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As noted in the past I don’t really spend much time listening to Government Issue these days, but Legless Bullis still a cult classic, although not quite as earth shaking as many of the records that came out from the same time and place. The songs aren’t quite as thrashing as S.O.A., not as hard as Youth Brigade, and just not as all around great as Minor Threat. To flip a popular turn of phrase, if Legless Bull weren’t on Dischord in 1981, I suspect it would be a $30-40 record at best. This isn’t really to say it’s not good, but just that it’s not great. For proof of this check out the Dischord boxset which has Ian Mackaye singing a version of Asshole, a song found on here. He’s just able to make a lot more of an otherwise unremarkable song.

I saw a band cover Rock ‘n Roll Bullshit recently and I couldn’t help but wonder why? Are they aspiring to be a footnote? I guess I’m coming down a bit hard on the G.I.’s here. They were DC’s band for a chunk of the 80’s and turned out plenty of non-embarrassing tunes in their career. The test pressings of early Dischord singles seem to be a little rarer than most of the lps. probably 8 or 12 pressed, so if you’re a DCHC completist, or Dischord for that matter, this is going to be a choice pick-up for you. I know there are some G.I. fans out there so feel free to bust on me for not giving Stabb his due.

Btw - the seller here has a bunch of other big ticket items that you’re gonna want to have a look at.