Boss Hog (LP, US)

29 September 1995

Geffen

DGC24811

A1. Winn Coma A2. Sick A3. Beehive A4. Ski Bunny A5. Green Shirt A6. I Dig You A7. Try One A8. What The Fuck B1. White Sand B2. I Idolize You B3. Punkture B4. Strawberry B5. Walk In B6. Texas B7. Sam
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Heavy black vinyl LP with printed inner sleeve and some copies included a slip-mat. Cover has ‘Parental Advisory’ sticker, also released on CD and cassette. Over time many (but not all) copies of this record have developed an issue in which the surface of the vinyl has a matt finish and haze / mottled appearance which affects the sound quality. The vinyl edition of Boss Hog was available two weeks earlier than the CD edition and the band had to give up some of their profits to press such a heavy vinyl record. “As it turns out, one concession was the stipulation that vinyl be pressed. The first format to make it onto the market, these substantial slabs are perhaps as good an excuse to pick up a turntable as the compact disc-less Blackness by R. Roland Kirk or Karl Douglass’ “Kung Fu Fighting” and Other Love Songs. “We had to give up some of our profits to press such substantial vinyl,” Martinez quips as I struggle to lift the weighty record, which matches only Shellac’s Live at Action Park and ancient brittle 78s for sheer heft”” – Raygun magazine I Dig You and Winn Coma were both released as singles. Most editions of this album are very similar with the exception of the 2 CD tour edition in Australia (the second disc being the b-sides from Winn Coma) and the Japanese version which was issued with an additional lyric booklet. This album features a cover version of I Idolize You (Ike & Tina Turner). VIEW: Boss Hog – Press Release [1995] (PRESS, US) – three-page biography Boss Hog – Info Sheet [1995] (PRESS, US) – new entry
SONG CREDITS:
The Boss Hogs: Cristina Martinez Jonathan Spencer Jens Jurgensen Hollis Queens Produced: Jonathan Spencer and Steve Fisk Reduced: Cristina Martinez Engineered: Bil Emmons Assisted by Crispy Tom Schick and Derek Somaru Mastered by Howie Weinberg for Masterdisk, NYC Recorded and Mixed at Sear Sound, NYC, 1995 A1. Winn Coma Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A2. Sick Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A3. Beehive Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A4. Ski Bunny Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A5. Green Shirt Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A6. I Dig You Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A7. Try One Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee A8. What The Fuck Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B1. White Sand Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B2. I Idolize You Writer: Ike Turner Published: EMI Unart Catalogue BMI. B3. Punkture Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B4. Strawberry Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B5. Walk In Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B6. Texas Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee B7. Sam Writers: Boss Hog Published: Boss Hog Designee
SLEEVE NOTES:
“Boss Hog would like to thank: Jody Kurilla, Loren Chodosh, Larry Hardy, Boche Billions, Peter Arsenault, Alec Setten, Julianne Kochenour, Marce Hall, Garo Yellin, Krystof Witek, Michelle Kelling, Ken Pope, Walter Sear, Roberta Findlay, Judah Bauer, The Dunderdales and the Men of AmRep”
DETAILS:
ARTWORK: Photographed: Michael Lavine Designed: Mike Mills Booklet Illustrations: Beth Bartholomew BARCODE: 7 20642 48112 7 RUN-OUT GROOVE ENGRAVING: A: “DGC-24811-A GL2 MASTERDISK” B: “DGC-24811-B GL2 MASTERDISK”