SNFU-And No One Else Wanted To Play Original 1984 Rare Arbus Cover PUNK KBD

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Artist: Society's-No-Fucking-Use (SNFU)
Album: and no one else wanted to play
Label: Better youth organization Records
Year: 1984
Record Condition: EX
Cover Condition: EX
Notes: Original 1984 pressing

This gem has been stored in a smoke-free environment and taken care of to the best of my ability since my initial purchase of this album. The sleeve shows wear indicating an album that is 30 years old.There are creases and minor flaws/ring-wear on the dust jacket, but the record itself is in beautiful condition!

I realize that grading is all so important - I tried to grade based on what I would expect if I was buying it. please view all my pictures.I’m just a private collector who has decided it’s time to let someone else enjoy my vast punk collection Most of my records have had minimal play, if any at all. well taken care of.alot of them are long out of print, first pressings and limited editions

ALL OF MY VINYL RECORDS WERE PURCHASED IN THE 1980s BY MYSELF, and They are ALL 100% ORIGINALS with the likelihood of these records being first pressings are EXTREMELY HIGH and at The very least 2nd and 3rd runs.
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S.N.F.U ?– ... And No One Else Wanted To Play


Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Original photo cover by Diane Arbus

Tracklist:

A1 Broken Toy
A2 She's Not On The Menu
A3 Money Matters
A4 I'm Real Scared
A5 Joyride
A6 Seein' Life Through A Bottom Of A Bottle
A7 Cannibal Cafe
B1 Misfortune
B2 Plastic Surgery Kept Her Beautiful
B3 The Gravedigger
B4 Bodies In The Wall
B5 Get Off Your Ass
B6 Loser At Life/Loser At Death
B7 This Is The end

Recorded Dec. 1984 at Track Record, Hollywood, CA.
SNFU is a Canadian hardcore punk band formed in Edmonton in 1981 and later relocated to Vancouver. They have released ten full-length albums and are cited as a formative influence on the skate punk sub-genre. The band came to fruition amid the inchoate Canadian hardcore punk scene of the early 1980s. Coupling horrific and occasionally humorous lyrical imagery with a dynamic punk sound, their 1985 debut album ...And No One Else Wanted to Play has remained influential. The group expanded its audience and style through two further studio albums, but disbanded in 1989 due to internal tensions.

Ken Chinn met twin brothers Brent and Marc Belke in Edmonton in the late 1970s. The three were teenagers who shared interest in the skateboarding subculture and burgeoning punk rock movement. In 1981, they formed the band Live Sex Shows with drummer Ed Dobek and bassist Phil Larson. The short-lived band broke up later that year after a handful of gigs. Chinn and the Belkes began the new group Society's No Fucking Use, frequently shortened to Society's NFU, soon thereafter. The new band's initial lineup was completed by bassist Warren Bidlock and drummer Evan C. Jones. Bidlock departed due to stage fright in 1982, shortly before the group recorded their debut, two-song demo cassette, "Life of a Bag Lady", with Scott Juskiw playing the bass tracks as a studio guest. Bassist Jimmy Schmitz replaced Bidlock, and the group permanently adopted the SNFU moniker. Two further studio tracks on the It Came From Inner Space compilation LP on Rubber Records followed early in 1983. (These recordings were eventually re-released on the Real Men Don't Watch Quincy bootleg 7" in 1990.) SNFU gradually built an audience throughout North America on the strength of their aggressive live set, their support for noted touring acts such as Youth Brigade, the Dead Kennedys and GBH, and the inclusion of their track "Victims of the Womanizer" on the Something to Believe In compilation LP on the American label BYO Records. Their debut album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play, was recorded in Los Angeles in late 1984 and released via BYO the following year. The album is considered a classic in many circuits: it ranked, for example, on Chart Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time list in 2000. The band has since maintained the quirk of releasing albums with seven-word titles throughout its career.

"...And No One Else Wanted to Play" is the first full-length album from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada's punk band SNFU. It was released on BYO Records in 1985. The album was engineered by David Ferguson, produced by BYO and SNFU and recorded at Track Record, Hollywood, California, USA. In February 2000, it ranked 56th on Chart Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time.

The initial release of the 12" LP featured a copyrighted image by Diane Arbus entitled Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, NYC. (1962). As the band was not granted permission to use the image, they were forced to issue subsequent pressings with replacement cover art. For the following pressing, the band had an artist draw the boy with the hand grenade in place of the photo. This effort was much too close to the original to be safe from potential lawsuits, so two further versions were created. Hastily assembled in time for the band's supporting tour, the first replacement cover featured a family sporting rifles. The final and widest-issued version featured a Christmas massacre scene, which includes a thickly-veiled allusion to the original Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park.

"Mr. Chi Pig was one of the most energetic singers or the time - always bouncing around and hanging from the rafters every time I saw them play... This is the rare, original album with the Diane Arbus photograph on the cover - used without permission from the artist (OOPS!), making this a collector's item..."