Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death

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1	Police Truck Music By – Ray*, Biafra*Producer – Geza XRemix – R. Pepperell*Words By – Biafra*	2:23
2	Too Drunk To Fuck Engineer – Oliver DiciccoMusic By, Words By – Biafra*Noises [Vomit And Gagging] – Geza XProducer – Dead Kennedys, Geza XProducer [Production Assistance] – Norm , R. Pepperell*	2:38
3	California Über Alles Engineer – Jim KeylorMusic By – Biafra*Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim KeylorWords By – Biafra*, John Greenway	3:26
4	The Man With The Dogs Engineer – Jim KeylorMusic By, Words By – Biafra*Producer – Dead Kennedys, Jim Keylor	3:01
5	Insight Engineer – Oliver DiciccoMusic By, Words By – Biafra*Producer – Norm	1:38
6	Life Sentence Engineer – Gary Mankin, John Cuniberti, Oliver DiciccoExecutive-Producer – Norm Mixed By – East Bay RayMusic By, Words By – Biafra*Producer – Dead Kennedys, Thom WilsonProducer [Produced With Special Thanks To] – Geza X	2:38
7	A Child And His Lawnmower Engineer – Tom MallonProducer – Dead KennedysWords By, Music By – Biafra*	0:54
8	Holiday In Cambodia Music By – Slesinger*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride*Producer – Geza XRemix – R. Pepperell*Words By – Biafra*	3:43
9	I Fought The Law Lyrics By [New Lyrics] – Biafra*Mixed By – Biafra*, John CunibertiProducer – Biafra*Written-By – Sonny Curtis	2:17
10	Saturday Night Holocaust Engineer – John Cuniberti, Mark Wallner, Oliver DiciccoExecutive-Producer – Norm Music By – Dead KennedysProducer – Dead Kennedys, Thom WilsonProducer [Produced With Special Thanks To] – Geza XWords By – Biafra*	4:22
11	Pull My Strings Music By – Slesinger*Words By – Biafra*	5:53
12	Short Songs Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim KeylorExecutive-Producer – Robert HanrahanMusic By, Words By – 6025Recorded By [Live Recording] – BSU Productions	0:20
13	Straight A's Engineer – Jim Alcivar, Jim KeylorExecutive-Producer – Robert HanrahanMusic By – 6025Recorded By [Live Recording] – BSU ProductionsWords By – Biafra*	2:05
14	Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round Mixed By – Biafra*, Oliver DiciccoMixed By [Assisted By] – Norm deFur*Music By – Peligro*, Ray*, Biafra*, Flouride*Producer – Biafra*Vocals [Second] – Klaus*Words By – Biafra*	4:17
15	The Prey Engineer – Les Stuck, Oliver DiciccoMusic By – Ray*, Biafra*Producer – Dead Kennedys, Geza XProducer [Production Assistance] – Norm , R. Pepperell*Words By – Biafra*	3:44
16	Night Of The Living Rednecks Music By – Slesinger*, Flouride*Words By – Biafra*	5:10
17	Buzzbomb From Pasadena Engineer – Oliver DiciccoMusic By – Ray*, Biafra*Other [Psychic Motor Oil] – NormProducer – Biafra*, Oliver DiciccoWords By – Biafra*	2:20

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Copyright (c) – Alternative Tentacles Records
• Copyright (c) – Decay Music
• Published By – Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music
• Licensed From – Cherry Red
• Distributed By – Mordam Records
• Recorded At – Mobius Music
• Recorded At – Hyde Street Studios
• Recorded At – B.S.U. Studios
• Recorded At – Tom Mallon Studios
• Mixed At – City Sound Recording
• Recorded At – The Warfield
• Recorded At – Deaf Club
• Mixed At – Mobius Music
• Recorded At – Earth Tavern
• Manufactured By – Disctronics Texas, Inc.

Credits

• Artwork [Insert Booklet By] – Biafra*, John Yates
• Bass Guitar, Vocals – Klaus Flouride
• Compiled By, Vocals – Jello Biafra
• Cover, Artwork [Cover Art] – Dee Dee*, Jayed Scotti, Winston Smith
• Drums – Bruce Sleisinger (A.K.A. Ted)* (tracks: 2 to 5, 8, 11 to 13, 17)
• Drums, Vocals – D.H. Peligro
• Executive-Producer – Pippin Youth
• Guitar [Other] – 6025 (tracks: 13, 14)
• Guitar, Effects [Echoplex] – East Bay Ray
• Producer [From Recordings Produced By] – Dead Kennedys, East Bay Ray, Elliot Mazer, Geza X, Jello Biafra, Jim Keylor, John Cuniberti, Norm , Thom Wilson
• Sleeve [Concept] – Biafra*

Notes

A compilation of singles, B-sides, compilation tracks and live tracks.

