Grand Mal - Binge/Purge LP:
songs // songs
black vinyl
Fountain of Youth 16, 198?

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GI - the Fun Just Never Ends LP:
Fun and Games / Written Word / Mat at Myself / the Next Time / Bored to Death // Vanity Fare / World Caved In / Massacre / Trapped (Faith)
black vinyl
500 on yellow marbled vinyl
Fountain of Youth 17, 1985

Lineup: John Stabb - vocals / Tom Lyle - guitar / Lenny Leonard - bass / Marc Alberstadt - drums

Recording Info: Recorded July 1984 and Feb. 1985 at CBGB, Hit and Run, and Black Pond. Engineered by Barbara Milne, Steve Carr, Tom Scott. Remixed by Tom Scott. Produced by Government Issue

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Reviews: The sound is kinda weedy throughout, but I really like this record. Maybe it's the fact that they were playing live, but it just sounds like they were having a hell of a good time with this--and it's the sheer joy the band brought to music (exemplified best by Legless Bull) that attracted me to them in the first place. This is my third fave GI record (Boycott being second, and Legless being first), and something I never get tired of listening to.

Oh yeah, and World Caved In is one of the worst songs GI ever put on vinyl. Everything else is great though.

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unknown:
songs // songs
black vinyl
Fountain of Youth 18, 198?

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Reviews: If I had to guess I would say that either this or FoY 23 is the unreleased Kids Come First 12" by Black Market Baby.

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Hyaa! - S/T LP:
songs // songs
black vinyl
Fountain of Youth 19, 198?

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Troubled Gardens - Eden Revisited 12":
Voice Carryovers / Incredible Changing Dub /Silent City // Domination Dub / Hour of the Sun / Spy Dub
black vinyl
Fountain of Youth 20, 1985

Lineup: Dan Joseph - guitar / Don Zinell - drums / Eric Anderson - bass

Recording Info: Recorded at Hit and Run by Steve Carr. Produced by Troubled Gardens and Steve Carr.

Notes: I'm not sure entirely why this cover scan came out looking so awful. Promo copy w/stamp pictured.

Reviews: Oh my. This is...different. Awful, actually--I'm way too tired to be diplomatic. Take one part eighties soft rock, mix in one part dub, one part funk, and a pinch of '80 new wave. Whattaya get? This record! This band is Pell Mell with phased guitar, reverb on everything, and a bass-player who wears a tie. Cripes, I almost make this sound interesting--it ain't, trust me.

I get the impression that the band is an instro combo most of the time, but half the songs have guest vocalists, and they're all really bad.

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