HUSKER DU Land Speed Record - Original UK LP Punk Hardcore Bob Mould Grant Hart

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HUSKER DU

Land Speed Record

Original UK LP released on Alternative Tentacles Records in 1982. Includes insert.

MPO   VIRUS 25 A1   BABY WARBUCKS   A PORKY PRIME CUT
MPO   VIRUS 25 B1   A PORKY PRIME CUT   GIDGET RABBIT

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Land Speed Record is the debut full-length record by Hüsker Dü, released in 1982. It was recorded live on August 15, 1981, at the 7th Street Entry, a venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The album is a fast and furious hardcore workout that bears almost no resemblance to the melodic post-punk that the band became known for in the mid '80s. The title has a double meaning, referring to both the band's ability to play as fast as they could and their penchant for amphetamine pills.

Hüsker Dü's August 1981 concert was recorded straight to 4-track soundboard tape on a three hundred dollar budget. Once the band had taped it they realized they lacked the financial means to release the album. Friend of the band, and member of Minutemen, Mike Watt offered to put out the album on his label, New Alliance. The original LP release on New Alliance contained an insert with lyrics and upcoming tour dates.

The album sounds like straightforward hardcore at first glance; with volume and power being emphasized over melody, it's the Hüsker Dü record that least sounds like Hüsker Dü. Bob Mould once referred to it as "the bad part of the acid...It sounds like when you go to a gig and get your ears blown off". The album was recorded just as they went on a tour of various places in the country, those close to the band say upon their return the band was louder, faster and noisier than before. The magazine Discords said about it: "It's hard to believe but the only Minneapolis hardcore band have gotten even faster during their stay away." Yet there are some elements emerging under the wash of noise that foreshadow the band's future direction. "Don't Try To Call" is one of their most melodic early songs, while Hart's "Data Control" slows the tempo to conjure a creepy musical mood to match the paranoia of the lyrics.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

All Tensed Up
Don't Try To Call
I'm Not Interested
Guns At My School
Push The Button
Gilligan's Island
MTC
Don't Have A Life

Side Two

Bricklayer
Tired Of Doing Things
You're Naive
Strange Week
Do The Bee
Big Sky
Ultracore
Let's Go Die
Data Control

Released on 'Alternative Tentacles Records' in 1982

Catalogue No. VIRUS 25

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light wear)

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