Records With History And Future

First of all some general information about the band. The band was active around the turn of the decade from eighties to nineties. They were a Hardcore band from Buffalo, New York that released two titles. Of which the first was called Bad Blood and was released in 1989⁽¹⁾. As a side note it can be added that Reaper Records also used the art work of the Bad Blood release on Hi-Impact Records to create a rip off sleeve for the Terror demo 7 inch.
Some members were also part of more renown bands like H2O, Orange 9mm, This World Rejected,…⁽¹⁾ . This is the reissue vinyl version pressed in 2010 of the cassette originally released in 1991⁽¹⁾. The release notes on the vinyl reissue state that it concern two recordings, one done in March 1990 (Back to square one and Fuel the fire) and the other done in May 1990 (A minute to pray, Face the panic and A thousands deaths).

People seem to be unknowing about the why of the ringwear on this single. People also criticize Reaper Records for selling records with ringwear. It’s kind of funny I think, that they think that the label stored them wrong or handled them badly. So the story behind the ringwear needs to be told I think.

When Guav was designing the layout he was inspired by firstly the artwork of the original tape release but also by the wear it had, showing the age and used condition of his tape. So he wanted to make the reissue look like that tape he owned. He wanted it also to look used and showing signs of age.

So Reaper isn’t selling records that are damaged but it was intentional.

Fact is that the first 50 sold copies (pre-orders) had a screen printed poster included.

It also exists on clear from a second pressing. Copies of the clear were given a different cover by The Essence of the United Kingdom in 2011. The Essence created a different insert as well and added a photo with their logo and the logo of Zero Tolerance. But some clear copies were also sold by Reaper Records with regular covers. Of which a rare twenty copies have the recurring United Blood 2011 stamp. According to the Reaper Records discography some black vinyl first presses have a United Blood stamp as well⁽²⁾.

Here is the entire collection without the test pressing:

Sources:
⁽¹⁾ Discogs .com
⁽²⁾ Reaper Records discograpy page (reaper-records .com)