GERMS Forming 7" What? Records Pat Smear 1977 2nd kbd
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GERMS
" Forming / The Germs Live " 1977 original 7" black vinyl 45 rpm w/ pic sleeve & original insert!
This has the original insert with "once more you morons" & the ASCAP reference that had been removed by the later third pressings.
Also, the rear cover has the $1 offer for more singles, which was removed as well.
One of the most desirable punk rock records of the last 33 years!
In NM condition vinyl.
Cover is EX+ or better.
Insert perfect.
Look at the photos!
I've seen copies sell for hundreds of dollars
with backs that weren't as perfect on the black square
and had browning. This one is nicely white w/ hardly any cover wear.
A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST 7" RECORDS EVER!
The matrix is shown, along with a close up on the record label.
The flipside had no label on either the 1st or 2nd pressings, and eventually had the insult removed, the fake ASCAP removed, the offer of extra copies for one dollar, and had yellow record labels.
If you have any questions, shoot them at me. A1 Forming
B1 The Germs Live
(SEE THE PHOTOS) Please check our other auctions for other very very rare collectible stuff. DISCOGS INFO:
Label:
What Records?
Catalog#:
WHAT 01
Format:
Vinyl, 7"
Country:
US
Released:
1977
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Punk
FROM BREAKMYFACE.COM
GERMS ~ Forming 7in. (What Records 1977)
Additional sources: Chris Ashford (owner, What Records)
It wasn't the seminal hardcore of their GI LP that hooked me on the Germs; it was the mess captured on their Live At The Whisky LP (later released as "Germicide" on ROIR). The crushing lack of musicianship, shamelessly evidenced on their first 45, should serve as inspiration to any would-be punk rock band member. The other song on this 45 "Sex Boy" was recorded on the set of Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke. The Germs performance didn't make the film's final cut, but the Dils ("You're Not Blank") and Brats ("Psychotic") appear in short 'n' sweet style. Up In Smoke director Lou Adler's affinity for punk rock continued in his next, final, and even funnier film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains which included Black Randy & The Metrosquad footage. By the way, the Screamers did a ripping cover of "Sex Boy" which can be found on the Demos 1977 - 78 bootleg LP. For all my gabbing about their "Forming" 7in, I don't pretend that the Germs's follow-up Lexicon Devil EP does anything short of incinerate this previous 7in. (much like the Misfits' Bullet EP did to their lounge rock Cough/Cool 7in. debut), but alas "Forming" was where it all began. And so I'll begin BMF's new serial by dissecting this first Germs 45... it was, appropriately enough, a rough start.
Our man Chris Ashford wrote me this: "The original pressing was flawed with labels on the wrong side which the pressing plant replaced. We had no idea that anything would be worth anything to anybody so throwing 500 over a hill wasn't out of the question. The first labels said in mono, which had to be changed. The first run of sleeves said send one dollar to my address at the time which was taken off the next printing. Those first ones [picture sleeves] were not destroyed and made it out. I think the yellow label issue was actually the 4th pressing, and some may of had the tail end of one of the sleeve printings, after they ran out, I didn't print anymore."
Chris also said that the inserts were changed repeatedly and that as the band got more serious, they decided to remove "once more you morons" and the bogus ASCAP reference.
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