Oingo Boingo (EP)

Oingo Boingo is the first official release from the southern California new wave band Oingo Boingo. The song selection includes three original compositions by Danny Elfman, as well as a ska inflected cover of bluesman Willie Dixon's "Violent Love".

The EP was issued on cassette tape, 10", and 12" vinyl formats with a slight difference in the track listing: the 10" version contained the 1979 version of "Ain't This the Life" from their Demo EP, while the 12" version and cassette contained a new recording. Both "Only a Lad" and "I'm So Bad" had also been previously issued on the Demo EP and the versions are identical on all of the formats. Whilst the EP has never been released on CD in its entirety, the 10" format was made available digitally via such services as iTunes Store and Amazon. However, the songs can only be bought as separate tracks rather than as an album.

The song "Only a Lad" was subsequently re-recorded and issued as the title track on their first long playing album, Only a Lad.

The cover includes an illustration of a cat by artist Louis Wain from the later stages of his schizophrenia.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Only a Lad"	4:08
2.	"Violent Love"	2:31
3.	"Ain't This the Life"	3:21
4.	"I'm So Bad"	3:49
Total length:		13:49

Personnel

Oingo Boingo

Danny Elfman - lead vocals
Steve Bartek - guitars
David Eagle - drums on 10" version of "Ain't This the Life"
Richard Gibbs - keyboards
Kerry Hatch - bass guitar
Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums
Leon Schneiderman - baritone and alto saxophones
Sam "Sluggo" Phipps - tenor and soprano saxophones
Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone
Michael Boshears (a1mixer) - recording, mixing, producer
Jo Julian - producer

Oingo Boingo

Leon Schneiderman Dale Turner Sam "Sluggo" Phipps Danny Elfman Steve Bartek Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez Kerry Hatch Richard Gibbs John Avila Michael Bacich Carl Graves Warren Fitzgerald Doug Lacy Marc Mann

Studio albums	Only a Lad Nothing to Fear Good for Your Soul So-Lo (as Danny Elfman) Dead Man's Party BOI-NGO Dark at the End of the Tunnel Boingo

Live albums	Boingo Alive Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995

Compilations	The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet Stay Best O' Boingo Anthology

Extended plays	Demo EP Oingo Boingo EP

Singles	"Weird Science" "Dead Man's Party"

Related articles	Discography List of members Richard Elfman Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo Hot Tomorrows Forbidden Zone (soundtrack) Tito & Tarantula

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