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Buddha

by Blink 182

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  • LIMITED EDT COLOR 12" Vinyl LP (Yellow or Green) 100 of 500 MADE
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    LIMITED EDITION COLOR 12"
    Vinyl LP (Yellow or Green)

    Kung Fu records is proud to be home of Blink 182's very first album "Buddha". This is the record that Mark and Tom used to sell on cassette (themselves!) at their merchandise booth at their earliest shows in San Diego, California.

    The Vandals met Blink 182 at a show they both played with Unwritten Law many years ago. Mark, Tom, and then drummer Scotty, were impossible not to get along with and so The Vandals started putting Blink on a lot of Vandals shows to help Blink break out beyond the San Diego punk scene. Other bands like Pennywise and NOFX were also doing this because everyone liked these guys. Blink later rewarded The Vandals' label with Buddha which, as you can imagine, is Kung Fu records' biggest seller.

    Buddha's rough and punk yet cute - and sometimes really funny - material, provides an early window into what we now know as a world wide phenomena.

    From allmusic.com
    .... Blink-182's first album, Buddha, may be a little generic, but it's nevertheless a solid skatepunk record that illustrates the group's flair for speedy, catchy hooks and irreverent humor. There are a few weak cuts, but on the whole, it's a promising debut.
    Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Blink 182's "Buddha" on 12" Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Kung Fu records is proud to be home of Blink 182's very first album "Buddha". This is the record that Mark and Tom used to sell on cassette (themselves!) at their merchandise booth at their earliest shows in San Diego, California.

    The Vandals met Blink 182 at a show they both played with Unwritten Law many years ago. Mark, Tom, and then drummer Scotty, were impossible not to get along with and so The Vandals started putting Blink on a lot of Vandals shows to help Blink break out beyond the San Diego punk scene. Other bands like Pennywise and NOFX were also doing this because everyone liked these guys. Blink later rewarded The Vandals' label with Buddha which, as you can imagine, is Kung Fu records' biggest seller.

    Buddha's rough and punk yet cute - and sometimes really funny - material, provides an early window into what we now know as a world wide phenomena.

    From allmusic.com
    .... Blink-182's first album, Buddha, may be a little generic, but it's nevertheless a solid skatepunk record that illustrates the group's flair for speedy, catchy hooks and irreverent humor. There are a few weak cuts, but on the whole, it's a promising debut.
    Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more

    Sold Out

  • Buddha CD by Blink 182
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Kung Fu records is proud to be home of Blink 182's very first album "Buddha". This is the record that Mark and Tom used to sell on cassette (themselves!) at their merchandise booth at their earliest shows in San Diego, California.

    The Vandals met Blink 182 at a show they both played with Unwritten Law many years ago. Mark, Tom, and then drummer Scotty, were impossible not to get along with and so The Vandals started putting Blink on a lot of Vandals shows to help Blink break out beyond the San Diego punk scene. Other bands like Pennywise and NOFX were also doing this because everyone liked these guys. Blink later rewarded The Vandals' label with Buddha which, as you can imagine, is Kung Fu records' biggest seller.

    Buddha's rough and punk yet cute - and sometimes really funny - material, provides an early window into what we now know as a world wide phenomena.

    From allmusic.com
    .... Blink-182's first album, Buddha, may be a little generic, but it's nevertheless a solid skatepunk record that illustrates the group's flair for speedy, catchy hooks and irreverent humor. There are a few weak cuts, but on the whole, it's a promising debut.
    Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more

    Sold Out

  • Buddha Cassette w/ Free Download!
    Cassette + Digital Album

    These things are awesome! Are we crazy? Are you crazy? People are demanding the warm sound of an analog cassette and we are delivering! These are not leftovers from a bygone era. These are brand new, state of the art, cassettes manufactured "just a couple days ago!" The street date is August 15, 2014 but you are going to get yours now. We have them! Walkman not included.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition 12" Gold Colored Vinyl [Only 500 Printed ]
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition 12" Gold Colored Vinyl [Only 500 Printed ]
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    (cassette tape not include must purchase separately)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Yellow, Green & Blue Vinyl Lp
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Kung Fu records is proud to be home of Blink 182's very first album "Buddha". This is the record that Mark and Tom used to sell on cassette (themselves!) at their merchandise booth at their earliest shows in San Diego, California.

    The Vandals met Blink 182 at a show they both played with Unwritten Law many years ago. Mark, Tom, and then drummer Scotty, were impossible not to get along with and so The Vandals started putting Blink on a lot of Vandals shows to help Blink break out beyond the San Diego punk scene. Other bands like Pennywise and NOFX were also doing this because everyone liked these guys. Blink later rewarded The Vandals' label with Buddha which, as you can imagine, is Kung Fu records' biggest seller.

    Buddha's rough and punk yet cute - and sometimes really funny - material, provides an early window into what we now know as a world wide phenomena.

