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Background

On August 29, 1979, the day after

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joined them on drums,Nolte, Joe (January 3, 2004)
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on March 4, 2016.Chick, Stevie ( Omnibus Press, 2009). ''Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag''. Third ed., 2011. PM Press. . pp. 97–98. replacing Johh Stielow, McDonald brothers'

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punk rock band,

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, would change their name to "Red Cross".Chick, Stevie ( Omnibus Press, 2009). ''Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag''. Third ed., 2011. PM Press. . p. 98. Blush, Steven (2001). '' American Hardcore: A Tribal History''. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . p. 82. Soon after, on September 6, they would go into a recording studio for the first time, accompanied by Joe Nolte, leader of Los Angeles rock band

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, who produced their session at Media Art Studio in

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, California. However, when Red Cross signed not long after with

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, its owner, Robbie Fields, didn't like the Nolte

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s, so, he would get most of the songs to be re-recorded . Only one of the

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s from the Nolte session would be later released. "Rich Brat" was included on the 1982 New Underground Records compilation album ''Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself''.Various artists, ''Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself'', cover art
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band 391, and

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punk rock act Spittin' Teeth.Tonooka, Tim (Fall 1981). ''Red Cross'' (EP), review. ''Ripper'' (5). Blush, Steven (2001). '' American Hardcore: A Tribal History''. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . pp. 314-315. Their participation in this album would be the recorded debut for Red Cross; so, their following release, the ''Red Cross'' EP, would be but a stand-alone reissue of those same songs.

Production

All songs on ''Red Cross'' were originally recorded with producer and

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Roger Harris at the Shelter Studios in Hollywood, California on October 1, 1979. The mixing was done at Paradise Studios in Burbank, California.

Release

''Red Cross'' was first released in 1980 on Posh Boy Records, in 12-inch vinyl disc format.Posh Boy #PBS 1010 The first

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ing, without any cover art, came with pinkish-red labels and packaged in a generic, multicolored die-cut

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Reissues

In 1981, ''Red Cross'' was included, in its entirety, on the rare cassette tape version of the '' Beach Blvd'' compilation issued by Posh Boy Records. By 1985, ''Red Cross'' was re-released featuring its own cover art,''Red Cross'' (EP), 1985 reissue front cover
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, in 1981. Retitled as ''The Future Looks Brighter'', this edition featured only artists from the Posh Boy roster. The complete ''Red Cross'' EP was added to the CD version. In late 1987, the EP was reissued under the title ''Annette's Got the Hits'', featuring alternate cover art''Annette's Got the Hits'', 1987 release cover art
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number and the old disc labels from the 1985 re-release. In 1990, Posh Boy issued the

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"Cover Band", bundled with "Burn Out" on its flip side. In 1991, ''Annette's Got the Hits'' was included in the

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ed 3-EP box set ''The Posh E.P.'s Vol. 1'',Various artists, ''The Posh E.P.'s Vol. 1''
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's early songs recorded in 1981.Social Distortion, untitled, 12" EP release in a black sleeve from the 1991 box set ''The Posh E.P.'s Vol. 1''
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with the original rejected Joe Nolte (leader of Los Angeles rock band

) session tracks from September 1979 added and one live track recorded in July 1979 by 'The Tourists', the original band name before they changed it to Red Cross in August 1979.

Cover art

The original cover art for ''Red Cross'', informally referred to as "the red cover", shows the band's name on a red background, written, with its original

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, in uppercase white letters resembling strips of

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. On the cover art for ''Annette's Got the Hits'', a

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, portraying the four band members performing live, is displayed on a dark grey background. The original spelling of the group's name is changed to "Redd Kross".

Re-recordings

After

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left Red Cross to join the Circle Jerks in December 1979, a controversial alternate version of his song "Cover Band", reworked with new

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, Blush, Steven (2001). '' American Hardcore: A Tribal History''. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . p. 84. was featured as "Live Fast Die Young" on his new band's first studio album, '' Group Sex'', released in October 1980 on

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.Chick, Stevie ( Omnibus Press, 2009). ''Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag''. Third ed., 2011. PM Press. . pp. 129–130. Blush, Steven (2001). '' American Hardcore: A Tribal History''. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. . pp. 83–84.

Track listing

Personnel

Red Cross *

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– vocals *

– guitar * Steve McDonald – bass, vocals *

– drums Production *Robbie Fields – executive in charge of production *Roger Harris – production, engineering

Notes

References

External links

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''. Reviews * Rabid, Jack
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''. * Robbins, Ira; Schinder, Scott
"Redd Kross (Red Cross)"
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''. * The Flakes (March 11, 2010)
"Red Cross – S/T E.P. 12″"
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