Black Flag "Damaged" Punk LP SST "ANTI-PARENT STICKER" 1ST EDITION

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LOVE IT.....HAD NO IDEA WHAT IS WAS....IT PLAYS OK WITHOUT ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS...LOT'S OF SMALL SCRATCHES AND SWIRLS. THE COVER HAS C.P. INITIALS ON COVER BELOW THE "A" OF FLAG....NOT REALLY ANY MAJOR RINGWEAR....ONLY SLIGHT... CORNERS OK...NO SPLITS....LYRICS NOT INCLUDED IN RECORD NOR ANY AVAILABLE NOW...SUPPOSEDLY YOU HAD TO MAIL IN FOR THEM....

DEFINITELY HAS THE VERBAGE BELOW ON THE DEADWAX TO MAKE IT A 1ST PRESSING.
OH YEAH,,,,, HAS THE STICKER....LOVE IT.....I WILL LISTEN TO IT ONE MORE TIME BEFORE I SEND IT TO YOU....CLASSIC!

Black Flag ?– Damaged
Label:
Unicorn Records ?– 9502, SST Records ?– 9502
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, 1st Pressing

Country:
US
Released:
Nov 1981
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Hardcore, Punk

TracklistHide Credits

A1 Rise AboveWritten-By – G. Ginn* 2:17
A2 Spray Paint The WallsWritten-By – C. Dukowski*, G. Ginn* 0:32
A3 Six PackWritten-By – G. Ginn* 2:18
A4 What I SeeWritten-By – C. Dukowski* 1:47
A5 T.V. PartyWritten-By – G. Ginn* 3:11
A6 Thirsty & MiserableWritten-By – D. Cadena*, Medea (5), Robo (3) 2:05
A7 Police StoryWritten-By – G. Ginn* 1:30
A8 Gimmie Gimmie GimmieWritten-By – G. Ginn* 1:50
B1 DepressionWritten-By – G. Ginn* 2:45
B2 Room 13Written-By – G. Ginn*, Medea (5) 2:03
B3 Damaged IIWritten-By – G. Ginn* 3:23
B4 No MoreWritten-By – C. Dukowski* 2:23
B5 Padded CellWritten-By – C. Dukowski*, G. Ginn* 1:50
B6 Life Of PainWritten-By – G. Ginn* 2:48
B7 Damaged IWritten-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 only $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