CHRIST ON PARADE - A Mind Is A Terrible Thing LP 1987 Rare Original KBD Punk MDC

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Vinyl Condition: NM barely ever played 
Cover Condition: VG++ almost no ring wear, still very glossy. The corners edges are very square. No creases or seam splits. If the cover seems beat up in the pictures, it is how the record artwork was made to look, like it had be worn and weathered.
Lyric sheet is in great condition with sharp corners and no creases.
Rare 1st pressing of this 17-song punk rock LP from San Fransisco, CA on Mind Matter Records.
Christ On Parade formed in 1985 by ex members of Teenage Warning and Treason, comprised of vocalist Barrie Evans, guitarists Mike Scott and Noah Landis, bassist Malcolm Sherwood and drummer Todd Kramer. They released their debut Sounds of Nature that year. Members of the group lived in Easy Bay's storied New Method Warehouse and the group played shows with bands like Social Distortion, Subhumans, Agnostic Front, the Circle Jerks and Conflict. Christ on Parade headlined the first show at Berkeley's 924 Gilman Street. They disbanded in 1989, with Landis going on to join Neurosis and Evans forming psychobilly group the Hellbillys.
Christ on Parade epitomized mid-'80s East Bay hardcore. With electrifying songs that embodied the scene's youthful energy, anger and spirit, the group always practiced what they preached. The quintet thundered against Reaganomics, totalitarianism and crooked landlords with their jagged, post-adolescent calls-to-arms. As punk luminaries like Black Flag fizzled out, hardcore-metal crossover groups like DRI ascended the ranks and all underground bands took on the government, Christ on Parade perfectly expressed their musical and social growing pains on their debut, Sounds of Nature, which originally came out on Pushead's label. The group featured vocalist Barrie Evans, guitarists Mike Scott and Noah Landis, bassist Malcolm Sherwood and drummer Todd Kramer. Some members lived in the East Bayís legendary New Method Warehouse, and they would play shows with the likes of the Subhumans, Agnostic Front, the Circle Jerks and Conflict.
Like those they shared stages with, Christ on Parade thrived on living by the skin of their teeth. The word anarchy still meant something to punks and spending so much time around the New Method Warehouse crowd, not to mention hanging around groups like sweaty hardcore warriors Crucifix and whatever British punks swung through at the time, rubbed off on the band. They were poor, hungry and desperate, and they siphoned all of their anxieties into their signature blend of crossover punk and metal. Moreover, the band was forced to create their own identity in the scene. Capturing their lifestyle and ethos, they created posters that read, "Those with no voice can only scream!" They made sure their voices were heard. With a name that would foreshadow the evangelical lunacy that would ensue in the next decade, Christ on Parade naturally attracted likeminded fans with their slam-dance stompers.
The rot of the Reagan years and the incensed, but slowly dying, California hardcore scene bled out a surprisingly comprehensive and worldly vision of all things hardcore across the 44 minutes of ‘A Mind is a Terrible Thing’ and it has always been a daunting and affecting listen. It is nearly a world apart from their ‘Sounds of Nature’ 12? EP from 1985 that flirted with the earliest fringes of crust punk. Always music of pure protest and aggression, the stylistic progression of Christ On Parade stood at a crossroad between the post-1983 apexes of the metallic clangor of New York hardcore, the melodically sound minimalism of California’s various scenes and appeared equally influenced by the building momentum across the pond. Their full-length appeared as a collision of those influences resembling Articles of Faith, Adrenalin OD, and Rudimentary Peni.


I will include insurance as part of the shipping cost to protect us both. I use lots of packing material, record shipping boxes with 2 cardboard inserts for the top and bottom and bubble wrap for added protection. I ship the record outside of the album cover to prevent seam splits and put them both inside a poly record sleeve.
All records are from my private collection, carefully stored for 30+ years, never left outside of their record sleeves unless it was on the turntable with the dustcover closed. Most of my records were only listened to once or twice, enough for me to record them to cassette tape so I could listen to them in the car at the time.
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MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.

NEAR MINT or NM, M-: this record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork is be as close to perfect as can be.

EXCELLENT or EX or VG++ : minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white, meaning slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.

VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+: record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise, the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. COVERS: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it.The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.

VERY GOOD or VG: this record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear well have been played but still have some luster. VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting. There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contamination's in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent.

GOOD or G: A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks, caused by deep scratches. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off.In essence, the cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless.