iridescence records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/iridescence-records/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 198238920 Sonic Youth w/Lydia Lunch “Death Valley 69″ https://vinylfromthevault.com/sonic-youth-wlydia-lunch-death-valley-69/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sonic-youth-wlydia-lunch-death-valley-69 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:58:00 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=4017 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 [...]

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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”

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