Wrathchild America MINT Climbin' The Walls Vintage 89 RADIO PROMO Unplayed Vinyl

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Personnel: WRATHCHILD AMERICA
Climbin' The Walls MINT & UNPLAYED
Radio Promotional Copy
1989 Original Vintage Vinyl
Atlantic 7-81889

Description: I received this promotional copy of Wrathchild America's -  Climbin' The Walls when I worked in radio. Never played it and as with many of my extra albums it has been stored away for over 30 years in a closet standing upright with hundreds of other unplayed LPs, so the record itself is mint, unplayed in its original paper sleeve, having never been removed from it.
I must say this is an really good album with great songs and hooks. I played my CD version of it a lot!

Personnel:
Brad Divens          Vocals, Bass (4, 5, & 12-string)
Jay Abbene           Guitars
Terry Carter           Guitars (6 & 12-string), Vocals
Shannon Larkin     Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Track listing
Side A
1.     Climbin' the Walls         4:26       
2.     Hell's Gates                  4:05       
3.     No Deposit, No Return 3:20     
4.     Hernia                           3:15      
5.     London After Midnight   5:54      

Side B
6.     Candy from a Madman    5:37       
7.     Silent Darkness (Smothered Life)  4:30       
8.     Time (Pink Floyd cover)   5:40       
9.     Day of the Thunder          6:33

Review from Encylopaedia Metallum The story of West Virginia's long-tenured, hard-working metal sons Wrathchild America is a common one in the industry - a ton of hard work undone by bad luck and bad timing. Most of the band had been gigging in the area as well as nationally in some form or another since the late 70's, starting as a more traditional sleaze-metal outfit with a harder edge, and built up a large and loyal regional following in the DC/VA/MD area. Early demos released under the Wrathchild moniker, such as 1983's Danger-Us, sound very much like Kix, which is unsurprising as bassist Brad Divins worked briefly with the influential glam band, appearing on their Cool Kids record.

Seen in this light, it helps to explain the somewhat transitional nature of the songwriting here, as opposed to the more focused progressive thrash metal approach of the followup. Though record #1 finds the band working out the remaining Aerosmith-like elements of their sound in favor of a modern thrash sound like Metallica, Climbin' The Walls still has quite a bit going for it on its own, including a charming, atypically rough-and-tumble production job by Alex Perialias, a number of strong riffs and a reverent and solid cover of Pink Floyd's Time. Some of the tongue-in-cheek lyrics are silly, like Candy From A Madman, but in other places work well, such as the raunchy, bluesy stomp of No Deposit, No Return. The speedy attack of Climbing the Walls and Hell's Gates, and especially the menacing grind of Silent Darkness toughen and distinguish this release while standing up very well as some of the better examples of thrash of its era.

Climbin' The Walls was plagued out of the gate by legal action by UK band Wrathchild, which forced the addition of the country designation to the band name, and delayed the release of the album for nearly two years until 1989. While the album did manage to scrape the bottom of the Billboard charts, the delays stifled momentum for the band. When you consider much of this record was already written and in polished demo form by 1987, comparing this to the state of the art thrash of 1989 it seemed more quaint than revelatory. Ultimately ending up more of a dry run for the more refined follow-up 3-D, the raw, not quite fully-formed attack here is nonetheless still enjoyable on its own merits.

Condition: Vinyl - Mint and unplayed - Never removed from sleeve.

Cover - The condition is excellent - There is a small promotional notch cut on the bottom edge of the cover as seen in the photos. The spine has almost no wear, the top edge of the cover has a half inch of light wear. Corners are nice.  Paper sleeve with lyrics is mint. Please see photos or ask for more if you want.

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