JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) - Valley of the Yakes - Placebo 1983 First Press VG+
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Mar 18, 2025 Sold Date
Mar 8, 2025 Start Date
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JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) - Velley of the Yakes LP - Placebo Records PLA-401 - 1983 First Pressing w/ green labels - VG+

This is the debut album from Phoenix skatepunk band JFA (aka Jodie Foster's Army), issued in 1983 by Placebo Reecords.
This first pressing features green center labels (resissues had red or yellow labels) and both a double-sided poster (folded) and a printed lyric insert sheet. Please feel free to verify features of various release versions on Discogs if you have any concerns.
Overall condition is VG+. Vinyl is VG+, some light scuffing. Sleeve is NM, still in shrinkwrap, slight wear along sleeve opening and one corner. Insert sheets are both NM with no evident flaws.
Side 1: Kick You
Great Equalizer
Preppy
Little Big Man
Johnny D
Walk Don't Run
I Don't Like You

Side 2:
Skateboard
We Know You Suck
Too Late
Sadistic Release
Axed At Howards
I-10
Guess What?

A founder of the skatepunk scene, JFA is reputed to have been formed (and named) in the days immediately after John Hinckley's assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
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