PleasedToMeetMe Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 This is something that has been bothering me for years now. Does it exist?? Several sources tell me yes, but nobody's ever been able to give me a straight up answer. My main clue is this: On www.GreenDayDiscography.com they have a test pressing for the 39/Smooth vinyl listed with the Mordam Records logo on the front that says "GREEN DAY: 39/SMOOTH - LP, CASSETTE - Following their 1,000 Hours EP released on Lookout Records last year, Green Day continues the great pop punk sound on this, their first full LP" It says nothing about Slappy because Slappy had not been released yet, yet Slappy is featured on 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours which IS available on cassette. I like to concider myself somewhat of a hardcore Green Day nerd and to this day this bugs me . . if it does exist, why have I never seen it? And where can I find it?
djrossstar Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 I have it on cassette. Bought it in 1994.
Laurenn Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 ive seen it on Amazon/Ebay you just have to search
-Billiejoezee- Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 I bet there is. There's casettes for everything. I have one for BIAB.
Marlee Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 yeah, just because i can't find one doesn't mean it doesn't exist
in_your_face Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 It exists. I've seen it a couple of times on ebay.
Rebel07 Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 I have it as well. I got it on ebay a while back.
Larry Livermore Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 39/Smooth was originally issued on vinyl and cassette. A year later, when 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was released on CD, the cassette was reissued under the same name and with the identical tracks as the CD. There were quite a few thousand copies sold, as cassettes were still a popular medium in those days. The 1,039 version not only has the nine extra songs, but it's also much better quality, as we had switched to a different, better supplier by then and also had it remastered.
PleasedToMeetMe Posted February 12, 2011 Author Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks Larry! This is a question I've always had and I believe you'd be the only one on the planet who could answer . . was there ever any unreleased material from the Lookout years?
Ila Reto Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 yep! a guy came on here a couple years ago selling some stuff, and one of the things i got was a 39/smooth casstte tape i think i heard somewhere that there's a Sweet Children cassette.....like one that went along with the vinyl? but i know there's a kerplunk one for sure.
PleasedToMeetMe Posted February 12, 2011 Author Posted February 12, 2011 I've never heard of the Sweet Children cassette, that would be fucking cool to have though . . and yea I got Kerplunk and Smoothed Out Slappy Hours on cassette but no 39/Smooth, Ive never seen it. It seems to be quite the rare Green Day item.
Ila Reto Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 oh wait, i only have the 1039/sosh cassette as well, i was thinking that you wer refering to the same thing well this sucks!!! hey Ross, you mind uploading a pic of it?
Larry Livermore Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks Larry! This is a question I've always had and I believe you'd be the only one on the planet who could answer . . was there ever any unreleased material from the Lookout years? No. yep! a guy came on here a couple years ago selling some stuff, and one of the things i got was a 39/smooth casstte tape i think i heard somewhere that there's a Sweet Children cassette.....like one that went along with the vinyl? but i know there's a kerplunk one for sure. No, there is no Sweet Children cassette. The only thing that was ever released with the Sweet Children name was the 7" of old songs on Skene! Records, but while it was old Sweet Children songs, it was actually recorded in 1990 by Green Day (same band, different name). Those songs were also tacked on to end of the Kerplunk CD. is this it? I've never seen that before.
Overjoyed Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 greendaydiscography.com says that the 39/smooth 1,000 hours cassette is a very rare Poland only cassette that had been licensed by Lookout records in 1995. Rare records But if Larry has never seen it it can´t be official, it must be fake right?
Ferna Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 is this it? Hey, Mike's tattoo is not the image that is there?
Larry Livermore Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 greendaydiscography.com says that the 39/smooth 1,000 hours cassette is a very rare Poland only cassette that had been licensed by Lookout records in 1995. Rare records But if Larry has never seen it it can´t be official, it must be fake right? It could be that someone else at Lookout approved the licensing; by 1995, Lookout had gotten big enough that I couldn't be aware of every single thing that happened. At the same time, in Poland in the 80s and early 90s there was a thriving culture of cheap bootleg tapes that looked semi-authentic but were not legit at all. This gradually came to an end after the Communist regime fell and Poland became re-integrated into the mainstream economy. So this release could be either of those things.
