INSURGENCE DC
RIPE FOR THE TRADE-OFF (OPAQUE BABY BLUE) (RSD25) - LP

UPC: 736373969117
Label: CROOKED BEAT
Format: LP
Release Date: April 12, 2025
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This product is a Record Store Day 2025 title. It will be available in store on April 12th, 2025 at 8 a.m. ET when our store opens.

Any remaining stock will be made available online on April 13th, 2024 at 8AM EST for LOCAL PICKUP orders. Orders for shipping will be available at 7PM Sunday April 13th

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DESCRIPTION:

30th Anniversary Double LP on Opaque Baby Blue colored vinyl. Includes remixes from Dave Barbe the original album’s producer in 1995

This is the 30th Anniversary release. Ripe For The Trade Off was highly critically acclaimed and was in heavy rotation on college radio all around the US in 1995. Often compared to bands like The Clash, Fugazi and Husker Du, Insurgence Dc recorded this album with David Barbe of Bob Mould’s band Sugar in Athens, Ga  in 1993-94. Ripe For The Trade Off was hailed by some critics to be one of the best punk albums of 1995. Independent Magazine said that “Ripe For The Trade Off synthesizes the high points of two decades worth of overtly political punk. While Indie File Magazine said in 1995 “this stuff packs the punch of a prize heavyweight...Smart, without being stuffy or pretentious.” Upon remixing the album in 2024, David Barbe said this album still holds up musically and lyrically 3 decades after its’ initial release! Ripe For The Trade off will be released for the first time as a double LP.  The album will also include unreleased bonus tracks mixed by Don Zientara (Fugazi) at Inner Studios in Arlington, Va.

TRACK LIST:

1. Faucet (Remixed by David Barbe)
2. Jaded (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
3. Everybody's Talking (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
4 Toe Tappin With The Scenesters (Original Mix by David Barbe & Tom Lewis in 1995)
5. High Noon (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
Side 2
6. Oblivious (Vocal Version Mixed by David Barbe in 2024, Additional backing vocals by David Barbe)
7. Subside (Remixed By David Barbe in 2024)
8. No. 8 (Remixed by Ryan Picket and Bill Daly in 2024)
9. Concealed (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
10. Ripe For The Trade Off (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
Side 3
11. State Of The Union aka S.O.U. (Remixed by Ryan Pickett & Bill Daly in 2024)
12. Watchers (Remixed by David Barbe in 2024)
13. Selective Memory (Remixed by Ryan Pickett & Bill Daly in 2024)
Side 4
14. Slumlord - Bonus Track - (Mixed by Ryan Pickett & David Hogan & Bill Daly in 2024)
15. It Hurts - Bonus Track - (Mixed By Ryan Pickett & Bill Daly in 2024)
16. Oblivious (Original Instrumental Mix by David Barbe in 1995)
17. High Noon (Original Mix by David Barbe in 1995)