SF Underground & Psychedelic Furs

Let's see... here's some vintage SF punk, and a rare Psychedelic Furs item...



various - "S.F. Underground"

4 track 7" EP (Subterranean Records - 1979)

1. No Alternative - "Johnny Got His Gun"
2. Flipper - "Earthworm"
3. Tools - "Asexuality in the 80s"
4. VKTMS - "Ballad of Pincushion Smith"

Back in '78-79 A friend of mine moved to San Francisco, got a job as a bouncer at Mabuhay Gardens and got into the whole SF underground/punk music scene. Occasionally he would come back to the midwest to visit, bringing lots of cool music (this is how I discovered The Residents and Tuxedomoon, to name a few) - including this EP. The No Alternative and Tools tracks on this comp actually became staples in a garage band I was playing in at the time. Good times...

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The Psychedelic Furs - "Psychedelic Furs Commercial"

Not a rip of the "Dumb Waiters" single (CBS UK, 1981) - this is the transparent flexi-disc that was laminated over the sleeve it came in (you can sort of see it in the picture), which had a 5 minute 'commercial' for the soon-to-be released Talk Talk Talk album. A Brilliant marketing idea looking back on it now - got me totally psyched for the upcoming album. I probably played the cover as often as the single itself.