Sold Date: August 29, 2018
Start Date: February 4, 2018
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L7
WIRELESS
on Yellow wax
FORMAT: Vinyl LP Record

By the time they hit Brisbane, L7’s live set had been sharpened to savage sharpness through constant gigging.

Recorded for Triple J Radio’s Live At The Wireless programme, L7’s nine-song set not only demonstrates the thunderous, grinding power of their road-tested songs, but also finds the band at the culmination of the primarily punk-influenced segment of their development. Split between material drawn from Bricks Are Heavy and its 1990 predecessor, Smell The Magic, the set encapsulates the manner in which L7 were capable of being both devastatingly brutal and highly accessible.

The lack of crowd ambience on the Triple J recording stands in direct contrast to our second L7 live set. Again capturing the group at a pivotal point in their development – in this case, the gig coinciding with the initial release of Smell The Magic as a six-track EP by Sub Pop – their performance at Clutch Cargo’s in Detroit preserves the raw, kinetic energy of the era. Named after a late-1950s animated TV series, Clutch Cargo’s had become established as a key local punk venue during the 1980s with the likes of the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Fear and X appearing at the converted church.

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PACKING VINYL THE CORRECT WAY—I package each record to avoid bent corners and seam splits. Here’s how:
* All records are packaged in new vinyl mailer boxes and assembled using a variation of bubble wrap, shrink and cardboard flats.
* ALL records are put inside a 2-3 mm clear sleeve. (I use the soft sleeves, not the ones that sound like you’re opening a bag of Doritos when you work with them.)
* If the record is used or open, the vinyl and its inner sleeve will always be shipped outside the jacket but inside the same clear sleeve.
* I reinforce the corners of each box mailer (no matter what size it is) by using cardboard “planks” secured to each corner around the edge to prevent damage when tossed around in the mail. This makes a difference.
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