When Was The Self Titled Release First Available?

[Mike]

i have an ad or promo that came with my vinyl version, that lists the release date may 20th, 1987. i'm pretty sure. the actual date may be wrong, but it's definitely may 1987 and it was vinyl and cassette only.

i'm pretty sure the CD version wasn't released until 1988.

That May 20th date is interesting because I was under the impression it was out before they signed with Warner.
I'm still looking around on my PC for a review or ad I seem to remember having and found this newspaper article.

Paper: Daily News of Los Angeles (CA)
Title: OUT ON THE TOWN
Date: May 1, 1987

Longtime local favorite X makes a rare San Fernando Valley appearance Saturday night at the California State University, Northridge, North Campus (formerly Devonshire Downs) on Zelzah Avenue and Devonshire Street in Northridge.


The veteran Los Angeles band is once again a quartet. Guitarist and former Blaster Dave Alvin recently left the band to pursue his own combo, leaving Tony Gilkinson, formerly of Lone Justice, to handle the guitar chores alone. Nonetheless, the band's new Don Gehman-produced album should be in the stores soon.

Another veteran local act, the Dickies, known for its frantic cartoon-punk persona and various odes to television, including its cover of the ''Gigantor" theme song and "Stuck in a Pagoda With Tritia Toyota," is also on the bill, as well as the hot tribal-metal-funk roar of Jane's Addiction. After a bidding war, the band was recently signed by Warner Bros. for a very large sum of money. [snip...]

The complete article is here http://janesaddiction.org/tour/show/jan ... 05-02/381/

That seems to indicate that they'd signed to Warner Bros just before the self titled record was released.

As far as the ad for the 7/10 show in my first post in this thread there's a newspaper article for that show too.

Paper: Daily News of Los Angeles (CA)
Title: OUT ON THE TOWN
Date: July 10, 1987

Tonight local rock fans will be forced to choose among three of the most-talked-about bands to emerge from the Los Angeles club scene in the last few years. First, Jane's Addiction, whose debut album was recently released on Triple X Records, plays a rare acoustic show in the fourth-floor ballroom of the Variety Arts Center, 940 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles. The band, lead by dread-locked singer Perry Farrell, combines a heavy metal-like guitar sound with funk rhythms that often leads to Led Zeppelin comparisons. [snip...]

The complete article is here http://janesaddiction.org/tour/show/jan ... 07-10/387/

[helicine]

another possible source for finding a release date is looking at lists of 'upcoming releases' in papers like L.A. Weekly & BAM from late spring of 87 - might not produce anything, but still worth the effort

[Mike]

Added the BAM review. It may have appeared in both the LA & SF issues, as I am pretty sure my copy is the bay area one - but I could be wrong.

http://janesaddiction.org/gallery/artic ... ly-3-1987/

That's a pretty cool review but there's no mention of My Time.
I guess at least in the reviewer's mind it's one of the songs that's "easily out shined".

[helicine]

Added the BAM review. It may have appeared in both the LA & SF issues, as I am pretty sure my copy is the bay area one - but I could be wrong.

http://janesaddiction.org/gallery/artic ... ly-3-1987/

That's a pretty cool review but there's no mention of My Time.
I guess at least in the reviewer's mind it's one of the songs that's "easily out shined".

That review has some glaring issues. The reversal of side a & b, some lyric inaccuracies, etc. Of course the author seems to have had some level of familiarity with the band by noting the songs that existed but were not on that album. Of course it was also sloppily written and edited... there were two obvious typos that made it to press

[Mike]

another possible source for finding a release date is looking at lists of 'upcoming releases' in papers like L.A. Weekly & BAM from late spring of 87 - might not produce anything, but still worth the effort

A buddy may be taking a peek at the L.A. library archives this weekend.
If she does I'll ask her to keep an eye out for something more concrete.
I asked her to pick up the search in the March 1987 L.A. Weekly and carry on through the year so there's a good chance she'll run across something on the release date. [fingers crossed]

[Mike]

Added the BAM review. It may have appeared in both the LA & SF issues, as I am pretty sure my copy is the bay area one - but I could be wrong.

http://janesaddiction.org/gallery/artic ... ly-3-1987/

That's a pretty cool review but there's no mention of My Time.
I guess at least in the reviewer's mind it's one of the songs that's "easily out shined".

That review has some glaring issues. The reversal of side a & b, some lyric inaccuracies, etc. Of course the author seems to have had some level of familiarity with the band by noting the songs that existed but were not on that album. Of course it was also sloppily written and edited... there were two obvious typos that made it to press

Well issues aside I still like it.
It's not a glowing review but it's not a complete slam on them either.
My favorite review of the album is the one from the December 8, 1988 Collegian.

Here it is for those that haven't seen it.

[sonny]

i checked my little press release that came with my vinyl and it's May 8th, 1987.

catalogue number:
Album: XXX1004
Cassette: XXXC1004

lots of other stuff, distributed exclusively by IMPORTANT!

it also speaks about them already signing with Warner Bros.

anyway, this first sheet entitled "jane's addiction fact sheet" and it also has the "your sister's not a virgin anymore" bio, as well as a dozen or so articles written about the band from 1986 through to this release.

all of this is photo copied and was sent out with some versions of the vinyl. although i've only ever seen one, which was the one i owned. maybe it was sent to reviewers or press only, not sure.

[Mike]

i checked my little press release that came with my vinyl and it's May 8th, 1987.

catalogue number:
Album: XXX1004
Cassette: XXXC1004

lots of other stuff, distributed exclusively by IMPORTANT!

it also speaks about them already signing with Warner Bros.

anyway, this first sheet entitled "jane's addiction fact sheet" and it also has the "your sister's not a virgin anymore" bio, as well as a dozen or so articles written about the band from 1986 through to this release.

all of this is photo copied and was sent out with some versions of the vinyl. although i've only ever seen one, which was the one i owned. maybe it was sent to reviewers or press only, not sure.

I've only ever seen one press kit for sale for the first album before.
It was on ebay and came with a test pressing of the album.
I can't remember what the guy wanted for it for sure but it was either $100 or $200.

I think it's hilarious that the "your sister's not a virgin anymore" as you call it was an official bio.
The bootleggers used it on the "Song List" boot and here it is for anyone who's not seen it.



The May 8th release date is further supported by the May 18 - May 31, 1987 issue of Music Connection.







Thanks go out to vikkivale for the Music Connection scans.

FYI Per Eric that's the pool at Dave's old apartment the guys are playing around in.

[TrevorAyer]

i'm just wondering ... if they recorded the show .. then they tracked "suffer some" and thats my favorite version .. so where is the live suffer outtake from the record? .. and not the soundboard super ruf mix .. im talkin the tracked version like the rest of the record