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THE EXIT - The Exit EP 7” CLEAR VINYL EDITION - 2014 Permanent Records - PERM 040.

Limited to 100 copies. Brand new old stock! Original 1st Press! Believe this was recorded around 1978 to 1979. Great Power pop punk rock 45. Sold out and oop. Beautiful packaging too. Nice gatefold cover & large foldout poster. Please see photos.

Vinyl - NM

My highest grade for a record that is not sealed

Cover - NM.

My highest grade for a record that is not sealed

I do not use these grades lightly. Guaranteed to be brand-new old stock.

All vinyl packed properly with padding in a brand new 45 mailer, outside of the cover to avoid split seams in transit.

A1You Lose

A2Unsatisfied Man

B1Who Asked You

B2 Night

liner notes from the insert.

The Exit

Chiongo's vast South side in the later 1970s wasn't exactIy the ideal brooding ground for punk rock, but as ovidonood by the output of the prolific Disturbing Recorda label (cunts, Meaty buys, Painter and, oto) and a fow shining examples of ISA subversive culturo fostoring in the shadow of the bleak shadow of Midway, such as The Imports from Hyde Park on Circklo

Rucords, most notoriously, the band with the lonst-known history has always beon The Exit. As notod numorous timos, Chicago's disorganizod, disconnectod 70s punk 'scono' ovolvod on both the North Sido as woll'as tho South Side, with the latter foousing on the bands circulatin6 aound Harlow's Nightelub on the the 8CC0-block of south Cicoro, and have a far lossor known cast of charactors sadly left out of the mainstream historical contoxt. As an area at theo time known for its diohard sports fanaticism as woll as it's tough, bluo collar 1ifestyle, punk didn't have a fighting, chance competing with cover bandđs in neighborhood corner bars and avoiding the inevitable fisticuffs associated with being anything outside of "normal" in 1979. But this is where a band such as The Exit shines through the debris and really stands out historically as a diamond in the rough. When doing research for the 2003 'History of Chicago Punk 1976-81' feature article for Horizontal Action Magazine, we were confronted with nothing but blank stares when inquiring about most of the South Side bands, even from some of the Disturbing Records camp, which only further proves the isolation and disconnection effect of playing and recording such polarizing music at such an early time. The lone 7" release from The Exit was a total mystery to even the most vivid memories of not only band members, but also promoters, DJs, photographers, and general punk enthusiasts from the era, and the amount of money the single sold for, if and when it ever even appeared for sale, was often staggering, making this band even more intriguing. As luck would have it, ten years later, the original guitarist from The Exit, Geo Wagner, casually walked into Permanent Records and introduced himself while offhandedly looking or a copy of his own single,, finally forming the connection that had eluded so many attempts to locate the band in the past. If you've heard the two songs on their sole self released 1979 single, you know the style of snotty atypical Chicago punk this band was capable of crushing down, but to most people of the record buying public, it was still'a record very few would hear, let alone ever see or be able to purchase. Even the folks producing the Chicago punk history film 'You Weren't There' had no connection, and were completely unfamiliar with this band, further bolstering the dis-connection of a centralized 'scene primarily based on the massive size of the Chicago sprawl. Upon meeting the guys in The Exit, the news of unreleased recordings sent chills up the spines of anyone within earshot, so when Permanent got it's hands on these unheard tracks, you could feel the ‘missing link' falling into place, and man is ever worth the wait. What wasn't as evident on the 7" tracks was the raw NY Dolls/Berlin Brats/Stooges/Teenage Lust-style toughed-up glam rock sound the band was hiding in their other tracks, a mean and skull-stomping meat and potatoes thug punk sound that could have been HUGE if it reached the right ears at the time. Sounding much more '1976' than '1979' here with a slight anglo-punk snarl in the vocals and a tight proto-punk back beat, these unreleased tracks by The Exit are going to strip the paint from your ceiling and have you climbing the walls within seconds. You won't know what hit you, but you will continue hitting yourself with It because there's even MORE on the way. So rejoice in this epic Midwest 70s punk archeological find, and be sure to console to all the cocksure 70s North Side punkers, becauso Chicago underground music history is being completely rewritten right bofore our ears here, and dospite the never ending rift botween the North and South, this time everyone wins.

- Todd Killings/ VictimofTime.com/ HoZao Records 2014