{"product_id":"sonic-youth-walls-have-ears-lp-red-yellow-vinyl","title":"Sonic Youth \/ Walls Have Ears 2xLP Red\/Yellow Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Youth 'Walls Have Ears' 2xLP Red\/Yellow Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Culled from three 1985 UK gigs during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, The Walls Have Ears appeared as a 2LP set in 1986, not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité. It’s now issued for the first time officially.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Smith of Blast First acted as a diplomatic envoy for SY through their SST years as well as issuing their classic 1988 Daydream Nation outside the USA. However the Smith-produced ‘bootleg’ of their ’85 UK gigs surfaced much to everyone’s surprise, just before EVOL was to be released. It turned out to be a marker of the group’s dissatisfaction that ultimately led to the release’s deletion, and the band and Smith parting ways after Daydream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with primitive classics like ‘The Burning Spear,’ ‘Death Valley 69,’ and ‘I’m Insane’ (uncredited on sleeve), segues and live guitar changes ooze together threaded by Madonna tapes and vocal loops off the board (somewhat a necessity for distraction until the band had a full fledged stage crew to prepare guitars). The first two sides of Walls are massive, cavernous, with newly-drafted drummer Steve Shelley. SY tear it up especially on one trash-fi excerpt of ‘Blood On Brighton Beach’ (actually ‘Making The Nature Scene’) from a legendary outdoor gig November 8th where [Thurston] Moore, [Kim] Gordon and [Lee] Ranaldo’s guitars treble-blast dissonant shockwaves over the black-stoned beach of Quadrophenia fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second slab spotlights April ‘85 at the Hammersmith Palais and was one of the final appearances live of Bob Bert on drums, again featuring some molten takes on ‘Brother James,’ ‘Flower’ (listed as ‘The Word (E.V.O.L.)’), and others. This document remains an essential representation of some lean and mean years of the quartet’s throttling march out into the world.” – Brian Turner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB.\u003cbr\u003eGreen Love\u003cbr\u003eBrother James\u003cbr\u003eKill Yr. Idols\u003cbr\u003e“Mad” Groove\u003cbr\u003eI Love Her (All The Time)\u003cbr\u003eExpressway To Yr. Skull\u003cbr\u003eSpahn Ranch Dance\u003cbr\u003e“Blood On Brighton Beach”\u003cbr\u003eBurning Spear\u003cbr\u003eDeath Valley ’69\u003cbr\u003eSpeed JAMC\u003cbr\u003eGhost Bitch\u003cbr\u003eI’m Insane\u003cbr\u003eWorld Looks Red\u003cbr\u003eThe Word (E.V.O.L.)\u003cbr\u003eBrother Jam-Z\u003cbr\u003eKilled and Kicked Off\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sonic Youth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125499379884,"sku":"GOOF2301","price":85.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1779\/6353\/files\/walls-have-ears.png?v=1788412645","url":"https:\/\/sound-merch.com.au\/products\/sonic-youth-walls-have-ears-lp-red-yellow-vinyl","provider":"sound-merch.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}