Track 1 b-side of second single. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 2 a-side of fourth single. Released Spring 1981 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 2). Recorded at Mobius Music and Hyde Street Studios. ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 3 a-side of first single. Released June, 1979 (Alternative Tentacles 95-41. Re-issued 1980 on Optional). Released the following October in the U.K. on Fast Products. Recorded at BSU Studio. ©1978 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 4 b-side of first single. ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 5 b-side of third single. Released Fall, 1980 (A-side was slight re-mix of 'Kill The Poor'). ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 6 b-side of Bleed For Me single. Release Summer, 1980 (Alternative Records Virus 23). Recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Mobius Music. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 7 originally appeared on double album compilation Maximum Rock N Roll presents NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Alternative Tentacles Virus 14). Recordeed at Tom Mallon Studio. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 8 a-side of second single. An alternative version appeared later on the 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' LP. Released Spring, 1980. First on Optional Records, then on I.R.S. Records with an upgraded sleeve. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 9 originally intended for release as a flexi-disc in 1985 under the name 'Lily White Dan and the Hot Potatoes' to be given away at street protests marking Dan White's return to San Francisco. Later appeared on Rose 100, 'Play New Rose For Me' double LP compilation album, released worldwide by New Rose Records, France, in 1986. Recorded at Hyde Street Studios. Mixed at City Sound.
Track 10 b-side of 'Halloween' single. Released December, 1982 (Alternative Tentacles Virus 28). ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 11 recorded live at BAM magazine's 3rd Annual Bay Area Music Awards at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco, March 25, 1980. Special thanks to Dennis Erokan and Miles Hurwitz for granting us use of this recording. Originally intended for release as part of a 4-song live 12" EP. The other three songs would have been the versions of "Bleed For Me", "Government Flu" and "Chemical Warfare" recorded for the film "URGH! A Music War" and rebroadcast on MTV's "The Cutting Edge". A&M Recorded had purged us from the URGH! soundtrack album because they didn't like our band name. ©1980 Decay Music (BMI)
Tracks 12 and 13 originally appeared on "Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club" live compilation LP. Recorded March 3, 1979. Last performance with five-piece line-up: Biafra, Ray, Klaus, Ted on drums and 6025 on other guitar. An earlier version of 'Police Truck' was also featured. Released 1980 by Walking Dead Records first through Optional and later through ©1979 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 14 originally appeared on Wargasm benefit compilation LP, released spring, 1982 by Pax U.K. Later appeared on P.E.A.C.E. benefit double album compilation released by RRadical, late 1984. Mixed at Mobius Music. ©1982 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 15 b-side of fourth single. Recorded at Mobius Music, Hyde Street Studios and live in the Tenderloin (we ran a mix from the Hyde St. Studio A control board out into the street to record the background noises. ©1981 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 16 recorded live by persons unknown at the Earth Tavern, Portland, Oregon, on November 19, 1979, while Ray was changing strings. ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)
Track 17 ©1987 Decay Music (BMI)

Tracks 1, 2, 8 and 15 licensed from Cherry Red Records.

♦CD booklet (inside following tracklisting -note, track 9 should be listed as the exception): All songs (C) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987 Decay Music (BMI) except track 10, by Sonny Curtis / Acuff-Rose Opryland Music Co. (BMI)
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♦CD booklet back page: All songs (C) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987 Decay Music (BMI)
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♦CD: All songs (P) & (C) 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records except *(track 9) Sony Curtis / Acruff-Rose Opryland Music Co. (BMI)
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♦Rear sleeve: All songs (C) & (P) 1987 Alternative Tentacles Records except ** (track 9) by Sonny Curtis / Acruff-Rose Opryland Music Co. (BMI)

Printed in Canada.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 21616-0057-2 1
• Barcode (Scanned): 721616005721
• Matrix / Runout: 32279AD-02B VIRUS-57 991309-04 79D3--2322
• Mastering SID Code: none
• Mould SID Code: none
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VIRUS 57	Dead Kennedys	Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ‎(LP, Comp + Flexi, 7")	Alternative Tentacles	VIRUS 57	US	1987
FPL 3046, VIRUS 57	Dead Kennedys	Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ‎(LP, Comp + Flexi, 7")	Fringe Product, Alternative Tentacles	FPL 3046, VIRUS 57	Canada	1987
VIRUS 57CD	Dead Kennedys	Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Alternative Tentacles	VIRUS 57CD	US	1994
FPC 3046	Dead Kennedys	Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ‎(Cass, Comp, CrO)	Fringe Product	FPC 3046	Canada	1987
VIRUS 57C	Dead Kennedys	Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death ‎(Cass, Comp)	Alternative Tentacles	VIRUS 57C	US	1987