KILLING JOKE – EIGHTIES – 1984 - EG RECORDS EGOX 16 - 12" 3 SONG MAXI-SINGLE

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Purchased Brand New in a record store and played once to record to cassette tape. I always used a Shure M91ED Stylus and Cartridge tracking at 1 gram. Has been stored in a plastic bag since purchasing. Album access edge is at the top of the sleeve. Album sleeve has a slightly 'bent corner" on the front top left by the K in Killing (see picture. On the back of the same corner of the back cover has the same issue (see picture). Also on the back, where the front flap attaches to the back cover, there is a few white spots along that edge (see picture). Album access edge is nice.
Vinyl and labels are Pristeen. No scuffing seen. No spindle marks on labels. In Like New condition. This was played once to record to cassette tape. I always used a Shure M91ED stylus and cartridge tracking at 1 gram.
I always preferred imports for their impeccable sound quality.
Side One: Eighties (Serious Dance Mix) (6:27)  Side Two: Eighties (3:35) - Eighties (The Coming Mix) (3:56)
Technical info from Discogs in Bold below holds true for this edition:
© E G Music Ltd 1984
℗ 1984 E G Records Ltd
© 1984 E G Records Ltd

Printed time for 'The Coming Mix' is incorrectly listed as 3:33.

All matrix/runout information is machine stamped, except 'Nickz' is hand etched.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): EGOX 16 A//2 ∇420 E Penthouse <-> Nickz

• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): EGOX 16 B//1 ∇420 E Penthouse
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Killing Joke are an English rock band formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (bass).

Their first album, Killing Joke, was released in 1980. After the release of Revelations in 1982, bassist Youth was replaced by Paul Raven. The band achieved mainstream success in 1985 with the album Night Time and particularly the single "Love Like Blood" which reached the top ten in Belgium, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

 The songs on the 1980 "Wardance/Pssyche" single were described as "heavy dance music" by the press. The band had changed their sound into something denser, more aggressive and more akin to heavy metal. Their debut album, Killing Joke, was released in October 1980; the band had considered calling it Tomorrow's World. The press started to criticise them for the lack of new material appearing on the B-sides of singles, which often featured different mixes. The group preferred to carry on working in the studio and released What's THIS For...!  just eight months after Killing Joke, in June 1981. For this second album, they hired sound engineer Nick Launay, who had previously recorded with Public Image Ltd.They toured extensively throughout the UK during this time, with fans of post-punk and heavy metal taking interest in Killing Joke via singles such as "Follow the Leaders".

The year 1984 brought the arrival of producer Chris Kimsey, who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. The first releases with Kimsey were "Eighties" (April 1984) and "A New Day" (July 1984). The band achieved mainstream success in January 1985 with the single "Love Like Blood", which blended goth and new wave to pop and rock; it peaked at No. 16 in the UK charts. In Europe and overseas, it reached the No. 5 position in the Netherlands, No. 6 in New Zealand and No. 8 in Belgium. This song and the earlier single "Eighties" were both included on their fifth album, Night Time, released later that year. The album took the band's songwriting in a more melodic, "anthemic" direction and reached No. 11 in the UK albums chart, their highest position to date.

The band's musical style emerged from the post-punk scene, but stood out due to their heavier approach, and has been cited as a key influence on industrial rock. Their style evolved over many years, at times incorporating elements of gothic rock, synth-pop and electronic music, but always featuring Walker's prominent guitar and Coleman's "savagely strident vocals". Killing Joke have influenced many later bands and artists, such as Metallica, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden.