Red Hot Chili Peppers The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Vinyl LP EMI VG++ 1st Pressing

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Red Hot Chili Peppers The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Vinyl LP - EMI ELT-48036 VG++ 1st Pressing (1987)
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and Cover. Vinyl was tested on both sides and plays beautifully with good fidelity. Cover is fully intact, with good color, strong corners, and visible spine. Includes original inner sleeve in excellent shape with lyrics and production info.
Matrix / Runout (A Runout - Etched (Variant)): ELT-1-48036-Z1 DMM MASTERDISK DMM SP1-3 Matrix / Runout (B Runout - Etched (Variant)): ELT-2-48036-Z1 DMM MASTERDISK DMM SP1-1
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1987 by EMI Manhattan. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the only studio album to feature all four founding members of the band on every track: vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. This is also the last album with Slovak before his death from a drug overdose in 1988, and the only full-length album to feature Irons. "Fight Like a Brave" was released as the album's only single, although "Me and My Friends" received minor radio airplay. 
The album features the band's signature funk rock musical style, but also is influenced by reggae and heavy metal. For the album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers recruited new producer Michael Beinhorn, who encouraged the members to expand their musical horizons in order to create a more diverse work. Bass player Flea later referred to the album as "the 'rockingest' record" the band has ever made.
The album was much more successful than its predecessors, both critically and commercially, and was the band's first album to enter the Billboard 200, where it charted at number 148. Although Uplift's follow-up Mother's Milk would reach Gold first, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan would go on to become the band's earliest effort to do so. Following the tour to promote the album, Slovak died of a heroin overdose, and shortly thereafter, Irons decided to leave the band, unable to cope with his friend's death.
Tracklist
A1 Fight Like A Brave 3:50 A2 Funky Crime 3:00 A3 Me & My Friends 3:05 A4 Backwoods 3:05 A5 Skinny Sweaty Man 1:15 A6 Behind The Sun   4:39
B1 Subterranean Homesick Blues  (Bob Dylan)  3:32 B2 Special Secret Song Inside 3:15 B3 No Chump Love Sucker 2:41 B4 Walkin' On Down The Road  3:35 B5 Love Trilogy 2:39 B6 Organic Anti-Beat Box Band 4:01
Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Hillel Slovak – guitar, sitar (on "Behind the Sun"), vocoder, backing vocals Flea – bass, backing vocals Jack Irons – drums, backing vocals _____________________________________________
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