Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth Death Valley '69
1985 Vinyl
Indie Rock
Noise Rock

Main image
Blast First, Homestead Records
bass, vocals Kim Gordon
graphics [death valley '69 lyric sheet] Savage Pencil
guitar, vocals Lee Ranaldo
guitar, vocals Thurston Moore
lacquer cut by Porky
photography by [cover photo] Julie Whitney
photography by [mojave desert, california january 1985] Alan Peak
producer, written-by Sonic Youth
Licensed From Zensor Records
Licensed From Neutral Records (3)
Copyright (c) Savage Conquest
Copyright (c) Rough Trade Music
Pressed By MPO
Recorded At BC Studio
Released in conjunction with Homestead Records in the USA as HMS021.

Issued with wraparound gatefold insert:
Page 1 - Death Valley '69 lyric sheet by Savage Pencil.
Page 2 - Interview from Jan 13th 1985 titled '...and the sound of screwdrivers' by Clutch fanzine no.7.
Page 3 - b/w gig photo, shot from behind drums - Mojave desert, California Jan 1985 by Alan Peak.
Page 4 - tracklist and band line-up.

A side 45rpm
B side 33rpm

c Savage Conquest/Rough Trade Music
Cover photo: Seattle-Jan 1985

Death Valley '69 taken from the LP Bad Moon Rising (1985).
I Dreamed I Dream taken from the LP Sonic Youth (1982).
Inhuman taken from the LP Confusion Is Sex (1983).
Brother James taken from the mini album Kill Yr. Idols (1983).
Satan is Boring is from the Bad Moon sessions, included in 1986 on the CD version of the album.


Matrix / Runout: BFFP 2 A1 = HMS 021 A1 RAY GUN OR MANSON, ITS THE SAME THING. A PORKY PRIME CUT. MPO (Side A runout etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: BFFP 2 B2 = HMS 021 B2 THE S.FACTOR WAS OK ON THE DAY A PORKY PRIME CUT. MPO (Side B runout etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: BFFP 2 A1 RAY GUN OR MANSON, ITS THE SAME THING. A PORKY PRIME CUT. MPO (Side A runout etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: BFFP 2 B2 THE S.FACTOR WAS OK ON THE DAY A PORKY PRIME CAT. MPO (Side B runout etched, variant 2)



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