LET THEM FIGHT EACH OTHER TO THE DEATH WE WILL LIVE ON THEIR GRAVES
(Message on reverse of sleeve)
Sleeve- Front |
Sleeve - Back |
'Regular' insert - Front: Policeman chasing kids + 'Police' lyrics |
'Regular' insert - Reverse: Mug shots of Toronto
City Councillors (and band) + 'Municipal Pricks' lyrics
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Stats:
General:
Tracks: Police B/W Municipal Prick / Old Bill
Year: 2003
Label: Deranged Records DER-33
Matrix A: DERANGED YOUTH-33-A JIXZYVXCVPYVOZJAWD
Matrix B: DERANGED YOUTH-33-B 5-R
Pressing Info:
1st Press 1200 (10 with hand-drawn sleeve) (6 Test Presses)
2nd 500
3rd 1000
4th and later - unknown
Inserts:
1st Press - 'Regular' insert + 'Old Bill' insert (There are at least 6 different Old Bill inserts, see images below)
2nd Press - 'Regular' insert (folded opposite way to all other releases) + Deranged Records Flyer
3rd & later - 'Regular' insert
Three variants of 'regular sleeve - see images below
Hand-drawn sleeve
Tracks: Police B/W Municipal Prick / Old Bill
Year: 2003
Label: Deranged Records DER-33
Matrix A: DERANGED YOUTH-33-A JIXZYVXCVPYVOZJAWD
Matrix B: DERANGED YOUTH-33-B 5-R
Pressing Info:
1st Press 1200 (10 with hand-drawn sleeve) (6 Test Presses)
2nd 500
3rd 1000
4th and later - unknown
Inserts:
1st Press - 'Regular' insert + 'Old Bill' insert (There are at least 6 different Old Bill inserts, see images below)
2nd Press - 'Regular' insert (folded opposite way to all other releases) + Deranged Records Flyer
3rd & later - 'Regular' insert
Three variants of 'regular sleeve - see images below
Hand-drawn sleeve
Sleeve Variations:
Above: Three different sleeves (backs) overlapped for comparison. |
The 1st and 2nd press can be told apart by the inserts:
'Old Bill' Inserts:
These are approx A4 size. On one side they have an image plus lyrics to Police (sort of) written in Cockney rhyming slang, under the heading 'Old Bill'. There are at least six different inserts (different images on one side). The other side of the inserts are all the same, they have comments regarding various City Councillors, along with the text FUCK YOU MUNICIPAL PRICKS.
Above: The different inserts all have the same reverse |
Info |
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Notes:
MRR #250 - Mike Thorn Top 10 of 2003:
Honestly words can't describe how much I adore this record. I really and truly think that I might have worn out my own personal copy of this and am well on the way to doing the same to the MRR collections copy. "the Police" is a monster of a song, from the intro that echoes of the WHO's "Baba O'Reilly" to it's stomping POISON IDEA-esque perfect riffing, pissed as all hell vocal delivery, and slashing lyrics about the boys in blue. The flip is a speedy thrasher about the scummy, self-interested politicians, both left and right, who dominate the Toronto political landscape. A totally classic record.
NOT A GAME # 2 Interview (2003 or 2004):
Damian: Municipal Prick is not even about municipal politicians but it is about the police chief. I put in Jack Layton as my contribution because these guys are all on his nuts, but I don’t like him.
We just want people to have to pay attention to be into our band. If you don’t, there is always shit you miss. People tell me that they dig the music on the records, but did you take a second look at the matrix numbers to see if they mean anything? Or read the typing on Police carefully? (1)
2011? Quote:
Our second record, released all the way back in 2003. And we still play this song. Every show. I hate my life. (2)
Random stuff:
Record has first part of coded message etched into vinyl (see matrix info above).
'Old Bill' Insert has hidden messages in backwards text and binary code
Various sources refer to the first press having the DY-33, rather than DER-33 catalogue reference. This appears to be an error; DY-33 does not seem to exist.
Sleeve Notes:
Front cover image shows riot Police baton-charging student protesters during the May 1968 protests in Paris. The insurrections were said to be partly influenced by the political theory, ideas and writing of Situationist International.
The objectives were self-management by workers, a decentralization of economic and political power and participatory democracy at the grass roots. The great fear was that contemporary capitalism was capable of absorbing any and all critical ideas or movements and bending them to its own advantage. Hence, the need for provocative shock tactics...
...Was this utopian impulse, as religious and political conservatives have often charged, a naïve and dangerous dream? It did not aim at human perfectibility but only at imagining that life could really be different and a whole lot better.
In any case, the utopian impulse is no longer much in evidence. Today's dreams seem to be much more defensive in nature - damping down wars, fending off hunger, containing epidemics and preventing planetary destruction. (3)
Commodity Fetishism:
Hand-drawn cover 6/10 - Front |
Hand-drawn cover 6/10 - Full |
Hand-drawn cover 6/10 - Dust sleeve |
Hand-drawn cover (#?) - Front |
Test Press - blank labels |
(1) MRR Interview - on Looking For Gold Blog