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Crippled Youth - Join The Fight. The original little kid novelty band. Of course later they became Bold which you either love or hate, but Join The Fight is kind of hard to not enjoy. Pretty much these little guys sound like they owned 3 records, 7 Seconds - Skins Brains Guts, DYS - Brotherhood, and Youth of Today - Can’t Close My Eyes. Speaking of which, did you see this copy of Can’t Close My Eyes on orange vinyl w/ the Batman stamp? If not, just click.
The best song, Can’t You See (sometimes known as I’m Straight), sounds like they’re going for a DYS type song. I think I like it more because it has a more serious vibe, and less of the fun/7 Seconds feel that the rest of the record has. That’s not to say that the fun songs aren’t a good listen too. Walk Tall, Walk Straight is probably the best of them with an end piece that has a little bit of groove to it (relatively). After that comes the well known Positive Scene where numerous prepubescent voices chant “It’s a Positive Positive Positive Scene”. Per square inch I feel like this might be the youth core record with the most backups ever. In Not Just Talk, they take over the entire chorus, in K-Town Mosh Crew the entire song. I feel like most of the spoof straight edge stuff like Crucial Youth and Straight Youth were based a good bit on this particular record, which would probably be falling into self parody if it wasn’t so determined to be serious.
At any rate there’s 3 official pressings of Join The Fight, each supposed to be out of 500 copies. The first press is all black vinyl, the second is on clear, and the 3rd is on black again. Some of the 2nd and 3rd press are have a BOLD stamp added to the sleeve because by that time they’d changed their name. In addition, some of each pressing have a guide ruler visible on the sleeve. Originally these were not supposed to be used, but when they ran out of good sleeves, the label started using them anyway. There’s also a bootleg via Germany from 1991 that has an obviously xeroxed cover, and different (yellow) labels.
As for that Youth of Today on orange w/ the Batman stamp, only 100 made folks. I think the last one went over $500. These were made only for trading for action figures and other records by Jordan and Cappo so they don’t pop up all that often.
Had both of these when they came out…Ray and Jordan actually let Duane/Some Records and Venus Records sell a few of these (Batman stamp) for $5.00 each. That is how I got mine.
Ugh, I was the high bidder on that YOT…I’m sorry, but it’s been on my wantlist for too long, and after a few years of saved searches, I kinda don’t mind over paying by a few hundo. Guess I’ll be spending the next few weeks listin’ thangs :(
On the other hand, assuming shit actually arrives, I nailed 4/4 of my high ticket wants for this year, so fuck it.
Oh yeah, and I’m sorry to say that Crippled Youth does nothing for me anymore. I really want to get down with the vibes, but I can’t get over the novelty factor anymore. At least I can say I had a few good years of REALLY, REALLY liking that record.
This usually goes for $500, I was in for $500, but $800??? Man!
I have a copy of Crippled Youth “Join the Fight” on clear with the guide ruler on the sleeve. Etched around the edge of side one are the words “Crippled Youth” and “Bold”. Side two says “Crippled Youth” and “Daddy Wants You”. I bought it in 1988 ” I think”. It still has the lyric sheet which has only been unfolded maybe three times since I’ve owned it. The folds are still crisp and flat. It was played only once. It’s just something I’ve held on to for years.