STAINS (3) – Stains



Label: SST Records – SST 010
Format:
Vinyl, 12", Album, 45 RPM

Country: US
Released: 1983

Genre: Rock
Style: Hardcore, Punk

A1 Sick And Crazy
A2 Violent Children
A3 Gang-Related Death
A4 Get Revenge
A5 Germany
A6 Political Scandal
B1 Pretty Girls
B2 Nowhere
B3 Quit The Human Race
B4 I'm Normal
B5 Young Nazis



Copyright © – Cesstone Music
Copyright © – SST Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SST Records
Recorded At – Media Art Studio
Lacquer Cut At – K Disc Mastering
Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-15121
Bass – Ceasar Viscarra
Drums – Gilbert Berumen
Engineer, Producer – Spot
Guitar – Robert Becerra
Photography By, Design – Don Lewis (4)
Vocals – Rudy Navarro
Original pressing with 2.75" pressing ring indentation on labels and which does not have any additional Rainbo pressing numbers (S-18688 and S-18689) in the runout etchings.

Songs are listed out of sequence on the back cover. Recorded 1981.

A side label lists tracks, B side label lists players and has a picture of former bassist Jesse Fixx
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): SST-010-A EL NOCHE, LA CERVEZA, THE METAL, "THE SHAMAN", BRUTHA! - EL TOOMIS ⦿ L-15121
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): SST-010-B LA MUSICA DE LA GRAFFITORIA. LA HISTORIA DE MEDIA ART. FIN. 1981 L-15121-X
Matrix / Runout (Both sides, stamped): kdisc
Rights Society: BMI


BONUS

STAINS DEMOS 1980  

1. Bombs Over Iran
2. Obscene Phone Call
3. Canada
4. Political Scandal
5. I’m Normal
6. Go Away Go
7. Nowhere
8. Sick And Crazy  
9. Not Me                    
10. Young Nazis  

The legendary and underrated Stains from the glory days of (East) LA punk/hardcore.
This recording features original vocalist Jerry ‘Atric’ Castellanos
as well as many songs that don’t appear on their self titled.

BONUS #2

The Stains - Live at The Whiskey 1981 - Gang Related Death + Pretty Girls    ( soundboard )


COMMENTS ON THE NET

gorebach 7 set 2023
R.I.P. Robert, what a great guitarist he was. That tone!
I really hope the proper reissue is in the works, this album needs to be heard.


Grioir 8 gen 2023
This album showed up on Spotify in the last few days with (SST/Cesstone copyright identification);
perhaps physical copies of the new pressing will start to become a bit more widely available in the weeks ahead?

BOOGERBLOOD 12 dic 2022
I DONT BLAME BLACK FLAG FOR SUPPRESSING THIS...THE STAINS
BLEW THEM OUTTA THE WATER. GIVE IT UP GINN, DONT BE A DIKHED

youngginns 18 nov 2022
FYI the folks at SST have just done a 2022 repress.

mcphranklee 28 nov 2021
My brother graciously let me borrow his copy of this but there's a significant warp
so can't play A1 or B1 w/out the cart jumping. Repress repress repress!

maybenever 12 ago 2021
One of the OG members of the band gifted my friend Bob a Stains shirt. He lived down the street from my friend
in Boyle Heights. Lucky bastard. Anyway, love this band, one of the many reasons I am proud to say I was born and raised in the hood!

Minimal-Man 26 lug 2021
I purchased the Stains LP direct from SST mail order around 1988 or ‘89. I paid about $12 for a sealed copy.
My copy has the additional matrix numbers of ‘S-18688’ on the runout grooves. Also my copy has the more ‘flat’
inner labels and not the thicker ring around the perimeter. Also, the inside cover is white and not thick cardboard.
However, my vinyl is translucent black when held to the light. Anyway, my conclusion according to the info on Discogs
is that my copy is 2nd press which correlates with getting a sealed copy in the late 80’s. I doubt there were any first press
sealed copies by the time I purchased it. Whether Greg Ginn informed anyone about a second pressing remains a mystery I guess.

baze1 2 apr 2021
Just curious- Is the Stains 1983 first press the rarest SST, besides Nervous Breakdown?

sharipa_at_lorens 22 apr 2020
Is Greg Ginn really that shitty of a person? Christ. Hope this gets repressed, great stuff.

trencher7 22 dic 2019
This one is painful for me as I had a mint copy only played once in original shrink-wrap vanish (with a box of about
50 other great rare albums when I moved a few years ago). I only realized they were gone recently.
Make sure to inventory your stuff before you hand it to a moving company!