STIV BATORS "DISCONNECTED" 1980 BOMP 1st PRESSING NM/NM OOP W/BOTH INSERTS

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THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. BUT I DO NOT ACCEPT “BEST OFFERS”, THE MONIES GO TO MY FRIENDS WIDOW.

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ARTISTS: STIV BATORS (DEAD BOYS & LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH)

TITLE: “DISCONNECTED”

TRACK LISTING (SEE PHOTOS & BELOW):

A1

Evil Boy

3:18

A2

Bad Luck Charm

3:36

A3

A Million Miles Away

4:26

A4

Make Up Your Mind

2:22

A5

Swingin A-Go-Go

2:27

B1

Too Much To Dream

2:47

B2

Ready Any Time

3:00

B3

The Last Year

3:27

B4

I Wanna Forget You (Just The Way You Are)

4:27

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bomp Records

• Copyright (c) – Bomp Records

• Mixed At – Perspective Sound

• Mixed At – Paramount Recording Studios

• Published By – Cruisin' Music

• Published By – Stiv Bators Music

• Published By – 4 Star Music

• Manufactured By – Bomp Records

• Distributed By – Bomp Records

Credits

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Frank Secich

• Design – Diane Zincavage

• Drums, Backing Vocals – David Quinton

• Engineer [Assistant] – Gary Cooper (7), Phil Singer

• Executive-Producer – Greg Shaw (2)

• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Georgie Harrison

• Photography By [Back Cover & Sleeve] – Theresa Kereakes

• Photography By [Front Cover] – David Arnoff

• Producer, Engineer – Thom Wilson

• Producer, Vocals, Cover [Concept] – Stiv Bators

• Typography – Paul Grant (6)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI

• Matrix / Runout: BLP-4015-A

• Matrix / Runout: BLP-4015-B
  

LABEL: BOMP! RECORDS

CAT. #: BLP-4015

YEAR: 1980

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, LINES, ETC. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. NO AUDIO NOISE BETWEEN THE TRACKS, SONGS PLAY SUPER CLEAN.

SLEEVE CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN NM CONDITION THERE'S NO WRITING ON THE JACKET. STRAIGHT EDGES, TEARS, WRINKLES OR SEAM SPLITS, ETC.ETC.

MORE INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. INCLUDES TWO INSERTS ON THE PHOTO MONTAGE & SONG LYRICS AND THE OTHER A MERCHANDISE ORDER FORM FROM BOMP! RECORDS BOTH IN NM CONDITION.

MORE ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE:

Steven John Bator (October 22, 1949 – June 4, 1990), better known by his stage name Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Girard, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.

Music and film career

In the course of his career Bators was involved with a variety of bands beyond those for which he was best known, including Hormones, with Dennis Comeau and Andre Siva, Frankenstein, The Wanderers and The Whores of Babylon (with Dee Dee Ramone and Johnny Thunders). He also recorded as a solo artist with Bomp! Records.

As the lead singer and driving force of the Cleveland, Ohio–based Dead Boys, Bators helped pioneer the punk rock sound, look and attitude. The band quickly became a popular staple at CBGB, a music club in New York City's East Village. The Dead Boys were featured in the punk rock films Punking Out (1978), Live at CBGB's (1977) and Crash 'n' Burn (1977).

Following the demise of Dead Boys in 1979, Bators began a tumultuous relationship with Bomp! Records and its president, Greg Shaw. According to Shaw: "[W]hat he craved most was to escape the fetters of his Dead Boy image and win respect as a singer of contemporary pop rock. . . . in other words, he wanted to be 'the thinking punk's Eric Carmen.'" To this end, and usually with first-wave punk rock veterans in tow, he recorded several singles, many of which were unreleased, and an LP, Disconnected, which was released in 1980. A retrospective album released in 1994, L.A. L.A. documented Bators' efforts as a pop-punk singer.

After Sham 69 disbanded, Bators, now located in London, formed The Wanderers with Dave Tregunna, the Sham 69 ex-bass-player. The band came up with a concept album, called Only Lovers Left Alive (released in May 1981), along with two singles.

Bators formed The Lords of the New Church later in 1981 with Brian James of The Damned and Dave Tregunna of Sham 69. The Lords became notorious for their live shows. A devotee of Iggy Pop, Bators had developed a fearless reputation in his Dead Boys days and continued such antics with The Lords, the most famous being the time he reportedly hanged himself during a show. Bator's stunt went awry and he was pronounced clinically dead for several minutes. Nonetheless, Bator survived and The Lords recorded two more successful albums.

Later, the punk vocalist gained additional exposure through more mainstream film. In 1981, Bators had a small role as "Bobo" in the satirical John Waters film, Polyester. Seven years later, Bators made a memorable cameo appearance as "Dick Slammer", lead singer of "The Blender Children", in the offbeat comedy, Tapeheads, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins.

