REDTAPE: Complete Control (Vertical RT181)

• Condition : Cover and vinyl are NM in shrinkwrap. Includes poster (also NM) and lyric innersleeve (slight center seamsplits).
• Description : Odd one here from 1981, a couple copies listed on the web but absolutely no info on the band at all, other than a listing noting bandmember Charlene Zappa, who apparently has nothing to do with Frank Zappa except for having been born with the same Italian surname. The hot pink graphix suggest a new wave era synth / dance outfit but it turns out this is a poppy new wave / rock trio. Mixed male / female vox sound similar to X (the label address is in Santa Barbara, but as I said I found no info anywhere). Instrumentation is basic crunchy guitar / piano / bass / drums with some minimal electro synth in spots. Not really punk sounding like X or other LA bands from that year but I think X was their big influence. No AOR / HM or dance music tendencies whatsoever. Trippy songtitles like "3-Dimensional Being", "Concrete Flamingos" and "Night, It Comes Slowly". Nine songs mostly 4 to 5 minutes in length...this one is hard to pigeonhole but New Wave is probably where it belongs. Band members: Bruce Kandu (percussion), Curtis Webster (guitar, bass, vocals), Charlene Zappa (keyboards, vocals).

• Buyer pays $7 for priority / delivery conf. shipment OR $3.50 for media mail / delivery conf. shipment in USA; foreign billed at approximate cost (see rates below). Combine multiple wins to save on shipping. PA residents must add 6% sales tax.
• GUARANTEE: Condition of this item is guraranteed to be as stated in the above description. Grading is strict and visual. All used LP's are cleaned on a Loricraft machine before grading. Sorry, I do not guarantee "musical content". If you are going to bid high on an unfamiliar album, consider first checking out the sounds online or via a reissue, etc in order to avoid potential disappointments. You cannot return a record simply because you don't like the music.
• Records are shipped in a cardboard record mailer with sufficient padding, and the disc is removed from the jacket to prevent seamsplits.
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SEE MY OTHER EBAY AUCTIONS for similar items. Small batch of odd 1980s stuff this week. Also check my store (link above) for SEALED vintage rock & psych warehouse find LPs from the 1960s-early 1970s. All of the records listed for auction are ORIGINALS, not reissues! If you need to ask me about any label variations, matrix numbers, etc., please do so BEFORE you bid. Thanks.

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