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Title: Wipers - Is This Real?
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Punk, Post-Punk and Pacific Northwest Punk, Portland, Oregon 8/26
Matrix #: JPR 82801
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Wipers (N/A)
Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore: Greg Sage originally recorded Is This Real? on a four-track machine in the band’s rehearsal space, but Park Avenue Records insisted that Wipers rerecord the album in a professional studio.
2. Personal Struggle: Sage wanted Wipers to exist almost entirely through recordings, originally imagining 15 albums in ten years with no touring or promotion, but label demands repeatedly forced him to compromise that intensely private vision.
3. Legacy: Kurt Cobain became a major Wipers admirer, listed Is This Real? among his favorite albums, and Nirvana later recorded versions of “D-7” and “Return of the Rat,” helping expose the Portland band to a new generation.