SONIC YOUTH "GOO" LP 1990 GFN 24297 MINT/MINT *V. RARE*

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON SONIC YOUTH'S "GOO" ALBUM ON 33RPM.  ORIGINAL 1990 GERMAN RELEASE ON DAVID GEFFEN RECORDS.  CAT No. 7599-24297-1 

CLASSIC HARD ROCK / GRUNGE FROM THE MASTERS!  FORGET NIRVANA - SONIC YOUTH PAVED THE WAY!!!

VERY RARE TO FIND THIS EARLY  EDITION IN THIS CONDITION - ALL ATTACHED PHOTO'S ARE REAL!!! 

Front Cover                             Back Cover                         Inner Sleeve #1                     Inner Sleeve #2

Vinyl Side #1

All of ther above photo's are from Sonic Youth's Website.  You can check it out at http://sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/index.html

Attached photo's are my copy (MINT!)

Condition:

Cover:           MINT

Vinyl:            MINT

Track listing

1. Dirty Boots (5:30)
2. Tunic (Song for Karen) (6:22)
3. Mary-Christ (3:12)
4. Kool Thing (4:06)
5. Mote (7:37)

1. My Friend Goo (2:20)
2. Disappearer (5:08)
3. Mildred Pierce (2:13)
4. Cinderella's Big Score (5:55)
5. Scooter + Jinx (1:05)
6. Titanium Expose (6:26)

Sonic Youth

Goo

Original Release: 1990

Forming in New York in 1981, 'Goo' was Sonic Youth's major label debut when it was released by DGC in June 1990. An important stepping stone in bringing underground "alternative" rock to mainstream America, the band were also instrumental in Nirvana signing to Geffen the following year. Probably best known for the single 'Kool Thing', sung by bass guitarist Kim Gordon, a 4 star review in Rolling Stone hailed the record as "A brilliant, extended essay in refined primitivism." The album's other key tracks are 'Tunic (Song For Karen)', a tribute to the late Karen Carpenter, and 'Dirty Boots'. It was rated #6 of the Top 10 Recordings for 1990 by the New York Times.

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NOTES

"Goo" was Sonic Youth's eighth album, and their first for DGC/Geffen. The album was their major label debut, and with arena rock staples like "Kool Thing" and "Dirty Boots" deep in its grooves, it allowed Sonic Youth to enter the mainstream world, destroy everything in their path, and emerge victorious, riding the top 10 charts to sonic stardom and glory....... or at least get them the opening spot on the 1991 Crazy Horse tour.

HISTORY

I know nothing of the circumstances surrounding Sonic Youth's signing with Geffen, so let's just say it happened at some point between late '89 and early '90. In November '89 they recorded 8-track demos for what would become "Goo" (at this point the working title was "Blowjob?" based on Raymond Pettibon's art and their desire to test Geffen's sense of humor) at Waterworks in NYC, with Jim Waters engineering and Don Fleming & J. Mascis assisting with the production. All of the "Goo" songs were demoed except "Scooter & Jinx" (naturally). Several songs were clearly still in an embryonic state, "Bookstore" would become "Mote" but Lee's preliminary vocal take is radically different than the finished version. "Mildred Pierce" (aka "Blow Job?") stretches, perhaps unintentionally, for over 8 minutes (and in fact, Thurston's chilling screams from this demo were transferred to the re-recorded version for the album). One track, the instrumental "Lee #2" would not appear on the finished album, but was played live several times on the late 1990 Goo tour (w/ vocals by Lee, bass by Thurston, and guitar by Kim). Bootleggers eventually got ahold of the entire demo and it was circulating in no time, so SY countered with their own version straight from the master tapes, released via Sonic Death.

The album itself was recorded in early 1990, probably after the brief March mini-tour where the songs still sounded fairly loose (though that could just be credited to their first live performances). They recorded at Sorcerer Sound and Greene St. in NYC w/ Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain, seriously piling on the overdubs for the first time (a practice they'd later abandon, or at least trim down)... the minute-long "Scooter & Jinx" features anywhere from 4 to 24 tracks of Thurston making excruciating amp feedback mixed together for your listening enjoyment. They had several guest performers, including Chuck D. (after Kim's initial desire to get LL Cool J fell through) on "Kool Thing", and assistant producers J. Mascis and Don Fleming on background vocals. The album was released in June 1990, along with the first single & video, "Kool Thing". They toured North America in August, bringing future DGC superstars Nirvana along for the ride on the latter half of the tour (Nirvana had already recorded their post-Bleach/pre-Nevermind demos w/ future Sonic Youth producer Butch Vig in April 1990). All "Goo" songs were performed (except "Scooter"), plus one or two songs from each of the previous releases, and the then-unreleased instrumental "The Bedroom". They toured Europe next, expanding the set list a bit, and returned to North America for yet another tour, adding the rarely performed "Disappearer" (perhaps because it had been released as the second single around then) and the no-longer-instrumental "Lee #2" to some sets. Mudhoney supported on the latter half of the tour, and the particularly explosive November 3rd show in Irvine, CA provided several live tracks for the forthcoming "Dirty Boots" EP in 1991.

