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NIKKI AND THE CORVETTES- DELUXE MUNSTER REISSUE with new liners written by NIKKI and 4 bonus tracks! SET WITH unique cover, poster, and glossy photo
Munster
$40.00
SET IS PACKED IN A HEAVY 13x13 poly envelope with A UNIQUE COVER DESIGNED BY OUR ART DEPARTMENT. THE LP ITSELF HAS THE STANDARD COVER.
HERE'S WHAT YOU GET:
(1) SEALED REISSUE OF THE NIKKI LP ON MUNSTER WITH 4 BONUS TRACKS
(2) FULL COLOR LP SIZED INSERT WITH PHOTOS AND LINERS BY NIKKI AND LINDSAY HUTTON
(3) COPY OF POSTER SIZED VINTAGE JAPANESE MAGAZINE COVER .THIS ONE HAS BEEN ON THE BOMP WALLS FOR DECADES, WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT DOWN AND MAKE SOME COPIES FOR THIS SET, IT'S JUST TOO COOL!
(4) GLOSSY PROMO PHOTO OF NIKKI FROM OUR ARCHIVES
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Out of print for quite a few years now, this album is a stunning power-pop gem recorded at a time when this kind of girl group pairing with punk rock was unusual.
This is one of the most iconic albums released on Greg Shaw’s Bomp! Records.
It includes FOUR bonus tracks.
Out of print for quite a few years now, you have in your paws a record that’s really stood the test of time. Check out the titles, these young ladies were wearing their collective hearts on those sleeves of theirs. This kind of girl group pairing with punk rock was unusual at the time and it provided a much-needed antidote to the male dominated skinny tie brigade. Nikki looked like Pam Dawber (Mindy from Mork and Mindy) and sounded like Clare Grogan (of Altered Images) what was not to be instantly smitten by. Born and bred in Detroit, Miss Corvette reportedly ran away from home at age 16 because her mother refused to allow her to attend an MC5 show.
Greg Shaw wrote the following in the liner notes to the 20th Anniversary label compilation, Destination Bomp! “Nikki was a tireless worker. Like some coalminer’s daughter, she’d travel around the country with her band. Playing 200 shows a year. She knew everybody and was a lot of fun to hang out with so, I figured that if all her friends bought the record… so I signed her. The girl had style and attitude galore plus, she had master guitarist/songwriter and former Romantic Peter James. One of Detroit’s most savvy cats.”
The lady herself kindly supplied the following summary. “We went to LA and signed with Bomp in maybe 1979 but Greg wasn’t sure what to do with us. We did the Honey Bop single with Ronny Weiser at Rollin Rock and a couple songs with the Kessel Brothers. We started something with Kim Fowley that did not work out. They kept trying different producers until we finally decided to go back to Detroit and do the album on our own. We didn’t have a lot of experience but we knew what we wanted and Detroit was part of that so we recorded the album and had a blast doing it. Peter wanted us to be poppier and I wanted to be more punk. We sort of met in the middle with what I’ve always called Bubblegum Punk. I can’t believe it’s been 43 years since this came out and there are still kids discovering it and people who grew up with it that still listen to it. I constantly hear from people all different ages, all over the world about how much they love it album and that really means so, so much to me!”
Hear the phenomenon for yourself. With bonus tracks even!