"Mistakenly categorized as lo-fi, underground legend  and his mid-’90s outfit V-3 should really be termed lo-pro (for low production), as the many mumbling, sometimes droning lo-fi bands of the mid-’90s have little artistically in common with Shepard’s offbeat, organic rock. However, at a period when bands like Pavement and Guided by Voices were releasing records that practically shimmer by comparison, the production value of Photograph Burns and Evil Love Deeper are stunningly low for indie, much less major-label, releases." - Last FM.

"The experimental rock scene lost one of its leading lights over the weekend when Jim Shepard, the charismatic leader of such influential underground bands as Vertical Slit and V3, committed suicide at his home in Columbus, Ohio.

Shepard, who was forty-four, began his primordial assault on the collective consciousness back in the late Seventies, presaging the lo-fi revolution to come on a slew of self-released cassettes and micro-pressed albums. After an enforced break -- one caused by a work injury that left him with a severely mangled hand -- Shepard turned the Vertical Slit "project" into a full-time band, with an attendant name change to V-3.
In an odd twist of fate, that band would actually garner a major label deal, signing to American, which released the 1996 opus Photograph Burns. Never one to let anything change his modus operandi, Shepard recorded the disc for under $500, making it one of the notoriously in-the-red label's few releases to actually turn a profit. Still, the union didn't work out, leaving Shepard to self-release what would be the final V-3 album, Pimping in the '90s. Outside his own records, Shepard also lent his musical talents to numerous indie and metal projects, including Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard's '96 solo debut, Not In My Airforce (guitar, vocals, engineering) and last year's Judas Priest tribute album, Legends of Metal, on which he played bass.
He is survived by two sons." - Rolling Stone.

"This particular Jim Shepard seven inch turned out to be a rapid fire journey through Jim's palette. Eleven tracks 'guaranteed to blow your ego to s***.'" - Spirit Of Orr.

This is the V-3 "Elevator To The Gas Chamber" 7" vinyl record released by Spirit Of Orr Records label in 2000.  

The record features eleven tracks.
The record is packaged in a transparent polythene sleev with a card inlay, a paper insert and a white paper inner sleeve.
The record plays perfectly and has only a few small surface marks that I can detect.
The sleeve has slight wear: the polythene jacket has some marks here and there.
This record was released in a limited edition of only 500 copies so has become something of a rarity and one seller is currently asking £25 for it on Discogs so dont miss your chance to grab a collectable item at a bargain price. This item would make a welcome addition to any V-3/ J im Shepard/ Vertical Slit/ Guided By Voices/ the experimental end of lo-fi indie rock/  etc  fan's collection!
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