Unholy Swill-Wanna Be God (1989)


 

Artist: Unholy Swill 

Title: Wanna Be God b/w Where's The Damn Cat?

Label: Noiseville

Format: 7"

Cat #: #2

Year of Release: 1989

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US  third 2,500 pressing with purple photocopy cover

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 4/29/21

Sell Price: $3.49

Discogs Last Sold: 3/11/21 $4.13

Low: $1.39
 
Median: $2.84

Average: $3.00

High: $4.13

Current low price: $2.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15

Have/Want: 50/15

Where Sold: Oberlin, OH

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: Kims dollar closeout bin 90's or aughts, can't remember

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go: No

Like so many other people, this Unholy Swill release, was not MY first Unholy Swill purchase.  In fact I think it was my third after "Tapeworm In My Head" and the "Hellgoat" theme.   I think I taped the Jeffersons theme 7" off Carreiro from Red Bliss and never actually saw a copy for purchase.  This one graced my fingertips flipping through either Kim's or Adult Crash/Etheria's clearance bin for singles.  Singles at one time I may have paid $4.99 for could be had for a dollar at a point in time

The bottom of the sleeve (at least the later press I bought) had "Not the new one-the first one" emblazoned on the bottom for those who may be disappointed with a shit-fi Swill recording.  The A-side is a nice squall with Ginn-style guitar soloing.  The B-side is better for the title than the actual track.  There are no cat sounds.

Jim Gibson, the leader of this band and label passed at the end of last September.  I thought maybe I saw them at the Spiral on Houston at 1 am before I moved to NYC in like '91, but now that I think about it, it was other Noiseville band The Thing.  Had they been playing somewhere I was in 1991 or 2 or 5 I would have gone and maybe I even did.

Don't get me started about early set times and noise laws in the city that now sleeps.



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