    From allmusic.com
    .... Blink-182's first album, Buddha, may be a little generic, but it's nevertheless a solid skatepunk record that illustrates the group's flair for speedy, catchy hooks and irreverent humor. There are a few weak cuts, but on the whole, it's a promising debut.
    Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Buddha via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more

    Sold Out

1.
Carousel 02:40
I talk to you every now and then I never felt so alone again I stop to think at a wishing well My thoughts send me on a carousel Here I am standing on my own Not a motion from the telephone I know not a reason why Solitudes a reason to die Just you wait and see As school life is a It is a woken dream Aren't you feeling alone? I guess its just another I guess its just another I guess its just another night alone Now as I walk down the street I need a job just to sleep in sheets Buying food every once in a while But not enough to purchase a smile A tank of gas is a treasure to me I know now that nothing is free I talk to you every now and then I never felt so alone again Just you wait and see As school life is a It is a woken dream Aren't you feeling alone? I guess its just another I guess its just another I guess its just another night alone
2.
T.V. 01:37
When I'm at work, ya, I always rush right home for lunch So I can check out what's up on the Brady Bunch And when I'm walking through the front door at night I gotta see who's winning on The Price is Right, oh I never dreamed that I'd spend my days Staring at some tube emitting cathode rays I need my TV What's happening in this world, I don't care at all But it better not pre-empt Monday Night Football I can't even come up with my own views I'm taught how to think from the evening news, oh I never dreamed that I'd spend my days Staring at some tube emitting cathode rays I need my TV La la la...
3.
Strings 02:28
I would do anything and that's What scares me so bad Don't want to live my life alone Don't want to go back to what I had Don't want to spend my life without All those special things Don't want to walk around being tied to Anyone else's Strings, strings, strings, strings I would do anything and that's What scares me so bad Don't want to live my life alone Don't want to go back to what I had Don't want to spend my life without All those special things Don't want to walk around being tied to Anyone else's Strings, strings, strings, strings Strings, strings, strings, strings
4.
Fentoozler 02:03
At the risk of sounding rude Just who the fuck do you think you are To tell me what you expect of me today? Well, you can take your attitude You're out of luck, you've gone way too far If you think there's any chance I'm gonna stay How long can I string you along? How little of myself can I give And still make you believe I care? At the risk of sounding trite Why the fuck do you think you're right About every little thing that you say? And do you think that it is right For Tom to spend another night Writing songs about all the people he thinks are gay? How long can I string you along? How little of myself can I give And still make you believe I care? How long can I string you along How little of myself can I give And still make you believe I care?
5.
Time 02:46
When the clock strikes two There's so much to do and I cant explain what i need Jobs and social group Hearing the latest new keepin your reputation clean And I dont wanna worry about being on time I see the way you hurry and time runs your like again The difference between east and west monney means so much less and objects aren't so important to buy I wish that earth clock could often just be stopped and then we look into the time And I Don't wanna worry about being on time I see the way you hurry and time runs your life again
6.
Walking through the grass Another blade next to you from the ground As the wind does pass I notice as you feel the breath of my shout Your words are kind The kind that repeatedly say no But that's alright I'm older than you so I've got time What have you said, reach out your hand There's a black shadow on my wall But as I look into my mind I can see that girls are a waste of time We've all seen the bridge A broken seam and a girl on one side You think your words will work They only work when you lay down and close your eyes I thought of all the lines All the right ones used at all the wrong times But that's alright Depression's just a sarcastic state of mind What have you said, reach out your hand There's a black shadow on my wall But as I look into my mind I can see that girls are a waste of time I don't want to live alone I don't want to live in My broken dreams of you I don't want to live along with My broken dreams of you I don't want to live along with My broken dreams of you
7.
21 Days 04:02
My mind wanders as I'm trying not to fall in love with you 'Cause everytime I wake I ponder on my mistakes of what I said, and it's always my esteem that I sure lose playing those stupid games as I always end up chasing you.. [Chorus] I can't help myself anymore rehearsing my thoughts as I'm to scared to come to your door I pushed it all aside just stand next to you Now you won't talk to me for something I didn't do It's not going to work And I'm trying not to think of you I'm all confused as I think of the things that I would do I'm all shook up as I get all nervous inside My emotions are something that I will always hide away
8.
Sometimes 01:04
Oh, how I wish that they would last Moments of peace that just slip through me so fast Just when I think that they are gonna stay Everything inside me just starts fading away Sometimes it seems like all I hope for Just gets thrown down on the floor And then it seems like you don't love me anymore Sometimes I wish that I could run away Sometimes I wish I just had something to say She looks at me and doesn't know the words to say But it's not you, I just don't feel quite right today All these things I say and do were never planned But how the fuck am I supposed to make you understand that Sometimes it seems like all I hope for Just gets thrown down on the floor And then it seems like you don't love me anymore Sometimes I wish that I could run away Sometimes I wish I just had something to say
9.
Two different people, two different places Through a one way window with two different faces Agreements are not reached, faces are forgotten The other person's shoes, you've not got in Stubborn minded enclosed to your own world Wake up and see someone else's morals What right to you Might be true It's a different point of view to you You cannot see things that are different to me And I can't understand why you cannot see The things that I cannot see I see what you don't see I see what you don't see Turn around and the shadows are all around me Two different people, two different places Through a one way window with two different faces Agreements are not reached, faces are forgotten The other person's shoes, you've not got in
10.
My Pet Sally 01:36
I'm gonna wanna see myself with someone too Friends I don't pay are friends i never knew So I took the chance and got some help from a few And got a long and skinny friend to talk to Cause I have the time and the liberty To play with my pet sally Please don't go away, sally please No more lonely showers and uneaten foods My salamander has hygiene too And he thinks of me the way I think of you The only next step is for him to say I do Sally please don't go away I won't be living in yesterday The lonely nights Getting beat up by gays in bar fights
11.
You are better than me,girls,money,and everything I try to compete with you, but you beat me at everything i do I see in you the things that I would like to be But im different from you, So you will have to be like me! I cannot be bought my personality is what I choose I was brought up without a silver cup I wont covet the things owned by you For all the world material things are now more and more jealousy for you and me I won't covet the things owned by your store
12.
Do you wanna know what I think of you? 'Cause you're not the way I thought you should be Do take back what you said It's time to fix, it's time to fix your head And now all alone, one's less than two I've never been better off living lonely To listen to what you say I couldn't care less of what you say What did you think of me acting this way I guess you never really thought at all Is that what you call your brain? Is that why I call you hang up on me? I wanted to know, I didn't want to lose And now I'm a man who's just living small Listen to what you say I couldn't care less of what you say To me as I walk alone I'd Much rather be riding prone, then To be just another one you are lame to I wanted to know, I didn't want to lose But now I'm a man who's just living small Listen to what you say I couldn't care less of what you say To me as I tune you out of my mind Won't bend over backwards or Take another step ahead to Hear from you again Don't talk to me as I walk alone, I'd Much rather be riding prone, than Be just another one you are lame to Don't talk to me as I tune you out of my mind Won't bend over backwards or Take another step ahead to Hear from you again Don't talk to me as I walk alone, I'd Much rather be riding prone, than To be just another one you are lame to
13.
White girl living in the big city In a big apartment house She's living with her boyfriend now She drives off every day for school and work She washes dishes now And watches tv on the pull out couch And every day's the same White girl moved back to the suburbs And she finally found a man Who knows how to take care of her She bought the perfect little house And the lawn's well manicured And she'd never missed a day of work And every day's the same White girl couldn't go on knowing She was just here wasting her time She drowned in the lake last night They found her bloated body floating But she still walks around Performing all her daily chores She still don't know what life's about Cause every day's the same And she's got no one to love
14.
Don't 02:26
There was a time long ago But it seemed like yesterday When all I wanted was you And now you make a segway As you turn your face away And I know your words aren't true And I don't want your lies And I don't think that I'm better than you inside And you can take off your disguise Cause I can see the truth that's hidden Behind your eyes And all those words that you don't say just mean less and less each day you can't make me shed a tear I think about tomorrow Another day of sorrow But I don't think that I'll be here

