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Mr. B. Murphy sent this to me earlier and was like “WTF is this thing?” to which I replied, “One of the rarest Australian punk singles.” So, I guess it deserves a post here…

This is probably THE most legendary Aussie punk record [though, IMO, not the best, and also IMO, not even the best Thought Criminals record (I like the follow-up better)], and definitely the top priced. One of those classic cases of extreme rarity due to copies being thrown into the crowd at gigs, copies being trashed by various acquaintances, etc etc. One thing going for this copy in particular is that it’s EXTREMELY clean—typically these look like someone peeled out on them with a moped*, but still sell for big dollars. The grand irony of it all is that the record has a song titled “I Won’t Pay For Punk Records”.

Check it out here, and then sit back and grab a soda and some popcorn as the bloodbath unfolds and this one hits Chung King territory.

*©2010 Robert Belmonte

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