MISFITS Bullet 7" BETTER DEAD ON RED Original 78' punk
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- Bullet
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1000 black vinyl copies in silk-screened gatefold sleeves with band photo and "Distributed by Ork" on back. Glenn experimented with the early sleeves by coloring the front yellow (from the car up) and then screen printing the art over it. Unlike other black vinyl copies, these sleeves were sealed instead of gatefold. Glenn decided not to use the sleeves, distributing only a few (5 to 15) to friends, and supposedly keeping the rest. There is also at least one copy with the John F. Kennedy wearing a blue jacket. 2nd:
Plan 9: PL1001 (January 1979)
2000 red vinyl copies with "Better Dead On Red" and bullet hole artwork on back cover.
Contrary to legend, there was no true 3rd pressing. When the "Better Dead On Red" sleeves for the 2nd pressing came in, Glenn still had about 100 extra black vinyl 1st pressing copies without sleeves. He used the new sleeves on the extra vinyl, and then supposedly filled a large order from Tesco Vee at School Kids Records in Dearborn, MI. This explains the larger concentration of "third pressings" in this area of the US. The number 7000 first appeared for this "pressing" in the June 1986 Thrasher discography by Pushead, which Glenn has acknowledged as incorrect.
Insert: Silk-screened color or black and white photocopy lyric sheet. Session: [01//1978 C.I. Recording]This insert is in fact not an authentic copy, it came w/ the record when it was purchased seveal years ago. I was not the original owner & the record is in the exact same condition as the day I bought it.
Since all you freaks of nature Misfits collectors are way to weird about grading methods & what not, I will just say that this is a copy in a condition worth owning. As I would rate the sleeve as a solid VG+ & the record would stand as a EX-.
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