REV004 : Gorilla Biscuits : s/t 7"

[Clichejon]

This entry will take a day or so to sort out... so many versions!

Gorilla Biscuits
s/t : 7"
Revelation # 4 1988

Test Press
Black vinyl - Stamped white labels.



**NB 1st, 2nd and 3rd press's of this Gorilla Biscuits release come with one of three lyric sheets. Of these three versions, two are the most common. The 3rd version might have been an error. The early press’s tend to have the “Hollowed” Gorilla Biscuits font and the later press’s tend to have the “Filled” Gorilla Biscuits font.



1st Press
Black vinyl - Blue letters on sleeve. Blank white and yellow labels, numbered 01-102.
Black vinyl - Blue letters on sleeve.








Test Press
8 Black vinyl - Rainbow labels



**NB. When the 2nd press was pressed on yellow vinyl the record plant used yellow and white to make the mix. The white in the vinyl gives the yellow an opaque look, without the white in the mix the vinyl looks more like a translucent yellow. When the first batch of records came out, there was a higher level of white in the mix, therefore a handful of records actually came out looking a creamy off white colour rather than yellow. Towards the end of the press there seems to be less white in the mix, therefore the record looks darker or slightly translucent due to the lack of white in the vinyl.
**NB. Towards the end of the 2nd press the record plant ran out of B-side labels and sleeves. Therefore the WarZone b-side label for the 3rd pressing of Lower East Side Crew was used and some of the 2nd press came with a red font letter sleeve instead. Which ran out first can be debated, but 50-90 have the WarZone b-side. And some of the regular yellow press’s have the red letter sleeve. Also to make this press even more complicated some of the WarZone b-sides have a number stamp on the dust sleeve. One theory is that Revelation records sent out a batch of these records without knowing about the defect. When they did find out about the defect they stamped the reaming few they had. Also it is thought that the first batch that was sent out before the defect was noticed was sent to record stores in Europe. This explains why a lot of people in Europe picked up this version in stores without knowing about the error.

2nd press
0015 Yellow vinyl - Purple letters on the sleeve. Numbered by Luke with drawings.
0025 Cream vinyl - Purple letters on the sleeve.
1750 Yellow vinyl - Purple letters on the sleeve.
0150 Yellow vinyl - Redletters on the sleeve.
50-90 Yellow vinyl - Purple or Red letters on the sleeve with or without numbered dust sleeve with WarZone b-side label.
1 Yellow vinyl - With Blank label. Only know of one in existence.









3rd press
Most have the red letter sleeve, some have purple letter sleeves.

4th Press

Green vinyl - some are darker and have more black swrils in the green vinyl

Sleeve:
High Glossy Sleeve - Light blue background and thick white bar on the back cover.
Lyric sheet:
Band photo on left - Correct photo.
Matrix:
A="NO TIME FOR OPTIMISM"
B="STARRING, FAY WRAY, BRUCE CABBOT, AND ROBERT ARMSTRONG"

Dark Green






Light Green





5th Press

Sleeve:
High Glossy Sleeve - Light blue background and thick white bar on the back cover.
Lyric sheet:
Band photo on left - Correct photo.
Matrix:
A="NO TIME FOR OPTIMISM"
B="STARRING, FAY WRAY, BRUCE CABBOT, AND ROBERT ARMSTRONG"





This photo shows the differance in 5th press and 6th press sleeve, note the lighter blue and the thicker white bar on the 5th press sleeve (left).



During the press they ran out of lyric sheets as the smaller lyric sheets are found in a few of the 5th pressing.




6th Press

Sleeve:
High Glossy Sleeve - Blue background and thin white bar on the back cover.
Lyric sheet:
Band photo on right - Reversed photo
Matrix:
A="NO TIME FOR OPTIMISM"
B="STARRING, FAY WRAY, BRUCE CABBOT, AND ROBERT ARMSTRONG"





This photo shows the differance in 6th press and 5th press sleeve, note the darker blue and the thiner white bar on the 6th press sleeve (right).




7th Press

Sleeve:
Glossy Sleeve
Lyric sheet:
Band photo on right - Reversed photo
Matrix:
A="HE THREW MY REST IN PIECES TAPE IN THE OCEAN"
B="AND THREW MY SNEAKERS OUT OF THE VAN AT 70"






8th Press

Sleeve:
Glossy Sleeve
Lyric sheet:
Hybrid lyric sheet. Copyright symbol.
Matrix:
A="HE THREW MY REST IN PIECES TAPE IN THE OCEAN"
B="MULLBERRYS / RICHIES / VILLAGE FUCKIN' SLICE"





Photo showing the differance between the 8th and 9th "Hybrid Lyric sheet" The 8th press is on the right.




