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You've Lost / Is It Better / Grey to Black // Death of a Friend / There's No Reasoning
?? test pressings (see notes for sleeve info)
1000 copies on black vinyl
Dischord 10½ / R&B 1, 1983
Lineup:
Notes: As with all the early Dischord releases, there were a lot of test pressings done. I've seen some tests with the stock sleeve, some with only a plain white inner, but only one with the hand-written inner sleeve pictured here.
Reviews: In the collecting craze, this record has sadly (or fortunately, if you're still looking for a copy) been overlooked. This is excellent thrash with a real melodic, and sometimes metallic edge. It doesn't have the same velocity than Minor Threat or the Bad Brains had, but it more than makes up for it in the raw emotion department. This is what I always thought Faith would sound like, based on people's descriptions.
Oh yeah, and the band did a demo tape before this that is absoltely essential listening--easily the worst thing ever (and I do mean EVER) to come out of the harDCore community.
