Yipes! – Yipes! (1979 LP Original Canadian Millennium / RCA Don Mills Pressing w/ Custom Lyric Inner Sleeve) - EX/NM Vintage Vinyl (BXL1-7745)

Catalog a punchy 1979 power-pop and new-wave debut studio album complete with its original custom inner sleeve for your archival inventory: Yipes! by Yipes!. Manufactured and distributed in Canada by RCA Limited – Record Division / Fabriqué et Distribué au Canada par RCA Limitée – Division des Disques (Don Mills, Ontario) on sunset-horizon Millennium Records labels (BXL1-7745; matrix labels BXL1-7745-A / BXL1-7745-B; SIDE A / SIDE B), this 12-inch vinyl LP was produced, engineered, and co-arranged by John Jansen, recorded at Shade Tree Studios (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin) with assistant engineer Keith deBolt and second engineer Ernie Holtz, mixed at House of Music (West Orange, New Jersey) with engineer Bobby Cohen, and mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, N.Y.). Performed by Pat McCurdy (lead vocals, keyboards), Andy Bartel (guitars, vocals), Mike Hoffmann (guitars, vocals), Pete Strand (bass), and Teddy Freese (drums), the 10-track sequence spans Side A ("This Is Your Life", "Good Boys", "Out In California", "Girls Get In Trouble", "Me And My Face") and Side B ("East Side Kids", "Russian Roll", "Hangin' Around", "The Ballad Of Roy Orbison", "Last Of The Angry Young Men"). Housed in its original outer sleeve (BXL1-7745; Canadian price code DC) featuring full-band studio portrait photography above the smoldering YIPES! logo on the front and the flaming YIPES! back cover, the set includes both the original custom band photo and lyric/credit inner sleeve (BXL1-7745) and an archival Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static inner sleeve.

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Vinyl Surface & Labels Condition - EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT (EX / NM): Glossy black vinyl retains deep groove luster with crisp micro-groove definition, showing only faint, non-feelable hairline sleeve marks and minor surface dust flecks under angled macro inspection. Both Side A (BXL1-7745-A, English rim text) and Side B (BXL1-7745-B, French rim text) sunset Millennium labels (BXL1-7745) remain bright, vibrant, and clean with sharp black typography, minimal spindle marks, and clean center holes.

• Jacket & Inner Sleeves Integrity - VERY GOOD PLUS / NEAR MINT (VG+ / NM): Original outer sleeve exhibits vivid front band photography and fiery back cover artwork, showing light edge/corner rubbing, mild ring wear along the dark upper front panel, and a solid intact spine with no seam splits. Includes both the original custom monochrome band photo and lyric/session credit inner sleeve (BXL1-7745, crisp and clean with light handling wear) and a clean Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static archival inner sleeve.

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