9th Press

There are two versions of the 9th pressing. The way to tell the differance is by checking the lyric sheet

Sleeve:
Thick letters
Lyric sheet:
Hybrid lyric sheet. Version 1
Band photo on right - Correct photo. Version 2
Matrix:
A="HE THREW MY REST IN PIECES TAPE IN THE OCEAN"
B="MULLBERRYS / RICHIES / VILLAGE FUCKIN' SLICE"







Photo showing the differance between the 8th and 9th "Hybrid Lyric sheet" The 9th press is on the left.

[Clichejon]

Updated ... much much much more to come!

[Clichejon]

Updated again, still more info to add. If you have any ideas on how to make this stuff clearer please give me a shout.

[proparandy]

How about adding the "spoiler" option? That way pictures aren't shown (just the text) unless you click on "Show Spoiler" and it will show only the picture you want to see? Wouldn't it be way easier to understand / read?

[proparandy]

Do all the sleeves from the 2nd and 3rd press come printed on the inside?

[Clichejon]

Yeah they both have the printed trade list on the inside sleeve.

[chris2far]

i just checked mine. they have it too.kinda cool that the printed it on the sleeve

[Clichejon]

Updated again. Re-done the 5th press to the 9th press.

[Clichejon]

Updated - Added in 4th Press.

Nearly there...

[crucialevan]

Glad my beloved warzone b-side found a good home in your collection man!

[Clichejon]

Thanks for hooking me up!

[xleighdrugfreex]

Is there any rough estimations on how many copies where pressed on Green for the 4th press ? And are the darker copies more common than the lighter copies or vise versa ?

[brianflynn]

When I met Walter in the summer of '89 (on the Bold/GB tour), we got to talking about records, and he told me the stampers broke after the first press of the GB 7" and they had to remix the record, and if you listen closely, you can hear subtle differences in the mix between the black and yellow press. My assumption is that the press of 102 is actually a second press and that the stampers broke at record number 103 (but that is conjecture), thus resulting in 102 records that ended up with stamped labels.

[sweet meat]

I'd like to know how many green records there are even if its just an estimate

[Michel]

Apr 25, 2013 4:19:44 GMT sweet meat said:

I'd like to know how many green records there are even if its just an estimate

The rough estimate people always talk about is 200-300.

[xreganx]

I would probably say closer to 300-400 based off how often they pop up, but that is just a guess.

[praemonstrator]

Anybody know which pressing this is?

[Raven X Army]

I wanted to say 3rd press but then I realised that the REV star on the back of the cover was supposed to be red. So now I don't know. The insert is old.
Anyone else has this with black star on the back?

[xmichelx]

Nov 2, 2013 13:05:05 GMT Raven X Army said:

I wanted to say 3rd press but then I realised that the REV star on the back of the cover was supposed to be red. So now I don't know. The insert is old.
Anyone else has this with black star on the back?

This is my copy of the 3rd press.
Can anyone explain the angular lettering "GORILLA BISCUITS" in the insert?!?
I've never seen that before...

[xmichelx]

Mar 5, 2014 12:25:01 GMT xmichelx said:

Nov 2, 2013 13:05:05 GMT Raven X Army said:

I wanted to say 3rd press but then I realised that the REV star on the back of the cover was supposed to be red. So now I don't know. The insert is old.
Anyone else has this with black star on the back?

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This is my copy of the 3rd press.
Can anyone explain the angular lettering "GORILLA BISCUITS" in the insert?!? -Sorry I've read about that at the beginning of this thread right now.
I've never seen that before...

[Raven X Army]

Mar 5, 2014 12:25:01 GMT xmichelx said:

Nov 2, 2013 13:05:05 GMT Raven X Army said:

I wanted to say 3rd press but then I realised that the REV star on the back of the cover was supposed to be red. So now I don't know. The insert is old.
Anyone else has this with black star on the back?

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This is my copy of the 3rd press.
Can anyone explain the angular lettering "GORILLA BISCUITS" in the insert?!?
I've never seen that before...

Jon has a copy with the insert like that I think.
What would it take to take it off your hands?

[xmichelx]

Oh, that's kinda difficult, because that my (believe it or not) rarest version of this ep...

[runexjustanotherday]

riddle me this: how did people/Rev figure out that there are only 50-90 copies with the Warzone b-side label. How did they decide on that number?

[darthdomm]

if someone could please post some good viewable photos of the 2nd press transparent "dark yellow" version of this gb 7", it would be extremely appreciated.

[davesfu]

May 16, 2015 10:46:18 GMT runexjustanotherday said:

riddle me this: how did people/Rev figure out that there are only 50-90 copies with the Warzone b-side label. How did they decide on that number?

Well the few times I've pressed a record and the plant ran out of labels they always tell me when it happens and let me know how many copies Im short.   The 2nd press was done at Rainbo Records who I've pressed with before and they would let you know.  So someone at Rev was told at some point and would have had to give the pressing plant the go ahead to use different labels.