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Blanks '84 (CD)

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Collection of all surviving 1984 songs, remastered on CD.

Release Info
Cover Art
Band Memoirs

Release Info

Tracks

New Year's In Tokyo

Intro
The Day I Was Turned Into A Chipmunk
Dead Tomato
Star Trek
Lump O' Luv
Sex Slave
Blanks Worst Medley
Farewell To The Blanks

10 Minute Tape at Chris's

Spider Woman II
Lump O' Luv
Elvis Presley
B L A N X
Tunnels Of Doom
Spider Woman II (False Start)

Where's The Phone?

Where's The Phone?
Where's The Phone? II
Phone The Dead

Chicken Pox Blues (Live) (Bonus)
Brett Has The Chicken Pox (Live) (Bonus)
The Day I Was Turned Back Into A Human (Bonus)
Static Radio (Original Version Over-Air, Recovered Recording) (Bonus)

See individual releases for detailed liner notes.

Tracks 18 & 19 from Live At Bibby's Show Palace. Track 20 previously unreleased, slowed-down version of track 2. Track 21 recovered from background music in Blanks Tour The Mall.

Produced by The Blanks. All songs written by The Blanks. Reissue mastered by Kar at Lopwood Studios, Cypress, Texas. Cover art taken from original Blanks cassette cover art by Ran (most likely Live At Bibby's Show Palace), circa 1984. Reissue package design by Kar.
All songs ©1984 The Blanks. Compilation ©2008 The Blanks.

Cover Art

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Blanks '84 CD cover

Blanks '84 CD liner notes

Blanks '84 CD label

Live/Bibby's cassette cover

Band Memoirs

This is a collection of all surviving music tracks from 1984. (Note that the Insanity Plea: The Untold Story spoken word album was also released in 1984.) Like 1983, this was a very productive time for The Blanks. There was, however, much disappointment around this time; several classic recordings from the year were accidentally lost or destroyed - the albums American Dream and Doom's Day Celebration and most of Live At Bibby's Show Palace. For a while we had even lost Where's The Phone?, but it was found and rescued from destruction.

The songs on this reissue are tremendous. They show a change in direction from the first four Blanks albums. There was more craftsmanship given to each song and each album. New Year's In Tokyo was structured around much-hyped individual songs and singles. It was also the first time it took more than a day or two to write and finish the album.

In 1984, musician Christopher Araha Arohadej was in and out of the band a number of times. In fact I believe he officially joined and official quit during the making of New Year's In Tokyo. We reunited with him for 10 Minute Tape At Chris's even though he had recently denounced the band. By the time we recorded the lost albums and Where's The Phone? later in 1984; Ran, Spike, and I were the official line-up. It wasn't until we started collaborating with Mr. Ed that we found a like-minded musician who really shared our vision.

Finally, it's nice that we can present two surviving songs from Live At Bibby's Show Palace. That was a great concert and these are two great tracks from that event.

– Kar