Dead KennedysGive Me Convenience Or Give Me Death

Label:

Alternative Tentacles – VIRUS 57

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Compilation
Flexi-disc , 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Punk

Tracklist

A1 Police Truck
Artwork [Original Sleeve & Insert]Biafra*
ProducerGeza X
Remix [Re-Mix]R. Pepperell*
Written-By [Uncredited]Jello Biafra
2:23
A2 Too Drunk To Fuck
Artwork [Original Sleeve]Winston Smith (5)
EngineerOliver Dicicco
Noises [Vomit And Gagging]Geza X
ProducerGeza X
Producer [Production Assistance]R. Pepperell*
Words By [Title]Ken Fowler (4)
Words By, Music ByBiafra*
2:38
A3 California Über Alles
Artwork [Original Inside Sleeve]Mark Pauline
EngineerJim Keylor
Music ByBiafra*
ProducerJim Keylor
Words ByJohn Greenway
3:26
A4 The Man With The Dogs
Artwork [Original Sleeve]Bruce Slesinger
EngineerJim Keylor
ProducerJim Keylor
Words By, Music ByBiafra*
3:01
A5 In Sight
Artwork [Original Front Sleeve]Greg Wright (4)
EngineerOliver Dicicco
ProducerNorm (2)
Words By, Music ByBiafra*
1:38
A6 Life Sentence
Artwork [Original Sleeve]Biafra*
EngineerOliver Dicicco
Executive-ProducerNorm (2)
Mixed ByEast Bay Ray
ProducerThom Wilson
Producer [With Special Thanks To]Geza X
Words By, Music ByBiafra*
2:38
A7 A Child And His Lawnmower
ProducerTom Mallon
Words By, Music By [Muzak]Biafra*
0:54
A8 Holiday In Cambodia
Music ByFlouride*
ProducerGeza X
Remix [Re-Mix]Ray Pepperell
Words ByBiafra*
3:43
B9 I Fought The Law
Lyrics By [New Lyrics]Biafra*
Mixed ByJohn Cuniberti
ProducerBiafra*
Written-BySonny Curtis
2:17
B10 Saturday Night Holocaust
Artwork [Original Sleeve]Biafra*
EngineerOliver Dicicco
Music ByFlouride*
ProducerThom Wilson
Producer [With Special Thanks To]Geza X
Words ByBiafra*
4:22
B11 Pull My Strings
Design [Original Sleeve (Abandoned)]Winston Smith (5)
Music BySlesinger*
Words ByBiafra*
5:53
B12 Short Songs
EngineerJim Keylor
Executive-ProducerRobert Hanrahan
Guitar [Other]6025
Words By, Music By6025
0:20
B13 Straight A's
EngineerJim Keylor
Executive-ProducerRobert Hanrahan
Guitar [Other]6025
Music By6025
Words ByBiafra*
2:05
B14 Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round
Mixed ByOliver Dicicco
Music ByFlouride*
ProducerJello Biafra
Technician [Assisted By]Norm deFur*
Vocals [Second Vocal]Klaus*
Words ByBiafra*
4:17
B15 The Prey
EngineerOliver Dicicco
Music ByBiafra*
ProducerGeza X
Producer [Production Assistance]R. Pepperell*
Words ByBiafra*
3:44
C16 Buzzbomb From Pasadena
EngineerOliver Dicicco
ProducerOliver Dicicco
Technician [Psychic Motor Oil]Norm (2)
Written ByBiafra, Ray
Written-ByBiafra*
2:20
D17 Night Of The Living Rednecks
Words By [Improvised], Music By [Improvised]Flouride*
Written ByBiafra, Flouride, Slesinger
5:10

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Alternative Tentacles
  • Copyright ©Alternative Tentacles
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Alternative Tentacles Records
  • Copyright ©Alternative Tentacles Records
  • Manufactured ByAlternative Tentacles Records
  • Distributed ByAlternative Tentacles Records
  • Manufactured ByEva-Tone Soundsheets
  • Published ByDecay Music
  • Published ByAcuff-Rose-Opryland Music
  • Designed AtFallout Productions
  • Recorded AtMobius Music
  • Recorded AtHyde Street Studios
  • Recorded AtDeaf Club
  • Recorded AtB.S.U. Studios
  • Recorded AtTom Mallon Studios
  • Recorded AtThe Warfield
  • Recorded AtEarth Tavern
  • Mixed AtCity Sound Recording
  • Mixed AtHyde Street Studios
  • Mixed AtMobius Music
  • Mastered AtGreg Lee Processing – L 27588

