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)