bad brain records. bb 001 / 2 tracks / 1980

funn. 26 / 1989 (bootleg)

JAP: bb 001 / 1989 (bootleg)

limp brain records. 000368 / 1993 (??) (bootleg)

#1 - First press has white labels with brown ink. Some of these (200?) have a picture sleeve (two versions, either an oversized, glued version on white paper or a foldover version on tan/cream paper), even fewer copies have an insert (again, two paper versions, matching the sleeve paper color). #2 - Second press (pressed after the band had relocated to New York) has no sleeve and beige/tan labels with red ink; comes in plain white inner sleeve, some are rubber stamped with “Prank Productions”. Check breakmyface.com for more infos and pictures.  An acetate with a rejected mix was offered on Ebay in early 2001. #3 - First US bootleg has a pic sleeve and comes on gold or white vinyl. #4 - The Japanese repro (no sleeve) has excellent sound and pressing quality and looks just like the original 2^nd press, but the label color is slightly different and the original has ’Masterdisk’ stamped in the inner grooves, the repro doesn’t. #5 - I heard about a dutch repro that has a cover and looks like the Japanese one, maybe the same record with a sleeve added. #6 - I’ve seen a version on Ebay on “Limp Brain records” with a heavy paper pic sleeve with a pic/lyric insert stapled inside, 500 made. This also has a bonus track (“Don’t bother me”).

The first Bad Brains 7” is one of the first true American hardcore records and already shows most of the band’s ingenuity. A side is great driving HC with anger, feeling and melodies. B side has a much stronger reggae feeling, but other than their later reggae songs, this still is solidly based in punk. Classic. [9]  

Diese allererste Single hat eigentlich schon alles, was auch die späteren Sachen auszeichnet - Drive, Feeling und Melodie. Der Titelsong ist ein tolles, ausgerastetes HC-Stück, die B-Seite hat einen starken Reggaetouch, aber es ist (anders als bei den späteren Reggae-Sachen) immer noch ein sehr starker Punk-Einfluß zu spüren. Sehr gut.