10,000 Maniacs Human Conflict Number 5 Press Records P2010 Orig Used Vinyl LP NM

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10,000 Maniacs          Human Conflict Number Five Released                    1982 Recorded                    February–March 1982 Studio                         State University of New York, Fredonia, New York Length                        16:35 Label                          Mark Records Producer                     10,000 Maniacs, Bill Waldman
Human Conflict Number Five is the debut EP by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs, released in 1982 by Mark Records. While the EP also contained the band's own Christian Burial Music imprint, the label itself was fictitious.
10,000 Maniacs formed out of an artist cooperative in Jamestown that met in a rented warehouse called the Broadhead Mills, as well as at the Jamestown radio station WJWK. The band, who first performed under the name Still Life, performed their first gig as 10,000 Maniacs on Labor Day of 1981.  The band's first composition was "Tension", which grew out of an English class assignment by singer Natalie Merchant.
The EP was recorded at State University of New York, Fredonia by Bill Waldman, and sessions commenced on Valentine's Day 1982, financed by keyboardist Dennis Drew's mother. The band's drummer during this period was Jim Foti, who played on the recordings
While the band created their own fictitious record label, Christian Burial Music, a vanity label out of Clarence, New York called Mark Records actually manufactured the EP. 1,000 copies were pressed, funded by the parents of organist Dennis Drew. The EP was later reissued by Press Records in the US and UK, as well as Normal Records in Germany.
Track listing Side one Title                                                Writers                                          Length "Tension"                              (Natalie Merchant, John Lombardo)         3:12 "Planned Obsolescence"     (Dennis Drew, Merchant)                          5:15
Side two Title                                          Writers                                              Length "Orange"                              (Merchant, Lombardo)                             2:20 "Groove Dub"                       (Merchant, Lombardo)                            3:15 "Anthem for Doomed Youth" (Wilfred Owen, Lombardo)                     2:33
Personnel 10,000 Maniacs Robert Buck (credited on US release as Norman Buck) – guitar, devices, synthesizer Dennis Drew – organ Steven Gustafson – guitar, bass guitar John Lombardo (credited on UK release as J.C. Lombardo) – guitar, bass guitar, odd vocals Natalie Merchant – voice Jim Foti – studio drums
Technical 10,000 Maniacs – co-producers Bill Waldman – co-producer Mary Van Houten – engineer Gina Tampio – engineer Bill Waldman – engineer Barry Placente – tape transfer J.C. Lombardo – cover design Natalie Merchant – cover design