Black Flag - Damaged

Label:

Unicorn Records

Catalog#:

UN 9502

Format:

Vinyl, LP

Country:

Released:

1981

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hardcore, Punk

Tracklist

A1	Rise Above	2:17	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
A2	Spray Paint The Walls	0:32	X
	Written-By - C. Dukowski* , G. Ginn*
A3	Six Pack	2:18	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
A4	What I See	1:47	X
	Written-By - C. Dukowski*
A5	T.V. Party	3:11	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
A6	Thirsty & Miserable	2:05	X
	Written-By - D. Cadena* , Medea (5) , Robo (3)
A7	Police Story	1:30	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
A8	Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie	1:50	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
B1	Depression	2:45	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
B2	Room 13	2:03	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn* , Medea (5)
B3	Damaged II	3:23	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
B4	No More	2:23	X
	Written-By - C. Dukowski*
B5	Padded Cell	1:50	X
	Written-By - C. Dukowski* , G. Ginn*
B6	Life Of Pain	2:48	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn*
B7	Damaged I	3:50	X
	Written-By - G. Ginn* , H. Rollins*

Credits

Bass - Charles Dukowski*
Drums - Robo (3)
Engineer - Francis Buckley
Engineer [Assistant] - Chuck Vogt
Guitar - Greg Ginn
Guitar, Vocals - Dez Cadena
Producer - Black Flag
Producer, Engineer - Spot
Vocals - Henry Rollins

Notes

First pressing on Unicorn Records. Later released by SST.

First pressing has blue labels. Later pressings had green labels.

Matrix Etchings:
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Side A: "COMING AT YA" "UNI/4-9502-A-RE" "L-7485"
Side B: "THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING" "UNI4/9502-B" "L-7485-X"

The later SST edition includes a touched up b/w version of the original cover photo.
Lyric sheet was available by mail.
25,000 pressed.

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.

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.