Oingo Boingo (EP)
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| Released | September 17, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | October 1979 (A1, B2) June 1980 (A2, B1) | |||
| Genre | New wave, ska | |||
| Length | 10-inch – 14:05 12-inch – 13:49 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Producer | Michael Boshears, Jo Julian | |||
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Oingo Boingo is an EP by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1980.
The EP was originally recorded as a promotional record—known as the Demo EP—distributed by the band on 10-inch vinyl prior to being signed by a record label. It was largely produced by Michael Boshears, with the exception of "Only a Lad", produced by Jo Julian. It was limited to a total of 130 copies, with each sleeve hand-painted by the band's team.[1]
This was picked up by I.R.S. Records and released publicly as the Oingo Boingo EP, with the track "Forbidden Zone" (recorded for the then-unreleased movie of the same name) replaced by a ska-inflected cover of Willie Dixon's "Violent Love". An edited version of "Forbidden Zone" was later released on the film's soundtrack album, but the complete original recording, as included on the Demo EP, has never been re-released.
Like the Demo EP, Oingo Boingo was also initially issued on 10-inch vinyl,[2] but was later reissued on 12-inch vinyl and cassette. The reissue replaced "Ain't This the Life" with a new recording.[3] The song "Only a Lad" was subsequently re-recorded for the band's first album, Only a Lad (1981).[4]
The cover features an illustration of a cat by artist Louis Wain.
Track listing
All songs written by Danny Elfman, except "Violent Love", by Willie Dixon.
Side one
- Only a Lad – 4:18
- Violent Love – 2:38
Side two
- Ain't This the Life – 3:30
- I'm So Bad – 3:56
Personnel
Oingo Boingo
- Danny Elfman – lead vocals
- Steve Bartek – guitars
- Kerry Hatch – bass guitar
- Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez – drums
- Leon Schneiderman – baritone and alto saxophones
- Sam "Sluggo" Phipps – tenor and soprano saxophones
- Dale Turner – trumpet, trombone
Additional musicians
- David Eagle – drums (10-inch version of "Ain't This the Life")
Technical
- Michael Boshears – producer, engineer, mixing ("Only a Lad")
- Jo Julian – producer ("Only a Lad")
- ^ Oingo Boingo – Demo EP (1979, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ Oingo Boingo – Oingo Boingo (1980, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ Oingo Boingo – Oingo Boingo (1980, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-07-05
- ^ "Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-07-05.