45 Grave Sleep in Safety LP (Purple with Black Streaks Vinyl)

Formed from the putrefying remnants of The Germs, The Consumers, The Bags, The Gun Club, and The Screamers, among other L.A. punk outfits, 45 Grave were arguably the first American goth/death rock band and inarguably one of the best. Fronted by the Exene-meets-Barbarella vocal and visual stylings of Dinah Cancer (still one of the greatest stage names in a punk rock genre full of 'em), 45 Grave also featured Paul B. Cutler on guitar, Don Bolles on drums, Rob (Ritter) Graves on bass, and Paul Roessler on keyboards, and from that all-star lineup came 1983's Sleep in Safety, their lone studio release and only recording with the band's original members.

Probably most famous for the first appearance of the horrifyingly graphic, true-crime track "Partytime," the single version of which was subsequently cut in 1985 and featured on The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack, Sleep in Safety also offered the early MTV track "Evil," and the band "theme song" "45 Grave," among other blandishments for those who like their rock and roll with a side of the macabre.

For the Real Gone Music exhumation of this classic record, they have "embalmed" a very special edition, preserving the original album's gatefold artwork complete with lyrics and adding a custom inner sleeve drawn from the band's very rare "A Tale of Strange Phenomena" press release - purple with black streaks vinyl!

Folks have been dying for this one!