THE GERMS GI, 1979 ORIGINAL LP VINYL, SLASH 1ST PRESS W/INSERT, PUNK HOLY GRAIL
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I personally purchased this copy sometime between 1979 and 1982 from Pooh Bah Records in Pasadena, CA. As anyone back in the day knows, that was one of the primo spots to buy Punk, Neo-Rockabilly and New Wave records back in the early '80's. I keep all my stuff in excellent condition, I'm not an audiophile so the grading is just based off of my research. See the actual pics.
From my research... this is the Original 1979 1st Pressing, a HC punk rock holy grail from The Germs. Main identifiers, plain cardboard inner cover, no text on the spine and includes double sided printed lyric sheet insert. This record is complete, as it came in 1979.
Germs – (GI) 1979 1st Pressing
Label:
Slash – SR-103
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
Oct 1979
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Punk, Hardcore
Tracklist
A1
What We Do Is Secret
0:41
A2
Communist Eyes
2:21
A3
Land Of Treason
2:02
A4
Richie Dagger's Crime
1:53
A5
Strange Notes
1:49
A6
American Leather
1:08
A7
Lexicon Devil
1:39
A8
Manimal
2:08
A9
Our Way
1:54
A10
We Must Bleed
2:48
B1
Media Blitz
1:28
B2
The Other Newest One
2:44
B3
Let's Pretend
2:27
B4
Dragon Lady
1:35
B5
The Slave
0:57
B6
Shut Down
9:03
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Slash Records
- Copyright © – Slash Records
- Copyright © – Germs
Credits
- Engineer – Pat Burnette
- Performer – Darby*, Don*, Lorna*, Pat*
- Photography By – Melanie Nissen
- Producer – Joan Jett
- Words By – Darby Crash
- Written-By – Crash* (tracks: A1 to B5), Germs (tracks: B6), Pat* (tracks: A1 to A4, A9, B1, B2, B4, B5)
Notes
First pressing in tip-on sleeve (brown cardboard-colored inside, unlike later ones which are white inside) and with a two-sided lyrics insert instead of a printed inner sleeve.
All original pressings (1st, 2nd, and probably beyond) have no text along spine of sleeve. The T-shirt insert was not included with the first pressing as several of the T-shirts reference later Slash label releases.
©1979 Slash Records
℗1979 Slash Records
All songs copyright ©1979 Germs
J. Ruby Productions, Inc.
Track B6 Performed Live
The record has actually no title, as the band's name was changed into Germs (GI). Nonetheless, "(GI)" is usually the title this LP is referred to.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [Etched]): SLASH-A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Etched]): SLACH-B
Condition: The record does not have any visible scratches, no warpage. The record is a little dusty but as I'd mentioned, I'm not an audiophile so I will leave any disc cleaning to the buyer. The sleeves are how I bought them, in excellent condition. The record itself was probably played no more than twice. I'd rate the record as E-Excellent and sleeve as VG+ only because of the light scuffs, there are no major creases on the sleeve. The included 2 sided lyric insert is in E-Excellent, if not NM condition. Overall a very clean copy.
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