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Strange Flash - Studio & Live '78-'81

Lipstick Killers

Strange Flash - Studio & Live '78-'81

Grown Up Wrong
2XLP $29.00

07/30/2021 5060446125021 

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2XCD $19.00

07/30/2021 5060446125038 

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MP3 $17.99

06/25/2021 5060446125038 

GUWDM 010 

FLAC $18.99

06/25/2021 5060446125038 

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Hindu Gods are calling—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.

Tracklist

  1. #1 Hindu Gods of Love (orig. 45 version)

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  3. #2 Shakedown USA (orig. 45 version)

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  5. #3 Sockman (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  7. #4 Pensioner Pie (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  9. #5 Teen Police (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  11. #6 Hindu Gods of Love (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  13. #7 Rot In Love (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  15. #8 Accidents (Mixdown Studio Demo - 1978)

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  17. #9 Shakedown USA (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  19. #10 Dying Boy's Crawl (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  21. #11 Master's Words (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  23. #12 Bully (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  25. #13 Teen Police (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  27. #14 Wild Weekend (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  29. #15 I've Got Levitation (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  31. #16 Mercy Killer (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  33. #17 Pharmaceutical Au-Go-Go (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  35. #18 Human Crash (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  37. #19 Crush On You (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  39. #20 Hindu Gods of Love (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  41. #21 Head Off (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  43. #22 Sock It To Me, Baby! (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  45. #23 Sockman (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  47. #24 Horizontal Action (Live In Adelaide - May 1979)

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  49. #25 New Hard Fun (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  51. #26 Mesmerizer (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  53. #27 Driving The Special Dead (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  55. #28 Bongo Flip (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  57. #29 Twilight Of The Idols (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  59. #30 Strange Flash (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  61. #31 Hide & Seek (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  63. #32 Date With A Thing (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  65. #33 Liquor Fit (Albert Studios Demo - 1980)

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  67. #34 Dying Boy's Crawl (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  69. #35 Driving The Special Dead (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  71. #36 Bongo Flip (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  73. #37 Strange Flash (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  75. #38 Twilight Of The Idols (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  77. #39 I've Got Levitation (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  79. #40 Date With A Thing (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  81. #41 Sock It To Me, Baby! (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  83. #42 Shakedown USA (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  85. #43 Pharmaceutical Au-Go-Go (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  87. #44 Out Of Our Tree (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  89. #45 Liquor Fit (Live In Los Angeles - 1981)

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  91. #46 Horizontal Action (orig. 45 version) By Psycho-Surgeons

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  93. #47 Wild Weekend (orig. 45 version) By Psycho-Surgeons

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  95. #48 Falling Apart (Rehearsal - 1976) By Psycho-Surgeons

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  97. #49 Crush On You (Rehearsal - 1976) By Psycho-Surgeons

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