Black Flag Damaged 1981 Original Pressing Unicorn SST Record Anti-Parent Sticker

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Original pressing; has anti-parent sticker Cover: VG; wear but no seam splits (see pictures) LP: VG; some scuffs and minor scratches
 – Damaged Label: – 9502,  – 9502Format: , LP, Album Country:Released:Genre:Style:,  Tracklist Hide Credits A1Rise Above Written-By – * Written-By – * 2:17A2Spray Paint The Walls Written-By – *, * Written-By – *, * 0:32A3Six Pack Written-By – * Written-By – * 2:18A4What I See Written-By – * Written-By – * 1:47A5T.V. Party Written-By – * Written-By – * 3:11A6Thirsty & Miserable Written-By – *, ,  Written-By – *, ,  2:05A7Police Story Written-By – * Written-By – * 1:30A8Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Written-By – * Written-By – * 1:50B1Depression Written-By – * Written-By – * 2:45B2Room 13 Written-By – *,  Written-By – *,  2:03B3Damaged II Written-By – * Written-By – * 3:23B4No More Written-By – * Written-By – * 2:23B5Padded Cell Written-By – *, * Written-By – *, * 1:50B6Life Of Pain Written-By – * Written-By – * 2:48B7Damaged I Written-By – *, * Written-By – *, * 3:50 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ –  Phonographic Copyright ℗ –  Recorded At –  Mastered At –  – L7485 Credits Bass – * Drums –  Engineer –  Engineer [Assistant] –  Guitar –  Guitar, Vocals –  Photography By [Cover Photos] –  Producer –  Producer, Engineer –  Vocals –  Notes First pressing is this issue (MCA logo on rear, "anti-parent" sticker on some, "UNI/4" matrices).
First version recut/reissue is here:  (No MCA logo, "Kendun" matrices).
Second version recut/reissue is here:  (no MCA logo, "Neo-Gelatinous" and S-9375/6 matrices).

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 $8,000 (USD) to produce. 25,000 pressed.
Lyric sheet was available by mail.

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.

Some copies with the anti-parent sticker that were sent out for radio promotion have an additional sticker on the front of the cover stating:

"Recommended For Airplay
T.V. Party
Rise Above"

℗ 1981 Unicorn Records, Inc. (on anti-parent and promo stickers)
℗ 1981 SST Records (on side 2 label) Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 1): UNI 4-9502-A-RE L7485 IIII COMIN AT YA Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 2): UNI 4-9502-B THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING L-7485-X Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 1, variant 2): UNI/4-9502-A-RE JcS L-7485 IIII COMIN AT YA Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 2, variant 2): UNI 4/9502-B JcS THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING ʘ L-7485-X Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 1, Variant 3): UNI/4-A-RE (scratched out) UNI/4- 9502-A-RE jcs L-7485 IIII Comin At Ya Matrix / Runout (Etched Runout Side 1, Variant 3): UNI 4-9502-B jcs THE WHOLE GELATINOUS THING ʘ L-7485-X