Smart Bar - Chicago 1985

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Handmade 'bootleg-style' double vinyl limited edition of Smart Bar - Chicago 1985. Color vinyl (all colors + combinations of color), hand-numbered with double-side newsprint style fold-over cover w poster on flip side of cover. Limited edition of 1,000 2xlps. Pressed at Kinder Core in Athens, GA. Poster/artwork designed by Bill Mooney of Tannis Root.

Note: The "bootleg" pressing of Smart Bar may contain a few audio pops on side 4 that may be unnoticed by most listeners but may not be suitable to audiophiles.

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Double LP in gatefold jacket with photos by Pat Blashill and Steve Koress and notes by Gerard Cosloy and Aaron Mullan.

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1.	Hallowe'en (Live) 05:42	buy track
2.	Death Valley '69 (Live) 07:20	buy track
3.	Intro/Brave Men Run (Live) 04:51	buy track
4.	I Lover Her All The Time (Live) 05:20	buy track
5.	Ghost Bitch (Live) 05:55	buy track
6.	I'm Insane (Live) 05:20	buy track
7.	Kat 'n' Hat (Live) 03:36	buy track
8.	Brother James (Live) 02:50	buy track
9.	Kill Yr Idols (Live) 02:32	buy track
10.	Secret Girl (Live) 03:13	buy track
11.	Flower (Live) 02:36	buy track
12.	The Burning Spear (Live) 05:01	buy track
13.	Expressway To Yr Skull (Live) 09:04	buy track
14.	Making The Nature Scene (Live) 03:42	buy track

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released October 4, 2012

Recorded by Rich Menning August 11,1985 at Smart Bar Chicago, IL
Mixed by Aaron Mullan and Steve Shelley 2011 at Echo Canyon West, NJ
Mastered by John Golden
Originally released on 2xlp and cd on Goofin' Records

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