It was 1979 when Boston teenagers Jason Shapiro and Mike McGlinchey saw the wide-open door of punk as it turned to art-punk and no wave, and scurried straight in. Shapiro was 14. McGlinchey was only a few years older. Neither had played an instrument for long when Vitamin formed. Eventually, violinist Margie Politzer and drummer Chris Gill joined to complete the line-up. Inspired by the no wave impulse to tear rock apart and build something new from the blistering pieces, Vitamin's sound was raucous and careening but playful, with a dash of conceptualism for good measure. Truly joyful noise. Their brief life stands as a difficult-to-top example of art-making for its own sake, and a document of youthful collective creation.

• 1. Sarah's Braid
• 2. Black Sheep
• 3. Sinner
• 4. French Fries
• 5. Psycho Analyzer/Bug Spray (Live At the Underground)
• 6. Mouse Trap (Live At the Underground)
• 7. Intro (Live At the Rat)
• 8. Mommy (Live At the Rat)
• 9. Bag Man (Live At the Rat)
• 10. Sidewalk Slip (Live At the Rat)
• 11. Jumping Jack (Live At the Rat)
• 12. Black Sheep (Live At the Underground)
• 13. French Fries (Live At the Underground)