Sold Date: October 6, 2014
Start Date: October 2, 2014
Final Price: $50.00 (USD)
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Death

(3 LP Lot)

Format:  3 LPs

Record Label: Drag City

Condition: New (sealed)

* I'm selling all 3 of their LPs released on Drag City together if you would like to purchase everything at once.

1. ...For The Whole World To See - LP
* Rare recordings from 1975 - recorded and mixed at United Sound Recording Studio in Detroit, Michigan - also contains a two-sided lyric insert. Their time in the studio was overseen by engineer Jim Vitti, whose work with Parliament/Funkadelic seems to have informed his decision to record Death in raw fashion with little polish, showcasing the organic power relationships within the trio. The songs recorded there make up ...For the Whole World to See, which today blasts from the speakers as a fresh and inspired early entry in the category of punk rock. Death had a single pressed, "Politicians In My Eyes" / "Keep On Knocking", selling them at their shows and on the street. Things weren't really going anywhere when they heard from Columbia Records' president Clive Davis. He was interested, but he had one demand - they'd have to change their name. David, acting as the band's leader, would have no part of it, a decision that ultimately brought an end to Death. Moving to New England, David, Bobby and Dannis reconnected with their faith, forming the Christian rock-n-roll band The 4th Movement, whose self-released early-80s album joined Death's 45 as a sought-after obscurity for the next generation. ...For The Whole World to See is the first full-length release ever for the band called Death - with only one 7" single to their name, and that usually goes for about a grand per. That's $1000! For those who do have the single, the remastered sound here will break you up.
* David Hackney (guitars) / Bobby Hackney (bass, vocals) / Dannis Hackney (drums)
* Track Listing: Keep On Knocking / Rock-N-Roll Victim / Let The World Turn / You're A Prisoner / Freakin Out / Where Do We Go From Here??? / Politicians In My Eyes

2. Spiritual-Mental-Physical - LP - Original "reel-to-reel" demo recordings 1974-1976.
* Track Listing: Views / The Masks / The Change / World Of Tomorrow / Can You Give Me A Thrill??? / People Look Away / The Storm Within / David's Dream (Flying) / Bobby Bassing It / Dannis On The Motor City Drums

3. III - LP
* The third album of rare and/or unreleased archival recordings by Death - the recordings on this release range from 1975-1992. Five years after the second life of Death was started with the release of their revelatory 1976 album, For The Whole World To See, Death III slams the door on the vault with a powerful set of songs that bring equal amounts of rock and ethereal soul-searching, in high-fidelity, rich bottomed, studio-grade sound. Alongside songs from 1975, 1976 and 1980, Death III contains two songs from 1992, as the Hackney brothers reconvened nearly a decade after they’d stopped playing together. Death III serves as a companion piece of sorts to the "A Band Called Death" documentary, tracking the band’s movement from spiritual young rockers to older and wiser, bruised-but-undefeated brothers, in pure musical terms. David Hackney’s visual representation of Death was a triangle, where “spiritual,” “mental” and “physical” formed the three angles. With this in mind, For The Whole World To See is clearly the physical corner, with its undeniable proto-punk power; Spiritual - Mental - Physical explores the mental axis, with Death working through some of their influences - including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and even ELO - in their practice space. Death III is the spiritual end of the portrait, bookended by the dreamlike rock visions of David Hackney that created and propelled the band called Death.
* Track Listing: Introduction By David / North Street / Open Road / We Are Only People / Restlessness / Free / Yes He's Coming / First Snowfall In Detroit / We're Gonna Make It