SHELLAC At Action Park LP TOUCH & GO 1994 UK orig+foc+inner BIG BLACK-ALBINI

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Started in an informal setting between infamous engineer and guitarist 

Steve Albini (ex-Just Ducky, Big Black, Rapeman) and drummer Todd Trainer 

(ex-Rifle Sport, Brick Layer Cake) in 1992, Shellac came into full formation after 

Albini invited bassist Bob Weston (ex-Sorry, Volcano Suns) to move to Chicago, 

employing him as an engineer at his studio. A clutch of singles soon appeared 

in 1993 and 1994 on Touch & Go and Drag City

"AT ACTION PARK"

1994     LP     TOUCH AND GO RECORDS     TG141 

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

First pressing released in poly bag with flap and barcoded sticker sealing the flap. 

US sticker has barcode and TG141LP. European-distributed copies have LC and EFA numbers 

in addition to barcode and catalog number. Record says Made in England on one label, 

has label code on the other. THIS ONE WITHOUT POLY BAG & BARCODE STICKER.

GATEFOLD COVER + INNER SLEEVE

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER (UNIPAK STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 036172084111

LABEL: TOUCH AND GO - BLACK LABEL w/ARTWORK - SILVER TEXT

Label Code: LC 7861

Catalog on cover: (spine) TG141

Catalog on labels:TG141A / TG141B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): TG 141 A-01-01-1 D

(Side A, Etched): "SMOKING IS AS NATURAL AS BREATHING. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN..."

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): TG 141 B-01-01-1 D

(Side B, Etched): "...WHICH IS A SHAME, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE INVENTED IT. - TODD STANFORD TRAINER 1994" 

On labels: 200 DPS (degrees/second)

© 1994 Shellac

© & ? 1994 Touch & Go Records.........England

(on Side A only): LC 7861

(on Side B only): Made in England

On Inside Panels: Recorded electrically during March 1994.

Pressed into 165 grams of virgin dye-blackened vinyl.

Shellac record number four.

This uni-pak style album jacket was printed at Fireproof Press, Chicago.

On Back Cover: OMO

tracklisting

Side A: MY BLACK ASS - PULL THE CUP

THE ADMIRAL - CROW - SONG OF THE MINERALS

Side B: A MINUTE - THE IDEA OF NORTH

DOG AND PONY SHOW - BOCHE'S DICK - IL PORNO STAR

  grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Shellac's first three singles (especially Uranus) suggested that Steve Albini was moving into more subtle 

and dynamic territory after the musical and lyrical brutality of Big Black and Rapeman, but the group's 

first full-length album, At Action Park, proved that the misanthropic noisemaker responsible for Atomizer 

and Songs About Fucking was still very much present. "My Black Ass," "Dog and Pony Show," and "Il Porno Star" 

revealed Albini was still obsessed with sex, violence, and anti-social behavior, and the hard, metallic guitar 

figures of "Pull the Cup" and "Song of the Minerals" were as uncompromisingly abrasive as ever, 

with Albini's trademark engineering (dry, stark, and crystal clear) making the rough edges all the more 

punishing. But At Action Park does reveal a band more musically intelligent and imaginative than Big Black, 

and while it hits a good bit harder than the 7"ers that preceded it, Shellac is still significantly more concerned 

with the space between the notes than any of Albini's earlier projects. Just as importantly, in drummer 

Todd Trainer and bassist Bob Weston, Albini had found a human rhythm section 

that lived up to his exacting specifications...(AllMusic)