CHROME - Alien Soundtracks - Lp 1978 - RE - Near-Mint 180 Gram
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Description
Vinyl is Near-Mint - Cover is Near-Mint NOTE: All records are U.S. pressings unless otherwise noted)
Record Grading: SS (Still Sealed), Near-Mint (near perfect), Excellent (Just a few signs that the record has been played keeping it from being NM), Very Good Plus (VG+ = A used, reasonable copy. Will show several signs of play but still perfectly good). Very Good (VG = Record will show quite a bit of signs of play. Will likely have some surface noise, especially at the begining and in quite passages. Should play without skipping or popping). I do not sell records below VG grade unless they are scarce or for the jacket).
NOTES: Under the innocuous name of Chrome, two San Franciscans — Damon Edge (vocals, synths, etc.) and Helios Creed (vocals, guitar, etc.), with part-time rhythm-section assistance by the Stench brothers of Pearl Harbor's band — created an often awesome series of pre-industrial LPs that explore a dark state of mind only hinted at by '60s psychedelia. Taking cues from Suicide, Can, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, the Residents and anyone who ever made home tapes in their bedroom, the pair's dense, chaotic science-fiction epics are vivid vinyl nightmares — a thick blend of mechanical noises, filtered, twisted voices and fantastic, bizarre lyrics — that flesh out a frightening world both absorbing and repellent. Though conventional song structures are preserved to the point where tracks can be distinguished (indeed, the duo's early efforts aren't all that far from semi-normal guitar rock), Chrome's strength is its ability to create sounds of horrible beauty that transcend discrete musical units. If not as conceptually out there or as ear-splitting as the noisemongers and goth-rockers that followed the duo, Chrome's sonic intensity is still something to behold. After the tentativeness of the first two albums, apart from early refinements, Edge and Creed pretty much stuck to the same uniquely nerve-shattering style — metal-drone-punk — throughout their time together.
Shipping Info
All orders are processed and shipped within 2 business days of receipt. I package and ship my vinyl records with the greatest care, using extra-thick packaging and the vinyl is taken out of the jacket to prevent seam splits. Lps are shipped in poly sleeves as well.
USPS Media Mail LP Only Shipments $4.25 for 1st LP + $1 each additional LP Mixed Shipments $4.25 for 1st LP + $1 each additional LP / $0.25 each additional 45 International Shipments Air Mail LP Only Shipments $16 for 1st LP + $6 each additional LP 45 Only Shipments $9.00 for 1st 45 + $1.00each additional 45 Mixed Shipments $16 for 1st LP + $6 each additional LP / $1.00 each additional 45
Note: Double LPs, box sets, etc. will incur additional shipping costs as indicated above.
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