Show Notes
Not For Sale Fu Manchu’s A Look Back: Dogtown & Z-Boys. Soundtrack to a documentary about a documentary. Drag race music. Nothing wrong with a good compilation record.
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This pressing: At The Dojo Records – ATD024 (Blue LP and Green LP with etching) https://www.discogs.com/release/21501007-Fu-Manchu-A-Look-Back-Dogtown-Z-Boys
Sample this album here: https://tidal.com/album/199609737/u
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