WarZone Lower East Side Crew REVELATION RECORDS # 1

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 Revelation Records Revelation:1
WarZone (War-Zone War Zone) 1987
Colored ORANGE VINYL 45 with all the original inserts and a PERFECT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL STICKER!

  Gently and quite lovingly previously-owned copy snatched from my own personal collection and sold because I'm a lowly Reptilian employee, not the high muckity-muck boss/owner who's rolling in the dough. LIMITED EDITION as you well know, fellow fan/collector and all-around hardcore person. See our other auctions for the record that came out at the same time as this one, Revelation:2, New York City Hardcore Together 1987.

WarZone was an American skinhead (not the racist variety) hardcore punk rock band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan (an island in New York, so nice they named it twice! New York, New York!). Their shows could be rowdy, with racist and non-racist skinheads, straightedge kids, and punks of all varieties.  Ray Barbieri (Raymond Barbieri, Raybeez), a U.S. Navy vet, of Agnostic Front ventured into the crowd, spoke out against racism, let the audience dictate the set and sing along, tried to stop violence, played for under 18 crowds, and basically serve as a good example, kind of like Ian MacKaye of Fugazi / Minor Threat today.

Here's what this is: a second press of Revelation Records 1st release, Revelation:1 , a 7-song EP vinyl 45 with, I believe 3 inserts (containing lyrics, lyric corrections, original label art, etc.) and a PERFECT COPY OF THE STICKER!  Most folks find that the 2nd pressing is more desirable and collectible than the 1st, because of the colored vinyl (400 or 500-ish in Orange).  The catch with this single is that most people stuck the sticker on something, or just beat up the inserts. This has ALL THE ORIGINAL INSERTS & STICKER in near perfect shape.  The vinyl itself looks AT LEAST EX or EX+. Maybe better! This one is in beautiful shape. No tears,  stains, or ouchies of any variety. (SEE OUR PICTURES)

Here's a weird factoid: Did you know that scratched into the run-out groove on the record is a secret message?  It says "MAKES NO DIF"

The white paper sleeve is notorious for aging badly, but this one is nearly perfect for a couple of reasons. The inner sleeve on the record is actually a little larger than the outside cover, so when handled the cover never got edgewear.  I never really touched the cover of the 45. The other reason is because I'm such an obsessive compulsive freak that I kept it in a plastic sleeve forever and never let other humans near it!  You benefit from my nerdy (yet manly) OCD with my collectibles. 

HERE'S THE POINT:  You get a beautiful copy of a serious collector's piece. The vinyl itself looks like its only been played a couple of times.  At the very least it's EX by Goldmine standards, but that's being conservative, and I'd actually grade it higher, like EX+ or whatever that grade is.  Inserts and original sticker are like new, as is the cover.

SEE OUR OTHER ADS FOR MORE HARDCORE GOODIES as the days go on. A great collectible for the son or daughter you can't buy for.  Is your kid a skinhead? The good kind, not the evil kind? Is he or she straight edge? Do they say "oi"? Do they claim to be "down" with the "Youth Crew"? Does he or she like Underdog, Side by Side, CIV, Agnostic Front, Bold, Altercation, Scream, Bad Brains, Death Before Dishonor, The Business, SuperTouch, Gorilla Biscuits, Bold, Sick of it All (S.O.I.A.),?  Well, hey.  Here you go.

War Between Races 

Always-A Friend For Life 

Will You Ever Come Back 

Take A Stand 

Wound Up 

Under 18 

We're The Crew

Produced by Ray Cappo (Shelter / Youth of Today / Better Than A Thousand / Reflex From Pain / Violent Children) (co-creator of Revelation Records & Krishna-core guy!), Jordan and Ray!  Hare Krishna!

This is a serious collectible, person of wonderful musical taste. Can I call you that? This is yours, if you bid boldly, proudly, hardcoreishly.

  If you have questions, write us.  We guarantee the grading and will happily refund your money if you win and think differently.  Not like happy with a huge fake smile, but kind of with a pleasant vaguely intimidating grimace. Still, you get your money back either way. 

And hey Chief, Ace, Cap'n, Judge, Buddy, Pal, it's worth WAY more than the starting price.  I'm starting this REALLY LOW, so you might get it for a steal. Ain't we nice?

Good luck to you, my rawk-loving friend. See our other auctions for more keen rekkids and cds, and keep watching cuz I have things you've wanted since you were 11. I'm going to be purging my collection and selling things I thought I'd never sell. 

We'll ship this to you in the U.S. for $4. If you have another plan, email us and we'll run it up a flagpole and discuss the ramifications of said possibilities. What I mean to say is, if you'd like it sent another way, we'll engender a coalition to discuss the realities and...you know what I'm sayin', right?

If you live overseas in an overseas land, we'll send it in an overseas way for some overseas price. No handling added. Just whatever it costs, boss. Write us and we'll USPS it to guess the postage.  Just figure if you're in North America it'll be 4-7 depending on where you are (Canucks, he means you), and if you're overseas it'll be 6-10 depending on where you are, exotic foreign person. And hey, it's a good deal for you because the U.S. dollar isn't worth crap, so your money translates quite perfectly for you. Thank you, good night.