Dead Kennedys – Iguana Studios Rehearsal Tape - San Francisco 1978

The sound isn't as bad as some are making it out to be - it's an early rehearsal tape that wasn't recorded for release. Can I recommend albums by Yes or The Alan Parsons Project albums to those looking for an audiophile experience?

Get a little dirt on your hands. Jeez...

This has to be the earilest version of these tracks officially released. Wonder if this came from 6025's personal cassette copy. Gotta love that garbled spot in Rawhide! LOL

It is pretty rough soundwise but the inclusion of Cold Fish and a few other rarities plus the early stage development of the 'hit' sings are what makes it cool to hear, if only once. Jellos hadn't quite developed his pronounced vocal delivery quite yet. Ted's drums (Especially on 'California') are pretty loose but you can hear the tunes are really coming together.

Sounds truly abysmal. Audio quality is beyond rotten... avoid at all costs. Did an A/B comparison to the Demos 1978 bootleg and the boot sadly blows this away. Sounds like an incredibly muffled and degraded tape for the source.

Now just hold your horses fellas. This was in 1978, 2 years before they released Fresh Fruit, and 1 year before they released their first single. There likely wasn't any professionally recorded material at this time, so we get this. As seen on the back cover, this may have well be recorded on a cassette tape. But for those expecting a hi-fi experience, sorry mate.

Super raw, awesome to hear the band in their primal infancy.. band sounds great, jello vocals buried

Also, the record is only 120 grams. Still something special though, being a ltd. edition.

The quality is not very good, I was hoping it would be sourced from the studio masters but it doesn't sound much better than the bootlegs of these recordings floating around.