NEGATIVE TREND MERCENARIES 78 SF PUNK 4 TRK 7" EP w/PS

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NEGATIVE TREND – Mercenaries, Meathouse b/w Black And Red, How Ya Feelin’. Heavy Manners HM 1. Issued in 1978. 4-song EP, plays at 45 rpm. PICTURE SLEEVE:  VG++, wraparound style and stapled to a white papersleeve on each side/end of the open end; printed on heavy stock. VINYL:  EXCELLENT, play graded; small hole center. DESCRIPTION:   San Francisco punk band Negative Trend was formed in 1977 by Craig Gray and Will Shatter from the short-lived (2 gigs) band Grand Mal. After seeing Rozz break his wrist jumping over an amp singing an Iggy song at a party at Iguana studios, they decided he was there new man. Only together in this form for about 6 months, this version of NT was known for chaotic, unpredictable shows. More likely than not Rozz would be swinging from the rafters, leaping at the audience from a PA stack or generally abusing himself and the audience. The music reflected the chaos of the live show. The CD, The Miners Benefit captures this era of NT and is the only recording of that version of the band. The CD Rozz and Negative Trend is not a Negative Trend release but a Rozz solo project. Just to clarify a couple of rumors. Rozz's last name is Rezabek, not Williams. NT were asked by Malcom Mclaren to go on after the Sex Pistols at Winterland. They did not. They were stopped by Bill Graham's biker security. Rozz quit the band without informing anyone so they broke up for a short time until they found a new drummer and singer. Michael Waters and Steve Depace joined the reformed band and the shows became leaner and meaner. No longer assaulting the audience physically, Negative Trend began to assault them with the music and the intensity of the shows. The first official NT single (that being this 4 track EP) was recorded in June of 1978 with this lineup. It was recorded in 2 days and mixed in 1 at an 8 track studio South of Market supposedly built by Todd Rundgren. It was originally released on the Heavy Manners label in the fall of 78 in a pressing of 1000. It is currently available from 2-13-61 who re-released it in April 2006 on CD. The band once again broke up with the departures of Mikal and Steve. Rik L Rik and Tim Mooney were asked to join. A recording was made in LA just after this version of NT had formed. 5 songs recorded in 6 hours and it sounds like it. Craig was never happy with these recordings even though they were released, once on the compilation Tooth and Nail under the NT name and once on the Beach Blvd Comp as Rik L Rik as well as being in a bad 80's movie called Nightmares with Emilio Estevez. Will was not happy with the direction NT was taking so he quit in the summer of 79. A gig in Austin was booked so 16 yr old bass player and skater Jonathan Henrikson was asked to join. Once back in San Francisco Negative Trend played their final show at 330 Grove St instrumentally as Rik had decided to stay in LA, thus creating the Toiling Midgets. All this in 2 years.

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For the most part these 7” singles and EPs come from my personal collection that, though played, has been well taken care of; they were purchased new. The most noticeable use on the sleeves will be near the open end from removal to play and then placing back in the sleeves. While going through my collection for listing I have removed the discs from the original sleeves and placed them in a plain white paper sleeve, placing the original sleeve and disc within an outer plastic sleeve. Even if the disc was originally purchased with a stock company sleeve or plain sleeve, I will include the original sleeve that came with my purchase along with the disc. As for the vinyl, keep in mind that these come from my personal collection and have been played (used but not abused), though I haven’t played most of them for nearly 20 years (or more). I have been playing both sides completely through for grading purposes on these listings and have noted obvious flaws, if any; if I’ve missed something my apologies in advance I am trying my best to properly grade items. Any skips, deep scratches, unplayability due to warpage, audible background noise that is continuous through the complete play, etc. will not be listed. Please e-mail me back with specific details if there is a problem I will gladly allow your return with full refund, minus your shipping cost back to me. Refunds will only be issued once I have received the item back. I worked in a record shop from 74-80 and then set up at record shows thereafter stocking many singles, so most of these items came from distributors or, later on, from dealers who also stocked new singles. By the mid-80s my interest in current singles of punk, garage, psych, and independently released music waned (as did the music itself). For the time being I am concentrating on listing releases from the years 1975 -1985, give or take a bit. I’ve got approximately 500+ singles left to sort through and will list them in small batches of 10-20 per listing on a first come first list basis. Those that don’t sell the first time around will be relisted as a group at a later date. If you have any questions about an item listed please e-mail me. At this time I really can’t answer what items I may have in the future to list as most of the singles are not in any order, due to several moves over the years; I’m taking it a crate at a time. I expect getting through this section of my singles collection will stretch out the rest of this year, so keep checking in. Thanks for looking.

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I use a thick corrugated box that holds up to 10-12 x 7” records to assure safe damage free shipping around the world. Any space inside the box is filled with packing material (above and below the disc/s) to add protection and keep the item from moving around in shipment.

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