REPLACEMENTS, (The) Unsuitable For Airplay RSD Vinyl 2LP 1981

Before they were America's greatest almost-band, before the major label deals and the mythology, The Replacements were four kids from Minneapolis playing too fast and too loud for anyone's good. This is them before the legend calcified.

Captured live at the 7th St Entry on January 23, 1981 by Twin/Tone's mobile unit, this is the original lineup, Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars, raw and unmediated. Unsuitable For Airplay is exactly what it sounds like: a document of a band that hadn't yet learned to be careful. The 7th St Entry was a closet with a PA and that energy is all over this recording. This is punk and proto-alternative before alt-rock was a marketing category, before anyone knew these songs would matter. Record Store Day exclusive pressing.

Double LP. Soundboard recording, original Twin/Tone mobile unit. January 23, 1981, 7th St Entry, Minneapolis.

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