THE SLEEPERS Painless Nights LP Adolescent Flipper Tuxedomoon SF Post-Punk

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May 17, 2012 Sold Date

May 10, 2012 Start Date

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The Sleepers "Painless Nights"

Adolescent Records ARTT-007
LP, Album
US 1981 Post-Punk
Vinyl condition: VG+ (light surface marks on both sides, looks and plays very nice)
Cover condition: VG+ (bent/worn corners, but overall very nice, thick, glossy cardboard)

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Incredibly rare, this is the sole full-length LP by The Sleepers, the legendary and mysterious San Fransisco Post-Punk band. Good luck and thanks for bidding:

"Released in early 1981, ‘Painless Nights’ is not punk but could not have happened without it: six songs plus three instrumentals that offer the deepest drive into the late 70’s unconscious that you can find outside Joy Division. The rhythm section is fluid and driving, the guitar textures at once abrasive and psychedelic, the vocals crooned and ad-libbed. The lyrics add up to one long, 35 minute (self)accusation that spins off from the Iggy-like ‘I wanna be cruel !’ into moony yelps. With its apocalyptic prophecies and relentless, wind-whistle guitars, ‘Los Gatos’ is a mesmeric culmination: ‘You can always tell/ When you are gong to hell’.

It was also the last thing the Sleepers ever recorded. ‘Los Gatos’ shows the effects of speed,’ says Michael Belfer. ‘We had to drive Ricky back to his grandparents every night we while were recording; if he went into the city, he’d disappear. One night we tricked him: we said we’d take him to the speed dealer. All five of us were in a Mustang and as we turned down the ramp onto Highway 101, Ricky freaked. We were holding him down but his legs shot out and he kicked the transmission into reverse. There was an incredible bang and the car just coasted. The band just lost it. They dragged him out and beat him up. He was black and blue. He sang “Los Gatos” right after that.’" - Jon Savage from MOJO 1999

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