7 SECONDS - Socially Fucked Up - 1981 Demo

Right on, this is something I'm pretty excited about, another 7 SECONDS demo, this time it's "Socially Fucked Up" from 1981.  I was only familiar with the basic 7 Seconds albums and EPs, and one of the demos, then I got a few of these others that I've posted here and each one has been totally awesome, I can't believe I hadn't bothered looking these up before.  Then again, I like 7 Seconds a lot, but I'm no completist.  It's possible these appear on some reissue or other release, I have no idea.  A quick search through Discogs makes me think they are not available widely.  Well, for those like me that hadn't heard this before, here ya go.  Early days 7 Seconds!    - DH

7 SECONDS - Socially Fucked Up - 1981 Demo

Tracklist:

01. Don't Fuck With Me

02. This Means You

03. Media Massacre

04. Fight or Unite

05. Cops Are The Criminals

06. Socially Fucked Up

07. Racism Sucks

08. I Can't Take It

09. I Hate Sports

10. Condemned

11. Abortion Car

12. Hardcore Rules

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 - Transferred by DH

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7 SECONDS - Drastic Measures - 1980 Demo

As someone that considers themselves a fan of 7 SECONDS, I'm surprised I never heard this demo before.  What a banger.  I know nothing about this particular recording, but I know I dig it a lot and have played it several times since digitizing this, and will listen to it even more now that it's uploaded.  If you like 7 Seconds at all, this one is a must-have, so download this now!    - DH

7 SECONDS - Drastic Measures  - 1980 Demo

Tracklist:

01. Wartime

02. A.N.A. In The U.S.A. (Anarchy-Nihilism-Anarchy)

03. Anti-Youth

04. Right To Fight

05. Death Trip

06. Police State (Live)

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7 SECONDS - "New Wind" 1986 Demo

Today's post is a 7 SECONDS demo from 1986 of material that would wind up on "New Wind".  It's a hissy unknown gen tape so I'd probably just keep listening to New Wind personally, but if you like the band enough to want to hear every single thing, then here ya go.  But damn, I can't place the 3rd song.  I meant to listen to New Wind again to refresh the memory but free time keeps escaping me.  If anyone knows, help a guy out here.  - DH

 7 SECONDS - "New Wind" 1986 Demo

01. Still Believe

02. Put These Words To Music

03. ?

04. Compro

05. Grown Apart

06. New Wind

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Equipment : Nakamichi CR7A > Focusrite Scarlett 816 > FCPX > MediaHuman

Transferred by : DH

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7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY [SOUNDBOARD]

Ok, did a new transfer of this 7 SECONDS live soundboard tape recorded at the legendary CBGB's in New York City, 1985.  This time I ran it through Izotope which gives me the ability to wiggle some of the levels.  Vocals were turned down, guitars were turned up.  This should sound better this way, the guitars were pretty buried in the mix as they often are with soundboard recordings.

So this is a killer set, and the recording sounds pretty decent, but when the band has to stop for a bit and let people fill the space with "jokes" then it's an ugly reminder of the time period this was.  Someone starts cracking jokes about punks, and that's cool, but then some starts with "jokes" about Ethiopians and it just just racist as all hell for a minute.  Back then most younger folks would know of Ethiopia because of all the television ads asking for donations, so it just seems a lot meaner in the context that these were people in need of help.  Big oof.  I debated omitting it but I'm not down with editing shit like that, even as ugly as it is.  Feel free to skip it or delete it.  I couldn't fault ya for that. It's easy to hear these old recordings and think of how badass the scene likely was (for those of us not there at that time), but these bits are a reminder that it certainly had it's downside.   - DH

7 SECONDS - September 21st, 1985 @ CBGB’s, New York City, NY
Setlist:
01. [ line check ]
02. Young Til I Die
03. Here’s Your Warning
04. In Your Face
05. Out Of Touch
06. Put These Words To Music
07. How Do You Think You’d Feel?
08. Compro
09. Regress No Way
10. Colorblind
11. Spread
12. Not Just Boy’s Fun
13. This Is The Angry (Part 2)
14. [ "jokes" ]
15. Still Believe
16. Committed For Life
17. Grown Apart
18. New Wind
19. [encore break]
20.. Walk Together, Rock Together
21. 99 Red Balloons [Nena cover]
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7 SECONDS - July 27th, 1986 @ The Farm, San Francisco, CA [SOUNDBOARD]

7 SECONDS!  I'm editing this post with a current transfer of this live recording from their show at The Farm, in San Francisco.  Seems like a fun set, though I know "New Wind" was a bit divisive perhaps?  Among fans I mean.  I know some older punks say that loved 7 Seconds up to this point, and of course some like them after New Wind as well.  But regardless, we can all agree on one thing, nobody wants to hear 7 Seconds material from the 90's!  Ha!   To be fair, their 90's music ain't bad at all, it's just a much different vibe and sound than any of this 80's stuff so I can understand why some punks like one and not the other era of 7S.  Anyhoo, I re-transferred this tape. I re-balanced the audio,. maybe it sounds better now.  Hopefully it does.    - DH

7 SECONDS - July 27th, 1986 @ The Farm, San Francisco, CA

Setlist:

You Live And Die For Freedom

Young Til I Die

Still Believe

Put These Words To Music

The Night Away

Somebody Help Me Scream

Spread

A Place

When One Falls

Calendar

Regress No Way

Out Of Touch

Opinion Of Feelings

Expect To Change

New Wind

In Your Face

Praise

Walk Together, Rock Together

Encore:

Just One Day

This Is The Angry Part 2

7 SECONDS - July 4th, 1981 @ Belmont Ballroom, Fresno, CA [SOUNDBOARD]

7 SECONDS - July 4th, 1981 @ Belmont Ballroom, Fresno, CA

Setlist:

unknown

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