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Showing posts with label Off The Disk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Off The Disk. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Megawimp #3
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
SLAVE LP
OTD-02
The euro pressing of the full 18 song session from 1988. Put out by two guys in Switzerland; Thomas, and Erich on their label Off The Disk. The white stripe on the cover is a printing error and was corrected in the second press. This is where the limited variations really take off. There's lots of speculation, wild rumors, and downright lies in auction descriptions about how many of each color were pressed. I'll outline the standard colors below as well as some ultra nerdery. All copies should have a yellow and black insert. If its black and white its a photocopy. A few weeks ago i shot a message to Thomas after he sold a blank white label test (for $909!!). This is right from him word for word. So unless you worked at the plant and can check invoices from 1988 here are the exact numbers set in virtual stone...
I’ve found the old papers from the pressing plant in my basement.
Here are the correct number of pieces of the Infest pressings:
1st Press
- 15 copies Test Press
- 822 copies black wax
- 101 copies orange wax (some people mean gold or yellow)
- 100 copies violet wax (some people mean pink or purple)
- 4 copies mix colored wax
2nd press
- 12 copies Test Press (most of these copies were for friends + distribution for free)
- 450 copies blue wax
- 450 copies green wax
- 105 copies one side blue / other side green
- 17 copies mix colored, swirrl wax
I don’t remember how many copies of the tests came with green or blank white labels.
I think the most were with the blank white label.
Both tests came with green and white blank labels and looks like the same.
1st PRESS
2 are sitting in so cal collecting dust in a top secret location. This is a pic of a test i found sitting on discogs with some extra goodies. 2nd photo is a test that showed up for sale at sorry state records in early 2014 and sold with the quickness...
My copy comes in a handmade jacket & dust sleeve. It also has a label layout sheet with a letter from the printer. Then we have Joe D's copy that was sold a few years ago...
100 Pink Vinyl
There are NOT 20 on pink which seems to be a common misconception. Again there are some variations in this color. My friend and i compared our copies and his was hot dayglo pink, while mine is pink with a few streaks of yellow. You can see the different colors in the photo taken by fellow Infest madman Kyle when he owned 2 copies. Again people are holding these tight, last one that is archived sold in 2006.
2nd PRESS
Cover has been corrected with a black border around the photo. No Poster. Green vinyl copies have blue labels. Blue vinyl copies have green labels. Split color copies have 1 green and 1 blue label. This is where the Infest / OTD beef started. I guess the band was not notified that there was going to be a second press in 1991. They quickly followed with a draw blank press limited to 100 copies, then the standard press on deep six Check that info HERE.
The Hunters personal copy...
450 Opaque Electric Blue Vinyl
450 Clear Green Vinyl
2010 Bootleg
The euro pressing of the full 18 song session from 1988. Put out by two guys in Switzerland; Thomas, and Erich on their label Off The Disk. The white stripe on the cover is a printing error and was corrected in the second press. This is where the limited variations really take off. There's lots of speculation, wild rumors, and downright lies in auction descriptions about how many of each color were pressed. I'll outline the standard colors below as well as some ultra nerdery. All copies should have a yellow and black insert. If its black and white its a photocopy. A few weeks ago i shot a message to Thomas after he sold a blank white label test (for $909!!). This is right from him word for word. So unless you worked at the plant and can check invoices from 1988 here are the exact numbers set in virtual stone...
I’ve found the old papers from the pressing plant in my basement.
Here are the correct number of pieces of the Infest pressings:
1st Press
- 15 copies Test Press
- 822 copies black wax
- 101 copies orange wax (some people mean gold or yellow)
- 100 copies violet wax (some people mean pink or purple)
- 4 copies mix colored wax
2nd press
- 12 copies Test Press (most of these copies were for friends + distribution for free)
- 450 copies blue wax
- 450 copies green wax
- 105 copies one side blue / other side green
- 17 copies mix colored, swirrl wax
I don’t remember how many copies of the tests came with green or blank white labels.
