Oingo Boingo - 1980 EP Extended Mix Suite

This installment to the Oingo Boingo extended mix series takes us all the way back to 1980, where Oingo Boingo released their EP on the A&M distributed I.R.S. Records. Famous for it's use of one of Louis Wain's cat paintings for it's front cover, this EP is a fine example of the band's early sound just a year prior to the release of their debut album.
For this extended mix, I did what we would call a 3 in 1, where I did not one, not two, but three extended mixes out of three separate tracks. Considering the track list of the EP is limited to only 4 tracks, I said to myself, "why not combine each of these extended mixes into one big extended mix?" Thus, we're given this extended mix suite track.
The EP in question has 4 tracks, but as you can tell, there is one track missing; "Only A Lad" being the track that I omitted. This was done on purpose due to the fact that "Only A Lad" was later refined and became the title track to the band's 1981 debut studio album. I already did an extended mix of "Capitalism," a track from said 1981 debut album, but I hope to revisit that album someday in the near future. So for the time being, I've decided to leave "Only A Lad" alone.
This extended mix suite track includes extended mixes of the band's cover of "Violent Love" by Willie Dixon, and 2 original tracks, which are "Ain't This The Life," and "I'm So Bad."
The process for making these extended mixes is the same as it's always been: using Demucs4 HT on mvsep.com to separate the instruments and vocals, and then cobble together the actual extended mixes in Audacity.
I sourced the audio for the 3 EP tracks from the 2021 Rubellan Remasters CD reissue of "Only A Lad," where the entire EP is in it as bonus tracks.
I really hope you enjoyed this, as it was quite a lot of fun to do! More to come in the near future!
Tracklist:
1) Violent Love 0:00
2) Ain't This The Life 4:14
3) I'm So Bad 9:06

[@ender691]

i see louis wain, i click

[@cal26restaurantcastelloli98]

this music is brilliant and super original and is a new view of ska, that commonly sounds boring and has a well defined patterns. This is directly impressive, seems music created for movies like later did Danny Elfman with Tim burton, absolutely a jewel for my ears.

[@SparkleCakezz]

I agree! I've a button/pin with this album on it (from my father), and I somehow have never heard the first song on here lol! Oingo Boingo really stands the test of time for sure.

[@greenteesouo]

do you think you'll offer instrumentals for download?

[@C-loud]

Huh... that guy looks familiar...

[@totalanimalactionofive9980]

omg... it's you...

[@vindsvalrpdx]

No doubt Danny Elfman was influenced by Devo lol. This is about the year that "Freedom of Choice" came out, and you can tell.

[@TattKingMusicProductions]

huh