SP 86: Taken By Surprise 7"

PI's entry for the Sub Pop singles club for the month of November, 1990. The fourth of five singles from the Feel The Darkness session, the A-side is the same as the LP version and the B-side is the same as the Plastic Bomb cassingle and the Official Bootleg 2x7".

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TEST PRESS - ??? copies

No known sleeve. B-side label has "SP 86" written in black felt tip marker.

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FIRST PRESS - 4500 copies

Sub Pop official discography states 3000 green vinyl and 1500 black vinyl (back cover says (EDITION OF 4,500), while PI's discography (from Pajama Party LP insert) incorrectly lists 4700 black and 300 green.

AL-003: Discontent 7"

The third release on American Leather (AL-003), these songs are from the Feel The Darkness session but do not appear on the original pressing of the LP. "Discontent" later appeared on the Epitaph reissue of FTD, as well as the CD version (though the first split second of the song is clipped on the CD). "Discontent" is an absolute scorcher, much faster than anything else on FTD and really bringing to mind Extreme Noise Terror, especially with Jerry faking a dual vocal style during the choruses. "Jailhouse Stomp" on the flip is a bit more rockish and fits better with the rest of the FTD roster.

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ORIGINAL PRESS - AMERICAN LEATHER RECORDS 1990

TEST PRESS - unknown amount

Crude xerox sleeve is cut with scissors, not sure if this is original or made after the fact, as I've seen other copies for sale without the sleeve.

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FIRST PRESS - 4000 black vinyl
No known variations that I have ever seen. Pocket sleeve printed on thin paper with rounded top.

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REISSUE - FAREWELL RECORDS (Germany) 2004

FIRST PRESS (FWR#26) - 500 white vinyl
Available with mail order copies of the Plastic Bomb label reissue of Feel The Darkness. Art is faithful to the original, the sleeve is cut straight across the top though as opposed to the rounded original.

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AL-002: Just To Get Away picture 7"

The second release on American Leather (AL-002), and the first of several singles off of Feel The Darkness. I got this record along with Darby Crash Rides Again, as well as the Ian Mackaye 12" and Discontent 7", from an older kid in high school (as mentioned earlier). Needless to say my 16 year old just-got-into-hardcore/all-fast-all-the-time brain was pretty confused when I switched to this record from the demo ep, but putting on Ian Mackaye after that tied things together nicely. I always loved the cover versions on their records, they sound just as comfortable covering the MC5 as they do covering GISM.

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REJECTED TEST PRESS - unknown amount
No known sleeve. Matrix number AL-oo2. Not sure why this was rejected, the sound is about the same as the approved version. This large hole copy came from the Discourage guys, so it's likely that it previously belonged to Pig or another band member. The small hole version was sold on ebay a couple of years ago, and based on the seller's other listings I believe this was a file copy from the pressing plant.

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APPROVED TEST PRESS - unknown amount
No known sleeve. Matrix number AL-oo2 RE1.

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FIRST and ONLY PRESS - 3500 picture discs
Vinyl is tinted on the A-side, and comes in various colors — yellow, blue/green, purple and red/orange. Flex lists red and orange as separate colors but I think they may actually be one in the same. Some copies came with a set of stickers with cartoon drawings of each band member, I'll post those later.