WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY 300 LISTED ITEMS lt ?xml:namespace prefix o ns urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office / gt
Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctions Our REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our ACETATE auctions Our TEST PRESSING auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions
THE MISFITS WALK AMONG US INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING ORIGINAL 1982 RUBY RECORDS STEREO LP JRR-804
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL CUSTOM BLACK RUBY LABEL WITH RED LOGO AND PRINT
INCLUDES VERY RARE FIEND CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction. What you see is what you ll get. GUARANTEED
The Misfits 1982 debut full-length, Walk Among Us, rapidly became a legendary effort of U.S. punk, the more so because it so willfully violated many rules which were already ironically straitjacketing the scene. Utterly devoid of political confrontation or social uplift, embracing a costume sense that might have given Kiss pause and generally coming across like the horror-movie nightmares they looked like on the cover, the Misfits just wanted to entertain and do their own thing -- and that they did, brilliantly. Nearly every song on the album -- 13 total, delivered in a light-speed 25 minutes -- is a twisted classic, with the band s trademark 50s/ 60s melodies run through a punk/metal meatgrinder on full display. The higher-budget in very relative terms recording meant a slightly cleaner and brighter sound all around, but nothing about Walk Among Us is slick, especially in commercial 1982 terms. One song title says it all: All Hell Breaks Loose. Danzig s gift for creepy, strong, and attractively dark singing was long since established and he uses it brilliantly, making the over-the-top lyrics all the more enjoyable, while Doyle, Jerry Only, and Arthur Googy kick out the jams on Danzig s songs big time -- check out Hatebreeders, Violent World, and the crazed Skulls. Everything ends with the giddily ridiculous Braineaters, in which the chanting voices of the band bemoan their constant diet of cerebella and ask for intestines instead, but the real freaked-out highlight comes smack dab in the middle with Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight. Taken from the show that made up the Evilive release, it starts out on the edge and, after Danzig delivers the title sans instruments, turns into an explosion of rhythm and feedback that should have killed everything within 50 feet of the amps.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY NED RAGGETT, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
CONDITION:
RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions mostly sleeve scuffs - are barely visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The album comes with the original Fiend Club obviously, a pun on Fan Club membership form intact and in beautiful condition .
c The record comes in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.
d The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
e Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
THE COVER IS NEAR MINT
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in one of the corners. VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY
- Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine BARELY VISIBLE
- Cover has one corner slightly dinged BARELY VISIBLE
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
- No split seams
- No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners
- No saw-marks or indents
- No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers
- No yellowing from aging
-
