OPERATION IVY Energy LP LOOKOUT 1989 US 1st press+insert LOOKOUT #10 RANCID Rare

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One of the first bands to fuse revivalist ska with the energy and aggression of post-hardcore punk rock 

(after the Mighty Mighty Bosstones), Operation Ivy were also one of the few ska-punk bands 

to earn critical acclaim. Part of the reason was that they were one of the genre's innovators, 

possessed of a freshness that many of their imitators lacked, but their lyrics were often more 

intelligent and substantive as well. Thanks to their early breakup (the group was only together 

for two years), Operation Ivy became an enduring, even legendary influence in the neo-punk 

underground, especially after half of the band went on to hit it big in a new group, Rancid.

"ENERGY"

1989     LP     LOOKOUT RECORDS     LOOKOUT 10  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.   ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

[The 1st press has Laytonville address for Lookout! Records on the backsleeve. 

There has been more than one pressing with the Laytonville address, but there is no way 

to distinguish a first Laytonville press from a later Laytonville press. 

The number of first pressing is unknown. 

The repress on Lookout! Records has Berkeley address on backsleeve.]

STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE + LYRICS INSERT

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

This version: "Lookout! Laytonville" address on back cover and insert

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: LOOKOUT - WHITE LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) LOOKOUT RECORDS #0000000000010

Catalog on labels: (Side A) LOOKOUT! RECORDS # 10

(Side B) LOOKOUT # 10

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): LOOKOUT-10-A   THANK YOU MR. KOWALEWSKI  L?32737

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): LOOKOUT-10-B  HEY SHRIK, GOT THE ART FOR THE NEXT RECORD?  L?32737?X

Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): kdisc

On labels: (Side A) Artist + Title + Tracklist + Company/Catalog Number + 78RPM

(Side B) Tracklist + Company/Catalog Number

On Spine (from left to right): OPERATION IVY  ENERGY   MARCH '89  LOOKOUT RECORDS #0000000000010

On Back Cover: Recorded at Sound And Vision in San Francisco......

Lookout! Records P.O. Box 1000 Laytonville CA 95454

tracklisting

Side A: KNOWLEDGE - SOUND SYSTEM - JADED

TAKE WARNING - THE CROWD - BOMBSHELL - UNITY

BANKSHOT - ONE OF THESE DAYS

Side B: GONNA FIND YOU - BAD TOWN - SMILING - CAUTION

FREEZE UP - ARTIFICIAL LIFE - ROOM WITHOUT A WINDOW

BIG CITY - MISSIONARY

  grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Among the best works of the rightfully maligned ska-punk genre, Operation Ivy's Energy is an 

unsurpassed, highly intelligent, extremely fun record. At the pinnacle of the East Bay punk scene, 

Operation Ivy sadly fizzled out just before the record was released, but left their mark and are frequently 

cited as an inspiration to all the bands that came later and played the same sort of music, though 

never as well. Bassist Matt Freeman and guitarist Tim Armstrong, who eventually formed Rancid, 

provided the musical foundation for the band, a then-novel mix of raging punk and catchy ska, while 

singer/lyricist Jesse Michaels wrote thoughtful political songs from a personal perspective. 

The result, on this, their only full-length, was an album full of classic anthems that every one of their 

rabid fans at Berkeley's 924 Gilman Street used to sing along to at their packed shows. 

From "Knowledge," a song covered by Green Day, to "Bankshot," a fantastic ska instrumental, 

to "One of These Days," a punk rock reworking of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking," 

to the incisive political commentary of "Gonna Find You" and "Freeze Up," 

Energy succeeds in combining all sorts of elements into a thoroughly rewarding knockout of a record...(AllMusic)