HAND GRENADES - Demos To London LP NYC punk 1979 Last Laugh Records kbd demo 12"

Description: Sealed. Direct from label. Brand new vinyl copy of Hand Grenades - 'Demos To London' LP on Last Laugh Records from 2018. In '79, the Hand Grenades issued what would become the best UK DIY punk single not actually from the UK: their "Demo to London" b/w "Coma Dos" 45, self-released in an undetermined quantity on the band's unnamed imprint. The single is a killer. It was also once a source of profound mystery -- to collectors and wayward punk geeks, at least. Omitted on the sleeve are the band's roster, their location and where they recorded their material, and the only nuggets of information profferred are a production credit attributed to Bob Levitan and the word "phonographix." Given this anonymity, and in light of the title and subject of "Demo to London" -- not to mention the otherworldly cut-up cover art, production, vocals, and musicianship (or lack thereof) -- many took the band's provenance to be London, or perhaps the outskirts of Manchester. The flip's manic "Coma Dos" sheds even less light on the single's origin, and the listener's left with a clang-punk artifact of the highest random order, reminiscent of contemporaries like Swell Maps, the Petticoats, Desperate Bicycles, so on, so forth. Brand new / Factory sealed Come visit us at our brick and mortar record store in Brooklyn NY & Montclair, New Jersey !!! 135 Huntington Street, Brooklyn, New York, 12231 537 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, New Jersey 07042

Price: 10.5 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

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