Black Flag-Licorice Pizza Bootleg 7"

There's a pretty cool story behind this 7".  I guess back in Late '81 (early '82?) in order to get ready for the release of "Damaged", Black Flag had about a hundred or so promo 7"s printed with "Thirsty And Miserable" on the A side and "Life Of Pain" on the B side.  Both of the songs were different (out-take) versions of the songs which would appear on the "Damaged" LP. So they took these promos (with no covers) down to Licorice Pizza and asked the people that worked there to hand them out to people who they thought would be interested.  Well, I guess the assholes that worked there didn't think anyone would be interested, so they threw the fucking things away!!  So all but a few copies were destroyed, but lucky for you, and for me, a few years ago, someone came across a copy and decided it would be a good idea for this to be released out to the public.  This bootleg 7" was born out of that idea.  It has the demo versions of both songs that were originally released on the promo 7", and also an old demo recording of a demo version of Spray Paint, with Dez on vocals!!  This thing is pretty amazing and a record that will most likely want to be heard by all Black Flag fans.  Enjoy!!

Tracks:

1. Thirsty And Miserable

2. Life Of Pain

3. Spray Paint

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The Beat

Ok, so I figured it was time for a little change of pace.  The Beat were an amazing power pop band (new wave to those not in the know) that came out of LA in the late 70's.  They're fronted by Paul Collins, the drummer (I think, right?) and one of the vocalists for the seminal power pop The Nerves (Hanging on the Telephone anyone?).  This is in my mind one of the greatest albums (punk, pop, any genre) to come out of LA in the late 70's.  Definitely worth checking out for a poppy good time!!

Tracks:

1. Rock N Roll Girls

2. I Don't Fit In

3. Different Kind Of Girl

4. Don't Wait Up For Me

5. You Won't Be Happy

6. Walking Out On Love

7. Work-A -Day World

8. USA

9. Let Me Into Your Life

10. Working Too Hard

11. You And I (You May Wanna Skip This One)

12. Look But Don't Touch

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