Tracklist
| A1 | Bold (2)– | Wise Up |
| A2 | Nausea (2)– | Fallout Of Our Being |
| A3 | Warzone (2)– | As One |
| A4 | Warzone (2)– | Escape From Your Society |
| A5 | Gorilla Biscuits– | Better Than You |
| A6 | Gorilla Biscuits– | Forgotten |
| A7 | Trip 6– | Back With A Vengeance |
| A8 | Breakdown (4)– | Sick People |
| B1 | Youth Of Today– | Together |
| B2 | Youth Of Today– | Understand |
| B3 | Sick Of It All– | Politics |
| B4 | Sick Of It All– | Pete's Sake |
| B5 | Krakdown– | Ignorance |
| B6 | Side By Side (2)– | Dead Serious |
| B7 | Side By Side (2)– | Time Is Now |
| B8 | Youth Defense League– | Blue Pride |
| B9 | Supertouch– | Searchin' For The Light |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Demo Demo Studio
- Recorded At – Don Fury Studio
- Recorded At – The Music Box, New York, NY
- Recorded At – Legend Studios (2)
- Mastered At – Trutone Mastering Labs
- Lacquer Cut At – Trutone Mastering Labs
- Pressed By – Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Revelation Records (8)
- Copyright © – Revelation Records (8)
- Distributed By – Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Credits
- Artwork, Layout [Booklet Artwork & Layout] – Youth Of Today
- Compiled By – Ray Of Today Cappo*
- Liner Notes – Ray Cappo
- Photography By [Back Cover Photo By] – Raybies*
- Photography By [Breakdown Photo By] – Jen Buck
- Photography By [Front Cover Photo By] – B.J. Papas
- Photography By [Side By Side Photos] – BJ*
- Photography By [Trip 6 Photo By] – Bri Hurley
- Producer, Compiled By – Jordan Cooper
Notes
Track A2 recorded @ Demo Demo Studios.
Tracks A3 & A4 recorded @ Don Fury Studios.
Track A7 engineered and mixed @ Music Box.
Track B5 recorded @ Legend Studios, Long Island, N.Y.
Tracks B6 & B7 recorded in July 1987 @ Don Fury Studios.
Track B8 recorded on January 18th, 1988 @ Don Fury.
Mastered at Trutone Records.
℗&© 1988 Revelation Records.
On spine (Stamped): Revelation Records Presents New York City Hardcore The Way It Is Revelation:7
First pressings:
• Blue & green matte labels;
• New Haven address on back cover;
• With a 12" x 12" 8-page booklet and a 12" x 12" band pictures / label insert.
On sticker:
"88561 - 8210 - 1
Revelation : 7
Distributed by Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Made in the U.S.A."
Tracks A3 & A4 recorded @ Don Fury Studios.
Track A7 engineered and mixed @ Music Box.
Track B5 recorded @ Legend Studios, Long Island, N.Y.
Tracks B6 & B7 recorded in July 1987 @ Don Fury Studios.
Track B8 recorded on January 18th, 1988 @ Don Fury.
Mastered at Trutone Records.
℗&© 1988 Revelation Records.
On spine (Stamped): Revelation Records Presents New York City Hardcore The Way It Is Revelation:7
First pressings:
• Blue & green matte labels;
• New Haven address on back cover;
• With a 12" x 12" 8-page booklet and a 12" x 12" band pictures / label insert.
On sticker:
"88561 - 8210 - 1
Revelation : 7
Distributed by Important Record Distributors, Inc.
Made in the U.S.A."
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (On sticker): 88561 - 8210 - 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, MASTERED BY TRUTONE stamped): 4-88 88561-8210-1-REVELATION 7A N.Y.C. HARDCORE OPEN YOUR EYES, LOOK AND SEE B.I.B MABBEY'S DELIGHT -EMW-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, MASTERED BY TRUTONE stamped): 4-88 88561-8210-1 REVELATION 7-B NYC HARDCORE G.I. JOE COMMANDER APPEARS COURTESY OF THE ADVENTURE TEAM -EMW-
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The Way It Is
compilation : 12"
1988
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Test press : 8 black vinyl
1st press+: black vinyl
Blue/green split labels, large lyric booklet, and trade
list flyer.
Test press : 10 green vinyl
Most of these had real labels put on them and slipped into
mail-order for a few lucky kids.
press+: black vinyl
White labels, condensed lyric sheet. Remastered because
we switched pressing plants and couldn't get the plates.
2001 press : 437 blue vinyl (thought to be the "final" pressing done April 25, 2001)
2013 press : 545 opaque green vinyl
2014+ press : opaque yellow vinyl
2022 press : 1,420 translucent red vinyl -
If I had to pick one album that best defined my early adolescent punk/HC days... well, this _might_ not be it, but it would definitely be int the Top Ten. (If I had to pick one NYHC hardcore record that defined the sound the best, it would probably be the Blackout! Records compilation "Where the Wild Things Are"). Nevertheless, this record packs a massive punch: the opening track by Bold is somewhat generic straight-edge hardcore, but it blasts off like a rocket from there, with some brutal gutterpunk hardcore from Nausea, moving into some seminal tracks by Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits, and Youth of Today, then rounding out with some nicer melodic hardcore from Supertouch (who also did an excellent full-length).
I was always disappointed that the Side by Side project (who put out another excellent 7" on that name) never got around to doing a full length album. Overall, this is probably in my top five NYHC releases, along with the Blackout compilation, the Life's Blood 7", the Side by Side 7", and the Sick of it All "fisheye photo" 7".
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