Credits

  • Artwork [Cover Art]Winston Smith (5)
  • Artwork [Insert Booklet, Assistance & Contributions]Zeno (7)
  • Artwork [Insert Booklet]John Yates
  • Bass Guitar, VocalsKlaus Flouride
  • Compiled ByJello Biafra
  • DrumsBruce Slesinger (tracks: A2 to A5, A8, B11 to B13, D17)
  • Drums, VocalsD.H. Peligro
  • Executive-ProducerPippin Youth
  • Guitar, Effects [Echoplex]East Bay Ray
  • Layout [Back Cover]Christopher Rankin
  • Logo [AT Bat]WS*
  • Mastered ByBernie Grundman
  • Sleeve [Concept]Biafra*
  • VocalsJello Biafra

Notes

Includes cut-and-paste style lyric/credits booklet and Alternative Tentacles Records order form. It may or may not include information about the No More Censorship Defense Fund on the reverse of the Alternative Tentacles order form, or on a separate insert.
Other versions came with a solid vinyl 7" instead of a flexi.

LP Side 1 listed as 'This Side'; Side 2 listed as 'That Side'.
The tracks are listed sequentially, from 1 to 17.

Flexi Side 1 is 45 RPM and Side 2 is 33 1/3 RPM.

Sleeve: ℗ + © 1987 Alternative Tentacles.
Jacket made in Canada.

LP labels: ©&℗ 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records.

Flexi mfd. in U.S.A. by Eva-Tone Soundsheets, Clearwater, FL. C & P 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records. Both songs published by Decay Music. This sound sheet comes free with the "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death" LP. If someone tries to charge you extra, steal it.

All songs published by Decay Music except B9 published by Acuff Rose Opryland Music Co Inc.

Bruce Slesinger is credited as 'Bruce Slesinger (A.K.A. Ted)'.
Jayed Scotti cover art and Winston Smith insert contributions for Fallout Productions.
Lt. V. Vale's insert contribution for Research.

A1: B-side of second single, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
A2: A-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Released Spring, 1981 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 2). Recorded at Mobius Music and Hyde Street Studios. ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
A3: A-side of first single, California Über Alles. Released June, 1979 (Alternative Tentacles 95-41, Re-issued 1980 on Optional). Released the following October in the U.K. on Fast Products. Recorded at BSU Studio. Original inside sleeve art by Mark Pauline later asked that his name be removed because part of the art had been altered. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
A4: B-side of first single, California Über Alles. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
A5: B-side of third single, Kill The Poor. Released Fall, 1980 (A-side was a slight re-mix of 'Kill The Poor'). ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
A6: B-side of Bleed For Me single. Released Summer, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 23). Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
A7: Originally appeared on double album compilation, Maximum Rock N' Roll presents: Not So Quiet On The Western Front (Alternative Tentacles Virus 14). Recorded at Tom Mallon Studio. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
A8: A-side of second single, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. Released Spring, 1980. First on Optional Records, then on I.R.S. with an upgraded sleeve. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B9: Mixed at City Sound. Recorded at Hyde Street Studios. Originally intended for release as a flexi-disc in 1985 under the name 'Lily White Dan and the Hot Potatoes', to be given away at street protests marking Dan White's return to San Francisco. Later appeared on the Rose 100 - Play New Rose For Me double LP compilation album released worldwide by New Rose Records, , in 1986. Published by Acuff-Rose (BMI)/Decay Music (BMI)
B10: Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. Mixed at Hyde Street Studios. B-side of Halloween single. Released December, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 28). ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
B11: Recorded live at BAM magazine's 3rd Annual Bay Area Music Awards at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco, March 25, 1980. Special thanks to Dennis Erokan and Miles Hurwitz for granting us use of this recording. Originally intended for release as part of a 4-song live 12" EP. The other three songs would have been the versions of 'Bleed For Me', 'Government Flu', and 'Chemical Warfare' recorded for the film, 'URGH! A Music War' and rebroadcast on MTV's, 'The Cutting Edge'. A & M Records had purged us from the URGH! A Music War soundtrack album because they didn't like our band name; thus the Winston Smith sleeve design. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B12 and B13: Originally appeared on Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club live compilation LP. Recorded March 3, 1979. Last performance with the five-piece-line-up. An earlier version of 'Police Truck' was also featured. Released 1980 by Walking Dead Records first through Optional and later through Jem. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
B14: Originally appeared on International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation released by RRadical, late 1984. Mixed at Möbius Music. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
B15: B-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Recorded at Mobius Music, Hyde Street Studios and live in the Tenderloin (we ran a mic from the Hyde St. Studio A control Board out into the street to record the background noises). ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
C16: Produced at Mobius Music, Spring, 1982. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)
D17: Words and Music Improvised While Ray Was Changing Guitar Strings. Recorded Live by Persons Unknown at the Earth Tavern, Portland Oregon on November 19, 1979. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Other (Flexi alternate cat#): APPENDAGE - A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 1024371AS
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 1024371BS
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runouts): VIRUS 57-A THE SKULL IS THE 'SMILING FACE' OF THE 80'S L 27588
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runouts): VIRUS 57-B DOLPHINS MAKE BETTER ANARCHISTS THAN PEOPLE DO L 27588 X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runouts): EV-102 437-00-1 AST_
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runouts): EV-102 437-00-1 BST_

