{"product_id":"sonic-youth-walls-have-ears-2lp-black-or-ltd-ed-silver-vinyl","title":"Sonic Youth - Walls Have Ears [2LP\/ Black, Silver, or Yellow \u0026 Red Clear Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCulled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band's story, Sonic Youth's \u003cem\u003eWalls Have Ears\u003c\/em\u003e appeared \/ disappeared 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 under the band's auspices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The '85 shows were the second time the band appeared on UK soil, Brits now getting juiced to the mythos of the emerging guitar-slinging American independent underground; an art \/ punk band from NYC sporting casual attitudes and tees sporting Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and Prince made some good press copy on top of their bludgeoning stage appearance. Paul Smith of the newly-founded Blast First label acted as an overseas diplomatic envoy for Sonic Youth through their SST years as well as issuing their classic 1988 \u003cem\u003eDaydream Nation\u003c\/em\u003e outside the USA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever the Smith-produced 'bootleg' of their '85 UK gigs surfaced much to everyone's surprise, just before \u003cem\u003eEVOL\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eDaydream\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"In this 2LP set brimming 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 \u003cem\u003eWalls\u003c\/em\u003e 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\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe record's second slab spotlights an April 1985 at London's 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1 C.B.\u003cbr\u003eA2 Green Love\u003cbr\u003eA3 Brother James\u003cbr\u003eA4 Kill Yr. Idols\u003cbr\u003eA5 \"Mad\" Groove\u003cbr\u003eA6 I Love Her All The Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1 Expressway To Yr. Skull\u003cbr\u003eB2 Spahn Ranch Dance\u003cbr\u003eB3 \"Blood On Brighton Beach\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eC1 Burning Spear\u003cbr\u003eC2 Death Valley '69\u003cbr\u003eC3 Speed Jamc\u003cbr\u003eC4 Ghost Bitch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eD1 World Looks Red\u003cbr\u003eD2 The Word (E.V.O.L.)\u003cbr\u003eD3 Brother Jam-Z\u003cbr\u003eD4 Killed + Kicked Off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":44673589412014,"sku":"787996802312","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd Ed Silver Vinyl","offer_id":44673589444782,"sku":"787996802336","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ltd Ed Yellow \u0026 Red Clear Vinyl","offer_id":44856956092590,"sku":"657628443933","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/files\/sywhe1.jpg?v=1707506052","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/sonic-youth-walls-have-ears-2lp-black-or-ltd-ed-silver-vinyl","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}