S.O.A. - First Demo 12/29/80 7" electronic Four decades after its release

Four decades after its release (on Ohr

poster and archive replica newsprint adverts and lyric insert

we’ve included two previously unreleased tracks: "Pepper Palace" (a great psychedelic number) plus a storming cover of "Sixteen Tons"

2nd of 5 in the Systemic Surgery series each hand numbered and limited to 200

S.O.A. - First Demo 12/29/80 7" electronic Four decades after its releaseHighly recommended. HENRY GARFIELD formed STATE OF ALERT (S. O. A) in October of 1980 with guitarist MICHAEL HAMPTON, bassist WENDEL BLOW, and drummer SIMON JACOBSEN. The band released 13 songsthree on the Flex Your Head compilation record and ten on the No Policy EP (Dischords second ever release)and performed a total of nine shows before calling it quits in July of 1981. Garfield had been a long time friend of Dischord Records co founder, Ian