Sold Date: June 1, 2014
Start Date: May 22, 2014
Final Price: $65.00 (USD)
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JFA ‎– Valley Of The Yakes
Label:  Placebo Records ‎– PLA-401
Format:  Vinyl, 12", Album, 45 RPM 
Country:  US
Released:  1983
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Punk, Hardcore, Surf
Tracklist:
Frontside A1 Kick You A2 Great Equalizer A3 Preppy A4 Little Big Man A5 Johnny D A6 Walk Don't Run A7 I Don't Like You Backside B1 Baja B2 Skateboard B3 We Know You Suck B4 Too Late B5 Sadistic Release B6 Axed At Howards B7 I-10 B8 Guess What?
Companies:
Recorded At – Desert Sound Recording Engineered At – Desert Sound Recording Phonographic Copyright (p) – Placebo Records Copyright (c) – Placebo Records
Credits:
Artwork [Skate Sharks] – Dawn Kelly Executive-producer – Greg Hynes, Tony Victor Performer – Bam Bam, Brian, Don, Michael C. Photography By [Back Cover Photos By] – Ed Colver Photography By [Front Cover Photo By] – René Pronk Recorded By, Engineer – Sandy Lamont
Notes:
Recorded and engineered at Desert Sounds, Phoenix, AZ.  Track A5 is written "Johnny D." on the center label.  Includes 2 printed inserts with band pictures, thank-list and some lyrics.  Some copies also included a "Placebo Products Complete Catalog". 
℗ © Placebo Records, 1983.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A): B TALKING MACHINE PLA-401A sw180 THOSE WHO KNOW, DON'T TELL Matrix / Runout (Side B): B PLA-401B RE-1 sw180 THOSE WHO TELL DON'T KNOW
JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) is a hardcore punk band formed in 1981, with roots in Arizona and in Southern California skateboard culture. The original members include Brian Brannon (vocals), Don Redondo (guitar), Michael Cornelius (bass), and Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold (drums). Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls also played bass for a while. The band was pivotal in the development of the skate punk and Skate Rock scenes. Over the years, the lineup has included many bass players and drummers but the core of Brannon and Redondo has remained constant.
JFA was formed around March 1981. Don Pendleton, then in the band The Deez and Cornelius, then in the band Jr. Chemists, knew each other from shows around Phoenix, Arizona and from skateboarding. They began playing together after a D.O.A. concert during the band's Hardcore 81 tour. Bam-Bam later joined after meeting Pendleton at an "Industrial Dance" in Phoenix. Brian Brannon was pulled into the band by Cornelius who met him skateboarding and at punk shows. The band's name is a reference to John Hinckley, Jr.'s, attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. Jodie Foster's Army was a song before the band took the title as their name, before that they had been calling themselves the "BREAKERS".
The band's first show was opening for Black Flag at an Industrial Dance which was one of a series of early Phoenix punk shows. Their first song of the night was Pipetruck.
Placebo Records released their debut EP "Blatant Localism" in late 1981. The band toured the west extensively and played many local shows. Their first national tour was in the summer of 1983 following the release of their first album "Valley of the Yakes".
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"J.F.A. were the poster boys for the California skater and surfer culture...  Thrasher and Transworld bolstered their careers with interviews with them in the early 80s...  Despite their skater/surfer/punk following, I always thought they were an average band...  Super-clean record/cover here!"
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