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7" Vinyl Single 
Super Rare Long Out Of Print 400 only pressed and this is number 82

The Powder Monkeys ‎– Get The Girl Straight / Wasn't Born Yesterday

Label:Death Valley Records ‎– DV-006

Format:Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Numbered, Red, Clear Vinyl

Includes awesome insert with Tim Hemensley 

Country:Australia Released: Aug 1997

Recorded At – The Tote

Published By – Copyright Control

Credits

Drums – Timmy Jack Ray

Guitar – John Nolan

Vocals, Bass, Written-By – Tim Hemensley

Notes

Hand numbered Limited Edition of 400. Made in Australia.

Track B recorded live at the Tote Hotel - 17/11/96.

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-) 
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

see pictures as they form part of the description 

History

Tim Hemensley and John Nolan were members of Bored! in the late 1980s. Both left Bored! following that band's 1990 tour of Europe. Nolan then played with Hoss for a time, and the first five-piece Powder Monkeys played in early 1992, with a lineup of Tim Hemensley (bass, vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar), Aidan Hibberd (rhythm guitar, vocals; ex-The Philisteins), Jed Sayers (harmonica) and Timmy Jack Ray (drums). Hibberd left around June 1992, though he did play on their first single, "Yin Yang", released February 1993 on Dog Meat Records. Aidan's guitar tracks were left on only a few songs on the band's first album, Smashed On A Knee, recorded in 1992, but one song he penned and sang, "Ugly", was included and the album finally came out on Dog Meat in March 1994.

The Powder Monkeys put considerable effort into live performance and touring during this period. After Jed Sayers left at the end of 1994, the band remained a three-piece. Their next release, in February 1995, was the five-track EP Straight Until Morning, which were recordings for a Triple J live broadcast.[citation needed]

The band released the single "The Supernova That Never Quits" in December 1995, with the second album Time Wounds All Heels following in February 1996. The second album is considered a much more coherent example of the band's sound.

Hemensley and Ray also played with the Peter Wells Band in 1996. There was some music industry interest in Time Wounds All Heels, but nothing resulted. The band reemerged in August 1997 with the 7" "Get The Girl Straight"/"Wasn't Born Yesterday" (400 copies, red vinyl) on the Death Valley label.

Most of 1998 was spent touring. A live album, recorded at an April 1998 Melbourne gig, Blood Sweat & Beers came out in early 1999 on Safety Pin Records (Spain) and on CD from Butcher's Hook Records (UK). They then went on a European tour, on which they recorded "Two Tub Man" and "Check This Action", both released as split 7" singles with the Hellacopters. They also recorded a new album with Hellacopters producer Fred 'Atlas' Estby titled 'Lost City Blues', which saw a release on the Hellacopters White Jazz label. The album has never seen an Australian release. A 6-track EP was also recorded, Talk Softly & Carry A Big Shtick, which was released on Punch records and is now a collector's item, featuring rarely heard songs 'Breakdown Coming' and 'Positively Crapple Street'.

Timmy Jack Ray departed the group shortly after. His replacement was ex-Seminal Rats drummer Todd McNear. John Nolan suffered a near-fatal heart attack in 2001, the result of his heroin use, and was left with slightly impaired motor skills. Nolan spent several months recovering, and the group reconvened in 2002, recording a song for the Dirty Deeds soundtrack as well as a cover of legendary Detroit band The Dogs' 'Black Tea'. They played their first gig in over a year at the Tote, supporting punk legends The Dictators, and shortly after supporting Dead Moon. These were to be the last Powder Monkeys gigs.

After a lengthy battle with heroin, Tim Hemensley died from an overdose on 21 July 2003. It was a devastating blow to the Melbourne rock scene, which had been severely depleted in recent years with the deaths of Guy Lucas (The Philisteins, Freeloaders), Mick Weber (Seminal Rats), and Sean Greenway ( GOD, Freeloaders, The Yes-Men).

The final recordings were compiled on a CD titled 'Outta Control Rock'n'Roll' and released on the Dropkick label in 2005. It featured three new songs recorded live at Sean Greenway's wake in 2001, as well as studio recordings of several cover songs including The Stooges 'C*** in my Pocket', a staple of their live sets for many years.

PAYMENT METHODS

GRADING

MINT (M)
Absolutely perfect in every way. Never been played, possibly even still sealed.

NEAR MINT (NM)
A nearly perfect record. The record should show no obvious signs of wear.

EXCELLENT (EXC)
An Excellent record will show very little signs that it was played. Record surfaces will perhaps have 1 or 2 light hairlines, but not much else.

VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+)
A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.
Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experience.
Slight warps that do not affect the sound are OK.

VERY GOOD (VG)
Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc.
Surface noise will be evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise.
Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as with light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound.

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