LIMITED EDITION 2XLP IS ON BLACK VINYL IN A THICK TIP-ON GATEFOLD JACKET W/ ATTACHED 28 PAGE BOOK.
La Peste was Boston’s first true punk band. The material in this compilation comes from the studio session that produced the Better Off Dead 7”, their 1979 session with The Cars’ Ric Ocasek, a 1979 session at Electro Acoustic Studios, 4-track loft recordings and the the band’s very first studio sessions with Curt Naihersey (Pastiche, The Kids).
Book/Booklet: Long Form Essay by Andy Cush. Micro-Essays by Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma), Clint Conley (Mission of Burma), Pat Place (Bush Tetras, Contortions), Willie Loco Alexander (The Lost, Boom Boom Band, The Velvet Underground), Richard Parsons (Unnatural Axe), Malcolm Travis (Human Sexual Response), Curt Naihersey (The Kids, Pastiche), Richard Mendelson (Engineer of Ric Ocasek Sessions) & More.
Book/Booklet: Long Form Essay by Andy Cush. Micro-Essays by Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma), Clint Conley (Mission of Burma), Pat Place (Bush Tetras, Contortions), Willie Loco Alexander (The Lost, Boom Boom Band, The Velvet Underground), Richard Parsons (Unnatural Axe), Malcolm Travis (Human Sexual Response), Curt Naihersey (The Kids, Pastiche), Richard Mendelson (Engineer of Ric Ocasek Sessions) & More.