Polkacide-Polkacide (1986)


 

Artist: Polkacide

Title: Polkacide

Label: Subterranean

Format: LP

Cat: SUB 55

Year of Release: 1986

Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 2,844 pressed

Sell Price: $10.99 VG+/F 4/2/23

Discogs Last Sold: 3/6/23 NM/NM $11.41

Low:$3.00 G/VG+ 10/9/19

Median: $10.99

Average: $11.55

High: $19.49 M/M  8/19/22

Current low price: n/a

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0

Have/Want:  171/23

Where Sold:  Corinth, TX

Time it took to sell: 8 years

Where and When  WERS purge

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

In my first radio year this was a heavily played album for the track of "Who Stole The Kishka."  I had a childhood friend whose mom had a 45 of it so it burned into my brain from early childhood.  It took me some time to figure a Kishka was a Sausage even though I'm Polish.

I also considered Polkacide to be light years ahead of the other "punk-polka" band at the time, Brave Combo.  Polkacide were more racious.  Instead of calling the cops, the vigilantes want to kick the thief's ass!

Only 3 other songs have vocals.  The most popular one on my deleted WERS copy that sold with a F grade due to promo stickers AND water damage was the 3-times played "In Heaven There Is No Beer."  A great track and I was shocked nobody played Kishka there.  The other two are "Glorious (Drunk Last Night)" and "Beer Barrel."  What polka party would be complete without the beer barrel polka?

The rest of the originals are fun upbeat instrumental polkas, the best being "Laughing" if only because the instruments laugh.

Did you expect tears in your Polka?


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