Sonic Youth Walls Have Ears
1986 2x Vinyl
Art Rock
Avantgarde
Indie Rock

Main image
Not
artwork [inner sleeve] Savage Pencil
lacquer cut by Porky
mastered by [uncredited] John Moon
tracks c1 to d4 performer Bob Bert
performer Kim Gordon
performer Lee Ranaldo
tracks a1 to b3 performer Steve Shelley
performer Thurston Moore
photography by [inner sleeve] Bruce Rhodes
tracks a1 presenter [uncredited] Claude Bessy
Pressed By EMI Records
Recorded At University Of London Union
Recorded At Brighton Beach
Recorded At Hammersmith Palais
First pressing, edition of 2000. Machine-numbered (bottom-right of rear sleeve).
Gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves. Full-colour printed labels.
Some unnumbered copies also exist, as do bootleg reissues.

This was the inaugural release on Not, which issued official bootlegs of Blast First artists, but was withdrawn after the band objected to it being released without their approval.

Tracks A1 to B2 recorded live at U.L.U (the University of London Union), Wed 30th October.
Track B3 recorded live at Brighton Beach, Fri 8th November.
Tracks C1 to D4 recorded live at The Palais De Dance, Hammersmythe, Sun 28th April.

I'm Insane is played at the start of Side D before World Looks Red, but does not appear in the printed tracklisting.

Printed on spine:
this record is called ......... WALLS HAVE EARS ....... this record is called THE SONIC YOUTH SOUND EXPERIENCE ....... this record is called NOT 1 (BUT 2)

Printed on inner sleeve:
This record is called This time, the last time + here's the next time

A Wallz-have-earz production
Matrix / Runout: NOT 1 A-1-1-1-X1 A Porky Prime Cut (Stamped A)
Matrix / Runout: NOT 1 1B # -1U-1-1 A Porky Prime Cut. (Stamped B)
Matrix / Runout: NOT 1 CB̶-1U-1-1-X1 A Porky Prime Cut. (Stamped C)
Matrix / Runout: NOT 1 D-1U-1-1-1 A Porky Prime Cut. (Stamped D)



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