Black Flag - Damaged LP (SST/Unicorn - Parental Sticker Included) 1981 Pressing
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Description
1981 copy of Black Flag's Dmanaged.
I've tried to understand if this is a first pressing or the second run after Unicorn went bankrupt. I'm still unclear, but Discogs notes the following:
MCA Records (with which Unicorn Records had a distribution deal) distribution chief Al Bergamo announced that the company would not distribute this record, deeming that "It just didn't seem to have any redeeming social value" and because, as a parent with two children, he found it an anti-parent record. "Damaged" was eventually released by Unicorn through an independent distributor. Later, after Unicorn's bankruptcy and almost years of litigation during which Black Flag was forbidden to release any record, they re-released and distributed it through Greg Ginn's own SST Records.
First pressing is this issue (MCA logo on rear, "anti-parent" sticker on some, "UNI/4" matrices).
First version recut/reissue is here: Damaged (No MCA logo, "Kendun" matrices).
Second version recut/reissue is here: Damaged (no MCA logo, "Neo-Gelatinous" and S-9375/6 matrices).
If the MCA logo is present, it will have been covered up by the sticker. Regardless, it's a 1981 pressing, regardless and includes the mythical sticker.
The condition of the sleeve is fair, the vinyl in good condition, though there are a few scratches, the play is unaffected. I've listened through a few times this week for good measure. The inner sleeve is in tatters, I'm not clear whether the yellow jacket is original but I've had this record since 2002 and it's what I picked it up with.
Any questions, give me a shout.
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