This album sounds great! I mean, vocals buried in the sonic attack, modest low end and guitars that bite yet it’s balanced just right. You boost one and obscure another. Never liked the fidelity of my CD but this comes alive on vinyl. Never had a repress but not needed if you own this! [Tech specs in my profile].

My copy has “42995.1-4 (3)” in the runouts, indicating an RTI 3 step process. There are variants of this out there!

Per the description, this should have a sticker and barcode on the back, but the images don't reflect that.

The posted images may be from an earlier pressing. I received a pressing with 37516.1-4 in the runouts, white cardboard, no sticker on the back, etc. but with small labels on all discs.

Also, I'm assuming the extant pressing information is simply a carryover that hasn't been removed from the stampers. If this was pressed by RTI (indicated by 37516 per the notes), then the references to Rainbo and Greg Lee Processing should be removed for this listing.

I will say this 2023 pressing plays pretty quiet and clean and has relatively good dynamics for what I think is known to be a fairly lo-fi DIY mastering.

Yeah so I'm pretty certain this is the pressing I have, but no import sticker, or memory of one. Do we still have no idea when this was released? I can't for the life of me remember when or where I bought it.

well does anyone know the exact truth of early pressings?? My copy does not have the large pressing ring, but gatefold is heavy tip on, brown on the inside, and the lp's are Quiex, translucent brown when held against light.
Could it be that these were pressed at different pressings plants??

Please pay attention that there are pressings with first pressing vinyl (large pressing rings), but regular gatefold sleeves (white inside), which are the versions that I see most of the time. They fill the lartge gap between 1984 and 1989 when the rainbo versions has been pressed.

Unfortunately a lot submitters have used these scans of the tip-on sleeve for their versions as well (not seeing the difference I suppose), even for UK pressings!

Just the very first batch has had these old tip-on sleeves!

Have a copy with labels as listed (no SST above side two), but no 37516.___.

Does this release use white cardboard inside, where the records are stored? With a 4" square folded SST / Cruz Records catalog?

This is a quality release, the packaging is a sturdy heavy duty cardboard construction. You can see the natural brown color of the cardboard in the sleeve. Plus the records sound great.