THE NUNS "THE NUNS" 1980 BOMP NM/EX-W/ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO RARE OUT OF PRINT LP

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ARTIST- THE NUNS

TITLE- “THE NUNS”

TRACK LISTING- SEE PHOTOS & BELOW

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1980

LABEL- BOMP RECORDS

CAT.#- BLP-4010

RECORD CONDITION- THIS RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER, NO VISIBLE DINGS, MARKS, SCRATCHES, BLEMS ETC. BOTH SIDES SOUND GREAT. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

JACKET CONDITION- THE JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ADDITIONAL INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE- The Nuns was a punk rock/new wave and gothic rock band in San Francisco and New York City. Best known as one of the founding acts of the early San Francisco punk scene, the band went through a number of hiatuses and periodic reunions, lineup changes, and changes in style. Overall, The Nuns performed and recorded on and off from the mid-1970s into the 2000s. While the band was centered on Jennifer Miro and Jeff Olener through its various incarnations, Alejandro Escovedo, who went on to later success as an Americana and alternative country musician, was also a key member during its years of fame in late 1970s San Francisco.

History

San Francisco punk pioneers

The band formed in 1975 in Marin County, California when Alejandro Escovedo and Jeff Olener, who were film students at College of Marin, wanted to make a low-budget film about a strung-out rock singer and a band that could not play its instruments, and decided to play the part themselves. This project evolved into The Nuns. While the band was in its formative phase, they practiced in a warehouse in Terra Linda. Jennifer Miro (nee Jennifer R. Anderson), who was in a Mill Valley-based band that covered Doobie Brothers songs, practiced at the same warehouse. Olener soon invited Miro to join his band; Miro, who was unhappy with the band she was in, jumped at the opportunity.

The Nuns began performing around various venues in the San Francisco area in January 1976. They were the among the first punk bands in California and had difficulty finding regular venues. They played the first punk show at the Mabuhay Gardens in December 1976, and quickly became regulars. At their peak of popularity, they were playing two sold-out shows on consecutive weekend nights at the Mabuhay.

The Nuns original manager was Edwin Heaven. In 1977, Heaven discovered them when they opened at The Mabuhay Gardens for The Ramones. Within half a year, he had created a worldwide buzz for the band, designed most of their now-classic posters and, basically, took them from playing at San Francisco's Fab Mab to playing such larger venues as Bill Graham's Winterland and LA's The Whisky.

In January 1978, together with The Avengers they opened for the Sex Pistols at their final concert at San Francisco's Winterland.[2] Even though The Nuns were the bigger draw in San Francisco at this time, they were the first band to go on, ahead of The Avengers. A third band, Negative Trend, had been directly recruited by the Sex Pistols but were tricked by Bill Graham into accepting the slot after the Sex Pistols, the house now emptied of fans.

The band's strong popularity in the San Francisco music scene later led to offers by Bill Graham to manage the band, however, this relationship soon turned to animosity touched off by Graham's offense at the song "Decadent Jew". The band also received overtures from CBS Records to release a major label album, however, by the time of the band's initial breakup, they had only managed to produce a few poorly-recorded demo tapes for the label and failed to secure a record deal. The band also released several singles in 1978–1979, as well as the self-titled 1979 7" EP (not to be confused with their self-titled LP a year later).

The Nuns split in 1979 soon after the band was on tour in New York City. Escovedo had decided to stay behind in New York, living at the Chelsea Hotel, while the rest of the band decided to return to San Francisco. Escovedo soon teamed up with Chip and Tony Kinman from The Dils, which had also recently split, forming cowpunk band Rank and File and relocating to Austin, Texas. The remaining members of the band soon split as well, with Olener and new Bay Area cohorts Brett Valory, Danny Machine and Jackson Weir III relocating to Los Angeles to form the rock band 391, and Miro remaining in San Francisco to form The VIP's with Pat Ryan in 1979-1981. Miro later relocated to Los Angeles as well, having a solo career under her own name in 1981-1982. After his first successful experience at Leon Russell's Paradise studio, successful in that master tapes were actually produced, Olener had no trouble persuading Posh Boy Records's Robbie Fields to finance the recording of an album by a group that no longer existed based upon Jennifer Miro's participation. Fields had greater difficulty persuading studio owner Brian Elliot of the merits of recording the band. The band reunited but for a single week in late April 1980 (albeit without Escovedo) and recorded their first LP, using only half of the blocked studio time, despite the replacement of the tracking engineer following Miro's walk out on discovering that second-hand multi-track recording tape was being used. The self-titled The Nuns album was released in late 1980 (albeit on BOMP! Records, who licensed it from Posh Boy for the USA).

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Brian Elliot Recording
• Mastered At – Gold Star Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Posh Boy Records
• Copyright (c) – Posh Boy Records
• Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-7899
• Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-7900

Credits

• Design – D. Zincavage*, H. Bosch*
• Drums – Jeff Raphael
• Engineer – Glenn Feit
• Guitar – Pat Ryan
• Keyboards – Jennifer Miro
• Mastered By – Stan Ross
• Mixed By – David Hines
• Percussion – Jeff Raphael
• Performer – Alejandro Escovedo
• Photography [Photos] – Ogilvy
• Producer – Robbie Fields, The Nuns
• Vocals – Jeff Olener, Jennifer Miro, Richie Detrick
• Written-By – Alejandro Escovedo (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B5), Jeff Olener (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B5), Jennifer Miro (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2, B6)

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