Includes Bonus LP of Live 1981 Material & An Early Studio Outtake!
Sonic Youth's eponymous debut 12-inch was recorded in late 1981 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC and originally released on composer Glenn Branca's Neutral label. The album is loosely based on compositions the newly formed group had performed at that year's week-long Noisefest event (and remains the only recorded document of an early line-up featuring actor Richard Edson on drums).
Though Sonic Youth are largely known for their use of radical alternate tunings, the band claims that this record was written entirely in standard tuning. This Goofin' Records double vinyl edition also features extra live material from a 1981 gig and an outtake from an early studio session the same year.
"We wanted it to sound like PIL who we were into. It didn't but we were lucky it came out sounding like a record. We did it in two eight-hour sessions at a studio at Radio City Music Hall called Plaza Sound. The janitor let us in the back door." - Kim Gordon
LP1 - Original Album
1. Burning Spear
2. I Dreamed I Dream
3. She Is Not Alone
4. I Don't Want To Push It
5. The Good And The Bad
LP2 - Bonus Material
1. Hard Work (Live September 18, 1981)
2. Where The Red Fern Grows (Live September 18, 1981)
3. The Burning Spear (Live September 18, 1981)
4. Cosmopolitan Girl (Live September 18, 1981)
5. Loud And Soft (Live September 18, 1981)
6. Destroyer (Live September 18, 1981)
7. She Is Not Alone (Live September 18, 1981)
8. Where The Red Fern Grows (Early Studio Session - October 1981)