Overjoyed Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 It could be that someone else at Lookout approved the licensing; by 1995, Lookout had gotten big enough that I couldn't be aware of every single thing that happened. At the same time, in Poland in the 80s and early 90s there was a thriving culture of cheap bootleg tapes that looked semi-authentic but were not legit at all. This gradually came to an end after the Communist regime fell and Poland became re-integrated into the mainstream economy. So this release could be either of those things. Ah ok that would make sense then. I´ve been to Poland (and Hungary) in the early 90´s so I know what you mean. There were those vendors on marketplaces and in the streets and almost every one of them sold cassette tapes. I bought some and I remember they looked quite cheap in terms of poor cover quality. But I didn´t reflect about if they just were bootlegs/non-legit copies, I was just happy because I thought I made a bargain But if this release is legit why did they put out 39/Smooth combined with 1,000 hours, it seems so odd? I mean of course it was after Dookie so maybe there was this “demand”, that people were interested in Green Days earlier songs, but there was still 1,039/SOSH and Kerplunk available and both also on cassette. Import music was kind of unaffordable to people in former communist countries, maybe this could be a reason for the Poland release? But then again it says that this cassette is very rare so it´s strange that they first got the license to release it and then only make some copies of it but idk.
The Snark Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 I remember my uncle finding one in a thrift shop soon after Dookie came out. We listened to that tape so much it broke. Then when I went to buy it on cd, they also had it on cassette.
Ila Reto Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 No, there is no Sweet Children cassette. The only thing that was ever released with the Sweet Children name was the 7" of old songs on Skene! Records, but while it was old Sweet Children songs, it was actually recorded in 1990 by Green Day (same band, different name). Those songs were also tacked on to end of the Kerplunk CD. Ah, it all makes sense now, thanks. So now i dont have to lose sleep over this!
ElanyC Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 It could be that someone else at Lookout approved the licensing; by 1995, Lookout had gotten big enough that I couldn't be aware of every single thing that happened. At the same time, in Poland in the 80s and early 90s there was a thriving culture of cheap bootleg tapes that looked semi-authentic but were not legit at all. This gradually came to an end after the Communist regime fell and Poland became re-integrated into the mainstream economy. So this release could be either of those things. Ah ok that would make sense then. I´ve been to Poland (and Hungary) in the early 90´s so I know what you mean. There were those vendors on marketplaces and in the streets and almost every one of them sold cassette tapes. I bought some and I remember they looked quite cheap in terms of poor cover quality. But I didn´t reflect about if they just were bootlegs/non-legit copies, I was just happy because I thought I made a bargain But if this release is legit why did they put out 39/Smooth combined with 1,000 hours, it seems so odd? I mean of course it was after Dookie so maybe there was this "demand", that people were interested in Green Days earlier songs, but there was still 1,039/SOSH and Kerplunk available and both also on cassette. Import music was kind of unaffordable to people in former communist countries, maybe this could be a reason for the Poland release? But then again it says that this cassette is very rare so it´s strange that they first got the license to release it and then only make some copies of it but idk. ummm... today is something like a anniversary of first visit Green Day in Poland. 21 years ago. Contrary to appearances in the early nineties music scene in my country was really good. Poland then was opened up to the world and for the alternative music which attracted a Western European and American bands to play shows here. And exactly 21 years ago, Green Day was the first time in Poland with three concerts of the tour 'The Punk As Fuck Tour' right after the release of their first album, and this was a part of their first world tournee called "39' Smooth World Tour". Green Day described then like a 'cheerful punk from the U.S.' played first concert October 10th in Gryfino House of Culture as a concert of the series 'Evolution', which was mainly frequented by punk audience from Szczecin and Polish band opened that show. The second show was in Bydgoszcz October 11th in club