In summer 1985, Bators contributed backing vocals to "Sun City" by Artists United Against Apartheid and also appeared in its music video, shot in October.[

The Lords of the New Church broke up in 1989, when Bators injured his back and guitarist Brian James secretly began advertising for a replacement singer.

Death

In mid-1990, Bators died in Paris after being hit by a car.He was taken to a hospital but reportedly left before seeing a doctor, after waiting several hours and assuming he was not injured. Reports indicate that he died in his sleep as the result of a traumatic brain injury. Dave Tregunna said that Bators, a fan of Jim Morrison, had earlier requested that his ashes be spread over Morrison's Paris grave and that his girlfriend complied.

In the director's commentary of the film Polyester, in which Bators had a small role, director/producer John Waters stated that Bators' girlfriend Caroline confessed to him that she snorted a portion of Stiv's ashes so that she could be closer to him.

CBGB movie

In 2013, an American made motion picture titled CBGB was released to theaters. Dead Boys were featured as one of the seminal punk bands that got their start at the CBGB club, and were first managed by Hilly Kristal. Bators is portrayed by actor Justin Bartha, best known for his role in The Hangover films.

Disconnected is the debut solo album by Stiv Bators, released in December 1980 on Bomp!. The album is a radical departure from the punk rock sound of his previous band the Dead Boys, and sees Bators venturing into 1960s-inspired power pop.

Describing the album, Mike Stax of music magazine Ugly Things wrote that the album was "a surprisingly melodic power-pop effort" and that it showed the affinity Bators had for British Invasion-inspired 1960s garage rock and pop music, "favouring ringing Rickenbacker power chords and tough but harmonious backing vocals."

Background

After the disbandment of the Dead Boys in 1979, Stiv Bators had begun to look for other projects, wanting to do something different musically.He decided to move from the East to the West Coast and settled in Los Angeles. He contacted his old friend bassist Frank Secich, formerly of Blue Ash, and the two started writing songs together and recording demos during early 1979.[8] The songwriting showed a strong 1960s influence, as Secich explained: "Stiv was a huge fan of American garage and power pop. He loved it."

Bators then went to Los Angeles with his girlfriend Cynthia Ross, whose band the B-Girls was signed to Bomp! Records, and played the demos for Bomp! founder Greg Shaw.Liking what he heard, Shaw offered Bators a contract in spring 1979. Bators and Secich (working under the alias Jeff Jones) had now assembled a band including guitarist Eddy Best and drummer Rick Bremmer. Their first Stiv Bators solo single release, a cover version of the Choir's "It's Cold Outside", was backed by the selfwritten B-side "The Last Year" and released in May. A few months later, with new drummer David Quinton, they recorded the follow-up single "Not That Way Anymore" b/w "Circumstantial Evidence", which was released in January 1980. Both singles were produced by Bators and Secich as the Gutter Twins.

In October 1979,the Dead Boys was set to go on tour again with their original line-up, including Bators. When Dead Boys bassist Jeff Magnum reconsidered at the last moment, Secich was called to replace him for the tour. It lasted until December, when guitarist Cheetah Chrome broke his wrist and was replaced by George Cabaniss. This line-up of the Dead Boys toured North America for the next six months, all the while promoting Stiv Bator's solo singles. Drummer Johnny Blitz left the band in May 1980 to be replaced by David Quinton, followed by guitarist Jimmy Zero's departure in the summer. With a recording date set in August at Perspective Studios in Sun Valley, California, the personnel for what would become Disconnected consisted of the last touring line-up of the Dead Boys: Stiv Bators, Frank Secich, George Cabaniss and David Quinton.

Most of the basic tracks for the album were recorded on a basketball court next to the studio, due to its wooden floor having an "extremely "live" sound", according to Secich. "We generally slept through the days and worked through the night", said David Quinton. "The whole process took about 2 weeks. There wasn’t a lot of planning or pre-production. Decisions on arrangements and overdubs were made quickly on the spot and the mood was usually upbeat."Co-produced by Thom Wilson and Stiv Bators, the album marked Wilson's first time as a producer All band members contributed material for Disconnected, with Bators only co-writing three of the albums nine tracks. One track, "Evil Boy", had been co-written by Secich and Jimmy Zero during the Dead Boys tour that summer. The album also included the single "Too Much to Dream", originally recorded by the Electric Prunes in 1966. Disconnected was released by Bomp! in December 1980.

When the album was released in December, Bators did a three-week tour of the Northeastern United States with former Damned guitarist Brian James in the band. Quinton: "We actually toured quite a bit in 1980/1981. ... We always did a combination of Dead Boys songs with the Disconnected stuff and other Stiv solo material, like "Circumstantial Evidence" and "Not that Way Anymore"."

Secich: "Just before we released Disconnected Stiv went to England to record with the Wanderers. He wanted to have both groups going at the same time, but the rest of us didn't…so that's how it wound down. It was just impossible to do both.The Disconnected band ended in early 1981.

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