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If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? by Agathocles, album cover

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If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then?

by Agathocles · 1990

21 pressings3 countriesGrindcoreRock

If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? was first pressed on vinyl in 1990. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then?

18 pressings came out in 1990, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.

US

December 1990
Label and catalog number
Seraphic Decay Records SCAM-008
Format
7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Purple Marbled
Runout / matrix

SCAM -008 -A "MEAT IS MURDER!" L-36526Side A

SCAM-008 -B "!!! SPOT ! " L-36526XSide B

Full details of this pressing

US

December 1990
Label and catalog number
Seraphic Decay Records SCAM-008
Format
7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Purple/Grey Marbled
Runout / matrix

SCAM -008 -A "MEAT IS MURDER!" L-36526Side A

SCAM-008 -B "!!! SPOT ! " L-36526XSide B

Full details of this pressing

Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 21 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1990s18 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl
1990USSeraphic Decay Records SCAM-008First year7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM · Colored vinyl
All 18 pressings from the 1990s
2010s2 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
2014PolandSelfmadegod Records SMG 1137", EP, 45 RPM, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited7", EP, 45 RPM, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited
2014PolandSelfmadegod Records SMG 1137", EP, 45 RPM, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited, Colored vinyl7", EP, 45 RPM, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited, Colored vinyl
2020s1 pressing
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
2022GermanySeven Metal Inches Records SMIR-187", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Reissue · Limited, Colored vinyl7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Reissue · Limited, Colored vinyl

Tracklist

  1. A1Threshold To Senility
  2. A2Consuming Endoderme Pus
  3. A3Splattered Brains
  4. A4Forced Pollution
  5. A5The Accident
  6. B1Mutilated Regurgitator
  7. B2Playing With Lifes
  8. B3Trust? Not Me!
  9. B4Lay Off Me

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? are there?

21 vinyl pressings of If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? are listed here, from 3 countries, released between 1990 and 2022.

When was If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1990, in US. One of them is Seraphic Decay Records SCAM-008, released December 1990.

How do I tell if my copy of If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use SCAM-008) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is If This Is Cruel What's Vivisection Then? on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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