppets– Tumblin' Tumbleweeds A6 Meat Puppets– Meat Puppets A7 Saccharine Trust– A Human Certainty
B1 Black Flag– Nervous Breakdown B2 Black Flag– Jealous Again B3 Black Flag– I've Heard It Before B4 Overkill (2)– Hell's Getting Hotter B5 Stains (3)– Get Revenge B6 Würm– I'm Dead B7 Hüsker Dü– Real World
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