JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 1984 THE OFFS FIRST RECORD Original Press
$
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Extremely RARE THE OFFS Jean Michel Basquiat Cover Art First Record VINYL 1984
Original 1984 release, NOT 2015 reissue. Extremely rare and collectible THE OFFS vinyl Lp. Titled: First Record, recently sold at auction for $1600 in similar condition as this one. Record is in excellent condition. Outer sleeve has slight shelf wear, slight ring wear from record on the front, and minor general wear to corners, etc. Generally very good condition. Inner sleeve is in good condition with a 1.5" pen mark. Labels are in great condition on both sides. Will be packed and shipped carefully and securely with insurance and tracking.
Track listing:
Side one:
You fascinate me
Cool down
True story
Why boy?
Side two:
Body hesitation
I’ve got the handle
One more shot
Bye bye baby
A little bit of backstory from artsy.com website:
During the peak of Punk Rock in the early eighties, when questioning the status-quo and aggressive social commentaries were at the heart of artistic expression, the San Francisco based Punk/ska band The OFFS were working to build a career. Unlike other artists, their close connections with pop icons such as Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Debra Harry, Keith Haring, and Alice Cooper helped progress them forward.
When Andy Warhol called David Ferguson of CD Presents on behalf of the OFFS, the band was finally signed. Part of what intrigued Ferguson was the cover art for the album -- a sketch done by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Ferguson chose to reverse the image for release, making it black on white to follow the Punk sensibility. Entwined with many of the same anti-establishment movements, The OFFS and Basquiat’s social commentaries were consistent -- a support for class struggle through political art.
The OFFS First Record was finally released in 1984. The album was locally loved, but even with the review by editor Glenn O’Brien in INTERVIEW Magazine pushed by Warhol, the band was unable to achieve great notoriety. With the death of a band member soon afterwards, the group sadly faded away.
During this same time, Jean Michel Basquiat’s career as a solo-artist took off. After being published in René Ricard’s Artforum magazine in 1981, Basquiat’s name became known to the entire art world. Central in the rise of Punk Art and Neo-Expressionism in New York, Basquiat profoundly influenced not only the art world but larger society as a whole. His premature passing in 1988 was a shock to the world.
His painting recently sold for a whopping $110.5 MILLION (or $22,486.40 per square inch)! Get this for a fraction of that.
Another impression of this now historic print was exhibited in New Museum show of album covers. This cover artwork was also part of the exhibitions "Vinyl - Records and Covers by Artists" in 2005 in Bremen - Germany - Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, in 2006 in Barcelona - Spain, and 2007 in Porto - Portugal.
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