BLACK FLAG Everything Went Black 2xLP - New

Description: Brand new, received direct from the label. "Released as both a clearing house and as a stopgap release in 1982, Everything Went Black would end up informing both Black Flag’s past and future. Originally released without the name “Black Flag” on the cover, and only the band members' names, the compilation was SST records attempt to fly under the radar and generate some income during the perilous Unicorn/Black Flag lawsuit. It didn’t work. The band was nabbed in the act and a few members and associates actually wound up doing some time for violating the court order preventing the band from releasing material. As if these recordings needed any more mythos associated with them! Although Nervous Breakdown would set the underground punk scene on fire, and wile Keith Morris’ sardonic, cagey delivery would go on to impress and inform thousands of future punk rockers, there was a scant four Black Flag tracks to his name prioer to Black. As Black Flag seemed to operate in cycles, the same could be said of Ron Reyes as well as Dez Cadena. Little did fans know that for each vocalist, there was nearly a full album’s worth of material- the same material mind you, but unreleased material none the less. Except it wasn’t quite the same material for each singer. Granted, almost all these songs had been released previously and many of the songs crop up two or three times on this release. But, Black was a boon in that it showed how each singer brought his own unique perspective to this material. This showed both the strength of the individual vocalists as well as the core material. Understandably, Morris set the tone for singers and his wiry, tilting vocal ticks filtered through Reyes and Cadena’s versions (and even Rollins on Damaged.) Perhaps like Sinatra, Morris was a master of phrasing and timing. Throughout his side, he suddenly accentuated seemingly random words. But, of course, this wasn’t random- it was Morris drawing an off-balance meaning to these words, implying more than he was saying while also acting as a foil for Greg Ginn bear-trap guitar. It didn’t hurt that Morris had one of the best voices in punk rock. A combination of drugged out street guy, and jester, Morris was at once bemoaning the horrible situation and laughing at the absurdity of it all. He didn’t have the range of, say Dave Vanian, or the vocal control of Glenn Danzig, but his spastic, spitting delivery made these cutting lyrics have appropriate force as well as an intelligence that showed that these songs had more than just a cursory reading to them. And of course, Morris was also a master ad-libber, stapling terse phrases at the end of songs as they fell apart, giving the shambles that much more bite." - John Gentile / Punk News

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Location: Atlanta, Georgia

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