I think the most were with the blank white label.
Both tests came with green and white blank labels and looks like the same.
1st PRESS
Test Press 15 Copies
Green label tests rarely pop up. When i bought mine from Erich he told me all the original tests had green labels. In some old emails Thomas said there were 8 with green labels and 4 with white. Band members only had green label tests so that would point to all original tests having green labels. Apparently the weird light green labels with "P" printed on them are the backside of labels this plant used. (As of 3/2014 there are 6 green label tests out there that i know of). Photo of mine...
Green label tests rarely pop up. When i bought mine from Erich he told me all the original tests had green labels. In some old emails Thomas said there were 8 with green labels and 4 with white. Band members only had green label tests so that would point to all original tests having green labels. Apparently the weird light green labels with "P" printed on them are the backside of labels this plant used. (As of 3/2014 there are 6 green label tests out there that i know of). Photo of mine...
2 are sitting in so cal collecting dust in a top secret location. This is a pic of a test i found sitting on discogs with some extra goodies. 2nd photo is a test that showed up for sale at sorry state records in early 2014 and sold with the quickness... |  |
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205 LTD Mailorder Color Vinyl
These should come with a large color poster, stickers, and a megawimp insert.
4 Mixed Colored Vinyl
When i bought my test Erich offered me a bunch of other rare colors. Among them was a black/ purple swirl vinyl copy. I turned them all down and only bought the test. Ah to be young and cheap. The photo he sent me is lost in a sea of 1's and 0's but it was drastically different from the pink copies.
Just came across this in a secret vault in so cal. Color is dark opaque pinkish/ purple with black swirls.
101 Yellow / Orange / Amber/ Gold Vinyl
You may see this listed as any of these colors because of the various tints that happen during normal record pressing. There is not a breakdown of tints so if someone is telling you there are exactly 18 on pure yellow vinyl tell them to suck a lemon. The copies i have are amber/ almost orange and straight gold (splitting hairs). I only noticed this after i picked up a second copy for trade. I haven't seen one of these up on ebay since the Infest boom started and prices went into horror territory.
These should come with a large color poster, stickers, and a megawimp insert.
4 Mixed Colored Vinyl
When i bought my test Erich offered me a bunch of other rare colors. Among them was a black/ purple swirl vinyl copy. I turned them all down and only bought the test. Ah to be young and cheap. The photo he sent me is lost in a sea of 1's and 0's but it was drastically different from the pink copies.
Just came across this in a secret vault in so cal. Color is dark opaque pinkish/ purple with black swirls.
101 Yellow / Orange / Amber/ Gold Vinyl
You may see this listed as any of these colors because of the various tints that happen during normal record pressing. There is not a breakdown of tints so if someone is telling you there are exactly 18 on pure yellow vinyl tell them to suck a lemon. The copies i have are amber/ almost orange and straight gold (splitting hairs). I only noticed this after i picked up a second copy for trade. I haven't seen one of these up on ebay since the Infest boom started and prices went into horror territory.
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100 Pink Vinyl
There are NOT 20 on pink which seems to be a common misconception. Again there are some variations in this color. My friend and i compared our copies and his was hot dayglo pink, while mine is pink with a few streaks of yellow. You can see the different colors in the photo taken by fellow Infest madman Kyle when he owned 2 copies. Again people are holding these tight, last one that is archived sold in 2006.
822 Black Vinyl
No poster, the standard pressing.
No poster, the standard pressing.
2nd PRESS
Cover has been corrected with a black border around the photo. No Poster. Green vinyl copies have blue labels. Blue vinyl copies have green labels. Split color copies have 1 green and 1 blue label. This is where the Infest / OTD beef started. I guess the band was not notified that there was going to be a second press in 1991. They quickly followed with a draw blank press limited to 100 copies, then the standard press on deep six Check that info HERE.
