A THINKING PLAGUE / Rare US orig.RIO LP/ 500 pcs / MINT

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THINKIN PLAGUE: ...A Thinking Plague
(Endemic Records #405077 USA 1984)
500 made only + lyric insert !!!

Megarrare US original LP by cult US RIO band...

Thinking Plague grew out of basement recording experiments
by Mike Johnson & Bob Drake in the late 70's.Mike Johnson
and Bob Drake first met in 1978 and played in several
cover bands. They began experimenting with basement
recordings in 1980 and by 1982 they had enough song
material to attempt a few live performances. For these
shows they enlisted the services of classically trained

vocalist Sharon Bradford, luthier Harry Fleishman on

keyboards, and Rick Arsenault on drums.This ensemble
became the first incarnation of Thinking Plague. They
played at a few venues around Denver in 1983 but their
complicated music was not well received and Johnson
and Drake decided to make an album of their material
instead.With Bradford, Fleishman and Mark Fuller on
drums the band worked on and off for almost a year
recording their songs at a crude 8-track recording facility

in the basement of an old slaughterhouse called the
Packing House Studios. Having limited funds they did all
the tracking and mixing themselves, and released the
album, ...A Thinking Plague in 1984 on their own Endemic
label and housed in a hand-painted edition of 500.

Only 500 LP's were pressed then with each cover hand
painted by Drake with spray-paint and a stencil. In spite

of the small scale, low-tech quality of the release, a

number of distributors, including Recommended Records

and Wayside Music (Cuneiform Records) agreed to sell

the album and it was well received by some critics...

Songs / Tracks Listing

RECORD M
SLEEVE M

RADINGS:

Records are graded first,then covers
S/S = still sealed
M = mint , new or unplayed condition…cover is nice and new looking with no ring wear.
M- = near perfect copy, played only a few times.
EX = only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which will not distract
        significantly from the sound…sleeve also has only slight wear, and is still in nice
        collectible.
VG++ = played often with moderate surface wear and some moderate noise, still plays well…
        sleeve may have medium overall wear or some ring wear.
VG+ = overall wear, but no skips of serious defects, more noisy sound during quiet passages…
        sleeve is well worn, usually with considerable ring wear.
VG = plays a lot, heavy wear on record and cover…guarantee does not apply to vg- or worse
        condition records.
A FEW ABBREVIATIONS:

CC=cut corner    COH=cut out hole     WOC=writing on cover     SOC     (sticker on cover)    

WOBC=writing on back cover     TOC=tear on cover     TOBC=tear on back cover    

NWOFC=name written on front cover     NWOBC=name written on back cover    

NWOL=name written on label     WLP=white label promo     SRW=slight ringwear    

SEW=slight edge warp     CW=cover wear     S/S=still sealed     SPLS=split seams    

SIS=still in shrink     TOS=tape on seams     FOC=fold out cover     BC=band corner    

SCW=slight cover wear     SOC=sticker on cover     WOL=writing on label    

SOBC=sticker on back cover     PRS=promo stamp or promo sticker     RW=ringwear    

OIS=original innersleeve     WD=water damages     FAQ=frequently asked questions    

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