Up-Front (EP)

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"Up-Front"
EP by The Fleshtones
Released 1980
Genre Punk, Garage rock
Label IRS Records
Producer Paul Wexler
The Fleshtones chronology
Up-Front
(1980)
Roman Gods
(1982) Roman Gods1982

Up-Front is a 12-inch, 45 rpm EP by The Fleshtones released in 1980. It was the band's first EP and predates their first album, Roman Gods . The EP featured the "Action Combo," brothers Gordon and Brian Spaeth on saxophones. The record sleeve was designed by lead singer Peter Zaremba.

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Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York, formed in 1976.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Peter Zaremba, except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "The Girl from Baltimore"
  2. "Cold, Cold Shoes" (Zaremba, Keith Streng)
  3. "Feel the Heat" (Zaremba, Streng)

Side two

  1. "Play with Fire" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts)
  2. "The Theme from 'The Vindicators'"

Personnel


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