Test Press 12 Copies
These seem to pop up quite often. I got mine from Thomas. There are about 15 copies that can be accounted for so far. Its recently come up that there may be a lot more than 12-15 copies, and more like 70-100. The 1st photo found on discogs recently may . If anyone has a black vinyl copy in a black 2nd press cover send me a message, i got some questions maybe you can help me answer.
These seem to pop up quite often. I got mine from Thomas. There are about 15 copies that can be accounted for so far. Its recently come up that there may be a lot more than 12-15 copies, and more like 70-100. The 1st photo found on discogs recently may . If anyone has a black vinyl copy in a black 2nd press cover send me a message, i got some questions maybe you can help me answer.
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105 or 122 LTD Split Color Vinyl
Not quite sure where the 17 swirl vinyl copies belong. Apparently they made this by taking 2 color vinyl sheets and pressing them together instead of the standard hockey puck style of pressing. What you are left with is a really cool piece of vinyl. One side is blue, the other side is toothpaste green (the most common combination). I've seen people list sides as brown, white, blue, dark green, toothpaste, and there are probably more. All 3 of the copies I have are blue on 1 side, on the other side 1 is a really cool greenish yellow swirl, the other 2 are very pale green almost white.
Not quite sure where the 17 swirl vinyl copies belong. Apparently they made this by taking 2 color vinyl sheets and pressing them together instead of the standard hockey puck style of pressing. What you are left with is a really cool piece of vinyl. One side is blue, the other side is toothpaste green (the most common combination). I've seen people list sides as brown, white, blue, dark green, toothpaste, and there are probably more. All 3 of the copies I have are blue on 1 side, on the other side 1 is a really cool greenish yellow swirl, the other 2 are very pale green almost white.
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This copy is owned by Nate Wilson. One side green, the other white swirl. Check out his blogs Life But How To Live It & True Punk & Metal...
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Some toothpaste/ blue copies...
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450 Opaque Electric Blue Vinyl
450 Clear Green Vinyl
2010 Bootleg
This was recently booted to look just like the original but you can find information on how to spot a fake detailed by Erich from OTD here... Good music for bad times Without even checking the matrix or cover finish a black vinyl copy with a poster its probably gonna be a boot. They are all over ebay right now so keep your 1 good eye peeled. This also sounds like complete dogshit. The high end only comes out of one speaker and overall its pretty muffled.
Boot is on greyish blue paper, original is bright blue. Text on the boot is slightly blurry and the K in Disk is missing what looks like © above the "side one (other side!)" text.
Supposed LTD Cover of 100. Complete shit.
Boot is on greyish blue paper, original is bright blue. Text on the boot is slightly blurry and the K in Disk is missing what looks like © above the "side one (other side!)" text. |  |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
In the beginning there was nothing...Then God said let there be brutality.
The original demo was your usual diy affair. Colored paper covers and hand written tape labels on the finest cassettes lurking in the audiophile section at the local VONS, with some even sporting a yellow and black printed logo sticker, slick and professional. Some copies have a 2 sided lyric insert. A bunch are missing this insert so its possible they didn't all have them or they were just lost over the years. According to second hand information from a rock solid source (ebay description) Dave Ring told the seller there were 100 copies of the original tape. Seems like the light brown/ tan paper is the most common. Below are some various photos and scans of original demos. There are definitely variations out there; just check out the 2 different lyric sheets posted here. Got a variation? Send in a pic or add to the comments section. If anyone out there decides they no longer need their copy i'm you're man. One of the few things i do not have and "NEED". |  |
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The copy below is interesting. It has an added panel on the right (skull with BSU tape distro logo) and appears to be numbered below the song titles. Someone says they purchased a copy from this distro in 1989. Not sure if it was Ok'd by the band to print up some copies or already being booted. Either way if you see one like this its not the original band released edition.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Full Discography
Below is a list of everything i can think of that's out there, somewhere. Of course there may be some other bootlegs kicking around europe but none that i remember seeing listed anywhere. The bootlegs range from pretty cool at the time they came out (how they poison their young) to completely worthless pieces of shit (2010 boot of slave). It is really unfortunate that every one of their official releases is currently out of print. Makes it easy for the bootleggers to run wild. I plan to cover most if not all of the records below in this blog at some point. Stay tuned...
