Pink Flag

A few months ago, a friend was selling up some of their collection and dropped me a line with a list of what was up for grabs. I passed it on to a friend and between us we picked up a few heavy hitters. Here’s one from my pile that I nearly didn’t pick up because I get in my own way sometimes. 

Black Flag - Damaged - SST Records - Pink/? - ? Pressing

I honestly don’t know much about the numbers of these 90’s SST colour represses, but I know they can be a hassle to track down. I would love to add a colour copy of My War to the collection at some stage. 

There’s no insert included with this pressing as far as I’m aware, so all you really need to know is right here on the back cover. 

The centre labels were changed up a little for this pressing to indicate this is a re-release. I’ve seen earlier pressings with blue, white and grey labels. I’ve always liked the red centre labels, aesthetically it just matches Black Flag so well for me. 

The etching in the run out grooves is pretty wild here - something about Neo Orthodoxy and WHAT THE HELL. Again, this differs from earlier pressings so I assume this was re-tested but I don’t think it was remastered. Who knows? SST are pretty hard to keep on top of with stuff like this. This post has taught me that I have a pitifully small amount of Black Flag records in my possession, and in the UK they’re not the easiest of bands to track stuff down but I’ll keep chipping away at it I guess?