THE RAYBEATS | It’s Only A Movie
12″ Vinyl LP (1983)

DISJOINTED GARAGE AND NEO-SURF ROCK OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.  THE RAYBEATS AROSE OUT OF THE CITY’S LATE-70s NO-WAVE SCENE WITH DRUMMER DON CHRISTENSEN, GUITARIST JODY HARRIS, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PAT IRWIN, AND BASSIST GEORGE SCOTT III.   THE THREE WERE VETS & FOUNDERS OF THE BANDS 8-EYED SPY, THE CONTORTIONS, GOLDON PALOMINOS, AND TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS, AMONG MANY OTHERS

SIDE ONE (Side 63)
Jack The Ripper | Banzai Pipeline | Instant Twist | The Sad Little Caper | Doin’ The Dishes 4:08
SIDE TWO (Side 98)
The Big Country | Jelly Bread | Buddy Lonesome | Soul Beat/ Intoxica | It’s Only A Movie

Don Christensen -Drums [Drum Kit], Electronic Drums, Drumulator, Piano, Synthesizer, Performer [Whippo], Fuzz Guitar, Bells, Slit Drum, Marching  Drum, Cowbell, Crowbar, Dish Breaking | Jody Harris – Guitars, Dish Breaking | Pat Irwin – Guitar, Synthesizer, E-mu Drum Programming,  Alto Saxophone, Temple Block, Bongos, Whistling, Lead Bass | Buddy Lonesome – Harmonica | Bobby Albertson – Guest Bass | David Hofstra -Guest Bass | Bobby Albertson – Guest Bass | Produced by Joe Blaney & The RaybeatsRecorded at Surf Sounds (NYC) | Mixed at Electric Lady Studios  (NYC) | Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, Peekskill NY | Manufactured and Distributed by Boot Records Limited, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Cover Concept – The Raybeats | Back Cover Concept – Susan Goldsmith | Design, Calligraphy, Hand Lettering by Anita Karl | Dan Dryden -Technician, Special Assistance (Live And Otherwise) | Photography by Ann Revenge, Trace Rosel

CONDITION: M/NM
12″ Vinyl, 331/3 RPM, Canada
Shanachie | 82003 (1983)