Dead Kennedys – Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death

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Label: Alternative Tentacles – VIRUS 57 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Rock Style: Punk

Tracklist

Hide Credits A1 Police Truck Artwork [Original Sleeve & Insert] – Biafra* Producer – Geza X Remix [Re-Mix] – R. Pepperell* Written-By [Uncredited] – East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra Artwork [Original Sleeve & Insert] – Biafra* Producer – Geza X Remix [Re-Mix] – R. Pepperell* Written-By [Uncredited] – East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra 2:23 A2 Too Drunk To Fuck Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra*, Winston Smith (5) Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Noises [Vomit And Gagging] – Geza X Producer – Dead Kennedys, Geza X Producer [Production Assistance] – Norm (2), R. Pepperell* Words By [Title] – Ken Fowler (4) Words By, Music By – Biafra* Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra*, Winston Smith (5) Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Noises [Vomit And Gagging] – Geza X Producer – Dead Kennedys, Geza X Producer [Production Assistance] – Norm (2), R. Pepperell* Words By [Title] – Ken Fowler (4) Words By, Music By – Biafra* 2:38 A3 California Über Alles Artwork [Original Inside Sleeve] – Mark Pauline Engineer – Jim Keylor Music By – Biafra* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim Keylor Words By – Biafra*, John Greenway Artwork [Original Inside Sleeve] – Mark Pauline Engineer – Jim Keylor Music By – Biafra* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim Keylor Words By – Biafra*, John Greenway 3:26 A4 The Man With The Dogs Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Bruce Slesinger Engineer – Jim Keylor Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim Keylor Words By, Music By – Biafra* Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Bruce Slesinger Engineer – Jim Keylor Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim Keylor Words By, Music By – Biafra* 3:01 A5 In Sight Artwork [Original Front Sleeve] – Greg Wright (4) Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Producer – Norm (2) Words By, Music By – Biafra* Artwork [Original Front Sleeve] – Greg Wright (4) Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Producer – Norm (2) Words By, Music By – Biafra* 1:38 A6 Life Sentence Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra* Engineer – Gary Mankin, John Cuniberti, Oliver Dicicco Executive-Producer – Norm (2) Mixed By – East Bay Ray Producer – Dead Kennedys, Thom Wilson Producer [With Special Thanks To] – Geza X Words By, Music By – Biafra* Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra* Engineer – Gary Mankin, John Cuniberti, Oliver Dicicco Executive-Producer – Norm (2) Mixed By – East Bay Ray Producer – Dead Kennedys, Thom Wilson Producer [With Special Thanks To] – Geza X Words By, Music By – Biafra* 2:38 A7 A Child And His Lawnmower Producer – Dead Kennedys, Tom Mallon Words By, Music By [Muzak] – Biafra* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Tom Mallon Words By, Music By [Muzak] – Biafra* 0:54 A8 Holiday In Cambodia Music By – Slesinger*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Geza X Remix [Re-Mix] – Ray Pepperell Words By – Biafra* Music By – Slesinger*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Geza X Remix [Re-Mix] – Ray Pepperell Words By – Biafra* 3:43 B9 I Fought The Law Lyrics By [New Lyrics] – Biafra* Mixed By – Biafra*, John Cuniberti Producer – Biafra* Written-By – Sonny Curtis Lyrics By [New Lyrics] – Biafra* Mixed By – Biafra*, John Cuniberti Producer – Biafra* Written-By – Sonny Curtis 2:17 B10 Saturday Night Holocaust Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra* Engineer – John Cuniberti, Mark Wallner, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Peligro*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Thom Wilson Producer [With Special Thanks To] – Geza X Words By – Biafra* Artwork [Original Sleeve] – Biafra* Engineer – John Cuniberti, Mark Wallner, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Peligro*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Thom Wilson Producer [With Special Thanks To] – Geza X Words By – Biafra* 4:22 B11 Pull My Strings Design [Original Sleeve (Abandoned)] – Winston Smith (5) Music By – Slesinger* Words By – Biafra* Design [Original Sleeve (Abandoned)] – Winston Smith (5) Music By – Slesinger* Words By – Biafra* 5:53 B12 Short Songs Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim Keylor Executive-Producer – Robert Hanrahan Guitar [Other] – 6025 Words By, Music By – 6025 Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim Keylor Executive-Producer – Robert Hanrahan Guitar [Other] – 6025 Words By, Music By – 6025 0:20 B13 Straight A's Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim Keylor Executive-Producer – Robert Hanrahan Guitar [Other] – 6025 Music By – 6025 Words By – Biafra* Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim Keylor Executive-Producer – Robert Hanrahan Guitar [Other] – 6025 Music By – 6025 Words By – Biafra* 2:05 B14 Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round Mixed By – Biafra*, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Peligro*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Jello Biafra Technician [Assisted By] – Norm deFur* Vocals [Second Vocal] – Klaus* Words By – Biafra* Mixed By – Biafra*, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Peligro*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride* Producer – Jello Biafra Technician [Assisted By] – Norm deFur* Vocals [Second Vocal] – Klaus* Words By – Biafra* 4:17 B15 The Prey Engineer – Les Stuck, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Ray*, Biafra* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Geza X Producer [Production Assistance] – Norm (2), R. Pepperell* Words By – Biafra* Engineer – Les Stuck, Oliver Dicicco Music By – Ray*, Biafra* Producer – Dead Kennedys, Geza X Producer [Production Assistance] – Norm (2), R. Pepperell* Words By – Biafra* 3:44 C16 Buzzbomb From Pasadena Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Producer – Jello Biafra, Oliver Dicicco Technician [Psychic Motor Oil] – Norm (2) Written By – Biafra, Ray Written-By – Ray*, Biafra* Engineer – Oliver Dicicco Producer – Jello Biafra, Oliver Dicicco Technician [Psychic Motor Oil] – Norm (2) Written By – Biafra, Ray Written-By – Ray*, Biafra* 2:20 D17 Night Of The Living Rednecks Words By [Improvised], Music By [Improvised] – Slesinger*, Biafra*, Flouride* Written By – Biafra, Flouride, Slesinger Words By [Improvised], Music By [Improvised] – Slesinger*, Biafra*, Flouride* Written By – Biafra, Flouride, Slesinger 5:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alternative Tentacles
• Copyright © – Alternative Tentacles
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Copyright © – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Manufactured By – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Distributed By – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Manufactured By – Eva-Tone Soundsheets
• Published By – Decay Music
• Published By – Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music
• Designed At – Fallout Productions
• Recorded At – Mobius Music
• Recorded At – Hyde Street Studios
• Recorded At – Deaf Club
• Recorded At – B.S.U. Studios
• Recorded At – Tom Mallon Studios
• Recorded At – The Warfield
• Recorded At – Earth Tavern
• Mixed At – City Sound Recording
• Mixed At – Hyde Street Studios
• Mixed At – Mobius Music
• Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L 27588

