Condensed Flesh

Recorded in 1981 at Inner Ear Studio.

Pressing information for the "Eye 95 Records" release:

Test pressing: 5 copies.
1st pressing: 500 translucent blue vinyl, blue label
2nd pressing: 500 translucent clear vinyl blue label
3rd pressing: 500 translucent green vinyl, blue label
4th pressing: 500 translucent green vinyl, blue label
5th pressing: 1000 translucent red vinyl, silver label
6th pressing: 1000 translucent red vinyl, silver label
7th pressing(30th anniversary): 500 translucent gold vinyl with “Crossover black marble” variants; with 3 label variants; green, silver, blue.

The first several pressings were issued with an insert with flyers on one side and a couple of VOID live show reviews from local fanzines an the other side.

Reported that 20 of the 3rd/4th pressing on green pressing had some smears in the green vinyl and stamped sleeves.

The “Condensed Flesh” EP, released on Eye 95 Records, consisted of a demo session that the band, Void, recorded in 1981 at Inner Ear Studio. It was Produced by Ian MacKaye and Engineered by Don Zientara. The demo had 12 songs, of which three were used for the Flex Your Head compilation album, released by Dischord in 1982. The songs included were “Dehumanized”, “No More Authority” and “My Rules.” This demo was very raw and did not utilize the production techniques which appeared on the official Void/Faith release, a few years later. From this demo the song “Get Out Of My Way” appeared on the obscure, yet revered, Fountain of Youth release, “Bouncing Babies”. That track gave fans one more Void song to devour.

Years later, John Sybert and Sean Finnegan were discussing the old Void demos which were in the vaults. At the time, in the early 1990’s, bootlegs of everything were being pressed from Germany and Italy. They decided to release the remaining songs from that demo onto a 7” EP record. This way, it can be controlled by the band and distributed by Dischord. The tape was remixed and remastered by Don Zientara and Ian MacKaye in 1992 and was pressed that summer by Bill Smith’s Custom Records in El Segundo California. Eye 95 Records was formed and the first pressing was financed by their good friend Wendy Hiller.