about

Kung Fu records is proud to be home of Blink 182's very first album "Buddha". This is the record that Mark and Tom used to sell on cassette (themselves!) at their merchandise booth at their earliest shows in San Diego, California.

The Vandals met Blink 182 at a show they both played with Unwritten Law many years ago. Mark, Tom, and then drummer Scotty, were impossible not to get along with and so The Vandals started putting Blink on a lot of Vandals shows to help Blink break out beyond the San Diego punk scene. Other bands like Pennywise and NOFX were also doing this because everyone liked these guys. Blink later rewarded The Vandals' label with Buddha which, as you can imagine, is Kung Fu records' biggest seller.

Buddha's rough and punk yet cute - and sometimes really funny - material, provides an early window into what we now know as a world wide phenomena.

From allmusic.com
.... Blink-182's first album, Buddha, may be a little generic, but it's nevertheless a solid skatepunk record that illustrates the group's flair for speedy, catchy hooks and irreverent humor. There are a few weak cuts, but on the whole, it's a promising debut.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

credits

released February 6, 2014

Mark Hoppus - Bass / Vocals
Tom De Longe - Guitar / Vocals
Scotty Raynor - Drums

Original Recording Executive Produced By Pat Secor

Re-mixed by Warren Fitzgerald and Jon St. James
at Formula 1 Studios in La Habra, California

Art Direction: Grace Walker
Release dates:
January 1994 (original)
October 27, 1998 (re-issue)
Recorded January 1994 at Doubletime Studios, Santee, California

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Here's a note from us:
We read the above wikipedia entry and learned things we never knew about the history of this release before it came to our label.

There's a bit of a controversy over it but what we can say for sure is that if we didn't put this out, MCA / Universal Records was going to bury it with all their legal might.

Kung Fu, owned by one attorney, hired another attorney, and spent tens of thousands of dollars to prevent the death of these recordings. The original label never would have been able to do that, and given the choice, would not have even contributed to the legal fund necessary to pull it off.

We fought like hell to keep it from MCA ( so Blink fans could enjoy it) and we have proudly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties to the band (including Scott Raynor) over the years. We have no reason to disbelieve the band's version of the history of these recordings. We are proud to have this as part of our catalog because of the music, it's historical significance, and how hard we worked to keep it.

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