Credits

• Artwork [Cover Art] – Dee Dee (109), Jayed Scotti, Winston Smith (5)
• Artwork [Insert Booklet, Assistance & Contributions] – Armando Morales, Bruce Slesinger, Charles Gatewood, Coy Thane West, Damon*, Dirk Dirksen, Frank Trembley, George Deutman, Greg Wright (4), John Greenway, Leslie (31), Mark Niedermayer, Mark Pauline, Michelle Hanissee*, Mike Dickinson, Pat Wynne, Steve Ballinger, Steve Pfauter, The Fullerton License Plate Man, Tim Yohannan, Lt. V. Vale*, Warren Hinckle ?, Winston Smith (5), Zeno (7)
• Artwork [Insert Booklet] – Biafra*, John Yates
• Bass Guitar, Vocals – Klaus Flouride
• Compiled By – Jello Biafra
• Drums – Bruce Slesinger (tracks: A2 to A5, A8, B11 to B13, D17)
• Drums, Vocals – D.H. Peligro
• Executive-Producer – Pippin Youth
• Guitar, Effects [Echoplex] – East Bay Ray
• Layout [Back Cover] – Christopher Rankin
• Logo [AT Bat] – WS*
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Sleeve [Concept] – Biafra*
• Vocals – Jello Biafra

Notes

Includes cut-and-paste style lyric/credits booklet and Alternative Tentacles Records order form. It may or may not include information about the No More Censorship Defense Fund on the reverse of the Alternative Tentacles order form, or on a separate insert.
Other versions came with a solid vinyl 7" instead of a flexi.

LP Side 1 listed as 'This Side'; Side 2 listed as 'That Side'.
The tracks are listed sequentially, from 1 to 17.

Flexi Side 1 is 45 RPM and Side 2 is 33 1/3 RPM.

