''Danger Zone'' is the debut EP by the American

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band China White. A longer early version of the title track, "Dangerzone", recorded in June 1980,Various artists (1983), ''Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods?''.

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Production and release

Record producer by Mike PattonMike Patton was the bassist of the punk rock band

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Thom Wilson Thom Wilson (died February 8, 2015) was an American punk rock record producer and engineer. Career Wilson began his musical career in the mid-1970s, engineering recordings by soft rock artists Burton Cummings and Seals & Crofts. He began working ...

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Frontier Records Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Sun Valley, Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher, a former employee of Bomp! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways. History Frontier Records first ...

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Cover art

The photo on the front

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photographer

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. The band members photographs on the back cover were taken by

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Critical reception

Charles P. Lamey of ''

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Reissues

In 1996, ''Danger Zone'' was re-released on a

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shared with the Flyboys' self-titled EP from 1980. In 2013, Frontier, in collaboration with

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, reissued the original EP as a 300-copy limited edition, hand-numbered

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Track listing

Personnel

China White * Marc Martin (name misspelled as Mark) –

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* Frank Ruffino (surname misspelled as Raffino) –

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* James Rodriguez – bass * Joey Ruffino (surname misspelled as Raffino) – drums Production * Mike Patton – Record producer *

– production * Diane Zincavage –

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* Edward C. Colver – photography (front cover) *

– photography (back cover)

Notes

References

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External links

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