Goofin US Vinyl & CDs

Review: Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band's story, Sonic Youth's Walls Have Ears appeared as a 2LP set in 1986, not just as a live album, but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humour and audio verite on par with elements of side B of 'Master Dik' to come later. With a bit of complexity to the situation of the release itself. Deleted as quickly as it appeared, it's now issued for the first time officially under the band's auspices.

Review: Originally released as a bootleg live album in 1986, Walls Have Ears was a rare window into one of Sonic Youth's earliest UK tour appearances. Though notorious on the band's black market, the album has only recently been given the band's green light, who've now licensed it in agreement with Goofin' Records. Containing early versions of later Sonic Youth fixtures like 'Expressway To Ur Skull', this is a key record for any would-be aficionado; made up of recordings of one of their final shows with Bob Bert at London's Hammersmith Palais, this is a great addition to your music-historical arsenal.