Sonic Youth w/Lydia Lunch “Death Valley 69″ and “Brave Men Run (In My Family)” 1984. Iridescence Records. 7″ single but not at 45 rpm (as I discovered when a chipmunked Lydia Lunch shrieked at me for a few seconds before I turned the speed back to 33-1/3).

According to Allmusic’s Stewart Mason, “The lyrics and title [to “Death Valley ‘69″] reference the fascination with Charles Manson that percolated through some elements of the ‘80s punk scene.” I guess I wasn’t a part of that scene, I thought Manson was for jaded and misled hippies.

Run-off groove etchings:

Side A: “We all sleep here” and “Turn me on, dead man”

Side B: “We went on down, there was no place else to go”