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THE WEIRDOS  -  First Single: "Destroy All Music," Bomp 112, Near Mint, EP, Scarce. 

                                                                                 Time capsule stuff

I bought this in 1977, played it a couple of times to record to cassette, then put it away in a vinyl sleeve where it has sat with other Punk 45's, unplayed, vinyl sleeved, until now...

"Destroy All Music" sounded a clarion call to Punks everywhere, like the DaDaists in 1920's Paris, conventions were turned upside down, the old ways of making art and music were repudiated in an absurdist celebration of the illogical, the intuitive and the amateur. No need for music or art school, anyone could start a band and three cord aggression and exuberant insanity counted for more than technical prowess.

NOT a reissue

NOT  a collector's special edition

The original release from Bomp Records in 1977.

Opening bid at what VG copies sell for...

Will be shipped in a USPS Priority padded envelope with a cardboard stiffener and bubble wrapped in an archival sleeve.

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from Discogs:

The Weirdos – Destroy All Music Label:BOMP! – Bomp 112 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene Country:US Released:1977 Genre:Rock Style:Punk Tracklist ADestroy All Music B1A Life Of Crime B2Why Do You Exist? Companies, etc. Mastered At – Kendun Recorders Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ103105 Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bomp Records Published By – Bug Music Published By – Cruisin' Music Published By – Numbskull Music Published By – Sound Attack Music Credits Producer – Craig Leon, Greg Shaw (2) Written-By – Roman*, Denney* (tracks: B2)

Notes on the 1977 first pressing:

White labels with black text on a styrene (not vinyl) pressing with squared/flat edge. Some copies came with a folded Weirdos Fan Club insert. ℗1977 Bomp Records Side A: Bug Music, Sound Attack, Cruisin' Music Side B: Bug Music, Sound Attack, Numb Skull, Cruisin' Music Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched; 'KENDUN' stamped): BMP·112·A MR RECORDED-8·16·77 THE KING IS DEAD Δ103105 KENDUN A Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched; 'KENDUN' stamped): BMP·112·B - MR KENDUN A Δ103105-XRights Society BMI

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"Destroy All Music"

A review by Mark Deming:

The Weirdos were the first great band to emerge from the L.A. punk scene, but while they were local heroes, they weren't able to score the elusive record deal that passed by nearly every worthy band on the original West Coast scene (except the Dickies), and it's hard not to get misty-eyed about the Weirdos album that could have been. This collection of demos and previously released tracks from Bomp isn't the great lost Weirdos LP, but it gives some idea of what it might have sounded like. Destroy All Music includes the Weirdos' storming three-song debut single from 1977, the more polished but still impressive 1979 EP Who? What? When? Where? Why?, and early demos for four tunes (three of which also appeared on the first single, but "Life of Crime," "Why Do You Exist" and "Destroy All Music" are good enough that you won't mind hearing them twice). The demos and the "Destroy All Music" single are similarly raw, but while the recording quality is a bit harsh the band burns bright, and the songs are brilliant.... and represents early L.A. punk at its finest.