Tag: Slash Records
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X, Los Angeles, 1980 on Slash
Debut LP from John Doe, Exene Cervenka, DJ Bonebrake and Billy Zoom. Produced (as were the next three X albums) by The Door’s keyboardist Ray Manzarek. I was just mentioning Slash! records earlier this week – “Los Angeles” was a cut on the Slash! sampler Early Sessions and that was my intro to the band.…
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Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon, 1987 on Slash Records
Los Lobos’ follow on record to How Will The Wolf Survive?. which was produced by T-Bone Burnett. I love the Slash! records catalog from the 80s – great Americana tinged but contemporary music – and this is no exception. My copy—via Slipped Disc at a record fair at Mill No. 5—is an Allied pressing from…
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Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (box set), 2024 on Craft Recordings
This was one of my favorite albums of the 1980s (it came out on Slash Records in 1983), and I’ve been looking forever for a decent copy on vinyl. This box set, as you’d expect from Craft, is amazing. It includes a newly remastered version of the self-titled album itself, plus additional LPs of demos…
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The Blasters, Non Fiction, 1983 on Slash
I had (and wore out) a cassette copy of one of the Slash records compilations that had Red Rose and Long White Cadillac on it, so hard to hear those songs without expecting the compilation track order, but this is a great LP. This was their second studio album on Slash and third overall –…
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The Blasters, The Blasters, 1981 on Slash.
The Blasters, The Blasters, 1981 on Slash. Their second album but first on Slash records- Border Radio, American Music, Marie Marie. via Residency Records, Salem MA
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The Del Fuegos, Boston Mass., 1985 on Slash Records.
The Del Fuegos, Boston Mass., 1985 on Slash Records. My copy is a Columbia Records Club edition, Slash labels with the WB logo in the background. Del Fuegos were an 80s Boston area garage rock band with Dan and Warren Zanes This is their second LP, with “Don’t Run Wild” and “I Still Want You”…
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The Blasters, Hard Line, 1985 on Slash / Warner Bros.
The Blasters, Hard Line, 1985 on Slash / Warner Bros. Dave and Phil Alvin and Co – great album with “Dark Night” (“people sitting on porches / thinking how things used to be”) and a version of Sampson & Delilah
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Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash
Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading the Naked, 1986 on Slash Not as coveted as Hallowed Ground or the Self-titled album, but lovely vintage VF anyway Via Record Exchange, Salem MA
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The Del Fuegos, The Longest Day, 1984 on Slash Records
The Del Fuegos, The Longest Day, 1984 on Slash Records My favorite Del Fuegos album: Back Seat Nothing, Have You Forgotten, Missing You. Both Dan Zanes and Warren Zanes have gone on to great things They had a reunion benefit show in 2011 at the Paradise which I alas missed
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Slash: The Early Sessions, 1983 on Slash Records.
Slash: The Early Sessions, 1983 on Slash Records. The Blasters, X, Rank and File, Violent Femmes, Fear, The Germs. Great cover art directed by Lou Beach. Via Planet Records in Cambridge
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Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?, 1984 on Slash Records.
Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?, 1984 on Slash Records. The major label debut from East LA’s Los Lobos – this copy is the 180g remastered 2018 edition manufactured and marketed by Rhino, and it sounds great
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The Del Fuegos, Stand Up, 1987 on Slash Records.
The Del Fuegos, Stand Up, 1987 on Slash Records. Note the cutout on the back that lets you stand up the album cover.
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Rank and File, Sundown, 1983 on Slash
Rank and File, Sundown, 1983 on Slash records. I had (on cassette) two Slash Records samplers in the eighties I played to death, which had “The Conductor Wore Black” and “Post Office” on it. I think it was Slash Cuts and The Early Sessions – both including Rank and File