TOILING MIDGETS Sea Of Unrest LP INSTANT 1982 US orig SLEEPERS-NEGATIVE TREND

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With roots in seminal San Francisco punk acts the Sleepers and Negative Trend, 

Toiling Midgets was one of the first West Coast punk bands to experiment with dub and 

post-punk elements, sounding much like their L.A. contemporaries the Gun Club. 

In 1980, Toiling Midgets was founded by guitarist Craig Gray, who had recently parted ways 

with Negative Trend. Negative Trend was the first San Francisco punk band, whose 

other members (Steve DePace and Will Shatter) went on to form yet another seminal 

West Coast punk band, Flipper, with the Sleepers' Ricky Williams. Another Sleepers 

member, drummer Tim Mooney, was roped in by Gray for his own new band, 

who rounded out Toiling Midgets' lineup with guitarist Paul Hood and bassist Johnathan Henrickson

"SEA OF UNREST"

1982     LP    INSTANT RECORDS     INSTANT ONE

PRINTED IN U.S.A.   ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

SINGLE COVER

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: INSTANT - B&W LABEL w/ARTWORK - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear) INSTANT ONE

Catalog on labels: none

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): INSTANT 1 A RE-1 AUTOMATT/PS 14003 (3)+ 

(Side A, Etched & Scratched Out): ROUGH US 11-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): INSTANT 1 B RE-1 AUTOMATT/PS 14004 (3) +

(Side B, Etched & Scratched Out): ROUGH US 11-B

On labels: All tracks published by Rough Trade Inc./ASCAP

 ? 1982 Instant Records

© 1982 Rough Trade Inc.

On Back Cover: Produced by: Toiling Midgets, Tom Mallon

Recorded at: Tom Mallon's Studio, S.F.

Ricky Williams appears courtesy of Adolescent Records.

Manufactured & Distributed by Rough Trade Inc......

tracklisting

Side A: DESTINY - TRAUMA GIRL

LATE SHOW - MICROAGE - WISHFUL THINKING

Side B: ALL THE GIRLD CRY - DJMC - SHOOTING GALLERY 

AGAIN - BIG SURPRISE - SEA OF UNREST

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RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Toiling Midgets began as an instrumental four-piece looking to move beyond the confines of punk;

 exploring darker, more atmospheric (though no less forceful) territory. When Ricky Williams 

was kicked out of Flipper, for famously being "too weird," he joined Toiling Midgets

 as their vocalist, bringing a restless energy to the band. Hooking up with producer Tom Mallon 

(who would go on to produce records by American Music Club, Chris Isaak, and Thin White Rope; 

and found Grifter Records), the band recorded their debut album, Sea of Unrest, released 

by Rough Trade in 1982 (reissued by Cargo in 1994). Ricky Willams was a major influence 

for Mark Eitzel, who sang on their 3rd album....(AllMusic)