Black Flag ?– Damaged

Label:

Unicorn Records ?– 9502, SST Records ?– 9502

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

US

Released:

16 Nov 1981

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hardcore, Punk

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1

Rise Above

Written-By – G. Ginn*

2:17

A2

Spray Paint The Walls

Written-By – C. Dukowski*, G. Ginn*

0:32

A3

Six Pack

Written-By – G. Ginn*

2:18

A4

What I See

Written-By – C. Dukowski*

1:47

A5

T.V. Party

Written-By – G. Ginn*

3:11

A6

Thirsty & Miserable

Written-By – D. Cadena*, Medea (5), Robo (3)

2:05

A7

Police Story

Written-By – G. Ginn*

1:30

A8

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie

Written-By – G. Ginn*

1:50

B1

Depression

Written-By – G. Ginn*

2:45

B2

Room 13

Written-By – G. Ginn*, Medea (5)

2:03

B3

Damaged II

Written-By – G. Ginn*

3:23

B4

No More

Written-By – C. Dukowski*

2:23

B5

Padded Cell

Written-By – C. Dukowski*, G. Ginn*

1:50

B6

Life Of Pain

Written-By – G. Ginn*

2:48

B7

Damaged I

Written-By – G. Ginn*, H. Rollins*

3:50

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Unicorn Records, Inc
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – 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
• 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 early copies came with stapled double sided photo copied promo booklet (see photos)

? 1981 Unicorn Records, Inc. (on sticker)
? 1981 SST Records (on side 2 label)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 1): UNI 4-9502-A-RE L7485 IIII COMIN AT YA
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 2): UNI 4-9502-B THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING L-7485-X

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