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RARE/2HAND VINYL ON ROIR RECORDS 1997.

RUSLP 8223 made in US. With original innersleeve.

Vinyl NM. Cover NM.

For fans of hardcore, many would agree that the holy grail of the genre is Bad Brains’ self-titled album, originally released back in 1982 as a cassette-only release on ROIR. The ensuing years after its initial release haven’t dulled the album’s fury and rage in the least, and it’s still impressive how the band can switch gears from red-hot hardcore to cool reggae dubs in the blink of an eye. All the classics are here: “Sailin’ On,” “Banned in D.C.,” “Pay to Cum,” “Right Brigade,” as well as one of their strongest reggae tunes, “I Luv I Jah.” The back of the album boasts a quote from the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, which sums up the proceedings simply, “the best punk/hardcore album of all time.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Brains

Tracklist.

A1 Sailin’ On 1:55
A2 Don’t Need It 1:07
A3 Attitude 1:20
A4 The Regulator 1:08
A5 Banned In D.C. 2:13
A6 Jah Calling 2:32
A7 Supertouch/Shitfit 2:31
A8 Leaving Babylon 4:11
B1 Fearless Vampire Killers 1:08
B2 I 2:05
B3 Big Takeover 2:57
B4 Pay To Cum 1:26
B5 Right Brigade 2:28
B6 I Luv I Jah 6:23
B7 Intro 0:45

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Bad Brains is the self-titled debut studio album recorded by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains. Recorded in 1981 and released on (then) cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as “The Yellow Tape” because of it’s yellow packaging. Though Bad Brains had recorded the 16 song Black Dots album in 1979 and the 5-song Omega Sessions EP in 1980, the ROIR cassette was the band’s first release of anything longer than a single. The release includes the original liner notes by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo.This reissue marks the second release in the remaster campaign on the band’s own Bad Brains Records imprint with Org Music. In coordination with the band, Org Music has overseen the restoration and remastering of the iconic Bad Brains’ recordings. The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering and pressed at Furnace Record Pressing.