u/Rob_Bligidy

Happy 9th Anniv

This was on my short list of acquire immediately records. An OG copy is out of the question atm.

Fun fun fun on the autobahn

English bootleg purchased in probably 03-04. RIP The Finest FoCo

A favorite of mine for a decade plus now. Grail acquired 2025. I also acquired the ep The OD featuring 3 songs that are included at the end of XXX Deluxe cd

Joe Wissert wrangled this whole session at Sunset Sound with half the guys who would soon form Toto, and the resulting groove is so damn slick it practically slides off the turntable.
That opening bass line on Lowdown does not just sit in the mix l, it struts right down the middle of the room with absolute authority. It is glossy pop-funk crafted by studio lifers who knew every trick in the book and played every single note with ice in their veins. -Gatefold.fm’s The Clerk Says. It is what it is. 70s white guy yacht poprock

Last of the ground coffee, in a panic used a “good” hand towel, now wife is mad at me on top of being a little chapped as is. It looks to be a great day.

Bootleg from Poland. I think I genuinely like each version of BF about the same minus the MV era.

2nd printing 1983

Loud & Fast is my jam

The 1981 Connection
The Fateful Show: In March 1981, future Beastie Boys members Mike D, MCA, and future frontman Ad-Rock (along with Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore) were all separately in the audience at New York's Peppermint Lounge for Black Flag's first-ever East Coast show.

Inspiration: Witnessing that raw hardcore performance inspired the future Beastie Boys members to form their own punk band (initially called The Young Aborigines) before shifting to rap.

Later 1990s Connection
Tours with Rollins: While they never played with Black Flag, the Beastie Boys did tour and perform alongside the Rollins Band (fronted by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins) during their 1992 Check Your Head tour.