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THE OFFSPRING “I’ll Be Waiting” EP Vinyl 45 RPM 7” Black Label Records 1986 *EXTREMELY RARE*

Auction Item Description:

• “I’ll Be Waiting” EP 45 RPM 7” Vinyl Single from the album “The Offspring”. B-Side is “Blackball”

• Includes display frame with hot pink matte.

• Display frame measures 11 x 19 inches. Please note the black frame has some scratches, dents and paint chipped off.

• Black Label Records

• 1986

• First Pressing

• Record sleeve measures 7.5 x 7.5 inches

• Vinyl record diameter measures 6.75 inches

• Only 1000 copies of this record were made. This is extremely rare!

Released: July 1986

Recorded: 1986 at South Coast Recording in Santa Ana, California

Studio: South Coast Recording, Santa Ana

Genre: Hardcore Punk

Length: 3:26

Label: Black Label Records

Producer: Jim Dotson

The Band:

• Dexter Holland (credited as B. Holland) – Vocals

• Noodles (credited as Child C-2017) – Guitar

• Greg K. (credited as Greggor) – Bass

• James Lilja (credited as James Frederick Lilja) – Drums

Side One:

• “I’ll Be Waiting”

Side Two:

• “Blackball”

More Album Information:

"I'll Be Waiting" is the first single by punk rock band the Offspring released in 1986. A re-recorded version of the song appeared on their self-titled debut album, which was released three years later. It was the band's first official release and is the only single issued by the band with original drummer James Lilja.

Several versions of "I'll Be Waiting" were released. One was released in 1986 as a 7" single, with "Blackball" as the b-side, and was the band's first official release. This single was reissued in 1994, following the Offspring's commercial success with their third studio album Smash. A demo version of "I'll Be Waiting" (then-known as "Fire and Ice") was recorded for the band's demo 6 Songs earlier in July 1986. That version can be heard on the long-out of print Subject to Blackout compilation tape, which was also released in 1986 (this version is also available for free to download from the European Offspring website).

After James Lilja left the band, drumming duties were left to Ron Welty, who assisted the band in re-recording both tracks featured on the single for the Offspring's debut self-titled album which was released in 1989 (and re-released in 1995). "Blackball" and "I'll Be Waiting" were both produced by Thom Wilson.

The re-recording of "Blackball" (the B-side of the single) from the band's self-titled LP was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

The cover of the "I'll Be Waiting" single features a black-and-white image of the band members as shadows behind the Offspring logo. The same cover can also be seen on the insert of their self-titled LP, and also on the back cover of the 1995 reissue of the same album.

The band itself released "I'll Be Waiting" on Black Label Records (which the band named after a brand of beer), as a 7" vinyl record. Only 1000 copies of this record were made.

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