Official Releases
1989? Whats The Point? Tape Comp (3 songs from demo)
Official Releases
1987 Demo Tape (20 songs)
1988 S/T (aka Machismo / Where’s The Unity) 7” (10 songs)
1988 Slave MLP (18 songs)
1989/90 Infest / PHC split 8” Flexi (5 songs)
1991 Mankind 7” (10 songs)
2000 Infest / PHC split 7” reissue (8 songs)
2001 Live KXLU LP (18 songs)
2002 No Mans Slave (19 songs)
2006 Mankind 10” (14 songs)
2013 Days Turn Black (4 songs)
Compilations
1989? Whats The Point? Tape Comp (3 songs from demo)
1989/90? Open Your Eyes Vol 2 Tape Comp (3 songs from demo)
1990 BLLEEAAUURRGGHH The Record 7” (1 song –why don’t you…renamed big mouth on mankind 10")
1992 Apocalyptic Convulsions 10” (2 songs –the world is dead, nothing left inside)
1993 Fear Of Smell LP (1 song –nothing’s changed)
1996 Reality #2 LP (1 song –cold inside alt version)
1999 Reality #3 LP (1 song –dead at birth)
Suburban Voice Dangerously Unstable Comp CD (1 song -peace test alt version named behind this tongue on nms)
Bootlegs
Still Fighting Discography CD
3 Sided 2x7”
1987 Demo 7” (w/ live photo)
How They Poison Their Young 10”
Machismo 7”
Mankind 7”
PHC split 7” w/ cartoon cover
Not Over Yet 7”
1987 Demo LP
Slave, Mankind + Rehearsal Tracks LP
Not Over Yet 7” (live photo cover)
2010 Slave LP (w/ original cover art & poster)
Break The Chain Discography Cass from italy
1987 Demo Cass
Pretty much every t shirt you have ever seen
Infest Poster/ Stickers/ T Shirt included in OTD Box Set
Time for HARDCORE!!
Now that's a fucking show!! Below is a link to a photobucket folder i put together with all the scans of various flyers i've found over the years. Some of them are nice high quality scans (thanks timmy, jack, and clint). Others look like dog shit. I don't collect physical copies of original flyers because as cool as some of them are i can enjoy a digital scan as much as i could enjoy a ratty stained piece of paper thats 25 years old. Please send in nice high res scans of any flyers i don't have or any i have in abysmal -42 dpi quality. Anything sent in will be added to the archive.
Updated 3/6/2012 (3 new flyers added)
INFEST FLYER ARCHIVE
Monday, February 27, 2012
INFESTINFESTINFESTINFESTINFESTINFEST
For hours, days, years i've talked to fellow Infest fan boys, band members, and friends ad nauseam about pressing info, color vinyl, and rare versions of their records. Despite this band being one of the all time greats in the realm of brutality, there is scant information on the web about them. There are more bootlegs with their name on em than there are official releases. Hopefully this blog will take some of the mystery out of what is what, what came when, and how many were made. Any and all submissions can be sent to my email: random colors, limited sleeves, flyer scans, etc etc would be greatly appreciated. Lets close this first post out with an amazing description from an old ebay auction. A review doesn't get any better than this...
"US HC killer. Only released in Switzerland. All in all, only 1,000 copies of this original first pressing in several different vinyl colors were made. This one was born in black vinyl. 18 tracks, 18 killers. This cracker is for true believers and not for children. You are bidding on the ultra-fast and brilliant FULL-OF-HATE shocker Slave by legendary US Hardcore/Crustcore/Brutalcore band INFEST. This old-school classic will knock your head off. Mixing the insane power of maniacs, INFEST left most others looking like they were playing in slow motion. Here’s the complete track listing of this outstanding and masterful HATEBREED KILLER.."
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