The band took a brief break, then took off in late January 1991 for a 3-month tour as the 2nd opener on the Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Smell The Horse" tour (which was later documented on Neil's incredible "Weld" CD/video, and of course the 35-minute sound sculpture "Arc", inspired by Thurston). Their sets were typically 7-9 songs in length, opening with "Tom Violence" and closing with "Expressway To Yr Skull", possibly at Neil's request (he's often called it one of the greatest guitar songs ever). To say that some crowds were less than appreciative of SY would be a gross understatement (look no further than the audience shots in the aforementioned "Weld" video for a simple explanation). To support this tour, the mostly live "Dirty Boots" EP was released (also released in 1991 was a collection of music videos for the entire "Goo" album). Following this, the band did a date in Japan, then laid low for a few months, before heading out on yet another tour w/ Nirvana, this time in Europe, and this time with cameras rolling: Dave Markey shot the excellent tourfilm "1991: The Year Punk Broke" on this tour. By now SY had begun writing new material, performing "Chapel Hill" and "Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit" at most shows. Only 5 songs from Goo were being regularly played at this point. They did 2 more shows in 1991: one, a benefit for WFMU radio, where they debuted "Sugar Kane" and "Purr"; and two, the infamous Bridge Benefit appearance, Neil Young's all-acoustic day-long show which was a virtual disaster -- SY managed to make it thru about 2 songs, aborted another, and finished up with a loose cover of "Personality Crisis" before being booed offstage. A triumphant set!

PACKAGING

The front cover features a Raymond Pettibon drawing (inspired by a photograph of Maureen Hindley and David Smith, en route to the murder trial of Maureen's sister Myra Hindley and Ian Brady), bearing the caption "I STOLE MY SISTER'S BOYFRIEND. IT WAS ALL WHIRLWIND, HEAT, AND FLASH. WITHIN A WEEK WE KILLED MY PARENTS AND HIT THE ROAD." The back cover features another Pettibon drawing (caption: "NOTHING....LIPSTICK, A LITTLE BLOOD.") next to the track list. The vinyl and CD front/back covers are more or less the same, but the vinyl art has visible scotch tape marks, as if all of the elements of the artwork was cut out and taped onto the jacket (there's even a hair caught under the tape on the back!). Both sides of the vinyl sleeve feature tons of full-colour Michael Lavine photos of the band playing major label dress-up, with credits in the lower left corner. The CD insert folds out to 6 pages, sequenced 2x3. One side is black & white, including the cover, a larger copy of the Pettibon drawing from the back cover, various band shots, a track list w/ times ("Kool" becomes "Cool"), and the album credits. The reverse side amounts to a full-color mini-poster, essentially, with one large shot of the band surrounded by mostly the same square band shots from the vinyl sleeve, and the band name + Goo logo. The disc itself features the green Goo logo + the lipstick imprint. Once again, no lyric sheet is provided.

CREDITS/LINERS

Produced by Sonic-Youth
with Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain
Recorded by Nick Sansano at Sorcerer Sound and Greene St. NYC
Mixed by Ron Saint Germain at Right Track, NYC
Sub-Production: Don Fleming, J Mascis
Assistant Engineers: John Herman, Dan Wood, Judy Kirschner
Mildred Pierce vocal recorded by Jim Waters, Waterworks, NYC
Mastered at MasterDisk by Howie Weinberg
All songs by Sonic-Youth (c)1990, Savage Conquest Music, ASCAP

Background vocals: J Mascis (2, 5, 6)
                             Don Fleming (1, 7)
Kool Thing: Chuck D. (Courtesy Def Jam, Columbia Records)
Additional Percussion: Nick Sansano, Don Fleming

Cover Drawings: Raymond Pettibon
Photos: Michael Lavine
Art Direction: Kevin Reagan
Stylist: Suzanne Sasic

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