Land Speed Record (album)

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Template:Music ratings Land Speed Record is a live album (and first full-length release) by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in January 1982 by New Alliance Records. It was recorded live on August 15, 1981, at the 7th Street Entry, a venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The album is a straight-forward hardcore record compared to the melodic post-hardcore that the band pioneered and performed towards the end of their career.

Background and recording

Hüsker Dü's August 1981 concert was recorded straight to 4-track soundboard tape on a three hundred dollar budget.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Mould said, "We played really really fast and kept it together; and we did it live with no overdubs."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Once the band had taped it they realized they lacked the financial means to release the album. Friend of the band and member of Minutemen, Mike Watt, offered to put out the album on his label, New Alliance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The original LP release on New Alliance contained an insert with lyrics and upcoming tour dates. The album got a European release on Alternative Tentacles in the UK.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album was reissued in 1987 on SST Records on compact disc and LP. Like Hüsker Dü's other releases, Land Speed Record has not been remastered to alter the LP's sound for the compact disc release.Template:Citation needed The band's ongoing royalty disputes with SST have been given as the cause for not having a unique CD edition issued.Template:Citation needed Ken Shipley of The Numero Group has noted that the original tape was stolen from the band's van.<ref name="nprsavage1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The SST CD contains only two tracks, one for each side of the original LP.Template:Citation needed

The Numero Group's 2017 box set Savage Young Dü includes an alternate version of the same set, recorded at a Twin/Tone Records showcase two weeks later.<ref name="nprsavage1" />

Track listing

Side one – 12:27

1. "All Tensed Up" (Bob Mould) – 2:02
2. "Don't Try to Call" (Mould) – 1:30
3. "I'm Not Interested" (Grant Hart) – 1:31
4. "Guns at My School" (Mould) – 0:55
5. "Push the Button" (Hart) – 1:48
6. "Gilligan's Island" (Hart) – 1:23
7. "M.T.C." (Greg Norton) – 1:09
8. "Don't Have a Life" (Norton) – 2:09

Side two – 14:08

1. "Bricklayer" (Mould) – 0:53
2. "Tired of Doing Things" (Hart) – 0:58
3. "You're Naive" (Mould) – 0:53
4. "Strange Week" (Hart) – 0:57
5. "Do the Bee" (Hart) – 1:49
6. "Big Sky" (Mould) – 0:57
7. "Ultracore" (Mould) – 0:47
8. "Let's Go Die" (Norton) – 1:26
9. "Data Control" (Hart) – 5:28

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Hüsker Dü

• Bob Mould – guitar, vocals
• Greg Norton – bass, vocals
• Grant Hart – drums, vocals

Technical

• Hüsker Dü – producer, mixdown
• Steve Fjelstad – remote mix, mixdown
• Terry Katzman – remote mix assistant
• Doug Remley – remote mix assistant
• Wayne B. Case – remote mix assistant
• Fake Name Grafx – artwork