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![]() I�m a wee bit sunburned this afternoon. We�re getting into that time of the year�just about hot enough to go swimming, nights out at the drive-in or mini-golf course, farmers markets are bustling. I�ll end up spending a lot of time with that first Donnas album; I always do this time of year. Unrefined, unsophisticated, and completely infectious, it has been the background music to many summer months since it was released. In fact, I could say as much about the entire catalogs of Super*Teem, Radio X, Pre-BS, and the first wave of Rip Off records. If you�re around my age, this may have been one point of entry into underground music; if you�re a little older, it may well have woken you from a jaded hibernation. It was an exciting time. ![]() When he was fifteen, my younger brother Tommy sent a letter to Loli & the Chones. I�m not even sure what he wrote � I recall he asked if they�d play his sixteenth birthday party (we lived 3,000 miles away from them) but for all I know he professed his love for Loli as well. I doubt he still has the letter but, goddamn, did we think it was cool when he got a reply back from her (I ended up with the badge that she sent along). (Now I am just rambling, nostalgia works that way). But I suspect readers of Terminal Boredom have all those records and memories as fond as I do about the era. So this time, we�ll just look at some pictures. Listening to records is plenty of fun but there�s a place as well for the record as an objet d�art and what better way to travel down that road than to talk about alternate sleeves (way more fun than colored vinyl!). Real sleeves weren�t ready and the band needed records to sell for a show or real sleeves were gone but the records weren�t or �something cool for our friends� or as a promotional item or �let�s create a rarity� (before this became the rule) � whatever the impetus for its creation, I love finding out that a record that I dig has an unusual variation floating out there (Exhibit A and Exhibit B).
It turns out that there is a seedy record-collector underbelly to my summertime soundtrack that is full of sleeve variations. Here are a few that I�ve managed to turn up�if you know of more or have any good stories about them, drop a line! Teengenerate �Get Me Back� +2 (Wallabies 1993) |
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The Fingers �The First Time� b/w �Barracuda� (Pre-BS 1991) |
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Rip Offs �Savage Middle Aged� (Pure Filth 1995) |
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Statics �Theme� b/w �All Mixed Up� (Rip Off 1993) |
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Supercharger �Sooprize Package For Mr. Mineo� 7� (Super*Teem 1996) |
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Brentwoods �Go Little Sputnik�+2 (Radio X 1994) |
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Young Losers �All Gone� b/w �Private Affair� |
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Motards �I�m a Criminal� EP (self released 1994) |
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That�s all I�ve got, but you can reach me at: cheaprewards-at-gmail.com or nostages.com, where I have some record trading bullshit, a catalog of all of the Nubees singles known to me (got one? Write me), and some sexy polaroids. To catch up on past Cheap Rewards go here. Get in touch: |
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