''Bean-Spill'' is the third extended-play single and (fourth release overall) by American

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band

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, released in 1982 by Thermidor Records.

Background

The Minutemen's second LP, '' What Makes a Man Start Fires?'', was recorded in the summer of 1982 but the release was delayed due to SST's lawsuit with Unicorn Records. To fill the lengthy gap between releases,

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partner

Joe Carducci Joe Carducci is an American writer, record producer, and former A&R executive, formerly most closely associated with the influential record label SST Records. Carducci lived for a time in Chicago before moving to Hollywood in 1976. From 1981 to 19 ...

volunteered to release an EP on his Thermidor Records label. Recorded in two sessions with side A recorded at Media Art in

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with

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and side B recorded in November 1981 at Casbah Studio in Fullerton, CA. The latter session also saw the recording of what became the first seven tracks of ''

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''. The EP includes two of the band's most enduring early numbers, "Split Red" and "If Reagan Played Disco." ''Bean-Spill'' is notable for being the only Minutemen record to feature bassist

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, rather than guitarist D. Boon as the lead vocalist on most of the songs. Boon only sings on "Split Red" and "Futurism Restated". The original pressing featured on its B-side label a red-and-orange reproduction of a

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drawing of a man's naked lower torso, with the spindle-hole located on the rectal area, and the caption, "We Need The Money". While the original EP went out of print after Carducci folded Thermidor and joined SST as a partner, the tracks can be found in their original running order the '' Post-Mersh Vol. 3'' CD, and with the side two tracks preceding the side one tracks on the '' My First Bells'' cassette.

Track listing

References

1982 EPs Minutemen (band) albums {{1980s-punk-album-stub