Sleeve: ℗ + © 1987 Alternative Tentacles.
Jacket made in Canada.

LP labels: ©&℗ 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records.

Flexi mfd. in U.S.A. by Eva-Tone Soundsheets, Clearwater, FL. C & P 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records. Both songs published by Decay Music. This sound sheet comes free with the "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death" LP. If someone tries to charge you extra, steal it.

All songs published by Decay Music except B9 published by Acuff Rose Opryland Music Co Inc.

Bruce Slesinger is credited as 'Bruce Slesinger (A.K.A. Ted)'.
Jayed Scotti cover art and Winston Smith insert contributions for Fallout Productions.
Lt. V. Vale's insert contribution for Research.

A1: B-side of second single, Holiday In Cambodia / Police Truck .Also inserted in the original American version of the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
A2: A-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Released Spring, 1981 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 2). Recorded at Mobius Music and Hyde Street Studios. ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
A3: A-side of first single, California Über Alles. Released June, 1979 (Alternative Tentacles 95-41, Re-issued 1980 on Optional). Released the following October in the U.K. on Fast Products. Recorded at BSU Studio. Original inside sleeve art by Mark Pauline later asked that his name be removed because part of the art had been altered. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
A4: B-side of first single, California Über Alles. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
A5: B-side of third single, Kill The Poor. Released Fall, 1980 (A-side was a slight re-mix of 'Kill The Poor'). ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
A6: B-side of Bleed For Me single. Released Summer, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 23). Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
A7: Originally appeared on double album compilation, Maximum Rock N' Roll presents: Not So Quiet On The Western Front (Alternative Tentacles Virus 14). Recorded at Tom Mallon Studio. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
A8: A-side of second single, Holiday In Cambodia / Police Truck. An alternate version appeared later on the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. Released Spring, 1980. First on Optional Records, then on I.R.S. with an upgraded sleeve. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B9: Mixed at City Sound. Recorded at Hyde Street Studios. Originally intended for release as a flexi-disc in 1985 under the name 'Lily White Dan and the Hot Potatoes', to be given away at street protests marking Dan White's return to San Francisco. Later appeared on the Rose 100 - Play New Rose For Me double LP compilation album released worldwide by New Rose Records, France, in 1986. Published by Acuff-Rose (BMI)/Decay Music (BMI)
B10: Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. Mixed at Hyde Street Studios. B-side of Halloween single. Released December, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 28). ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
B11: Recorded live at BAM magazine's 3rd Annual Bay Area Music Awards at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco, March 25, 1980. Special thanks to Dennis Erokan and Miles Hurwitz for granting us use of this recording. Originally intended for release as part of a 4-song live 12" EP. The other three songs would have been the versions of 'Bleed For Me', 'Government Flu', and 'Chemical Warfare' recorded for the film, 'URGH! A Music War' and rebroadcast on MTV's, 'The Cutting Edge'. A & M Records had purged us from the URGH! A Music War soundtrack album because they didn't like our band name; thus the Winston Smith sleeve design. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B12 and B13: Originally appeared on Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club live compilation LP. Recorded March 3, 1979. Last performance with the five-piece-line-up. An earlier version of 'Police Truck' was also featured. Released 1980 by Walking Dead Records first through Optional and later through Jem. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
B14: Originally appeared on Wargasm benefit compilation LP, released spring, 1982 by Pax U.K. Later appeared on International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation released by RRadical, late 1984. Mixed at Möbius Music. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B15: B-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Recorded at Mobius Music, Hyde Street Studios and live in the Tenderloin (we ran a mic from the Hyde St. Studio A control Board out into the street to record the background noises). ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
C16: Produced at Mobius Music, Spring, 1982. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)
D17: Words and Music Improvised While Ray Was Changing Guitar Strings. Recorded Live by Persons Unknown at the Earth Tavern, Portland Oregon on November 19, 1979. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Other (Flexi alternate cat#): APPENDAGE - A
• Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 1024371AS
• Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 1024371BS
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runouts): VIRUS 57-A THE SKULL IS THE 'SMILING FACE' OF THE 80'S L 27588
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runouts): VIRUS 57-B DOLPHINS MAKE BETTER ANARCHISTS THAN PEOPLE DO L 27588 X
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runouts): EV-102 437-00-1 AST_
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runouts): EV-102 437-00-1 BST_