Sonic Youth "SISTER" 1987 LP Blast First BFFP 20 (Avedon, Disney cover) VG+
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Jul 23, 2017 Sold Date
Jul 13, 2017 Start Date
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Description

Visually the vinyl is 'very good' and has a good sheen with some superficial non-sounding marks, some hairlines & paper scuffs when angled against the light.
The labels are 'near excellent', very clean & with hardly any spindle traces.
There are a few very light repeat ticks on the fade out at the end of track B4 (Cotton Cross) fading in and out for six or seven rotations. Otherwise playback is 'very good++' with low surface noise only audible between tracks & on the quieter intros.  No loud pops or clicks.
The cover is the withdrawn one with the Richard Avedon photo of the girl in dungarees which was blacked out on later issues due to legal action from Avedon's estate. It also features the Disney image also removed from later issues.
The cover is in generally 'very good' condition with no tears or creasing or inscriptions. Just general handling wear & some edge wear which has made the spine hard to read. 
The printed card inner sleeve is 'near excellent'.  

Sonic Youth's fifth album, loosely inspired by the writings of Philip K. Dick. Recorded in a studio that used all tubes, the band was very happy with its sound. 

The cover art on early pressings featured a Richard Avedon photograph ("Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980"), but this was removed following a threat of legal action from Avedon in early 1988. The offending image was initially stickered, and subsequently printed over with black ink (but still visible). On later copies it was replaced entirely by a black rectangle and/or obscured by a printed barcode. 
The cover also features a photograph of Disney's Magic Kingdom, which was also obscured on some later versions. This image is commonly misunderstood to have been the cause of the potential lawsuit. 

"Sister" is sometimes referred to as the band's fourth album, but the band itself considers the eponymous release to have been an album, making "Sister" number five.


Sonic Youth ?– Sister

Label: Blast First ?– BFFP 20 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: UK Released: 1987 Genre: Rock Style: Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Art Rock, Avantgarde

Tracklist Show Credits

A1 Schizophrenia 4:37 A2 (I Got A) Catholic Block 3:28 A3 Beauty Lies In The Eye 2:12 A4 Stereo Sanctity 3:46 A5 Pipeline / Kill Time 4:31 B1 Tuff Gnarl 3:12 B2 Pacific Coast Highway 4:25 B3 Hot Wire My Heart 3:20 B4 Cotton Crown 5:04 B5 White Cross 2:39

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright  – Blast First
  • Copyright  – My Ears! My Ears!
  • Copyright  – Crime Music
  • Phonographic Copyright – Crime Music
  • Recorded At – Sear Sound
  • Mastered At – Masterdisk

Credits

  • Engineer – Bill Titus
  • Mastered By – HW 
  • Musician – KIMdashGORDON, LEElinnRANALDO, STEVEcougarSHELLEY, THURSTONmirrorMOORE 
  • Other [Crime Decipher] – Byron Coley 
  • Producer – Sonic Youth
  • Programmed By [Moog] – Walter Sear
  • Written-By – Sonic Youth (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5) 

Notes

Hot Wire My Heart originally by Crime (1976)

B4 is written as "Cotton Crown" on the inner sleeve but as "Kotton Krown" on the label
B5 is written as "White Cross" on the inner sleeve but as "White Kross" on the label
The band name is written as "Sonic-Youth" on the cover, "The Sonic Youth" on the spine, and "The Sonic-Youth" on the labels.

Dmm mastering at Masterdisk.
Includes printed inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side A runout etched): SST 134-A MASTERDISK DMM - HW BFFP 20A 1-2 ?16539 E
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side B runout etched): SST 134-B MASTERDISK DMM - HW BFFP 20B ?16539-X 1-2 E
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side A runout etched): SST 134-A MASTERDISK DMM - HW BFFP 20A 1-2 ?16539 F
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B runout etched): SST 134-B MASTERDISK DMM - HW BFFP 20B ?16539-X 1-2 F


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