CRIMINAL RECORDS
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ORIGINAL SINGLES
Track listing unknown Hot wire my heart
1976
unknown format
test pressing
quantity unkown
Bear West Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA.
One of the 'holy grails' of CRIME memorabilia, the test pressing of the first single. Alluded to in Ugly Things "14, little is known of the "Hot wire my heart" test pressing, not even the number of copies in existance.
Track listing unknown
Frustration
1977
12"
test pressing or acetate
quantity unknown
Mills College Recording Studio, Oakland, CA.
Referred to in a Search and Destroy interview from 1977, nothing is confirmed about this disc except its format.
side 1: Crime wave
TV blue
CRIME Demo tape
1979
Cassette
CRIME Music
Unknown number of copies
His Master's Wheels
Both tracks were recorded sometime in 1979 at His Master's Wheel and were produced by Eliot Maser. It was put out as a demo cassette that made the rounds to radio stations and record comapnies. The exact number of copies produced is unknown. It is thought that two other songs were also recorded at the same sessions - "Piss On Your Dog" and one other unknown track although only "Crime Wave" and "TV Blue" were included on the cassette. "Piss on your Dog" was originally entitled "Prisoner Dog" but because of the way Frankie sang it, fans believed it to be 'piss on yer' instead of 'prisoner' and the error was perpetuated by the band.
side 1: Gangster funk
side 2: MaseratiGangster funk 7"
1981
7"
Berkeley-square records: bsq-001
1000 black vinyl copies with picture sleeve ( some with lyric insert )
Date unknown, Different Fur Studios
The first release on this Berkeley new wave label which also put out releases by other contempory bands including the Nuns. CRIME were originally on a retainer to B-square but the label eventually ran into cash-flow problems and began to pay the band in drugs before the label eventually called it a day. Existance of a test pressing for this single has not been confirmed.
ORIGINAL ALBUMS
view CD view LP side 1: Frustration
Crime wave
I knew this nurse…
San Francisco's doomed
Rock 'n' roll enemy #1
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
I stupid anyway
Twisted
Murder by guitar
Instrumental instrumentalside 2: Flyeater
Rockabilly drugstore
Dillinger's brain
Flipout
Emergency music ward
Monkey on your back
Yakuza
Rockin' weird
SamuraiSan Francisco's doomed
1992
LP/CD
LP - Solar Lodge Records: doomed two
CD - Solar Lodge/Overground CD: doomed two:
OVER33CD
1000 black vinyl and 1000 picture CD copies
Two old CRIME studio sessions rescued from the archives and officially released to the public for the first time. Tracks 1-11 were recorded March 1 and 2nd 1978 at His Master's Wheel's and were produced by Eliot Maser. Tracks 12-20 recorded July 31st 1979 at Time and Space Studios, San Francisco, CA with Henry Rosenthal producing.
Released in the UK on vinyl by punk reissue label Solar Lodge Records (run by John Balance aka Geff Rushton of Coil) and on CD as a split release on Solar Lodge/Overground. Both formats were distributed (badly) by Southern. The CD version features a 3 panel fold-out inlay card featuring pictures and liner notes by Michael Lucas. The LP version does not come with an insert and has the liner notes printed on the reverse of the sleeve.
BOOTLEG SINGLES
BOOTLEG ALBUMS
The CRIME manifesto*
Hot wire my heart#
Baby you're so repulsive#
Frustation+
Murder by guitar+
Maserati~
Gangster funk~
Terminal boredom**
Dillinger's brain**
If looks could kill§
Lost soul§
Lost soul§
Rockin' weird§
Funky blast off§
Raw rumble*
Hot wire my heart*
Oh yeah b-b-baby*
Dillinger's brain*
Terminal boredom*
Stuck on you*
Baby you're so repulsive*
Frustation*
Murder by guitar*
Pregnant and punished*
Rock'n' roll enemy #1*All the stuff volume one
199?
CD
catalogue number unknown
quantity unknown
*taken from the "Hate us or ove us we don't give a fuck" LP, # taken from the "Hot wire my heart" 7 inch, + taken from the "Frustration" 7 inch, ~ taken from the "Gangster funk" 7 inch, ** recorded May or June 1977 at Mills College Recording Studio, Oakland, CA at the same session as the "Frustration" single (produced by Novak, previously unreleased), § unknown (information on CD insert disagrees with known recording sessions).
Part one in a series of three Italian bootlegs. Volume 1 contains all the officially released singles, some additional session tracks never before released and the tracks from "Hate us or love us who gives a fuck" LP.
Live 8th December 1978,
Mabuhay Gardens, San
Francisco, CA
Murder by guitar
Crime wave
Good time
You ain't nothing
TV blues
Feel the beat
Unknown
Rock-a-billy drug store
Rat rhythm
I don't care
Jo Ann
Instrumental
Live 4th February 1978,
Mabuhay Gardens, San
Francisco, CA
Frustation
Crime wave
I knew this nurse...
Rock'n' roll enemy # 1
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
I don't care
Baby you're so repulsive
Murder by guitar
Instrumental
San Francisco's doomed
I stupid anywayAll the stuff volume two
199?
CD
catalogue number unknown
quantity unknown
Part two in this series of three Italian bootleg CDs. This release feature two previously unavailable shows from the Mabuhay Gardens.
March 1st and 2nd 1978
His Masters Wheels
Frustation
Crime wave
I knew this nurse...
