LIPSTICK KILLERS - Strange Flash – Studio and Live ’78-‘81 (Repress) - 2LP - Red Vinyl

2LP - Limited Edition Red Vinyl

Grown Up Wrong! Records is thrilled beyond belief to present the Long awaited anthology of material by the legendary Lipstick Killers, who blazed a trail in late ‘70s post-Radio Birdman Sydney before gigging with the likes of the Gun Club and the Flesh Eaters in Los Angeles where they crashed and burned in 1981. The Lipstick Killers released just one single in their life time – the perfect ’79 Deniz Tek-produced pairing of “Hindu Gods of Love” and ”Shakedown USA” on their own Lost in Space Records and Greg Shaw’s Voxx Records - but a posthumous live album and a couple of archival releases followed. It was all incredible. All that material is included here, as is a plethora of additional stuff, all from the best-available sources (mostly original tapes). The Lipstick Killers’ enigmatic and high-energy sound – heavily inspired by the Stooges and the ‘60s psychedelic punk sounds of bands like the Thirteenth Floor Elevators and the Chocolate Watchband – bridged the gap between Radio Birdman and subsequent Sydney groups like the Sunnyboys (whose first-ever show was opening for the Lipstick Killers), Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus and the Psychotic Turnbuckles. And of course they anticipated generation after generation of other bands with similar things in mind, right up to today’s ‘60s-inspired freaks like The Straight Arrows, The Living Eyes and Thee Oh Sees.

Double LP includes the original 1979 single, the posthumous “Sockman/Pensioner Pie’ 45 plus additional unreleased studio masters from the same ’78 session, an unreleased album length 1980 demo session recorded by Aus guitar god Lobby Loyde, and the near-complete LA show that comprised the original live album “Mesmeriser” (taken from the original cassette). Features liner notes by Ugly Things’ Dave Laing, some killer pix and flyers and repro’s of the stunning Lipstick Killers posters designed by highly collectable Sydney poster artist John Foy, and a short feature on the band from New York Rocker by esteemed writer Byron Coley.

Tracklist;

A1. Hindu Gods Of Love
A2. Shakedown USA
A3. Sockman
A4. Pensioner Pie
A5. Teen Police
A6. Rot In Love
A7. Accidents

B1. New Hard Fun
B2. Mesmerizer
B3. Driving The Special Dead
B4. Bongo Flip
B5. Twilight Of The Idols
B6. Strange Flash
B7. Hide & Seek

C1. Date With A Thing
C2. Liquor Fit
C3. Dying Boy's Crawl
C4. Driving The Special Dead
C5. Bongo Flip
C6. Strange Flash
C7. Sock It To Me, Baby!

D1. Twilight Of The Idols
D2. I've Got Levitation
D3. Date With A Thing
D4. Shakedown USA
D5. Pharmaceutical Au-Go-Go
D6. Out Of Our Tree
D7. Liquor Fit

A1 - A2 - Lost In Space 45 : 1979
A3 - A7 - Mixdown Studio Demos : 1978
B1 - C2 - Trafalgar Demos : 1980
C3 - D7 - Live in Los Angeles : 1981