Modus with supported English band Sink (and probably still exists a video from this concert). And the third one in October 12th was held in a small room ACK club (later Gwint) in Bialystok and there was also small afterparty. Supposedly on the way back they stopped for a day in capital of Poland - Warsaw. There are speculations about concert there, because Billie in 1997 in the interwiew for Polish press after show in Vienna when he was asked about their first visit in Poland said ''Sure I remember, it was in the winter of 1991. We played shows, in Gryfino, Bydgoszcz, Warsaw. We played with the English band Stink and the Polish band opened our first show, but unfortunately I can not remember the name... It was a typical independent tour, we played on borrowed equipment and slept in some peoples houses''. They remembered that they played three shows in Poland and this could be mistake in the name of the city, but from other side Warsaw is the capital so there is some probability that they could played there, unfortunettely there is on proof. Only what we have is a flyers promoting Polish shows, and there is no Warsaw. https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/30786_436661756370894_1418170475_n.jpg So they had nineteen years, actually no one knew them and didn't know how they look like, they had only two guitars and a drum snare (the rest was borrowed, because at the previous concerts in Denmark they loose most of the equpiment), they played literally for beer, something to eat and a place to sleep. At the beginning their visit for sure they were a little scared of the realities of life in our country and a little bit terrified proximity of border with the former Soviet Union but the the end they were satisfied with the shows, casual atmosphere and the possibility of simply talk with people. The language barrier meant that they had to more moving, more physically express and this hyperactivity on stage they still have to the present day. And exactly October 12th 1991 they played for about 80 people in Bialystok. From this what i know the set list consisted of 15 songs and probably it was a closed event. Apparently, I'm not sure if this is true, but the audio recording of this concert was released on cassette by ultraindependent label because then the agency organizing the concert was like the Polish representative of Lookout Records. But this is still only speculations and rumors. Its hard to find anything about any Polish Green Day's concerts, peoples who was there, or any documentary stuff of this events, recordings or photos, if this still exist at all. And I still wondering about the story on shirt which I have from this times. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/550462_436783846358685_369189294_n.jpg I read somewhere that boys in tour, between the concerts, produced Green Day's gadgets themselves, on the guitar cases. People frequently brought their own T-shirts and paid only for printing on it. So probably that way my t-shirt from those ancient times was created. but confusingly reminiscent of the cover of a unique tape released only in Poland in 1995 what u guys talked about and it was like fusion of 39/Smooth and 1000 Hours. But I still wondering... they had this project when they was in Poland and realized it after 5 years? or this shirt is just random and they used this after 5 years to realized cassette. completely don't know... is this it? http://www.greendaydiscography.com/submap/cd/39smooth1000hours.jpg So wow, twenty-one years passed so fast and Green Day changed from band who played in the middle of nowhere, like in Poland, to the group which can fill stadiums
Todd Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 It's weird that I'm wearing my Thing That Ate Larry Livermore T-shirt right now I hope Larry remasters and re-releases Spy Rock Road. I can't find it on amazon
HugoL3 Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Hey, i also got some information about casette with live tracks form Green Day concert in Poland from 1991. http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/gdtorrent/media/1991%20live%20pics/10%2011%201991%20Gryfinski%20Dom%20Kultury%20Gryfino%20Poland/TR_2014.jpg.html This letter was published in polish rock magazine. The band agree to drop this audio (we can read some words from band on the paper with cover). Somewhere i read that it was recorded on CD few years later. Sorry for chaos, but this is my first post here and i just want all GD fans to know this small, interesting fact. If anyone have access to the recordings from this tape - please, give me a link or something. This tape is much rare than 39 smooth / 1000 hours from Polish OFFICIAL distribution. Best regards.
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