BOB BLACKBURN "BOMBSIGHTS OVER AMERIKA" 1983 1st PRESS RARE KBD SEATTLE 7" OOP

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THIS 7” RECORD COMES FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, SOME ARE PROMO’S FROM THE NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK I WAS AT FOR 19 YEARS OTHERS FROM RECORD STORES, SWAPS,YARD SALES,CHARITY SHOPS, ETC.….ALL OF MY 45’S COME IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE…I DO COMBINE SHIPPING, .25 EACH FOR THE U.S. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS. WHEN I CLICK ON EBAY’S “USED” THAT ONLY MEANS THE RECORD IS OPENED, IN MOST CASES IT IS UNPLAYED SO “NEW” IN THAT SENSE. I USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM.THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THEY ARE SLGHTLY BLURRY OR IF THERE MAY BE A LITTLE GLARE.THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE UNPLAYED. I WILL NOTE ANY MARKS OR SCRATCHES ON THE VINYL IF I SEE ANY... NOTE: THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DUST IN A COUPLE OF THE PICS CAUSED BY STATIC ELECTRICITY OR A LITTLE SUNSHINE GLARE. ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

NOTE: eBay HAS TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO REMOVE WHAT THEY CALL “OUTSIDE” LINKS, THESE ARE IN THE HTML DESCRIPTION, AND CAN'T EVEN BE SEEN IN MY ITEM DESCRIPTION, SO FROM NOW ON IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ITEM &/OR ARTIST LOOK 'EM UP, ON WIKI, OR OTHER SOURCES ETC. (SORRY 'BOUT THAT!)

ARTIST: BOB BLACKBURN (ME)

TITLE: A. “BOMBSIGHTS OVER AMERIKA” (3:51) b/w B. “BLACK LEATHER” (2:59)

TRACK LISTING: SEE ABOVE

RECORD LABEL: BUG-BEAR RECORDS (SELF RELEASED)

CAT #: BB1 (I GUESS)

YEAR: 1983

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION, NO LINES, SCRATCHES, BLEMS, DINGS, FINGERPRINTS ON EITHER SIDE. BOTH LABELS IN MINT CONDITION. UNPLAYED EXCEPT FOR ME CHECKING LEAD IN GROOVES. I DID TRACK THE START OF BOTH SIDES, THIS IS SUPER, SUPER CLEAN! BASICALLY UNPLAYED

SLEEVE: IN NM/NM- CONDITION, NICE CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGES, NO WRITING, RIPS, TEARS MARKS. COMES IN PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. THIS IS A “FOLDOVER” STYLE COVER I DESIGNED THE FRONT IS KIND OF A SCOPE LOOKING OVER A MAP OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION (SEATTLE) THE BACK HAS HAND LETTERING BY MY THEN GIRLFRIEND DIANE, HAS PRODUCTION CREDITS AND MY COMMENTS, THIS IS HEAVY YELLOW CONSTRUCTION PAPER. ALSO INCLUDED IS A COPY OF THE “PUBLICITY” LETTER I TYPED TO ACCOMPANY THE SINGLE WHEN SENT OUT FOR REVIEW, IT WAS/IS FOLDED TO FIT INSIDE THE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. THIS IS A RARE ADDITION TO THIS LOT.

OTHER INFO: THIS RECORD IS LONG OUT OF PRINT. I ONLY PRESSED UP 500 COPIES, AND ONLY SAVED ABOUT 5-10 FOR MYSELF.

NOTE: IF THE WINNER WOULD WANT ME TO SIGN THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE SO AS TO BE AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT ON REQUEST, MAYBE IT'LL ADD AN EXTRA BUCK IF YOU'RE RESELLING IT...

ALSO NO RESERVE! AND NO, I DO NOT TAKE BEST OFFERS, MAYBE OVER $100 I'D THINK ABOUT IT... JUST WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A FAIR SHOT AT THIS...

CHEERS

BOB B.

FROM DISCOGS

• Want:53

• Avg Rating:4.25 / 5

• Ratings:4

• Last Sold: JULY 16, 2923

• Low:$22.00

• Median:$39.99

• High:$52.00

NOTES: "This disc is dedicated to the memories of: Buddy Holly, Brian Jones, Marc Bolan and the sensational Alex Harvey"

• Matrix / Runout (A etched): BBSP-1-A kdisc L-15579

• Matrix / Runout (B etched): BBSP-1-B kdisc L-15579-X

ARTIST INFO: THIS IS WEIRD....

THERE IS A VERSION OF THIS ON YOUTUBE AND THE PERSON WHO POSTED IT WROTE THIS PERCEPTIVE REVIEW OF THE “A” OR “EH” SIDE----

156 views May 28, 2024

Here is a nihilistic nuclear punk-out that layers on the ICBM sound effects halfway thru, eventually culminating in a cacophonous, copyright-flaunting "Springtime for Hitler" outro. The front cover puts you in the cockpit of some kinda doomsday device while the reverse has a mushroom cloud vaporizing much of Seattle while politely sparing the Space Needle. I'd like to think the monorail also survived the apocalypse but don't see it depicted. Both sides of this single are strong, but since we tend to stay 'on topic' as much as possible on this channel, the "Eh side", "Bombsights Over America" is the obvious choice. I'll put a link to Bob Blackburn's ReverbNation page where you can hear the other side of the 45 and a couple other killer tracks. He talks about his other musical projects there as well. "Your skin melts you're burned to an ash And here they come Oh what fun Bombsights over Amerika Forget the US of A Today is the final day The final day"

