The Abused are the best NYHC band. Period!
Thanks to Radio Raheem records their discography was recently made available once more. Unfortunately their store has vanished from the web but don't worry if you slept on this release. GIHC still have a few copies for sale.
The beauty of this Reissue was already well documented on a lot of blogs so I won't go into detail here.
The Abused - discography LP - Radio Raheem Records RADIO-003
Up Next is the picture Vinyl release of the discography from 1992. This was the first Abused vinyl I owned.
The Abused - discography pic. LP - Lost & Found LF 043
Of course I also had to track down the regular vinyl pressing of that release. People seem to think it's worth a bit more than anyone is actually willing to pay for it so it took me quite a while to finally find one for a fair price and it even includes a promo sheet.
The Abused - discography LP - Lost & Found LF 043
And here it is. My personal holy grail.
The Abused - loud and clear 7" - Abused Music AM-1
Looks like someone wasn't able to hit the folding line correctly so they had to leave a little something at the top of the front cover that usually is not there.
You can clearly see how far off the fold is from where it is supposed to be.
Also the cover is a foldover sleeve rather than a pocket sleeve. I don't want to open it too far as the fold is already cracking up.
It seems though that the cover was at one point glued together as the tear on the inside of the back cover suggests. As far as I know all the copies had the perforation you can see in the picture below so I guess the pocket sleeve came undone and whoever owned it then ripped off the flaps. If that's the case he or she was very careful though. That tear you see is the only damage that was done. And there is some glue left on the inside of the front cover which supports my guess.
Apart from this it's in beautiful condition so I don't mind any of that. Maybe if I ever come across a cheap glue pocket version I'll buy that too but I highly doubt it.
Completing the collection is the bootleg release of their demo
The Abused - new york hardcore 7" - Dick Dance Records DDR07
