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In November of 1982, I went into the studio with Government Issue to record what was to be their first full-length album. Up until that time, they had only released the Legless Bull 7”EP, and the tape they recorded early 1982 would take over a year and a half to be released as the Make An Effort 7”EP. The members of G.I. excelled at driving each other crazy and there was a lot of arguing, but still we had a great session at Inner Ear and we managed to track 20 songs in one day. From the beginning the band had been divided on what to record, and it was only after much debate that they decided to leave off the material they had recorded with the earlier line-ups and only put out 10 new songs.
In early 1983 Dischord was strapped for cash, meaning that we could only work on one release at a time. Since all of our money was tied up with the manufacturing of Minor Threat’s Out of Step 12” EP, the G.I. record would have to wait. A new DC label, Fountain of Youth, expressed an interest in releasing Boycott Stabb, so it was decided to do a ‘split-label’ record. In this case, Fountain of Youth put up the money and we let them use the Dischord Records name to help with context and distribution. It has since been reissued on a number of different labels and formats, but after coming across the master tapes and hearing the songs that had been left off, we thought it would be cool to release the complete session, and to finally release the record on Dischord proper.
Tracklist
SIDE A
1) Hall Of Fame
2) Hour Of 1
3) G.I.
4) Puppet On A String
5) Sheer Terror
6) Happy People
7) Lost In Limbo
8) Plain To See
9) Party Line
10) Here’s The Rope
11) Insomniac
SIDE B
1) Fashionite
2) Religious Ripoff
3) Asshole
4) No Rights
5) No Way Out
6) Twisyed Views
7) Snubbing
8) Teenager in A Box
9) Bored To Death
10) Georgetown Blues