SARS

(7"EP)



Sleeve - Front


Sleeve - Back
(The actual covers have a 4th portrait that was used without permission - the image above has it blanked out)




Vinyl - Early Pressings were on blue labels


Sleeve - Opened Out:
The blue label pressings have fold-out sleeves, printed on both sides as above.
The red label pressings have a pocket sleeve and an insert.






Stats:
The variants of this EP are grouped into blue and red label pressings by Deranged Records and a white label pressing by the band.


Blue Label Variants 
Year: August 2003
Tracks: Quarantined B/W Sucker / Part and Parcel / While You're Ahead
Label: Deranged Records ‎– DY47
Matrix A: DERANGED YOUTH #47 A Re-1
Matrix B: DERANGED YOUTH #47 B Re-2
Inserts: No inserts, but some have photocopied ads, by Deranged; these vary, depending on what was available from the label at the time the individual record was sent out, an example is below:




Pressing info: 

Test Pressings: Three batches of 6 or 7. The first two TP's were rejected, the third was approved. The old CS website stated 6 per batch but a collector in Europe has one numbered out of 7; sometimes extra test pressings turn up, either from the pressing plant, or somewhere else...

First Pressing : 1000 copies (Comprises 500 with screen-printed CS logos* and 500 with hand-stamped logos, less 10 set aside by the band that did not have logos). 

Second Pressing: 500 copies (Screen printed logos*). Ethan: The only distinguishable difference between this and the first is the center holes might be very sloppily cut. I have one with really poorly cut center labels, they definitely aren’t round. 

Third Pressing: 500 copies (Screen printed logos*)



Notes:
1) The blue label variants have fold-out sleeves, as pictured above.
2) *Regarding the screen printed logos, whether it's on the top left or top right relates to which pressing it was. I've not got to the bottom of which side relates to which press...
3) Hand stamped logos are probably just associated with the first press - I've seen these printed on both the left and the right. Also the hand-stamped ones I've seen have a black 'Pickering' dot on the label, like the picture below. Gord at Deranged says the entire pressing would have the dot, so for now I'm going with that being the first press and will maybe make sense of the others at some point...

Logo hand-stamped on top left or right, black dot on label 
(First Press - Probably)
Logo screen-printed on top left 

Logo screen printed on top right








White Label Variants (West Coast Tour Edition)
Year: 2003
Tracks: Quarantined B/W Sucker / Part and Parcel / While You're Ahead
Label: White label, pressed on same plates as above Deranged pressings
Matrix A: DERANGED YOUTH #47 A Re-1
Matrix B: DERANGED YOUTH #47 B Re-2
Inserts: No inserts:
Pressing info: 200 copies 
Notes: Pressed by band from same plates as blue label pressings. Packaged in photocopied fold-out sleeve for sale on tour. Some sleeves have CS logos randomly stamped on them.

West Coast Tour - Unstamped Sleeve

West Coast Tour - Stamped Sleeve









Red Label Variants 
Year: 2009
Tracks: Quarantined B/W Sucker / Part and Parcel / While You're Ahead
Label: Deranged Records ‎– DY130
Matrix A: DY 130-A
Matrix B: DY 130-B
Inserts: Double sided glossy card  as below:


Insert for 4th press red label pressing

Pressing info: 
Test Pressings - Unknown number
Black Vinyl - 500 (Most have CS logo screen printed on top right corner of sleeve)
Clear Vinyl - 500 (Most have no CS logo on sleeve)


Notes: 
Remastered recording, therefore requiring new plates to be cut for repress. This pressing also has a new pocket sleeve, the design on the front is the same as previous versions, but the graphics and Deranged logo on the back are different.

Pocket sleeve with logo top right
(4th press, black vinyl)

Pocket sleeve with no logo
(4th press, clear vinyl)




Test Pressings:
To date (July 2015) there are four sets of test pressings relating to this EP:

  • the first and second were rejected, 
  • the third was approved and relates to the blue label and white label tour variants. 
  • the fourth relates to the red label variants released in 2009 - new plates were needed when the EP was remastered in 2008


Rejected Test Pressings


Test #1 (Rejected - poor sound quality)
DERANGED YOUTH #47 A
DERANGED YOUTH #47 B
Personalised sleeve - front
(First rejected TP)


Personalised sleeve - back
(First rejected TP)



Test #2 (Rejected - Poor sound quality on one side)
DERANGED YOUTH #47 A Re-1
DERANGED YOUTH #47 B Re-1
Personalised sleeve - front
(Second rejected TP)

Personalised sleeve - back
(Second rejected TP)
Stamped labels
(Second rejected TP)

Black & white sleeve & stamped label
(Second rejected TP)







Approved Test Pressings


Test #3 (Approved for printed blue label pressings)
DERANGED YOUTH #47 A Re-1
DERANGED YOUTH #47 B Re-2
Test #4 (Approved for red label repressing) 
DY 130-A
DY 130-B


Another copy of test # 4
This one has handwritten notes on the label...