SMOKEY "TOPAZ'+"THE BALLAD OF BUTCHIE & CLAUDINE" 1978 S&M RECORDS RARE EX 7"

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TWO YEARS AGO I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIAN A DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN 1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE MUSIC COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTE FOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL BILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THIS SERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!). THIS ITEM IS FROM HIS COLLECTION.

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.

ARTIST: SMOKEY

TRACK LISTING: 1. “TOPAZ” (2:28) KIND OF GLAM b/w “THE BALLAD OF BUTCHIE & CLAUDINE” (2:16) WEIRD KIND OF SPOKEN WORD STORY SONG

RECORD LABEL: S&M RECORDS (INDIE)

CAT.#: MX-105

YEAR: 1978

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD (VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED) IS IN EX-/VG++ CONDITION. BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. VINYL SUPER CLEAN, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. BOTH SIDES PLAY SUPER CLEAN! THERE IS SOME BACKGROUND SURFACE SOUND ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, THERE ARE SOME LIGHT POPS/CLICKS. THE SONGS PLAY VERY CLEAN.

RECORD SLEEVE. IS IN EX/NM CONDITION. NO WRITING ON IT, STRAIGHT CLEAN EDGES. NO RIPS, TEARS OR SEAM SPLITS. THIS COMES IN A GENERIC PAPER SLEEVE.

OTHER INFO: THIS RECORD IS OUT OF PRINT. NO RESERVE! (THE COPIES I SEE ON DISCOGS START AT AT $56 & GO UP TO $75). BOTH SONGS BY JOHN CONDON.

ARTIST & RELEASE INFO:

Re-Discover the Music of John 'Smokey' Condon and S&M Records

Record producer EJ Emmons has worked with Chapter Music to restore the music of Smokey, a '70s band you've probably never heard of because, according to them, "they were faggots, and they didn’t give a shit." The new compilation titled, How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 1973-81, features cameos from James Williamson of the Stooges, Randy Rhoads of Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne and members of the Motels, King Crimson, David Bowie’s Tin Machine, Suburban Lawns, and many others.

Condon, a Baltimore transplant, was "bewitchingly beautiful" and had been partying with the John Waters crowd before Emmons "created" Smokey. The first single, "Leather b/w Miss Ray," wasn’t just openly gay, it was, according to Condon, "exultantly, unapologetically gay, examining front-on the newly-liberated leather and drag scenes thriving in America’s urban centres." 

Then when they tried to shop around the single "How Far Will You Go…?"  — which features guitar from EJ’s studio buddy James Williamson, fresh from his adventures recording Raw Power with Iggy & the Stooges in London with David Bowie — Emmons says they were told by one record exec: "We can’t put this out, it’s a fucking gay record, what’s the matter with you?” adding, "It's really good, though."

Smokey formed S&M Records, with a logo featuring a muscular arm encased in studded cuffs, and “S&M” tattooed on the bulging bicep. They went on to self- release five singles that span pre-punk, stoner jams, disco, synth-punk and more. The unreleased recordings on the compilation include a nine-minute disco workout titled "Piss Slave" and two versions of "Million Dollar Babies," an "ode to New York’s notorious trucks where men would go late at night to trick."

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