first press:

third press:

Minor Threat - In My Eyes 7":
In My Eyes / Out of Step // Guilty of Being White / Steppin' Stone
?? test pressings
1000 copies on translucent red vinyl w/insert (125 or 150 in xeroxed sleeve, rest in printed sleeve)
1000 copies on black vinyl w/insert and yellow labels
2000 copies on black vinyl w/insert and blue labels
Limp Records 041/Dischord 5, 1981

Lineup: Brian Baker - bass / Ian MacKaye - vocals / Lyle Preslar - guitar / Jeff Nelson - drums

Recording Info: Recorded at Inner Ear, engineered by Don Zientara, produced by Minor Threat. Mixed by Minor Threat and Don.

Notes: Dischord did a lot of test pressings of their early hardcore records (bar the SOA and Teen Idles 7"). I've seen tests of this one with and without sleeves. Were inserts for all three presses the same? There are two different numbers flaoting around for the xeroxed sleeve. Amy Pickering's discography says 125, but an advertisement reprinted in the 20 Years of Dischord box says 150. Either way it's a stoopidrare variation.

Skip's Comments: I think that In My Eyes is probably one of the greatest punk records of all time, from start to finish. The changes in that...there's just no way that you could envision that these guys would go from the Teen Idles to a thing like that in a two year period. It just blew me away the first time I heard that song. I said, none of these people need me any more, they've got it all together.

How much were you really involved with this record?

Just money. That's why it's a split Limp release. That record marked the defining moment for me when I knew that none of these people needed me any more in terms of producing in the studio because they did that themselves.

Reviews: This would be the best Minor Threat record if it only had another song or two. The writing's better than their first record, but not by much--that's is one case where quantity definitely triumphed over quality. That said, this record packs one hell of a wallop. I don't know about you, but Ian MacKaye's scream of "at least I'm fucking trying...what the fuck have you done?" is THE defining Minor Threat moment. These songs are the tightest, meanest, and best thing Minor Threat would ever record.

I'm looking for the xeroxed Cousins sleeve, the test pressing, and the second pressing of this record. Email me if you can hook me up.

Youth Brigade - Possible EP 7":
It's About Time That We Had a Change / Full Speed Ahead / Point of View / Barbed Wire // Pay No Attention / Wrong Decision / No Song / No Song II
1000 copies on black vinyl w/tombstone shaped insert
Dischord 6, 1982

Lineup:

Notes:

Reviews: Review format: compliment record, but compare to earlier, unreleased product which is much better. Mention Minor Threat. Name a song. Talk about how fast they play. Put down SOA (or GI, depending on mood). Post on website.

Now that I've got all that out of the way you should know that this record is miles and miles better than the reissue on LP or CD. I think most of the arguments about how vinyl sounds better than CD are a crock of bullshit, but here's one case. I wonder if the master tape was damaged or something, because the LP and CD versions just sound like crap next to the actual record.

And just so you know, Youth Brigade recorded a demo with Skip Groff that could steamroll this record without even trying. Tracks from the demo have been released on Flex Your Head, the Dischord Box, and booted at least twice (on a 2x7" and a split LP with Minor Threat).

V/A - Flex Your Head LP:
Teen Idles: I Drink Milk / Commie Song / No Fun / Untouchables: Rat Patrol / Nic Fit / I Hate You / SOA: I Hate The Kids / Disease / Stepping Stone Party / Minor Threat: Stand Up / 12XU / GI: Hey, Ronnie / Lie, Cheat & Steal / Youth Brigade: Moral Majority / Waste Of Time / Last Word // Red C: Jimi 45 / Pressure's On / 6 O'clock News / Assassin / Void: Dehumanized / Authority / My Rules / Iron Cross: Wargames / New Breed / Live For Now / Artificial Peace: Artificial Peace / Outside Looking In / Wasteland / Deadline: Stolen Youth / Hear The Cry / Aftermath
4000 copies on black vinyl w/booklet and violin cover
2000 copies on black vinyl w/poster and xxx cover
3000 copies on black vinyl w/poster and wheatfield cover
"lots and lots" on black vinyl w/poster and blurred photo cover
thousands and thousands on CD w/two booklets
Dischord 7, 1982

Lineup:

Notes:

Reviews:

Have copies of any of the pressings I don't have shown? Email me if you'd be interested in scanning them in.

SSD - Kids Will Have Their Say 12":
Boiling Point / Fight Them / Do You Even Care? / Not Normal / Wasted Youth / Jock Itch / Fun to You / VA / How Much Art // Kids Will Have Their Say / Headed Straight / War Threat / Teach Me Violence / Screw / Who's to Judge / Police Beat / United / the End
1000 copies on black vinyl w/insert
Dischord 7½ / XClaim!, 1982

Lineup:

Notes:

Reviews:

I don't own this record. Email me if you have one for sale and trade (reasonable offers--don't expect me to go all ebay over this one...).

Faith / Void - split LP:
Faith: It's Time / Face to Face / Trapped / In Control / Another Victim / What's Wrong With Me / What You Think / Confusion / You're X'd / Nightmare / Don't Tell Me / In the Black // Void: Who Are You? / Time to Die / Condensed Flesh / Ignorant People / Change Places / Ask Them Why / Organized Sports / My Rules / Self Defense / War Hero / Think / Explode
1000 copies on black vinyl w/insert and shiny sleeve
Dischord 8, 1982

Lineup:

Notes: covers scanned from the CD since I don't have this on vinyl.

Reviews: As mean as it is, I would say that this is the last Dischord record to earn a perfect 10 in my book.

Have copies of any of the pressings I don't have shown? Email me if you'd be interested in scanning them in.