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Slits - In The Beginning (Transparent Blue Vinyl, Gatefold) (RSD 2024)

Slits - In The Beginning (Transparent Blue Vinyl, Gatefold) (RSD 2024)

Format: LP

UPC: 5013145205716

Release Date: 04/20/24

Condition: N

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Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2024
Release Date: 4/20/2024
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Jungle Records
Quantity: 1000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release 

The Slits were known for their uncompromising attitude and aggressive, confrontational music, first seen on their 1977 tour with The Clash. To this day they are cited as being hugely inspiring to many female artists. But even their seminal Island Records 1979 debut album Cut, with its infamous sleeve of the band members naked and caked in mud, does not capture the true energy and spontaneity as well as these live recordings do.
From an early, chaotic punk-era show which includes classics such as “Shoplifting,” “Newtown” and “Love & Romance,” the album shows how they evolved into their dubby, reggae-influenced style with songs such as “Typical Girls,” and finishes with a track from their last-ever performance in 1981.
Features guests Nina Hagen and Neneh Cherry.
Over its fifteen tracks it features three songs never otherwise recorded*. The gatefold sleeve includes updated notes from Mick Mercer and previously unseen live and at home photos. Pressed on transparent blue vinyl for Record Store Day 2024.

Tracklist
1. Vindictive
2. A Boring Life*
3. Slime*
4. New Town
5. Love & Romance
6. Shoplifting
7. Number One Enemy
8. Number One Enemy (acoustic) (guest vocal from Nina Hagen)
9. In The Beginning
10. New Town
11. Man Next Door
12. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
13. Typical Girls
14. Fade Away*
15. In The Beginning (guest vocal from Neneh Cherry)
Tracks 1-7 Live at Dingwalls, London 9/77; 8 live in rehearsal; 9-14 Live in Cincinnati & San Francisco 1980; 15 Live at Hammersmith Palais, Dec. 1981 (last ever show).
*Never previously recorded

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GRADING

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New (N) (Not typically included in the Goldmine Standard)
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Mint (M)
Still sealed. Never played. No observable flaws.  Items have been purchased secondhand.
Near Mint (NM)
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The cover (and any additional packaging) has no creases, folds, seam splits, cut-out holes, or other noticeable defects.
Very Good Plus (VG+)
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Defects should be more of a cosmetic nature, not affecting the actual playback as a whole. Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches.
The disc and LP cover may have slight signs of wear, and may be gently marred by spindle marks, paper scuffs, wrinkled corners, etc.
Very Good (VG)
Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise will be evident, but will not overpower the music. Disc may have light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound.
Labels, jackets, and inserts will have visible cosmetic flaws such as wrinkles, cut-outs, slight splitting, etc. However, it will usually have less than a dozen minor flaws.
Good (G)
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Poor (P), Fair (F)
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