FLIPPER Album -- Generic Flipper * Rare mint 1982 vinyl
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This is an ultra-rare, long out of print vinyl copy of Flipper's 1982 debut, Album, aka Generic Flipper, on Subterranean Records.
The album is in near-mint condition; like most record sellers, I shy away from making the "mint" claim, but this is as close as can be. The vinyl is clean and scratch-free. [The disc was only played once.] The cover is also in top shape. There is a very small nick at the lower right front sleeve, and the upper right corner has a tiny crease. The lyric sheet insert is also included, as is a list of other Subterranean Records artists [remember Inflatable Boy Clams? Oil Tasters? Felix Culpa?]
The disc features nine tracks: Ever; Life Is Cheap; Shed No Tears; (I Saw You) Shine; Way of the World; Life; Nothing; Living for the Depression; and Sex Bomb. All Music Guide says: If great rock & roll is supposed to be about breaking the rules, then Flipper's still-astonishing debut, Album -- Generic Flipper, confirms their status as one of the great rock bands of their day. Album captures a band who not only refused to obey the accepted guidelines of rock & roll, they didn't even bother to pay much attention to their own rules. On the opening cut, 'Ever,' the band displays a willful contempt for rhythm, playing in a sludgy mid-tempo that wavers back and forth -- and then they add a snappy (if casually executed) clap track over the top, making the sloppy mess seem almost catchy. Flipper slogs along through a slow, noisy swamp through most of the album, only to snap-to with a dose of up-tempo hardcore near the end on 'Living for the Depression,' and then close out with the brilliant 'Sex Bomb,' the closest thing '80s punk ever created to the beer-fueled genius of the Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie,' and a song with a great beat that you just can't dance to."
This is an extraordinary collectible!
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