1982 Misfits Walk Among Us LP Horror PUNK 1st. Pressing

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1982 Misfits Walk Among Us LP Horror PUNK 1982 1st. Pressing on opaque black vinyl!!  Comes with Photo/Lyrics inner Sleeve!!  Extremely RARE and Hard To Find!!! Ruby/Slash Records: JRR804 (March 1982). Pink cover with pink logo and Plan 9 logo on back cover. Matrix etching side one is JRR-804-A, P.B., L-856-A. (Side 1) 20 Eyes I Turned Into A Martian All Hell Breaks Loose Vampira Nike A Go Go Hate Breeders Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight? (live). (Side 2) Night Of The Living Dead Skulls Violent World Devils Whorehouse Astro Zombies Braineaters! Very HARD TO FIND PRESSING!! Vintage COLLECTIBLE!! ENJOY!! HAPPY BIDDING ON THIS CLASSIC COLLECTIBLE - RARE AND BOOKS HIGH!! Gr0OoVy!!!

The Misfits are an American hardcore punk band formed in 1977 in New Jersey by singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig, and later re-founded by bassist Jerry Only. The original Misfits were pioneers of the subgenre of horror punk, and were influential on punk rock, heavy metal, and rock music of the late 1980s and 1990s. They ceased recording and performing in 1983, when Danzig disbanded the Misfits to pursue other projects. A new version of the Misfits formed in 1995, led by Only, but lacking Danzig, who declined invitations to return as vocalist.

The music of the original Misfits was often melodic, featuring Danzig's versatile singing, which had a style rooted in Italian tenors such as Mario Lanza and in 1950s doo-wop. Early Misfits songs tended to have catchy, sing-along choruses, initially backed by Danzig's distorted keyboard accompaniments and later by willfully crude guitar-rock. The band began as a largely untrained ensemble. Musically, the band has also displayed some rockabilly influences (but not as much as psychobilly bands). After several lineup changes and increasing international acclaim, Danzig disbanded the original Misfits in 1983.

The band often wore ghoulish makeup when performing, and bassist Jerry Only reputedly invented a hairstyle called the devilock, with the bangs coming to a point in front of the nose or chin, a style still worn by fans (A.K.A. Fiends) today and contributed to the foundation of horror punk.

The initial lineup of the new Misfits featured Michale Graves on vocals, Only on bass, Dr. C.H.U.D. on drums, and Only's brother Doyle, the last guitarist of the original Misfits, on guitar. A third, "touring" incarnation of the band is presently led by the only other "constant" original member, bassist Jerry Only. Members of the touring group have included Marky Ramone (of the Ramones), and both drummer ROBO (who was a member of the original band), and guitarist Dez Cadena of Black Flag fame.

Walk Among Us was the eighth release from the American horror punk band The Misfits. The band's first full-length album to be released (although it was actually the 3rd to be recorded- see Static Age and 12 Hits from Hell), it was originally co-released by Ruby and Slash Records as JRR804 in March 1982.

It was the product of a January 1982 recording session at Quad Teck in Los Angeles, California in which Glenn Danzig, for the most part, remixed previously recorded songs, overdubbing additional guitar tracks. Danzig also recorded new vocals for "Vampira" and mixed for the first time the live recording of "Mommy Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?" that was recorded at the same time as the Evilive release.

The majority of the songs were originally recorded in a variety of sessions throughout early 1981 at the Mix-O-Lydian Studio in Boonton, New Jersey. The dates of these sessions are unknown, but they were all mixed at one time. "Vampira", "Devils Whorehouse", and "Astro Zombies" were recorded and mixed separately at Mix-O-Lydian in August of 1981. "Hatebreeders" was recorded in June of 1981 at Newsoundland in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. "Mommy Can I Go Out & Kill Tonight?", the only live track on the album, was recorded on December 17, 1981 at the Ritz in New York, New York.

The cover for Walk Among Us features the famous "Rat-Bat-Spider" that menaces the intrepid astronauts in 1959's Angry Red Planet. The flying saucers were obtained from 1956's Earth Versus The Flying Saucers. The first LP pressing has a pink cover with a pink logo, while the second pressing's cover is purple with a pink logo.

Reissues since 1988 in all formats have featured the purple cover with a green logo.

CONDITION:

(Cover/Fine/Very Fine/Spine wear; VINYL/Near Mint; Black and Red Rudy/Slash Records LABEL)!! (Please see Scans!!)(WE HAVE NOT PLAYED IT)!!!

Generally these early 1980’s groundbreaking LP’s are in the same Excellent Condition as when they were first acquired at the store or in the small clubs and local venues the bands first appeared!  We are only here to pass them on so that their music and sentiment will live on!

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