VIOLENT FEMMES Violent Femmes LP SLASH 1983 US 1st press+inner+two tone label

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Milwaukee rockers whose geeky, nervous songwriting and blend of folk-pop with new wave produced several cult classics during the '80s. The textbook American cult band of the 1980s, the Violent Femmes captured the essence of teen angst with remarkable precision; raw and jittery, the trio's music found little commercial success but nonetheless emerged as the soundtrack for the lives of troubled adolescents the world over. The group formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early '80s, and comprised singer/guitarist Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and percussionist Victor DeLorenzo. Ritchie originated the band's oxymoronic name, adopting the word "femme" from the Milwaukee area's slang for wimps. After being discovered by the Pretenders' James Honeyman-Scott, the Violent Femmes signed to Slash and issued their self-titled 1983 debut, a melodic folk-punk collection

"VIOLENT FEMMES"

[Although this album actually came out in April 1983, the "official" release date has apprently been 

called into confusion. Due to a typo on the Violent Femmes' website and some copies 

of the album, many believe that it was released in 1982, but this is almost certainly not true. 

Wikipedia also claims that it was released on November 30, 1982 but there are no facts to support this]

Produced by Mark Van Hecke

1983     LP     SLASH RECORDS     1-23845  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL  FIRST PRESSING

[This first pressing was with different label artwork than the second pressing. 

First pressing is shown here with the "two-tone" style label, later pressings had the stock Slash labels]. 

SINGLE SLEEVE + LYRICS INNER

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 7599-23845-1

LABEL: SLASH  - TWO-TONE (CREAM & BLACK) LABEL w/ARTIST&LOGO in PINK - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) 9 23845-1    (rear) 0 7599-23845-1

Catalog on labels: 1-23845 (Side One / Side Two)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 1-23845-A RE L-13107

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 1-23845-B L-13107-X 

On labels: Produced by Mark Van Hecke

All songs by Gano © 1982

All selections Gorno Music Publishing, ASCAP

? 1983 Slash Records

On Back Cover: Recorded at Castle Recording Company, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, July 1982

Printed in U.S.A. ?© 1982 Slash Records......

tracklisting

Side A: BLISTER IN THE SUN - KISS OFF

PLEASE DO NOT GO - ADD IT UP - CONFESSIONS

Side B: PROVE MY LOVE - PROMISE - TO THE KILL

GONE DADDY GONE - GOOD FEELING

grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

One of the most distinctive records of the early alternative movement and an enduring cult classic, 

Violent Femmes weds the geeky, child-man persona of Jonathan Richman and the tense, 

jittery, hyperactive feel of new wave in an unlikely context: raw, amateurish acoustic folk-rock. 

The music also owes something to the Modern Lovers' minimalism, but powered by 

Brian Ritchie's busy acoustic bass riffing and the urgency and wild abandon of punk rock, 

the Femmes forged a sound all their own. Still, the main reason Violent Femmes 

became the preferred soundtrack for the lives of many an angst-ridden teenager 

is lead singer and songwriter Gordon Gano. Naive and childish one minute, 

bitterly frustrated and rebellious the next, Gano's vocals perfectly captured the 

contradictions of adolescence and the difficulties of making the transition to adulthood. 

Clever lyrical flourishes didn't hurt either; while "Blister In the Sun" has deservedly 

become a standard, "Kiss Off"'s chant-along "count-up" section, "Add It Up"'s 

escalating "Why can't I get just one..." couplets...(AllMusic)