X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents
(EMI Records 1978 INS3023)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a small mark near the end of Plastic Bag that gives a couple of very light clicks)
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
X-Ray Spex were an English punk band from London that formed in 1976.
During their first incarnation (1976–79), X-Ray Spex were “deliberate underachievers” and only managed to release five singles and one album. Nevertheless, their first single, “Oh Bondage Up Yours!”, is now acknowledged as a classic punk rock single and the album, Germfree Adolescents, is widely acclaimed as a classic album of the punk rock genre.
Germfree Adolescents is the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. It contained the UK hit singles “The Day the World Turned Dayglo” (No. 23 in April 1978), “Identity” (No. 24 in July 1978) and “Germfree Adolescents” which reached No. 18 in November 1978.
Track listing
All songs written by Poly Styrene.
- Side A
- “Art-I-Ficial” – 3:24
- “Obsessed with You” – 2:30
- “Warrior in Woolworths” – 3:06
- “Let’s Submerge” – 3:26
- “I Can’t Do Anything” – 2:58
- “Identity” – 2:25
- Side B
- “Genetic Engineering” – 2:49
- “I Live Off You” – 2:09
- “I Am a Poseur” – 2:34
- “Germfree Adolescents” – 3:14
- “Plastic Bag” – 4:54
- “The Day the World Turned Dayglo” – 2:53
Personnel
- Poly Styrene – vocals
- Jak Airport – guitar
- Paul Dean – bass
- Rudi Thomson – saxophone
- B.P. Hurding – drums
- Additional personnel
- Ted Bunting – saxophone on “Identity” & “The Day the World Turned Dayglo”
- Lora Logic – saxophone on “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” and “I Am a Cliché”
- Falcon Stuart – producer, cover concept
- John Mackenzie Burns – engineer
- Andy Pearce – assistant engineer
- Nick Webb – mastering
- Trevor Key – photography
- Cooke Key – sleeve
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