Suicide Lp Original 1977 Red Star NYC shrink Wrap RS 1 same label as Real Kids
  $   60

 


$ 60 Sold For
Jan 16, 2014 Sold Date
Jan 7, 2014 Start Date
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GREAT record from 1977 on Red Star records.  Suicide was Martin Rev and Alan Vega.  Produced by Craig Leon and Marty Thau.
Side one: Ghost Rider, Rocket USA, Cheree, Johnny, Girl. Side Two; Frankie Teardrop 10:25, Che 4:48
Minor surface scratches, no skips.  Label stylis hole are clean.  Cover is in pretty great shape, as it had it plastic wrap until recently intact.  Plastic shrink wrap is falling off now and Has a price tag on it...
I first saw Suicide at CBGS's quite by accident that they were the warm up... maybe for Richard Hell (and the Void Oids) I was walking in the back hall and this guy bouncing fervently from one wall to the next, smashed into me, didn't notice and hurled himself into the other wall.... I was just like ooookay.... don't drive home buddy.... and next thing you know he hurled himself onto the stage and the noise was so intense everyone rushed to the back of the place... well, that would be front... lots of people went outside and I grabbed a front table LOL  If you read reviews of the shows you know there was nothing like them and I bought their records from then on.  That night alone could probably be why my ear exploded on a flight out of LAX 20 years later....
here are some album notes off a re-release:  Album Notes Suicide: Martin Rev, Allen Vega.Suicide: Alan Vega (vocals); Martin Rev (synthesizer).Includes a bonus disc of live recordings.Suicide: Alan Vega (vocals); Martin Rev (keyboards).Seven years after the duo's inception, Suicide's debut album finally sneaked out in 1977 on the coat tails of the nascent New York punk scene. If its aim had been to confuse, startle, or repulse, SUICIDE succeeded in spades. By the same token, if a part-time sculptor and avant-garde jazz musician form a two-chord synthesizer duo and call it Suicide, commercial considerations are presumably low on their list of priorities. SUICIDE was a record destined to have future journalists reaching for words like "seminal". Synth duos start here.SUICIDE's bleak, one-act plays of violence and sexual deviance, and that lo-fi monotone punctuated by sleazy groans and horrifying screams, still induce nervous tension despite the passing years. To hear Alan Vega, an Elvis caricature out of time, crooning "Girl" is unsettling enough. When he acts out the desperation of "Frankie Teardrop" over the strictly controlled minimalism of Martin Rev's grinding keyboard and time-bomb rhythm, you're guaranteed a listening experience quite unlike any other.
Please examine all photographs for a better description of record and condition.   I can always take a  few new photos or answer questions. However I can’t handle returns, so please examine the  photos and ask any questions before  bidding on the item. Thank you.
These records belonged to my sister and me, and have always been stored vertically.   The records have been untouched for at least ten years.   I am downsizing; this is not a record business. Smoke free home.

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