Sealed VENUS & THE RAZORBLADES
"Songs from the Sunshine Jungle" Vinyl LP
Produced by Kim Fowley - Released in 1978 You are bidding on one NEW sealed copy of the VENUS & THE RAZORBLADES stereo vinyl LP "Songs from the Sunshine Jungle," released in 1978. This is an original release and a CUT-OUT. This is Venus & the Razonblades only LP. Produced and Directed by Kim Fowley. Duration - 39:33

The LP and jacket is new old stock and sealed. (See grading legend below). As such, the disc is uninspected but graded M (Mint) ; there is no evidence of warping. The jacket is VG+; there is no damage or wear, only one slight bend in the cardboard, bottom right. There is a cut-out hole in the top right. The pictures below are of the actual item.

Side One: Finer Things in Life - 3:29 Big City - 4:00 All Right You Guys - 3:03 Midnight - 3:24 Punk-A- Rama - 5:19 Side Two: Workin' Girl - 3:28 I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are - 2:52 Dog Food - 1:46 Wrong Kind of Guy - 3:44 Victim of My Backstreet Love - 5:11

AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson:
By the time Visa [Records] released Songs from the Sunshine Jungle in 1978, Venus & the Razor Blades were history. This would be the L.A. band's only album -- when they were together, Venus & the Razor Blades only recorded a handful of singles, although Kim Fowley had enough material in the can to put together a meaningful, if uneven, LP. All of those singles (including "Dog Food," "I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are," and "Punk-A-Rama") are included on this album, which isn't fantastic but is generally fun and entertaining. Fowley, who produced all of the songs and co-wrote most of them, envisioned Venus & the Razor Blades as an exercise in trashy fun -- tunes like "Wrong Kind of Guy" and "Victim of My Backstreet Love" can be considered early punk rock and have a bratty, sneering, in-your-face quality although they come across as humorous and tongue-in-cheek rather than genuinely threatening. Those who own the Runaways' Live in Japan will recognize "All Right You Guys" (the only song on this LP that Fowley didn't co-write) and "I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are," which isn't surprising because Fowley also managed and produced that all-girl band. A few of the tunes on this recording are less than memorable, but more often than not, Songs from the Sunshine Jungle demonstrates that Fowley had good, if imperfect, instincts where Venus & the Razor Blades were concerned.

To view a transcriiption of the Liner Notes, click (PDF file).

© ℗ 1977 Kim Fowley - Licensed from Kim Fowley and Bomp Records USA. Visa Records IMP-7004. Distributed by JEM Records.

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NM = Near mint, or unplayed condition. Cover is near perfect, new looking, with no surface or ring wear.
EX = Only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which do not distract significantly from the sound. Cover has only slight surface wear and is still in nice collectible condition.
VG+ = Evidence of play, with moderate surface wear and some minor noise - still plays well. Cover is solid with no breaks but may have minor surface wear or some ring wear.
VG = Overall wear, but no skips or serious defects. May be somewhat noisy during quiet passages. Cover is worn, with considerable ring wear, and may have partially broken edges.
VG- = Playable, but both the record and cover are well worn.
G or G+ = Poor or Rough condition. Holefiller only!

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