NEW TRADITIONALISTS Devo 1981 LP Warner Bros BSK 3595 PROMO Hype Poster 7"single

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New Traditionalists is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Devo, released on September 16, 1981 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded over a period of four months between December 1980 and April 1981 at the Power Station in Manhattan, New York City. It features the minor hits "Through Being Cool" and "Beautiful World".  New Traditionalists was the band's first fully self-produced album.  Unlike the band's previous records, the album features a greater emphasis on synthesizers than guitars, and several tracks incorporate a drum machine. 

FUN FACT:  New Traditionalists was originally packaged with a bonus 7-inch single of the band's cover of songwriter Allen Toussaint's "Working in the Coal Mine". According to a 2008 interview with lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo had originally intended to include the song on the album but were thwarted by Warner Bros. The band was then approached by the makers of the animated film Heavy Metal and asked if they had a song to donate for a sequence in the film involving a house band in outer space. Devo offered them the unused "Working in the Coal Mine", and as a fluke the song ended up being the only charting song on the soundtrack album. Since the song was now a "hit", Warner Bros. pressed up thousands of two-sided 7-inch singles and included them with initial copies of the LP.

New Traditionalists was slightly less successful than the Freedom of Choice album, peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard charts, whereas Freedom of Choice had peaked at No. 22. The non-album single "Working in the Coal Mine" peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album and its singles continued Devo's success in Australia, with "Beautiful World" peaking at No. 14 and "Working in the Coal Mine" at No. 20.

The first pressings of the LP included a 33 inch by 22 inch poster, designed by the Church of the SubGenius.

THIS COPY is a 1st Allied PROMO pressing from 1981 on the Warner Brothers label (see Notes, below). It includes the original poster and 7”, double-sided single in a paper sleeve.

The vinyl has some light marks, some of which look like possible rubbings from the inner sleeve. Overall, the vinyl is in Very Good Plus [VG+] or better condition.  The included double-sided 7" single of "Working in the Coal Mine" is also in Very Good Plus [VG+] or better condition.

The original cover, with Hype sticker and PROMO stamp (both on the front in this case) shows only light signs of handling. It is in Excellent [EX] condition.

The original inner sleeve features Devo merchandise and includes an order form.  With only a couple of wrinkles and no splits or other flaws, the inner sleeve is in Excellent [EX] condition.

NOTES

Release includes:
Merchandise order form on inner sleeve.
Folded 36" x 24" "New Traditionalists" poster.
7-inch single.

©&℗ 1981

All songs recorded at the the Power Station in N.Y.C. A5, B3, B5 Mixed at the Power Station. A1 to A4, B1, B2, B4 Mixed at the Record Plant in Los Angeles
Mastered, Warner Bros. Recording Studios.
New Traditionalist hairdos by Brent Scrivner. New Traditionalist Astronaut courtesy of John Zabrucky.

All Songs [on the LP] Published by DEVO Music/Nymph Music, Inc.-BMI
Sides C & D: Marsaint Music, Inc.-BMI

[From hype sticker on the front cover...]
NEW TRADITIONALISTS
CONTAINS FREE BONUS SINGLE
"WORKING IN THE COAL MINE"
AND LIMITED EDITION 2X3 POSTER

Runouts are etched, except SLM, ['ɑ' Allied logo] stamped.

Barcode (Printed): 0 7599-23595-1

Barcode (Scanned): 075992359511

Rights Society: BMI

Other (7" catalog number): EP-3595

Matrix / Runout (This Copy, side A runout): BSK-1-3595-S9 + SLM++ △900 ['ɑ' Allied logo] B-16049-S9

Matrix / Runout (This Copy, side B runout): BSK-2-3595-S5 + SLM+ △900-X ['ɑ' Allied logo] B-16050-S6

ENJOY!