OINGO BOINGO Alive 2-LP 1988 GOLD STAMPED PROMO PRESSING NEAR MINT-

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OINGO BOINGO~Alive~2-LP 1988 GOLD STAMPED PROMO PRESSING~NEAR MINT-TOP COPY! OINGO BOINGO~Alive~2-LP 1988 GOLD STAMPED PROMO PRESSING~NEAR MINT-TOP COPY!

Oingo Boingo ?– Boingo Alive: A Celebration Of A Decade 1979-1988
MCA Records ?– MCA2-8030

ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THIS 2 LP SET FROM 1988 - 28 YEARS AGO!
GATEFOLD COVER IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!
GOLD PROMO STAMP ON THE BACK COVER.
VINYL IS NEAR MINT - OUR HIGHEST RATING FOR AN OPEN LP!!

Not quite a greatest-hits album and not quite a live album, Oingo Boingo celebrates not quite a decade of existence with the peculiar double album Boingo Alive. Elfman and bandmates re-record two dozen tracks from Boingo's prodigious canon in no particular order, and sweeten the deal by tossing in a few freshly penned numbers. The thrust of the package, as is hinted in the title, is to show off the L.A. band's sharpened agility as a live act, but eschewing the live setting. Each song was meticulously rehearsed and finally recorded "live" in-studio. Thanks to some subtle post-production, however, the final product's sound quality bears striking resemblance to that of the band's previous few studio records, leaving the band's feat, and a large point of the package, audibly undetectable. A few songs show inspired reinterpretations. The Alive recording of "Dead Man's Party" would become the new single version of the song, and rightfully so. The Willie Dixon cover "Violent Love" and "Goodbye Goodbye" were always fan favorites, but never worked their way onto an album. Here, Elfman and company rework the tempos and beef up the horn arrangements, actually improving upon the originals measurably. Tunes from their earlier era don't benefit from this revisionist tinkering, sadly. What made the original recordings of songs like "Only a Lad" and "Grey Matter" so unique and catchy are largely lost. The new wave effervescence is gone. The band's hyper-kinesis, the alien synth riffs, and Elfman's manic yelp have been smoothed over, erasing much of the songs' quirky appeal.

Tracklist
A1     Dead Man's Party     6:22
A2     Dead Or Alive     4:01
A3     No Spill Blood     4:33
A4     Stay     3:55
A5     Cinderella Undercover     4:40
B1     Just Another Day     5:05
B2     Only Makes Me Laugh     3:41
B3     My Life     4:45
B4     Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)     3:48
B5     Not My Slave     4:06
C1     Winning Side     3:57
C2     Wild Sex (In The Working Class)     4:15
C3     Grey Matter     5:42
C4     Private Life     3:08
C5     Gratitude     4:45
D1     Who Do You Want To Be     3:17
D2     Sweat     4:32
D3     Violent Love     2:20
D4     On The Outside     3:42
D5     Only A Lad     3:47
D6     Goodbye-Goodbye     3:30

Credits

    Art Direction – Vartan (4)
    Baritone Saxophone – Leon Schneiderman
    Bass, Vocals – John Avila
    Design – DZN, The Design Group
    Drums, Percussion – Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez
    Engineer [Assistant] – Charlie Brocco, David Roberts (4), Jeff DeMorris, Robert Hart (3)
    Guitar – Steve Bartek
    Illustration – Gary Panter
    Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Georgeanne Deen*
    Keyboards, Vocals – Carl Graves
    Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
    Mixed By [Additional] – Jim Scott
    Other [Monitors] – Greg Stevenson
    Photography By [Group Photo] – John Scarpati
    Producer – Danny Elfman, John Avila, Steve Bartek
    Recorded By [Additional] – Dean Burt, Jim Scott
    Recorded By, Mixed By – Bill Jackson
    Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Sam Phipps
    Trombone – Bruce Fowler (3)
    Trumpet, Trombone – Dale Turner
    Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Danny Elfman

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