San Francisco's doomed
Rock'n roll enemy # 1
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
I stupid anyway
Twisted
Murder by guitar
Instrumental instrumental
Live June 4th 1978, Mabuhay
Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Instrumental
Rock'n roll enemy # 1
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
Good time
I don't care
I knew this nurse
San Francisco's doomed
Instrumental
Murder by guitarStudio from Time and Space
July 31 - 1979
Flyeater
Rockabilly drugstore
Dillinger's brain
Flipout
Rockin' weirdAll the stuff volume three
199?
CD
catalogue number unknown
quantity unknown
Part three in this Italian CD trilogy, this release features many of the tracks from "San Francisco's doomed LP plus a previously unavailable show from the Mabuhay Gardens.
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side 1: Frustration
Crime wave
I knew this nurse…
San Francisco's doomed
Rock 'n' roll enemy #1
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
I stupid anyway
Twisted
Murder by guitar
Instrumental instrumental
Hot wire my heart
Baby you're so repulsiveside 2: Flyeater
Rockabilly drugstore
Dillinger's brain
Flipout
Emergency music ward
Monkey on your back
Yakuza
Rockin' weird
SamuraiSan Francisco's first and only rock 'n' roll band
1999
LP
Criminal Records: 005
300 black vinyl copies
German bootleg of the San Francisco's doomed LP containing the "Hotwire my heart" single as a bonus. Nothing new here, only desireable due to the limited pressing run.
VIDEO
Live at the Stardust Ballroom
Track listing unknownRelease date unknown
Producer unknown
First reported CRIME show outside of the San Francisco area. Rare live footage from the "payback" show with the Weirdos on their home turf.
Live at San Quentin Sep 4 1978
Crime wave
Good time
Rock-a-billy drug store
Piss on your dog
Feel the beat
Rock 'n' roll enemy # 1
Twisted
Heroin
InstrumentalLive at San Quentin
1984
Target Video
Infamous performance by CRIME at San Quentin Prison, San Rafael, CA. Complete show in glorious technicolor. Another great Target Video presentation.
COMPILATIONS
side 1:
SVT
*I wanna see you cry
*New year
Dead Kennedys
*California über alles
*Man with the dogs
CRIME
*Murder by guitar
*Frustrationside 2:
Pearl Harbor and the Explosions
*Drivin
*Release
Pink Section
*Tour of china
*Shopping
Psycotic Pineapple
*I wanna get rid of you
*Ahead of my time1980 - Various
No San Francisco
1980
LP
Novak 021
Quantity unknown, yellow vinyl with 3 inserts
Early compilation LP featuring 6 singles by punk and wave artists from the San Francisco area. Contains both original recordings from the "Frustration" single. It is unknown if this release is a bootleg or not, or whether Novak had anything to do with its release.
The cover art for this release features a news article detailling the CRIME performance at San Quentin Correctional Facility, San Rafael, CA.
Jim Basnight
*She got fucked
Cinecyde
*Radiation sickness
Dennis Most and the Instigators
*Destructive love
CRIME
*Frustration
Hollywood Squares
*Hollywood square
Symptoms
*Be on top
Los Reactors
*Be a zombie
Suburbs
*Memory
Bob
*Things that you do
Ed Davis Band
*Asshole
VS
*Magnetic heart
Tanks
*Bongo congo
Reind Dears
*White christmas
Gizmos
*1978
Mutants (Michigan)
*Piece o shit
Units
*Cannibals
Clocks
*Confidentialy, Renee
Familia Real
*DestruyeVarious
Brainkiller - Lost punk hits from the Americas 1977-1982
199?
LP
RIP Records: catalogue number unknown
Quantity unknown, black vinyl with insert.
Reasonable compilation in an all American Killed By Death vein, includes the single version of "Frustration". Unsure if this is a bootleg or not but is for CRIME completists only.
CRIME COVERS
Schizophrenia
Catholic block
Beauty lies in the eye
Stereo sanctity
Pipeline/kill time
Tuff gnarl
Pacific coast highway
Hot wire my heart
Cotton crown
White cross
Master-dikSonicYouth
Sister
1987
LP/CD
Standard issue from these New York based alternative noisemongers. Includes an excellent version of "Hot wire my heart". Sonic Youths' Thurston Moore provided the liner notes for the reissue of the "Hot wire my heart" 7 inch on San Franciscos' Spirit Records.
side 1: Rub
Murder by guitar
side 2: Snakes
SmokedVertigo
Rub
1991
7"
Amphetamine Reptile: Scale 038
picture sleeve, some copies on yellow vinyl
Midwest noise rockers EP on the fabled Amphetamine Reptile label.
side 1: Clock wise
side 2: FrustrationElectric Frankenstein
Clock Wise
1997
7"
Junk Records: cat # unknown
clear vinyl with picture sleeve
Out of print classic from one of the hottest punk bands of the '90s. Features a stonking version of "Frustration".
Bucket O' Blood
Rockabilly Rumble
If Looks Could Kill
Surf Zombies
Baby Blue
Fleshook
I Wanna Ride
Jezebel
Rockin' In The Cemetery
She's Lookin Better By The Minute
Nitro Ghouls
Vampiro
Livin' In The City
Insane
Mad DaddyHellbillys
Land Of Demons
Year unknown
LP
CD reissue
Planet Records: cat # unknown
The first Hellbillys LP released on the Japanese label Planet Records. Recently repressed on CD, this release contains a version of "If looks could kill".