7" e.p. (skeleton cover)

This was the only release by GOH. It was recorded in November of 1980 in Donny Walchuk's basement and released in January 1981. It was recorded for $60 in one evening, live to a reel to reel 4-track, with the vocals overdubbed. We pressed 200 copies (at Praise Records in Vancouver-a Christian pressing company!) with blank, white labels and hand drew on them with coloured felt markers, saving a $50 printing charge. Every label was unique; some had the songs titles, some had things like "Virgin Records" and anarchy symbols on them, one even had a very good likeness of Barney Rubble drawn by Tom.
Note: 50 copies were lost on a city bus when a friend (Chael who later went on to play in 'Unnatural Silence'), took them to Vancouver to sell for us.

There were two cover designs, for each we made 100. The 'Skeleton' sleeve was made from images cut out from the book "The Movie Treasury : Horror Movies", where we also stole the font. We photocopied the covers and put them in Ziplock bags, also including a photocopied insert. Over the last 25 years this record has become very collectable and has been listed for almost $500 on ebay!

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7" e.p. ("Sterling Death" design)

This was the second design, I guess we got bored with the Skeleton cover and wanted something different. This is also when we came up with the idea to call the e.p. something, and we thought "Sterling Death" sounded funny. The sleeve was made from images taken from the book "A Pictorial History of Science Fiction", it also had the same insert as the 'Skeleton' cover, but they weren't all in Ziplocks, some were in clear plastic record sleeves. Below is the insert for both versions of the e.p.

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Here's another example of the e.p. labels. These were sent by Eric Sturm-thanks Eric!

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And some more... These were sent by Ben Pepin-thanks Ben!

Compilations

• Charred Remains (1981). 30 song cassette. GOH went by the name "Dogs of War" at this time, but soon after the band went back to GOH. Songs included were "Crime Watch/Block Parents". Click here to see the page we did for the mag that came with the cassette.

• Canadian Cassette (1981?). Songs include "Urban Killboy", "Someone's Gonna Die" and 2 others.

• Killed by Death #10 (1996 Bootleg). Song included was "God knows you by Name".

• Smash The State Vol. 3 (1998). This album features the complete e.p.

• Punk History Canada presents "Only in Canada, Eh" (77-81) Vol. 1 (2005). Song included is "Overhead Projector".

Unreleased Recordings

Goh were planning a second 7" e.p. that was eventually going to contain 16 tracks. At this point the band was writing and recording much faster and shorter songs. Two recording sessions were held at a small studio in Rutland B.C. (just outside Kelowna, B.C.). The songs recorded at the first session in April '81 were:
1. Urban Killboy
2. Someone's Gonna Die
3. Kill Europeans (I hate Germans)
4. Job
5. Don't Sell Me Nothing
6. He's Too Old

Songs recorded sometime in 1982 were:
1. Bombs Have No Mercy
2. Crime Watch/Block Parents

These recordings will soon be released for the first time ever! Send us your email if you're interested and we'll let you know the release date!