Pussy Galore, “Pussy Gold 5000″ 1987. EP on Buy Our Records Inc/Shove Records. I think today is Pussy Galore member and Boss Hog singer Cristina Martinez’s birthday (the internet is a bit murky, but Boss Hog’s Instagram did a birthday shoutout to her today so I’m thinking they have it correct). She joined Pussy Galore around 1987 at age 16, so my best guess is she was born in ‘71 (hey, we’re the same age!). She recorded this EP and a limited-run vinyl cover of Exile on Main Street, which we sadly do not have, before leaving the band later in ‘87. I’ve blogged about this record two years ago (copy of that text below) and to spice it up, here is a copy of a photo from Boss Hog’s Instagram of Jon Spencer and Cristina at the Women’s March in January.

Pussy Galore, “Pussy Gold 5000″ EP, 45 rpm, 1987. Buy Our Records Inc./Shove Records.  Recorded in ‘86 and released in Jan. ‘87, the single pressing of 3,000 sold out in one month. This would be the band’s last release on their own Shove imprint (co-released with NJ hardcore label Buy Our Records) before they signed with Caroline later in the year.

We picked up a 2014 reissue of this album over this past holiday weekend, but the one pictured here is an original pressing (the vault, being what it is, we kinda forgot we had it). 5-song EP, featuring 4 original trashy punk tracks (including “Pretty Fuck Look,” “Spin Out,” “Walk,” and “Get Out” plus one cover song, performed live, “No Count” by Ty Wagner.

Pussy Galore’s lineup changed frequently during their recording years of ‘85-’90 and this iteration features Jon Spencer on vocals and guitar, Julia Cafritz on guitar and vocals, Neil Hagerty on guitar, vocals and drums, Bob Bert on drums and metal, and Cristina Martinez on guitar and organ. I believe this is the last released recording that Cristina played on before joining Spencer in marriage and Boss Hog in ‘89 just prior to the breakup of Pussy Galore.

Reading indie label run-off groove scratchings is always a delight: this one reads Side 1 “Take lots of drugs” and Side 2 “Kill indscrimmately” (yes, it’s misspelled, though not sure if on purpose or not).