[2016-11-04] Tad "God's Balls", "Salt Lick" and "8-Way Santa" Deluxe Editions (Sub Pop)

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God's Balls

Description
God’s Balls, TAD’s punishing, noise-drenched debut album, was recorded with Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle in 1988 and released early the following year. In addition to their usual arsenal of guitars, bass, and drums, the band employed a variety of unusual instruments – an empty gas tank from a car, a hacksaw, a large brass tube from a microwave transmitter, CB radio mics, a cello bow used on cymbals to emulate guitar feedback – to thunderous effect, adding a Neubauten-esque clang to the band’s rock riffs. After releasing God’s Balls, TAD flew to Europe with Nirvana for both bands’ first European tour. The now-legendary, month-long tour took the bands to the UK, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Denmark and Sweden.

This reissue of God’s Balls features bonus tracks from TAD’s 1988 debut 7”, plus the previously unreleased “Tuna Car” from the 7” session. God’s Balls has been out of print on CD for many years.

Tracklist
1. Behemoth (Remastered)
2. Pork Chop (Remastered)
3. Helot (Remastered)
4. Tuna Car (Remastered)
5. Sex God Missy (Lumberjack Mix) (Remastered)
6. Cyanide Bath (Remastered)
7. Boiler Room (Remastered)
8. Satan's Chainsaw (Remastered)
9. Hollow Man (Remastered)
10. Nipple Belt (Remastered)
11. Ritual Device (Remastered)
12. Daisy (Remastered)
13. Tuna Car (First Version)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LTHMFC8/?tag=imwan-20

Salt Lick

Description
After their 1989 debut album, God’s Balls, TAD continued to write and record, releasing a string of singles and the Salt Lick EP between 1989 and 1990. Salt Lick features the single “Wood Goblins,” the video for which MTV banned because it was, to the delicate eyes of MTV programmers, “too ugly.” The sounds of Salt Lick are, indeed, wonderfully ugly, thanks in part to the involvement of noise-rock technician Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard), who recorded the EP. The band continued to release singles and gain momentum in the press. As TAD himself puts it: “Lyrically we had a lot of subject matter that was meant to be tongue-in-cheek from the beginning but that was presented by both Sub Pop and us as true-to-life. The press took it all seriously and began to feed on and ravenously devour the mythology we created.”

This reissue of Salt Lick includes tracks from the “Wood Goblins” single, a split 7” with Pussy Galore, and the “Loser” 7”. This material has been out of print on CD for many years.

Tracklist
1. Axe To Grind (Remastered)
2. High On The Hog (Remastered)
3. Wood Goblins (Remastered)
4. Hibernation (Remastered)
5. Glue Machine (Remastered)
6. Potlatch (Remastered)
7. Loser (Remastered)
8. Cooking With Gas (Remastered)
9. Habit Necessity (Remastered)
10. Damaged (Remastered)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LTHMFBY/?tag=imwan-20

8-Way Santa

Description
In 1991, after tens of thousands of miles on the road in support of God’s Balls and Salt Lick, and a run of powerful EPs/singles, TAD released their second full-length album, 8-Way Santa. Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, WI with Butch Vig, whose work with Killdozer the band admired, 8-Way Santa finds TAD pushing their sound in new directions. Not a band to rest on its laurels, TAD began to add melodic touches to their sound, as evidenced by the lead single, “Jinx.” 8-Way Santa was the last record with the original TAD lineup, and their last album for Sub Pop before jumping to a major label.

This reissue of 8-Way Santa includes tracks from the “Jinx” single, a 1990 EP, and a handful of unreleased album demos recorded by Jack Endino. This material has been out of print on CD for many years.

Tracklist
1. Jinx (Remastered)
2. Giant Killer (Remastered)
3. Wired God (Remastered)
4. Delinquent (Remastered)
5. Hedge Hog (Remastered)
6. Flame Tavern (Remastered)
7. Trash Truck (Remastered)
8. Stumblin' Man (Remastered)
9. Jack (Remastered)
10. Candi (Remastered)
11. 3-D Witch Hunt (Remastered)
12. Crane's Café (Remastered)
13. Plague Years (Remastered)
14. Pig Iron (Remastered)
15. Nuts 'N' Bolts
16. Delinquent (Demo)
17. Giant Killer (Demo)
18. Wired God (Demo)
19. 3-D Witch Hunt (Demo)
20. Eddie Hook (Remastered)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LTHMFB4/?tag=imwan-20

[2016-11-04] Tad "God's Balls", "Salt Lick" and "8-Way Santa" Deluxe Editions (Sub Pop)

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