Sold Date: March 2, 2022
Start Date: February 20, 2022
Final Price: $102.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 24
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Note: I give combined shipping discounts. I will be listing a bunch of choice lps in the next couple of days.

Condition: Vinyl is Excellent; Cover is VG+ with insert and printed inner numbered 756 of 1000.
NOTES:
Another trip on the Way-Back Machine, this time to Los Angeles 1978 where we find a young man, Patrick Mata becoming increasingly disenchanted with the LA punk scene. Heavily influenced by Bowie’s “Berlin period” and Dadaism, Patrick’s frustration with having no bands really reflecting what he and his clique were into led him and his girlfriend into developing a band of their own, despite their self-confessed modest musical abilities.
The plan seems flawless, until the duo discover they can’t find a venue that will give an outfit so far removed from the mainstream LA punk scene and so immersed in “doom and gloom” a gig, or for that matter, the time of day. Concluding that the LA music establishment is in fact one huge community fuck, the group adopt the name “Kommunity Fuck”, but coming to the realisation that this is even less likely to attract gigs, swiftly abbreviate it to “Kommunity FK”.
Exactly how the group’s fortunes were turned around remains a little unclear, suffice to say, that gigs did eventually come and Kommunity FK managed to enshrine themselves as one of the biggest names in the history of LA Deathrock, eclipsed only by 45 Grave and Christian Death.
The Vision and the Voice would eventually emerge in 1983 as Kommunity FK’s debut album, at once sorrowful, dreamlike and fueled by anger, it remains comfortably seated as one of the cornerstones of American Deathrock. Taking its name from the writings of occult mystic Aleister Crowley (the title relates to Crowley’s "Liber CDXVIII" for those who take an interest in such things), the cover art consisted of a collage by Patrick Mata, itself entitled “Kommunity Fuck” and proudly displaying a big red phallus as its centre piece.
Opening with the confrontational (but now more true than ever) “Restrictions”, the album moves through both the aggressive and the introspectively mournful, with the early and much more hardcore-influenced “Fuck The Community” as a mid point before we reach the climactic finale of “We Will not Fall” which would effectively became both the band’s signature tune and a rallying cry to the Deathrock subculture.

 Grading:   LPs are graded visually and conservatively under many bright lights. Any questionable marks are play graded with 1.5 gram tracking weight.

Grades Used: Near-Mint; Excellent (VG++), Very Good+, Very Good. I don't usually sell any record below VG grade unless quite scarce or rare.

Shipping and Handling :      I ship to USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.

All LPs come boxed carefully in corrugated boxes made specifically for LPs, with a filler  to protect the cover, plus the LPs are housed in clear plastic LP sleeves. LP is removed from cover (except for SEALED LPs)  for shipping to prevent seam splitting. I will notify you by email when your parcel is packed informing you of the shipping date.

USA  MEDIA  1 LP $4.50  2-3 LPs $5.00  4-5 LPs $6.00 6-7 LPs $7.00 8-9 LPs $8.00 10-11 LPs $9.00 12-13 LPs $10.00 14-15 LPs $11.00  16-17 LPs $12.00 18-19 LPs $13.00  20-21 LPs $14.00  22-23 LPs $15.00 24-25 LPs $16.00  26-27 LPs $17.00  28-29 LPs $18.00  30-31 LPs $19.00 32-33 LPs $20.00 34-35 LPs $21.00 36-37 LPs $22.00 38-39 LPs $23.00 40 LPs $24.00

PRIORITY  mail is available (if interested ask for quote before making payment)

International:  Please ask for invoice when all of your bids are completed. Postage to Europe is $19.00 for 1st Lp and $5.00 for each additional lp.

Postage to Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Australia is $22.00 for 1st Lp and $6.00 for each additional.

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