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Reviews

  • justahoax's avatar
    justahoax
    If anybody out there happens to have a copy of the booklet and/or the AT order sheet/NMCDF sheet…please let me know!
    • elijahm's avatar
      elijahm
      Here’s the above track information, made readable:

      A1. Police Truck
      B-side of second single, Holiday In Cambodia / Police Truck .Also inserted in the original American version of the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)

      A2. Too Drunk to Fuck
      A-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Released Spring, 1981 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 2). Recorded at Mobius Music and Hyde Street Studios. ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)

      A3. California Über Alles
      A-side of first single, California Über Alles. Released June, 1979 (Alternative Tentacles 95-41, Re-issued 1980 on Optional). Released the following October in the U.K. on Fast Products. Recorded at BSU Studio. Original inside sleeve art by Mark Pauline later asked that his name be removed because part of the art had been altered. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)

      A4. The Man With the Dogs
      B-side of first single, California Über Alles. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)

      A5. Insight
      B-side of third single, Kill The Poor. Released Fall, 1980 (A-side was a slight re-mix of 'Kill The Poor'). ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)

      A6. Life Sentance
      B-side of Bleed For Me single. Released Summer, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 23). Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)

      A7. A Child and His Lawnmower
      Originally appeared on double album compilation, Maximum Rock N' Roll presents: Not So Quiet On The Western Front (Alternative Tentacles Virus 14). Recorded at Tom Mallon Studio. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)

      B8. Holiday in Cambodia
      A-side of second single, Holiday In Cambodia / Police Truck. An alternate version appeared later on the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. Released Spring, 1980. First on Optional Records, then on I.R.S. with an upgraded sleeve. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)

      B9. I Fought the Law
      Mixed at City Sound. Recorded at Hyde Street Studios. Originally intended for release as a flexi-disc in 1985 under the name 'Lily White Dan and the Hot Potatoes', to be given away at street protests marking Dan White's return to San Francisco. Later appeared on the Rose 100 - Play New Rose For Me double LP compilation album released worldwide by New Rose Records, , in 1986. Published by Acuff-Rose (BMI)/Decay Music (BMI)

      B10. Saturday Night Holocaust
      Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. Mixed at Hyde Street Studios. B-side of Halloween single. Released December, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 28). ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)

      B11. Pull My Strings
      Recorded live at BAM magazine's 3rd Annual Bay Area Music Awards at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco, March 25, 1980. Special thanks to Dennis Erokan and Miles Hurwitz for granting us use of this recording. Originally intended for release as part of a 4-song live 12" EP. The other three songs would have been the versions of 'Bleed For Me', 'Government Flu', and 'Chemical Warfare' recorded for the film, 'URGH! A Music War' and rebroadcast on MTV's, 'The Cutting Edge'. A & M Records had purged us from the URGH! A Music War soundtrack album because they didn't like our band name; thus the Winston Smith sleeve design. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)

      B12. Short Songs
      B13. Straight A’s
      Originally appeared on Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club live compilation LP. Recorded March 3, 1979. Last performance with the five-piece-line-up. An earlier version of 'Police Truck' was also featured. Released 1980 by Walking Dead Records first through Optional and later through Jem. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)

      B14. Kinky Sex Makes the World Go’Round
      Originally appeared on Wargasm benefit compilation LP, released spring, 1982 by Pax U.K. Later appeared on International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation released by RRadical, late 1984. Mixed at Möbius Music. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)

      B15. The Prey
      B-side of fourth single, Too Drunk To Fuck. Recorded at Mobius Music, Hyde Street Studios and live in the Tenderloin (we ran a mic from the Hyde St. Studio A control Board out into the street to record the background noises). ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)

      B16. Buzzbomb From Pasadena
      Produced at Mobius Music, Spring, 1982. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)

      B17. Night of the Living Rednecks
      Words and Music Improvised While Ray Was Changing Guitar Strings. Recorded Live by Persons Unknown at the Earth Tavern, Portland Oregon on November 19, 1979. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)
      • chuckblogsdotcom's avatar
        Not a bad compilation, sounds as good if not a little better than CD. The differences aren't as startling as they were with my '88 pressing of Fresh Fruit, which offers a bit more separation. But still a fine listen if your into this stuff.
        • RembrandtPussyhorse's avatar
          It's too bad the other three jerkoffs got control of the back catalog because Alternative Tentacles would still be selling all the old DK stuff pressed from the original lacquers like a bunch of their other back catalog titles. And also Jello Biafra would be getting paid.

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