1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

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1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

Compilation album by Green Day
Released	1 July 1991
Recorded	29 December 1989– 2 January 1990
Genre	Punk rock
Length	56:23
Label	Lookout! Records
Producer(s)	Green Day
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Green Day chronology
Sweet Children (1990)	1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)	Kerplunk! (1992)

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by American punk rock band Green Day. Although it is often referred to as the group's first album, this is not factually correct. Their first album was 39/Smooth; 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours included the songs from that record plus bonus material from other EPs the group had released.

Initially released in 1991¹, the set was re-issued in a remastered form in 2004. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours has sold 585,000 units in the US as of November 2006 link

Although the album was originally released through the Lookout! Records label, in August 2005, Green Day pulled its pre-1994 music catalog from the label, reportedly due to unpaid royalties. It will be reissued by Reprise Records - Green Day's major label distributor since 1993 - in December 2006. Note that in Europe, the album was released by Epitaph Europe, and it is still in print there.

1 Origin of tracks
2 Track listing
3 Credits
4 Notes

[edit] Origin of tracks

Tracks 1-10 from 39/Smooth
Tracks 11-14 from Slappy EP
Tracks 15-18 from 1,000 Hours EP
Track 19 from The Big One, a compilation that featured bands from the East Bay and Los Angeles.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics) and Green Day (music), except where noted.

"At the Library" – 2:28
"Don't Leave Me" – 2:39
"I Was There" (John Kiffmeyer) – 3:36
"Disappearing Boy" – 2:52
"Green Day" – 3:29
"Going to Pasalacqua" – 3:31
"16" – 3:24
"Road to Acceptance" – 3:36
"Rest" – 3:06
"The Judge's Daughter" – 2:35
"Paper Lanterns" – 2:25
"Why Do You Want Him?" – 2:33
"409 in Your Coffeemaker" – 2:54
"Knowledge" (Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Jesse Michaels, Dave Mello) – 2:20
"1,000 Hours" – 2:26
"Dry Ice" – 3:45
"Only of You" – 2:46
"The One I Want" – 3:01
"I Want to be Alone" – 3:09

[edit] Credits

Andro – Producer, Engineer
Chris Appelgren – Artwork, Research, Construction, Video Archives
Cathy Bauer – Research, Video Archives
Billie Joe Armstrong – Guitar, Vocals, Lyricist
Murray Bowles – Photography
Aaron Cometbus – Artwork, Construction
Devil Doll – Research, Video Archives
Mike Dirnt – Bass, Vocals
Andy Ernst – Producer, Engineer
Rich Gargano – Artwork, Construction
John Golden – Mastering
Susie Grant – Photography, Cover Photo
Green Day – Producer
David Hayes – Artwork, Construction
Erika Hynes – Research, Video Archives
Pat Hynes – Artwork, Design, Layout Design
Patrick Hynes – Artwork, Design, Layout Design, Construction, Enhanced CD Audio Creation, Enhanced CD Design, Enhanced Programming
Ted Jensen – Remastering
John Kiffmeyer – Drums, Lyricist
Jesse Michaels – Artwork, Design, Cover Art, Construction
Arica Pelino – Photography, Research, Video Archives
Al Sobrante – Photography
Shane Stacy – Research, Video Archives
John Yates – Artwork, Design, Layout Design, Packaging, Construction

[edit] Notes

Note 1: The single bears a copyright notice dated 1990, which has led some sources to cite this as the release year.
Although the credits say "Knowledge" was written by Armstrong, the song was not written by Billie Joe, but by the unrelated Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy, who originally performed the song.
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours saw regional success in California, and paved the way for the band's sophomore effort, Kerplunk, which sold well nationally for an independent record and in turn laid the groundwork for 1994's major label smash hit Dookie.
In the list of personnel for the album it says John Kiffmeyer was responsible for drums and lyrics and Al Sobrante was responsible for photography. Actually, they are both the same person (John's nick name is Al Sobrante).
This album is currently out of print due to a royalties dispute with Lookout Records.de:1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours