Banned In D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs

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Release Date: 2003-07-29

Label: Caroline Records

Track 1 taken from the "Pay To Cum" 7" (Bad Brains Records). Recorded 1979, NYC. Released 1980.
Master source: analog vinyl.

Tracks 2 & 20 taken from the album "Omega Sessions" (Victory Records). Recorded 1980, released 1998.
Master source: analog safety. recorded at Omega Studios. Licensed courtesy of Victory records.

Tracks 3, 5 & 9 taken from the album "Black Dots" (Caroline Records). Recorded 1979, released 1995.
Master source: analog vinyl from digital master. Engineered at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA. Mixed at Applehead Recording, Woodstock. Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC. Produced by Kim Kane for Skip Groff.


Tracks 4 & 6 taken from the album "Bad Brains" - aka The ROIR Cassette. (ROIR - Reachout International records). Recorded 1981, released 1982.
Master source: CD. Recorded at 171 Avenue A, NYC. Licensed courtesy of ROIR.

Tracks 7 & 12 taken from the album "I Against I" (SST Records). Recorded 1986, released 1987.
Master source: analog vinyl. Recorded at Long View farm, MA and Soundworks, NYC. Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC. Licensed courtesy of SST Records.
Track 12: HR vocal overdub from D.C. jail via phone line to Soundworks, NYC.

Tracks 8, 10, 15, 17 & 19 taken from the album "Rock For Light" (Caroline Records). Recorded 1982, released 1983.
Master source: analog vinyl. Produced at Synchro Sound, Boston. Mastered at 52nd St. Studios (Precision), LA.

Tracks 11, 13, 14 & 21 taken from the album "Quickness" (Caroline Records). Recorded 1988-1989, released 1989.
Master source: analog vinyl. Recorded at Media Sound, NYC and Sigma Sound, NYC. Mixed at Sigma Sound. Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC.

Track 16 taken from the album "Youth Are Getting Restless" (Caroline Records). Recorded 1987, released 1990.
Master source: analog vinyl. Recorded at The Paradiso, Amsterdam by VPRO. Mixed at AXIS Sound, NYC.

Track 18 taken from the "I And I Survive" 12" (Important Records). Recorded 1982, released 1982.
Master source: analog vinyl. Engineered at Synchro Sound, Boston. Vocals recorded at No Evil Studios, DC. Mastered at Frankfort/Wayne Lab, NYC.

Track 22 unreleased master. Recorded 1981, released 2003.
24 track master (15 ips/no dolby). Recorded at Unicorn, LA. Mixed at Applehead Recording, Woodstock, NY, March 2003.

Enhanced CD "Flash" video track: Filmed at The Living Room, Providence Rhode island, 1987.
Video licensed courtesy of Paul Rachman. Audio licensed courtesy of Victory Records.

This compilation (P)&(C)2003 Caroline Records, Inc.

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