THE DICTATORS "GO GIRL CRAZY " 1975 EPIC ORANGE LABEL NM-/EX- W/INNER SLEEVE OOP

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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.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.

ARTISTS: THE DICTATORS

TITLE: “GO GIRL CRAZY!”

TRACK LISTING: SEE BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Epic Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Recorded At – CBS Studios, New York
• Mixed At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
• Mixed At – Kiel Auditorium
• Mastered At – Master Cutting Room

Credits

• Artwork [Graphwics] – Gringo Huerta*, Johnny Montana
• Bass, Lead Vocals, Songwriter [Tunes] – Adny Shernoff*
• Engineer [Mixing] – Ed Sprigg
• Engineer [Recording] – Tim Geelan
• Guitar [Pacemaker] – Top Ten (3)
• Lead Guitar, Vocals – Ross "The Boss" Funichello*
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Other [Barber] – Johnny Deluxe
• Other [Bartender] – Joey The Bartender
• Other [From Poughkeepsie] – Karen From Poughkeepsie
• Other [Head Slaves] – "El" And "La" Schenck
• Other [Inspiration] – Borneo Jimmy
• Other [Roadie] – Eric The Roadie
• Percussion – Stu Boy King
• Performer – Stan "Corky" Stasiak*
• Photography By – Roni Hoffman
• Photography By [Front Cover] – David Gahr
• Producer – Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman
• Recorded By – Lou Waxman
• Tape [Mayhem] – Howie Lindeman
• Vocals [Secret Weapon] – Handsome Dick Manitoba

Notes

LABEL: EPIC RECORDS

CAT.#: KE 33348

YEAR: 1975

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD (VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED). IS IN EX/NM CONDITION (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED). NO LINES, SCRATCHES, SMEARS, SMUDGES ETC. THE VINYL HAS A NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. BOTH SIDES PLAY SUPER CLEAN.

SLEEVE CONDITION: IS IN EX- CONDITION. NICE CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGES. NO RIPS, TEARS, WRITING, ETC. VERY LIGHT EDGE/CORNER WEAR ON THE JACKET, SEE PHOTOS, MARKED IT DOWN A HAIR FOR THAT

OTHER INFO: THIS ALBUM IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. COMES WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH GROUP PHOTO WITH FRIENDS. ORIGINAL RELEASE WITH EPIC ORANGE LABEL.

ARTIST & RELEASE INFO: The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk

bands to walk the earth."

Origins[edit]

The band was formed in 1972 by Andy "Adny" Shernoff who was attending The State University of New York at New Paltz and Ross "The Boss" Friedman who was playing in the local band Total Crudd. Scott "Top Ten" Kempner was asked to join and the trio rented a house in Kerhonkson, NY where they lived and rehearsed with various drummers. The original recording line-up consisted of vocalist/bassist/songwriter Andy Shernoff, lead guitarist Ross Friedman (aka Ross Funicello), rhythm guitarist Scott Kempner, and drummer Stu Boy King. It was this line-up - along with roadie/occasional vocalist and "Secret Weapon" Handsome Dick Manitoba - which recorded the band's 1975 debut album, The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! for Epic Records, produced by Sandy Pearlman and Murray Krugman (best known for their work with Blue Öyster Cult).[3] The album sold poorly at the time but is now considered to be the starting point for American punk rock . Entertainment Weekly wrote "Go Girl Crazy's junk-generation culture and smart-aleck sensibility did provide an essential blueprint for '70s punk. With its TV references and homely vocals, this ground-breaking and long-unavailable album continues to inspire underground groups everywhere." 

Frustrated by the lack of sales, the band broke up for a few months in late 1975, but reconvened in early 1976, with bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza replacing Shernoff and Ritchie Teeter replacing King. After a few months Shernoff was persuaded to return to the group as the group's keyboardist. This line-up soon secured a contract with Asylum Records (at least partly due to the notoriety the group had developed following a well-publicized brawl between Manitoba and Wayne County) and released their second album, Manifest Destiny, in 1977. The album was produced by Pearlman and Krugman with songs written by Shernoff.

Early in 1978 Mendoza had left the band (he soon joined Twisted Sister), and Shernoff had returned to his original position on bass guitar. It was this line-up of Manitoba, Shernoff, Friedman, Kempner, and Teeter which recorded Bloodbrothers (yet again produced by Pearlman and Krugman with songs written by Shernoff). It was the first album to feature Manitoba as the group's vocalist on all the songs, though Bruce Springsteen - a big fan of the group to this day - can be heard counting "1-2-1-2-3-4" during the album's opening track, "Faster and Louder." The album's "Baby, Let's Twist" was a minor hit on a number of east-coast radio stations, but the lack of mainstream success caused the band to split again the following year. Shortly before the split, drummer Mel Anderson had left Twisted Sister and joined The Dictators, replacing Teeter.

Go Girl Crazy! is the debut album by American punk rock band The Dictators. It was released on March 1975 and is considered one of the first examples of punk rock

.

Response[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

The album has been well-received critically and is considered a precursor to punk rock. In its retrospective review, Allmusic notes that while the album was confusing to audiences at the time of its release, it became inspirational for dozens of groups to follow. Trouser Press also enthuses that the band deserves "scads of credit" for "blazing a long trail, melding the essentials of junk culture...with loud/hard/fast rock'n'roll and thus creating an archetype".According to a 2001 article in the Village Voice, the album's "blueprint for bad taste, humor, and defiance" has been replicated in the work of such bands as the Ramones and Beastie Boys.Trouser Press lauded the album a "wickedly funny, brilliantly played and hopelessly naïve masterpiece of self-indulgent smartass rock'n'roll". Entertainment Weekly wrote "Go Girl Crazy's junk-generation culture and smart-aleck sensibility did provide an essential blueprint for '70s punk. With its TV references and homely vocals, this ground-breaking and long-unavailable album continues to inspire underground groups everywhere." 

Influence[edit]

In addition to musicians, the album was also one of two factors influencing the creation of Punk magazine by John Holmstrom and music journalist Legs McNeil. In Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, McNeil said that the album so resonated with him and his friends that they started the magazine strictly so they could "hang out with the Dictators".

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