Black Flag – Damaged
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SST Records – 9502 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Hardcore |
Tracklist
| A1 | Rise Above | 2:17 | |
| A2 | Spray Paint The Walls | 0:32 | |
| A3 | Six Pack | 2:18 | |
| A4 | What I See | 1:47 | |
| A5 | T.V. Party | 3:11 | |
| A6 | Thirsty & Miserable | 2:05 | |
| A7 | Police Story | 1:30 | |
| A8 | Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie | 1:50 | |
| B1 | Depression | 2:45 | |
| B2 | Room 13 | 2:03 | |
| B3 | Damaged II | 3:23 | |
| B4 | No More | 2:23 | |
| B5 | Padded Cell | 1:50 | |
| B6 | Life Of Pain | 2:48 | |
| B7 | Damaged I | 3:50 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Unicorn Records, Inc
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SST Records
- Recorded At – Unicorn Studios, Hollywood, CA
- Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L7485
Credits
- Bass – Charles Dukowski*
- Drums – Robo (3)
- Engineer – Francis Buckley
- Engineer [Assistant] – Chuck Vogt
- Guitar – Greg Ginn
- Guitar, Vocals – Dez Cadena
- Lacquer Cut By – JCS*
- Photography By [Cover Photos] – Ed Colver
- Producer – Black Flag
- Producer, Engineer – Spot
- Vocals – Henry Rollins
Notes
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).
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.
This record cost Black Flag $8,000 (USD) to produce. 25,000 pressed.
Lyric sheet was available by mail.
Some early copies released with a sticker stating "As A Parent..., I Found It An Anti-Parent Record..." on the back of the jacket, covering up the MCA distribution logo.
Some copies with the anti-parent sticker that were sent out for radio promotion have an additional sticker on the front of the cover stating:
"Recommended For Airplay
T.V. Party
Rise Above"
℗ 1981 Unicorn Records, Inc. (on anti-parent and promo stickers)
℗ 1981 SST Records (on side B label)
Runouts are etched.
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).
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.
This record cost Black Flag $8,000 (USD) to produce. 25,000 pressed.
Lyric sheet was available by mail.
Some early copies released with a sticker stating "As A Parent..., I Found It An Anti-Parent Record..." on the back of the jacket, covering up the MCA distribution logo.
Some copies with the anti-parent sticker that were sent out for radio promotion have an additional sticker on the front of the cover stating:
"Recommended For Airplay
T.V. Party
Rise Above"
℗ 1981 Unicorn Records, Inc. (on anti-parent and promo stickers)
℗ 1981 SST Records (on side B label)
Runouts are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): UNI 4-9502-A-RE L7485 IIII COMIN AT YA
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): UNI 4-9502-B THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING L-7485-X
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): UNI/4-9502-A-RE JcS L-7485 IIII COMIN AT YA
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): UNI 4/9502-B JcS THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING ʘ L-7485-X
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): UNI/4-A-RE (scratched out) UNI/4- 9502-A-RE jcs L-7485 IIII Comin At Ya
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): UNI 4-9502-B jcs THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING ʘ L-7485-X
Other Versions (5 of 41)
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Damaged (Cassette, Album) | SST Records | 9502 | US | 1981 | ||
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Damaged (LP, Album, Blank back cover) | SST Records | 9502 | US | 1981 | ||
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Damaged (LP, Album) | Roadrunner Records | RR 9956 | Benelux | 1982 | ||
| Damaged (LP, Album, Reissue) | SST Records | 9502 | US | 1982 | |||
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Damaged (LP, Album, Reissue) | SST Records | 9502 | US | 1982 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Does anybody have a pdf of the lyric sheet you can get from SST? [email protected]
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Edited one year agoAs a 55-yr old, I just re-listened to this album the other day. New observations. 1) This was the soundtrack to me and my friends' lives back then. Nobody captured the confused angst of the punk scene better than Black Flag, much of it due to Greg Ginn's frantic style of no-rules guitar playing. 2) I now realize Spot was a genius producer. There are subtle things like high harmonies in the chorus "Maniac" during Room 13, other subtle things here and there but staying hidden so as not to sound over produced. Kick drum is solid, too. Its so fucking punk! 3) This album kinda starts out like a party record, I forgot. Side one has three party-type tunes, its all about drinking beer and having fun. But during side two, it starts taking a dark turn and then ends up on a very, very dark note that makes you feel all alone. This was another thing that made this album so great. -
Just found a copy with the MCA logo but no sticker…I heard Henry Rollins say those are rare because they’re the copies they took home when they were putting on the stickers. That’s pretty rad. He still has a roll of the stickers he said. -
The runout on side a on my copy has a stylized Black Flag logo in the etching, in addition to "Comin At Ya - The Real (Real is underlined) Gelatinous Thing O" as well as an "SST Y'ALL!", so which version do I have? And where am I looking for the MCA logo?
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had a super minty copy that i found used with the anti-parent sticker back in the mid-80s. like most of my collection back then, it got traded away for Japanese punk & HC records. then sometime in the early 90s, i was walking down the street in Cleveland Heights, and there was a trashed copy sitting in the top of someones garbage can out on the street. of course i grabbed it!! hammered sleeve, beat vinyl that skips a few times and has surface noise throughout, but i love it!!! never knew that this ever had a lyric sleeve cos i had never ever seen a copy with one. -
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Edited 3 years agoBeware of bootlegs. There’s a 2019 unofficial release floating around with anti-parent sticker. You can tell it’s a bootleg because it has no matrix numbers or etchings. -
When did this album start to become black and white on its cover? I'm curious as to why. Also as to why there's no lyric sheet, but I suppose that was because it's 80s punk.
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When I saw how much this was going for (almost $300 at max), I first thought, damn, maybe us kids shoulda taken better care of it. But then I immediately re-ed what's so totally wrong about this situation: collectors won't let punks have punk rock records, and that ain't right. Not like I'd ever sell a beloved record with so many memories anyways, but if I did, I think I'd jack the price of this one way up and use its ring wear and the 4" split at the top of the cover as a selling point: "Value added! Comes with real punk rock wear-and-tear. No poseurs or lyric sheet."
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