SONIC YOUTH Dirty 1992 ORIGINAL DGC 2LP w/INNERS - NEAR MINT
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Nov 8, 2018
Sold Date
Oct 29, 2018
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SONIC YOUTH Dirty 1992 ORIGINAL DGC 2LP w/INNERS - NEAR MINT
SONIC YOUTHDirty
1992 DGC (GEF24485(2)) ORIGINAL UK ISSUE
PRESSED IN GERMANY (no UK pressings were made at the time)
BOTH RECORDS ARE IN BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT CONDITION
MATRIX SIDE ONE: 207 DMG - 1987 A - 2 C G - 1987
MATRIX SIDE TWO: 207 DMG - 1987 B - 2 C
MATRIX SIDE THREE: 062 DM G - 1988 A - 1 C
MATRIX SIDE FOUR:062 DM G - 1988 B - 1 C
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY-LINED PHOTO/INFO INNER SLEEVE
When DGC Records signed Nirvana in 1991, one of DGC's A&R reps expressed the opinion that, with plenty of touring and the right promotion, the new act might sell as well as its labelmate and touring partner Sonic Youth. The surprise success of Nevermind upended previous commercial expectations for Sonic Youth (among other established alternative rock bands), and when Dirty was released in 1992, it was seen by many as the band's big move toward the grunge market. Which doesn't make a lot of sense if you actually listen to the album; while Butch Vig's clean but full-bodied production certainly gave Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo's guitars greater punch and presence than they had in the past, and many of the songs move in the increasingly tuneful direction the band had been traveling with Daydream Nation and Goo, most of Dirty is good bit more jagged and purposefully discordant than its immediate precursors, lacking the same hallucinatory grace as Daydream Nation or the hard rock sheen of Goo. If anything, Dirty finds Sonic Youth revisiting the territory the band mapped out on Sister -- merging the propulsive structures of rock (both punk and otherwise) with the gorgeous chaos of their approach to the electric guitar -- and it shows how much better they'd gotten at it in the past five years, from the curiously beautiful "Wish Fulfillment" and "Theresa's Sound World" to the brutal "Drunken Butterfly" and "Purr." Dirty was also Sonic Youth's most overtly political album, railing against the abuses of the Reagan/Bush era on "Youth Against Fascism," "Swimsuit Issue," and "Chapel Hill," a surprising move from a band so often in love with cryptic irony. Heard today, Dirty doesn't sound like a masterpiece (like Daydream Nation) or a gesture toward the mainstream audience (like Goo) -- it just sounds like a damn good rock album, and on those terms it ranks with Sonic Youth's best work
Side 1:
100% (2:29)
Swimsuit Issue (2:59)
Theresa's Sound-world (5:28)
Drunken Butterfly (3:04)
Side 2:
Shoot (5:16)
Wish Fulfillment (3:26)
Sugar Kane (5:57)
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit (4:19)
Side 3:
Youth Against Fascism (3:36)
Nic Fit (0:59)
On The Strip (5:42)
Chapel Hill (4:47)
Side 4:
Stalker (2:59)
JC (4:03)
Purr (4:22)
Créme Brûlèe (2:32)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a couple of spindle traces on Sides One and Two, one on Side Four and none on Side Three
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four surfaces shine like-new with nothing but harmless natural brush marks from the inners
VINYL Audio: MINT
This barely played copy sounds like new with no audible issues of any kind.
No clicks, ticks or pops or even any surface - beautifully clean throughout
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The single cover is as crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with nothing but very minor soft crease on the corners
INNERS: MINT
Both inners are again like-new with no seam splits, wear or marks
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks 841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))
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