Bergenfield Four was a shortlived hardcore superground featuring Damian from Fucked Up, George from Alexisonfire, Chris from Keep It Up and Urban Blight, and Ian from Keep It Up and Attack In Black. The band sounds similar to contemporary Fucked Up in a way, playing jangly punk songs with Damian’s signature raspy vocals. The 7” was the sole release on Damian’s own label, Lowdown Records, in three different sleeves, the standard black and purple cover, the light blue mail order sleeve limited to 200 copies which are stamped and hand-numbered on the inside of the sleeve, and the black and white “Jay Scheller” cover a-la-Crass done out of a hand-numbered 100 copies.
Toxic City
Stats:
Side A: Dear Slumlord / To My Insurance Broker
Side B: To The Judge / My Sweetheart
Released: 2007
Label: Lowdown Records LD-01
Matrix A: LD 01 VL-A
Matrix B: LD 01 VL-B
Pressing info:
Toxic City
Fold out / two sided sleeve making this maybe the first ever record to come with 4 alternative front covers as standard |
Vinyl 'A' & 'B' sides - Lowdown is the Abraham Family label |
Stats:
Side A: Dear Slumlord / To My Insurance Broker
Side B: To The Judge / My Sweetheart
Released: 2007
Label: Lowdown Records LD-01
Matrix A: LD 01 VL-A
Matrix B: LD 01 VL-B
Pressing info:
- Test Pressing ??
- Pressing with 'regular' sleeve (above) - unknown
- Low Down Records mail order sleeve - 200
- Jay Scheller sleeve - 100
- TOAP subscribers sleeve - 50,000
Variants:
There are no (known) vinyl variants, so its just the four sleeves; the 'regular' sleeve is pictured above.
There are no (known) vinyl variants, so its just the four sleeves; the 'regular' sleeve is pictured above.
Blue mail-order and Jay Scheller Sleeves are fold out with part-back-panel |
In 2016 a couple of records with hand-decorated dust sleeves mysteriously appeared in Toronto stores... |
Some clearer pictures harvested from Damian's instagram |