Nervous Breakdown

VERSION #4 RELEASE: Unknown quantity pressed around Summer of 1981, but quantity is believed to be more than the 2nd and 3rd pressings as it seems to be found for sale more often online... Possibly as many as 2,000. This particular one may be a version and not actually a “Pressing”. The labels and vinyl appear to be identical to VERSION #3, and only the sleeve is different. After the 2nd pressing, the band could have pressed up somewhere around 3,000 records, quickly used up 500 to 1,000 of these in the 3rd Pressing sleeves, and then made up the balance with the 4th Version sleeves. This is all just speculation however and we may not ever know for sure. SLEEVE: Red ink on white gloss paper sleeve. Artist - Raymond Pettibon's artwork on front is exactly the same as 2nd and 3rd Pressings but it is noticeably smaller on the back. The sleeve is cut straight across the top edge of the front and is straight across on the back but the back edge is about 5/16 to 3/8 of an inch lower than the front top edge. It has no bar code. LABEL: Color looks to be the same pink color as the 3rd Pressing and has the same matte finish, “Bubble Font” is used for the word “Records” and the “R” and “E” in the word “Records” touch. This is the last pressing (or version) with this specific label before it experienced a slight change. VINYL: 7”, Black, big hole, deadwax runout has “SST 001-A” on side A and “SST 001-B” on side B. PRIMARY DIFFERENCE(S) TO PREVIOUS VERSION: This 4th Pressing/Version a slightly different sleeve design with a flat top edge on both the front and rear with the edge on the rear being 5/16 to 3/8 of an inch lower than the front edge. Also the artwork on the reverse of the sleeve is smaller. SST Music © 1978 Recorded at Media Art Studio, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Jan. 1978.