The Misfits - Cough/Cool (Vinyl rip, FLAC/Audacity file types)

Okay, I know I posted an mp3 version of this single that I downloaded before. But I recently got a vinyl (bootlegged, but not too bad for bootlegged vinyl) single for this and I was amazed by this. Imagine how amazing this would be on the original vinyl. Anyways, I'm announcing a new format for my blog. From now on, I will only post rips from my vinyl collection (I've been collecting since the beginning of the year), and these rips will posted as FLAC files (lossless for the win), and the original Audacity files that my vinyls are recorded on to. I must say, the Audacity files sound better than the FLAC files (more dynamics especially). But the FLAC represents a much better quality file than the MP3, and can be listened to on a mobile device (you may need to install software on your mobile audio device to play it, if you have an iPod, you'd definetly need to install software to allow for FLAC files to be played). Enough of that audiophile junk, enjoy the record.

Tracklist:

1. Cough/Cool
2. She

Audacity
FLAC

Oh I forgot to mention, I am never posting another MP3 file on this site, ever since I first tried FLAC, I've never downloaded a single MP3. The sound quality of those things is just awful.

Samhain - November Coming Fire

Okay, so Samhain were a New Jersey based Deathrock band formed by ex-Misfits frontman and founder Glenn Danzig. This is was happened, in 1983, The Misfits broke up, Glenn was getting tired of problems within the band, he even told Henry Rollins of Black Flag that he planned to disband The Misfits months before their Halloween of '83 performance which ended the band. So The Misfits went their seperate ways. Glenn had plently of songs that he had already written that he planned to use in a different project, he was also growing more interested in Deathrock and Post-Punk bands (Christian Death, Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus), and decided to merge these dark Post-Punk sounds with the image and fast-paced music of The Misfits. He even got all the members of Samhain to grow devilocks (hey, Jerry Only really did do something for the original Misfits). Anyways, Samhain released three albums (Initium, November Coming Fire and Final Descent) and an extended play called Unholy Passion. If you ask me, November Coming Fire being their best. In 1987, Samhain broke up after Rick Rubin of Def Jam Recordings approached him with the idea of forming a rock super-group with Glenn as vocalist. Glenn refused to do so unless bassist Eerie Von of Samhain could be in this new band. Both agreed that the band's sound would have to change (haha, The Cult), and out of this lineup change and new sound came Danzig, a band that would allow Glenn to acquire currency, bitches, and MTV fame.

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The Misfits - Cough/Cool single

This was the first recording ever made by the New Jersey based Horror Punk band the Misfits. The versions of Cough/Cool and She differ from the versions featured on the Collection I compilation album, in that these have no guitar on them. Danzig played a synthesizer on both tracks. So the EP is more of a Synthpunk record then it is a Horror Punk record. Hence why I specifically labeled both songs as Synthpunk in the download. The quality isn't excellent, its taken from an old vinyl with quite a bit of crackling and poping in it. But its still a good album, enjoy :)

Tracklist

1. Cough/Cool
2. She

Lineup

• Glenn Danzig - vocals/synths
• Jerry Only - bass
• Manny Martinez - drums

Note that this is the only Misfits record on which Manny Martinez was featured on. As far as wikipedia shows, its the ONLY record he's ever appeared on. He's never appeared on another record since (other then the Misfits compilations Collection I and II, Legacy of Brutalitly,).

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