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 EP's the group had released.

Initially released in 1991, the set was re-issued in a remastered form in 2004. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours had sold 55,000 units in the US as of June 2005.

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 is not known if there are plans to re-release the album. Note that in Europe, the album was released by Epitaph Europe, and it is still in print there.

Origin of tracks

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

Track listing

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

1. "At the Library" – 2:28
2. "Don't Leave Me" – 2:39
3. "I Was There" (John Kiffmeyer) – 3:36
4. "Disappearing Boy" – 2:52
5. "Green Day" – 3:29
6. "Going To Pasalacqua" – 3:31
7. "16" – 3:24
8. "Road to Acceptance" – 3:36
9. "Rest" – 3:06
10. "The Judge's Daughter" – 2:35
11. "Paper Lanterns" – 2:25
12. "Why Do You Want Him?" – 2:33
13. "409 in Your Coffeemaker" – 2:54
14. "Knowledge" (Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Jesse Michaels, Dave Mello) – 2:20
15. "1,000 Hours" – 2:26
16. "Dry Ice" – 3:45
17. "Only of You" – 2:46
18. "The One I Want" – 3:01
19. "I Want to be Alone" – 3:09

Credits

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• Andro – Producer, Engineer
• Chris Appelgren – Artwork, Research, Construction, Video Archives
• Cathy Bauer – Research, Video Archives
• Billie Joe Armstrong – Guitar, Vocals, Lyracist
• 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

Notes

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• 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).

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