The Victims "No Thanks to the Human Turd" 7" Ep Rare Oz KBD Handpainted Original
  A$   4,324
  $   3,301

 


A$ 4324 Sold For
Nov 12, 2016 Sold Date
Nov 5, 2016 Start Date
A$   100 Start price
28   Number Of Bids
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Holy Grail item. One of the classic Australian KBD punk singles, released in 1978 in an edition of 500 copies. This comes with the handpainted sleeve as well as the photocopied/xeroxed sleeve and a selection of prints from Rob Baxter's late 90's photographic exhibition of Perth punk (not originally with the Record). Internet Numbers vary on the amount of hand painted sleeves  between 30-100 copies. The record is graded Vg+ (paper bag has a seem split and 2cm splits at top side, Xerox has ring wear)/ Vg(+) (mark on "High School Girls" - see photo). You Will hear pops and crackles, but no skips. I will combine postage. The postage quoted is for registered mail.

"The Victims were a punk band from Perth, active from 1977 to 1979. The founding mainstay members were James Baker on drums, Dave Flick (Dave Faulkner) on guitar and vocals, and Rudolph V (Dave Cardwell) on bass guitar. Their debut single, "Television Addict", was issued in April 1978 and was followed by a five-track extended play, The Victims, in August of that year. The group disbanded early in the next year. In 1989 Timberyard Records released a compilation album, All Loud on the Western Front, of their material. In late 2014 and early 2015 Baker and Faulkner were joined by Ray Ahn (of Hard-Ons) as the Television Addicts to perform the Victims material. In August 1978 they released a five-track extended play, The Victims (also known as No Thanks to the Human Turd), with: "I Understand", "Open Your Eyes", "TV Freak", "High School Girls" and "Disco Junkies". Baker was one of the writers of the latter four tracks; the identity of his co-composer was disputed – some sources attributing Faulkner and others citing Buncle – the situation was later resolved, with Buncle acknowledged as co-writer.Only 500 copies of the EP were released. Some versions had hand-drawn sleeves, which McFarlane described as "ultra-rare and highly prized collector's items."


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