QUICK NOTE ABOUT MY MUSICAL BACKGROUND, SUCH AS IT IS, I WAS IN A JR. HIGH “COMBO” CALLED THE HARDTIMES IN 1966 IN PORTLAND, OR. THEN IN 1979 I PLAYED BASS FOR A LOCAL SEATTLE “ART-NOISE” BAND CALLED THE ADULTS, THAT THEN BECAME THE COLORPLATES. WE BROKE UP IN 1981 OR SO, I THEN RECORDED SOME DEMO SONGS AT EX-BANDMATE AND FRIEND TOM DYER ON HIS 4-TRACK AND ONE OF THOSE SONGS ENDED UP ON ONE OF TOM'S FIRST GREEN MONKEY RECORD COMPILATION TAPES, TWO OF THE OTHERS ARE THIS SINGLE, WHICH WAS LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES, AS THAT WAS ALL I COULD AFFORD AT THE TIME, ALSO THERE WAS A FIRE AT THE MASTERING PLANT WHERE I HAD THIS DONE WHICH FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD DESTROYED THE MASTER STAMPERS SO THIS COULDN'T BE REPRESSED. INITIALLY I WAS SELLING THIS TO FRIENDS FOR $1, I GOT A FEW REVIEWS INCLUDING IN AUSTRALIA AND IN MAXIMUM R&R (SEE PHOTOS). IN 1984 I WAS ASKED BY A FRIEND TO PLAY RHYTHM GUITAR IN A GARAGE BAND IN THE SEATTLE AREA CALLED LIQUID GENERATION, WE BROKE UP AT THE END OF THAT YEAR AS THE LEAD SINGER WHO WAS ONLY 17 AT THE TIME DECIDED TO GO TO COLLEGE AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I PUT OUT SINGLE IN 1985 ON GREEN MONKEY RECORDS. WE REUNITED IN 1999 TO PLAY A 25th ANNIVERSARY GIG AS PART OF THE GREEN MONKEY RECORDS RE-LAUNCH, WHICH PROMPTED ME TO PUT OUT A FULL CD OF OUR RECORDINGS ON GREEN MONKEY IN 2016 (MORE GARAGE N.W. NOISE)

HERE'S MY BIO FROM THE GREEN MONKEY WEBSITE FOR THAT RELEASE-

Bob Blackburn:
"I played in a real garage band back in 1966 in Portland, Oregon, with my buddy Paul Kaza. We were called The Hardtimes, and I played a mean Farfisa organ. We covered The Byrds, The Stones, The Yardbirds, The Lovin’ Spoonful and others of that era. Flash forward to the early 1980s, living in Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, I joined a band called The Adults, soon to be re-named The Colorplates, playing what I called 3rd bass. One of the members of that band worked at Rubato Records, the only record store that mattered on the Eastside. One of the other folks who worked there was Randy who played me the tape of “Little Girl” in late 1983. By this point the Colorplates had broken up (see the
Green Monkey website for some of our music), and I had released a solo 45, “Bombsights Over America” b/w “Black Leather.” Randy asked if I’d be interested in playing with him in LG. I said “sure.” We jammed a few times, and I brought in my landlord John Conrard on bass to round out the lineup. I played rhythm guitar, and somewhere I bought a Vox organ that we used for a few songs, like “House of the Rising Sun.” The band rehearsed in basements (including the church where I was a janitor), under a hot tub (where “1/4 To Zen” was written), and a real rehearsal studio or two. We specialized in Nuggets-style songs of the 60’s, as well as songs from Pacific Northwest bands, like The Wailers, etc. plus a few originals. The first songs were by me, then John Branin brought in a couple and Jeremy started writing really killer songs towards the end of the band’s tenure. Since he was 17 and a high school senior, I guess our time as a band was doomed from the start. We were together for more or less one year, 1984. We recorded a few songs with John Rogers (who ran Rubato Records with the aforementioned Helena Rogers) and Tom Dyer, who’d been in The Colorplates and owned TDS Studios (where I recorded my 45) and Green Monkey Records. LG recorded two songs, which would become GM 009, “I Love You” b/w “1/4 To Zen,” released in 1985. We recorded together on occasion or with various members of the band after the break up on different projects, some of which are contained here. We had hoped to bring a little of the “neo-psyche-punk” sound to Seattle. Though we never really had that much of a chance to see how far we could really take it, I think we’re all proud of the time and music we spent & created together."

NOTE: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS BACK TO USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL.

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. I AM NOW OFFERING A CHOICE BETWEEN MEDIA MAIL OR USPS GROUND ADVANTAGE SHIPPING DOMESTICALLY.

ALL 7” SINGLES WILL BE MAILED OUT IN PADDED ENVELOPES WITH EXTRA STURDY CARDBOARD TO PROTECT THE ITEM. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING WITH OTHER LIKE SIZED ITEMS. ADDITIONAL 45’S .25 EA. IN THE U.S. VIA MEDIA MAIL OR OTHER USPS SERVICES. ONE 45 WITH SHIPPING MATERIALS IS 5 OUNCES, TWO 6 OUNCES, THREE 8 OUNCES, FIGURE 2 OUNCES FOR EA. ADDITIONAL 45.

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING……….

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