DIDJITS - Hey Judester - Lp -1988 - pre- Supersuckers & Gaza Strippers -
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Description
Vinyl is Excellent Cover is Near-Mint, with insert
NOTE: All records are U.S. pressings unless otherwise noted)
Record Grading: SS (Still Sealed), Near-Mint (near perfect), Excellent (Just a few signs that the record has been played keeping it from being NM), Very Good Plus (VG+ = A used, reasonable copy. Will show several signs of play but still perfectly good). Very Good (VG = Record will show quite a bit of signs of play. Will likely have some surface noise, especially at the begining and in quite passages. Should play without skipping or popping). I do not sell records below VG grade unless they are scarce or for the jacket).
NOTES: After a comparatively tepid debut, the Didjits amped up their guitar roar and stomped down hard on the accelerator for this second long-player, the first in a trio of furious punk rock & roll albums that celebrate brash arrogance, sarcasm, and dedicated hedonism. Hey Judester opens with the one-two punch of "Max Wedge" and "Stingray," a pair of breakneck riff machines that blaze by like drug-fueled drag racers, built on irresistible fist-pumping choruses and cement-solid rhythm. The tempo is slurred a bit for weirdo white-trash surrealism like "(Mama Had A) Skull Baby" ("And it screamed all night long/You'd scream too if all you had was a skull") and "Under the Christmas Fish," but for the most part the Didjits stay on course with hyperspeed Chuck Berry choogling and creative, minimalist song structures. "Stumpo Knee Grinder" needs only two chords to make its point, and "King Carp" rides a funky distorto-bass riff into a rapid-fire discourse on "the fish with the bad drug problem" who rules the beach with an iron fin. It's all wrapped up with "Dad," a tuneful ode to an abusive father given to motorcycles and belt-whippings, a relatively introspective track after all the ax-handle abuse, iguana farts, and Vietnam head-cases. Despite what appears to be a goofy sensibility, the Didjits rock with a vicious abandon that catapults them past joke-band status. Any potential "zaniness" is tempered with menace, like a drunken prankster at a keg party who knows the line between funny and scary and fully intends to cross it.
Shipping Info
All orders are processed and shipped within 2 business days of receipt. I package and ship my vinyl records with the greatest care, using extra-thick packaging and the vinyl is taken out of the jacket to prevent seam splits. Lps are shipped in poly sleeves as well.
USPS Media Mail LP Only Shipments $4.25 for 1st LP + $1 each additional LP Mixed Shipments $4.25 for 1st LP + $1 each additional LP / $0.25 each additional 45 International Shipments Air Mail LP Only Shipments $16 for 1st LP + $6 each additional LP 45 Only Shipments $9.00 for 1st 45 + $1.00each additional 45 Mixed Shipments $16 for 1st LP + $6 each additional LP / $1.00 each additional 45
Note: Double LPs, box sets, etc. will incur additional shipping costs as indicated above.
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