URINALS- s/t 7″EP (Happy Squid Records, USA, 1978)
I just compared the sound of this original 7″ to the version on the URINALS discography CD on Amphetamine Reptile. I don’t know the reasons why and how and why not and all - but the sound of the vinyl is definitely better, warmer, richer, fuller, whatthefucker.
We’ve had the 3rd URINALS 7″ (”Sex”) and the sought-after comp EP from Happy Squid on this little blog of mine last year and now it’s time to turn on some new folks on URINALS, cause, as incredibly as it may sound, there’s still a many of rock’n'rollers who haven’t heard this most phantastic, outstanding, earthshaking and diddleshattering band that ever stepped out of any garage. This 7″ was the bands debut. It was released in the year of 1978, when I, being the wimp that I am, ran to my local record store to buy a copy of that grim looking AC/DC lp displayed in the shop windows, with some screaming guy on it who had cables instead of hands and I tell you, that was the right decision for a teenager. As right as it would have been to buy the URINALS in cold winter, lovely springtime, hot summer or turbulent fall days of that year. Now there will be these little pricks telling you that it isn’t cool and never was, to buy AC/DC albums and how Punkrock is blablabla. Fuck ‘em all. Be a happy squid - there’s not much more to it.
I order to fully honor the do-it-yourself-spirit of the URINALS, I’m going to include label scans. Love the idea of marking the “red side” with red fingerprints. Wonder how many of these were originally made. I believe to remember different sleeve colors. Anybody?
And, yes - Last Days of Man on Earth is about one of the greatest blogs around.
Dead Flowers.mp3
Hologram.mp3
Last Days of Man on Earth.mp3
Surfin’ with the Shah.mp3
hdvns wrote:
Always been a big fan of these guys. I like 100 Flowers too. I haven’t compared the records I have which are two 7″s, Urinals 1 and 2, with all their recordings and were released sometime late 80s early 90s. Sorta look like boots, but I think they were legit reissues.
Posted on 09-Aug-07 at 6:13 pm | Permalink
Joe Stumble wrote:
Thanks for the plug man! And let me tell ya…this was my first post on Last Days waaaaay back in March of 2006. I think your rip is better though and has all the scans.
That is all…gotta go listen to Powerage now
//joe
Posted on 09-Aug-07 at 8:13 pm | Permalink
Fernando wrote:
Hi, Mr Shah aka Chef de Cuisine - you’re serving exquisite shite these days! Haha. I mean, Nuclear Scoketts, Now (nice reposts!), Necros, Lemmy & WWOW!! and the lot. Thanks man!! As for the Urinals, I remember that Chris BCT said somewhere that it was hearing to them that turned him into punk (almost at his 30’s), now I can see why. This is really good good bad bad music! Thanks agin
Posted on 09-Aug-07 at 10:04 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
hdvns: the two URINALS 7″s you mentioned are bootlegs from the uk from the late 80s.
cheers joe and fernando. yer sweethearts.
Posted on 10-Aug-07 at 4:15 am | Permalink
Peter - KBD Records wrote:
I can hear why Joe named his blog Last Day… Exccceellent!
Posted on 10-Aug-07 at 4:17 am | Permalink
rob roberge wrote:
Rob, from the Urinals here…Thanks for the props (though I’m the new guy in the Urinals, and wasn’t on the original 7″s)…wanted to let you know, after we finish the new CD we’re currently recording, we plan on releasing a series of 7″ Vinyl singles the next year. We have way too much material (and a lot of it is older-Urinal style 45 second songs that seemed right for 7″…45 seconds, why not 45rpms?
for one album, so we thought it would be cool to go old school and release 6-8 tracks on Vinyl two at a time …that’s the current skinny…
Posted on 30-May-08 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
Admin wrote:
Hi Rob - thanks for the info! Please keep us up to date here with the URINALS!
Posted on 31-May-08 at 7:29 am | Permalink
don zebra wrote:
herzlichen dank für die urinals.
dz
Posted on 30-Jun-08 at 5:04 pm | Permalink
chrisss wrote:
THESE ARE GREAT FUCKING RIPS
I ACTUALLY SAW THE URINALS KICK OUT SHAH WITH BRUCE LICHER ON 12 STRING GUITAR IN A CRAMPED ART GALLERY A FEW MONTHS AGO
IT WAS A MIND SHATTERING TIDAL WAVE
Posted on 10-Jul-08 at 3:18 am | Permalink