Title |
Ciccone Youth (The Whitey Album) |
Format |
12" Vinyl Bootleg |
Country |
England |
Released |
1988 |
Current Value |
50,00 |
Catalog No |
BFFP 28 |
Packaging |
Sleeve |
Label |
Blast First |
Notes |
Recorded and mixed November 1987 - January 1988 at Wharton's Palace of Confusion, NYC / EXCEPT:
B9 recorded and mixed at before Christ, Brooklyn, March 1986. A7 was done in San Pedro, California, May 1986 (the original demo on 4-track cassette) / "Into the Groove" and "Burnin' Up" were originally recorded by Madonna / "Addicted To Love" originally recorded by Robert Palmer / Blast First in association with Mute Records Limited / Into The Groove(y) (B9) contains Madonna vocals from the original 'Into The Groove' song / Madonna's record label wanted to sue them but Madonna stopped it from happening and gave them full clearance with Ciccone Youth
In 1988, Sonic Youth participates in a project called Ciccone Youth (which features bassist Mike Watt, ex-Minutemen and Firehouse) and release the album "The Whitey Album", a kind of ironic-conceptual album about a whole musical culture, ranging from pop (covers of Madonna and Robert Plamer), to classical contemporary music (refer to the composition 4'33 "by John Cage, through the track Silence), passing through the experimental influences of Sonic Youth, which comes from German Krautrock (Neu Can)--
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Tracks |
A01.
Needle-Gun (2:25)
A02.
(Silence) (1:06)
A03.
G-Force (3:36)
A04.
Platoon II (4:17)
A05.
MacBeth (5:23)
A06.
Me & Jill / Hendrix Cosby (1:44)
A07.
Burnin' Up (Orig. Demo) (3:48)
B01.
Hi! Everybody! (0:56)
B02.
Children Of Satan / Third Fig (3:05)
B03.
Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu (2:25)
B04.
Addicted To Love (3:44)
B05.
Moby-Dik (1:01)
B06.
March Of The Ciccone Robots (1:54)
B07.
Making The Nature Scene (3:10)
B08.
Tuff Titty Rap (0:39)
B09.
Into The Groovey (4:32)
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Cover 5 |
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Cover 7 |
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Cover 2 |
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Cover 4 |
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Cover 6 |
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Cover 8 |
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