Four Old 7”s on a 12”
March 12, 2011
Four Old 7”s on a 12” is the name of the record at least that is what the spine says. Dischord nowadays calls it “The Year in 7”s”, which makes more sense since they included both Minor Threat 7”s on the CD version.
All the 7”s were originally recorded and released in 1981 and 1982. After selling out the initial pressing(s), Dischord decided to put them together on a 12” to make the songs easily available.
The 12” was originally released in October 1984 and the CD version didn’t came until October 1995. A remastered version of the LP on colored vinyl was released in 2007.
I sort of wished this record, was never made and that Dischord kept pressing the 7”s. But since the price for the 7”s is out of control and I can’t afford them, I am satisfied with this record.
What goes for the Flex Your Head LP with blurry photo cover also goes for this LP, besides the remastered edition on color vinyl; you can barely tell what version is a first press. The current information that I have is inconclusive and your help is appreciated.
Thus far I have found four versions.
The first one has this ordering information on the back and compared with other 12” records released by Dischord, this might be a first press. Also when you put it next to a remastered version, you know notice the sleeve is mostly black and white, while the remastered sleeve has much more grey tone colors.
The 2nd version has no ordering information on the back, also the spine looks different and the labels are completely different. It doesn’t mention Dischord records anywhere; it only shows SRA as the record label, could this be Southern Records? The number on the spine is SRA 9510. Or is it a bootleg?
The first version of remastered edition came on clear vinyl. Only until recently I found out Dischord is still selling this record on colored vinyl, but now it changed to some kind of grey marbled vinyl with spots of red/purple/blue and white. The information on the back is changed too.
If you have more information, please share!
