SUBURBAN LAWNS "SUBURBAN LAWNS" 1981 IRS-SUPER RARE ORIGINAL ISSUE-OUT OF PRINT
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LAST YEAR 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 RECORD 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!)
THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY (SORRY ABOUT THAT), OR IF THERE'S SOME REFLECTIONS. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. THANKS FOR LOOKING. ALL RECORDS WILL MAIL OUT INSIDE A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE,
THIS HAS BEEN VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED
ARTIST- SUBURBAN LAWNS
TITLE- “SUBURBAN LAWNS”
TRACK LISTING- SEE PHOTO & BELOW
YEAR OF RELEASE- 1981
LABEL- IRS RECORDS (SUBURBAN INDUSTRIAL RECORDS)
CAT.#- 0-70024
RECORD CONDITION- EXCELLENT CONDITION. NICE SHINY BLACK LUSTER, NO MARKS, DINGS, ETC.ETC.A COUPLE OF VERY VERY LIGHT CLICKS, POPS ON THE LEAD IN GROOVE, BUT ONCE THE MUSIC KICKS IN SOUNDS GREAT, NO NOISE AT ALL.
JACKET CONDITION- JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE NOTCH CUT IN THE TOP WAS DONE BY THEIR RECORD LABEL.
MORE INFO- THIS RECORD IS LONG OUT OF PRINT.INCLUDES ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE W/LYRICS
MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE- Suburban Lawns were an American post-punk band formed in Long Beach, California in 1978 by CalArts students William "Vex Billingsgate" Ranson and Sue "Su Tissue" McLane. They later recruited Richard "Frankie Ennui" Whitney, Charles "Chuck Roast" Rodriguez, and John "John Gleur" McBurney.
History
After forming in 1978, Suburban Lawns released their debut single, "Gidget Goes to Hell", in 1979 on their own Suburban Industrial label. The song gained the band notoriety when its Jonathan Demme-directed music video was shown on Saturday Night Live.
Their sole album, Suburban Lawns, produced and engineered by EJ Emmons and Troy Mathisen, was released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records, featuring new wave radio favorite "Janitor" (previously released as a single in 1980).
It has been said that the lyrics of "Janitor" were derived from a real-life conversation between Sue "Su Tissue" McLane and friend Brian Smith. According to Smith, the two were conversing in a loud room when they first met:
She asked me what I did for a living. I said "I'm a janitor," and she thought I said "Oh my genitals." [Richard "Frankie Ennui" Whitney] overheard this and wrote the song.According to Richard Whitney, this story is somewhat backwards; the music and all of the lyrics apart from “Oh, my genitals! I’m a janitor!” were already written when Sue McLane added them herself:
Su was definitely more of a poet than I have ever dreamed of being. The lyrics, except for Su’s contribution, are pretty straightforward science-nerd stuff about all things explosive. Su’s addition, whatever the source (and I have no reason to doubt what Brian Smith has apparently written about how Su came up with that addition), gave the song a poetical spin that added the dimension it needed to make it interesting. That’s exactly why, in my opinion, our best songs were those that were written collaboratively.Gleur departed during the recording of the Richard Mazda-produced five-song EP Baby, released in 1983, and the band folded shortly afterward.
Later projects
After the split, Whitney and Ranson formed a new, short-lived band called the Lawns, while McLane attended Berklee College of Music, where she studied piano.
In 1982, McLane recorded a solo album, Salon de Musique. She also played the role of Peggy Dillman in Demme's 1986 comedy movie Something Wild opposite Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta.
Suburban Lawns is the sole studio album by American band Suburban Lawns, released in 1981 by I.R.S. Records.AllMusic called it "an off-kilter triumph".[1] Trouser Press called it "highly ordinary" and "a sub-Devo mesh of hiccupping vocals, angular tunes with tiresome stop-start rhythms and a high, weedy guitar/organ sound".[
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Flying Saucer Safari"- Richard Whitney
- William Ranson
- John McBurney
- Whitney
- Sue McLane
- McBurney
- McLane
- Ranson
- McLane
- McBurney
- Ranson
- McLane
- Whitney
- McLane
- Ranson
- McBurney
- Whitney
- Ranson
- Whitney
- Charles Rodriguez
- McLane
- Ranson
- Ranson
- McLane
- Whitney
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