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Oingo Boingo 
EP by Oingo Boingo Released September 17, 1980 Recorded September 1979 (except "Only a Lad and I'm So Bad", June 1979) Genre New Wave, ska Length 10" - 14:05
12" - 13:49Label I.R.S. Records Producer Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo chronology Demo EP
(1979)Oingo Boingo
(1979)Only a Lad
(1981)Oingo Boingo is the first official release from the southern California new wave band Oingo Boingo. The song selection includes three original compositions by Danny Elfman, as well as a ska inflected cover of bluesman Willie Dixon's "Violent Love".
The EP was issued on both 10" and 12" vinyl formats with a slight difference in the track listing: the 10" version contained the 1979 version of "Ain't This the Life" from their Demo EP, while the 12" version contained a new recording. Both "Only a Lad" and "I'm So Bad" had also been previously issued on the Demo EP and the versions are identical on both the 10" and 12" formats. Whilst the EP has never been released on CD in its entirety, the 10" format was made available digitally via such services as iTunes Store and Amazon. However, the songs can only be bought as separate tracks rather than as an album.
The song "Only a Lad" was subsequently re-recorded and issued as the title track on their first long playing album, Only a Lad.
The cover includes an illustration of a cat by artist Louis Wain from the later stages of his schizophrenia.
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Track listing
10" Version
All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman, except "Violent Love" by Willie Dixon.
No. Title Length 1. "Only a Lad" 4:08 2. "Violent Love" 2:31 3. "Ain't This the Life" 3:37 4. "I'm So Bad" 3:49 Total length:14:05 12" Version
No. Title Length 1. "Only a Lad" 4:08 2. "Violent Love" 2:31 3. "Ain't This the Life" 3:21 4. "I'm So Bad" 3:49 Total length:13:49 Personnel
- Oingo Boingo
- Danny Elfman - lead vocals
- Steve Bartek - guitars
- David Eagle - drums on 10" version of "Ain't This the Life"
- Richard Gibbs - keyboards
- Kerry Hatch - bass guitar
- Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums
- Leon Schneiderman - baritone and alto saxophones
- Sam "Sluggo" Phipps - tenor and soprano saxophones
- Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone
Danny Elfman · Steve Bartek · Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez · Sam "Sluggo" Phipps · Dale Turner · Leon Schneiderman · John Avila · Warren Fitzgerald · Doug Lacy · Marc Mann
Kerry Hatch · Richard Gibbs · Carl Graves · Michael BacichStudio albums Only a Lad · Nothing to Fear · Good for Your Soul · So-Lo (as Danny Elfman) · Dead Man's Party · BOI-NGO · Dark at the End of the Tunnel · Boingo (as Boingo)Live albums Compilations Boingo Alive • The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet • Stay • Best O' Boingo • Anthology • The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium CollectionExtended plays Demo EP • Oingo Boingo EPSingles "You Got Your Baby Back" • "Only a Lad" • "Wake Up (It's 1984)" • "Weird Science" • "Just Another Day" • "Dead Man's Party" • "Stay" • "Pain" • "Not My Slave" • "Winning Side" • "Flesh 'N Blood" • "Out of Control" • "When the Lights Go Out" • "Insanity" • "Hey!"Related articles Discography • List of members • Richard Elfman • Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo • Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust • Forbidden Zone (soundtrack) • Tito & Tarantula • Psychotic Aztecs
Categories:- 1980 EPs
- Oingo Boingo albums
- I.R.S. Records EPs
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