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Bootlegs of Official Misfits or Plan 9 Releases

  COUGH/COOL
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    Blank Records: Blank 101 (distributed by Taang!)       1982
    NR-17309                                               1988
    Dungeon Records                                        1988
    NR-17309                                               1994

    1  Cough/Cool
    2  She

  Format:     7" Single.
  Pressing:   1st: 200 copies.
                   According to legend, these bootleg copies were pressed by
                   Curtis Casella of Taang! Records in the early 1980s and
                   then incorrectly attributed to Glenn Danzig and/or Bomp
                   Records from California.  These bootlegs are virtually 
                   identical to the original pressing, down to the matrix 
                   etchings.  Differences from the original include:
                       1) Vinyl is much thinner than original press.  When 
                          held up to the light, the vinyl is actually a 
                          translucent charcoal brown.  Original copies are
                          completely opaque and nearly twice as thick.
                       2) Sleeve is glossy instead of semi-gloss, and has 
                          less detail.  Very slight vertical lines (from
                          photocopy machine) can be seen on front cover.
                       3) Bootleg center labels are poorly made.  The labels
                          were traced with a black line and then cut with 
                          dull scissors.  This is especially evident along
                          the inside of the center hole.
                       4) Bootleg matrix includes additional etchings which 
                          have been scratched out.
                       5) Outer edge of bootleg vinyl is tapered off and 
                          comes to a point, whereas original copies are 
                          flat at the edge.
              2nd: 500 copies with photocopied sleeve.
                   Band is listed as The Ghouls on center labels.
              3rd: 500 clear or black vinyl copies released in France.
                   Band is listed as The Un-fits on center labels.
              4th: Available with blank white or "The Ghouls" center labels.
  Session:    [06//1977 Rainbow Studio]
  BULLET
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    Plan 9: PL 1001                                        1986 
    Listless Recordings: LR2                               1989
    001                                                    1989
    Plan 9: PL 1001A                                       1989

    1  Bullet | We Are 138
    2  Attitude | Hollywood Babylon

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:   1st: Black vinyl copies with gatefold sleeve.
                   These bootlegs are amazingly similar to the original 1st
                   pressing with only very slight differences:
                       1) Front cover of original is silkscreened.  Bootleg
                          copies are not silkscreened; the red and black 
                          colors were printed at the same time.  The black 
                          and white colors on the bootleg are glossy, whereas 
                          original sleeves are a matte white color with black 
                          and red ink silk-screened over.
                       2) On the original, there are 4 to 5 intro grooves 
                          before "Bullet" actually starts playing.  Bootleg
                          copies have no more than 2 intro grooves.
                       3) Center labels on the original are glossy.  Bootleg
                          labels are less glossy and the smaller text is
                          slightly blurrier.
                       4) Handwritten matrix etchings vary from original in 
                          spacing.
             2nd: Black or yellow vinyl copies released in UK with band 
                  photo back cover and imitation insert.  Distributed by 
                  Sub Rosa.
             3rd: Red vinyl copies with "Better Dead On Red" back cover
                  released in UK, although sleeve says West Germany.
             4th: Red or black vinyl "Better Dead On Red" sleeve copies 
                  released in Japan.  Vinyl is identical to the official 
                  pressing, except in the matrix etching: bootleg copies 
                  include "MASTERDISK" in the matrix etching.  Sleeve is 
                  cardboard.
  Session:   [01//1978 C.I. Recording]
  Notes:     The imitation inserts included in the Listless Recordings 
             bootleg are often sold separately as real lyric sheets.  The 
             bootleg sheet was apparently based upon a photocopy of the  
             original lyric sheet.  The bootlegger then changed the color of 
             some of the graphics and re-typed the lyrics.  Differences from
             the original include:
                 1) Bootlegs include an obvious typographical error: "the 
                    dint's gonna be" appears on the bootleg instead of "the 
                    dirt's gonna be" - this is due to a small blood splotch 
                    under the "r" in "dirt" on the original lyric which, 
                    when photocopied in black and white, makes the word look 
                    like "dint."
                 2) Misfits logo on bootleg is red instead of black.
                 3) Bullet hole in Kennedy's forehead on bootleg is red 
                    instead of black.
                 4) Blood splatters on bootleg are larger and slightly 
                    misplaced.
  HORROR BUSINESS
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    002                                                    1991
    Plan 6                                                 1993

    1  Horror Business
    2  Teenagers From Mars | Children In Heat

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:  1st: Red vinyl copies released in US, although sleeve says 
                  West Germany.
             2nd: Black vinyl copies with imitation insert released in UK.
  Session:   [01//1979 C.I. Recording]
  Notes:     The Plan 6 bootleg comes with an imitation insert.  Differences
             from the original include:
                 1) Bootleg copies include a typographical error: 
                    "Note esp. Teenagers From Mars" appears on bootleg, but
                    "note esp.Teenagers From Mars" appears on original.
                 2) Bootleg inserts are re-typed with slightly larger font
                    and less space between words.
                 3) Bootleg inserts have a dark black, grainy back side, but
                    original copies have a lighter black, smooth back.
  NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
  ------------------------
    Plan 6: X1                                             1993

    1  Night Of The Living Dead
    2  Where Eagles Dare | Rat Fink

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:  Black vinyl copies released in UK.
  Session:   [06//1979 The Song Shop] 
  BEWARE
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    Audiodisc 890602                                       June 2, 1989
    (No label)                                             1989  
    Skull 1                                                1989
    (No label)                                             1990
    (No label)                                             1993
    HATE 69: HAT 1                                         19__
    Plan 9: PLP9                                           August 2000

    1  We Are 138 | Bullet | Hollywood Babylon | Attitude
    2  Horror Business | Teenagers From Mars | Last Caress
       Return Of The Fly [August 2000 LP]

  Format:    12" EP.
  Pressing:  1st: Green cover version released in Europe.
             2nd: 500 copies with Blue and white cover released in Sweden.
             3rd: Black, green, or red vinyl copies with Jerry, Doyle, and 
                  Glenn on cover released Italy and England.  Black vinyl 
                  copies are actually test pressings.  Some tracks are 
                  incomplete due to poor editing.  
             4th: Released in West Germany.
             5th: Green vinyl.
             6th: Band is listed as The Hate Breeders on center labels.
             7th: Red marble or black vinyl copies.
                  Bootleg is an almost perfect copy of the original, except
                  for inclusion of "Return Of The Fly" (song not listed on
                  cover), and matrix etching (handwritten instead of typed).
  Session:   [01//1978 C.I. Recording] (songs 1-4, 8)
             [01//1979 C.I. Recording] (songs 5-6)
             [09//1979 C.I. Recording] (song 7)
  BEWARE
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    Plan 9: PLP9                                           1989

    1  We Are 138 | Bullet | Hollywood Babylon | Attitude
    2  Horror Business | Teenagers From Mars | Last Caress

  Format:    12" EP.
  Pressing:  490 copies released in West Germany.
  Session:   [01//1978 C.I. Recording] (songs 1-4)
             [01//1979 C.I. Recording] (songs 5-6)
             [09//1979 C.I. Recording] (song 7)
  Notes:     Almost identical to the original, this bootleg is commonly sold
             as the real thing.  Differences from the original include:
                 1) "Beware" at top is not flush with edge of cover.
                 2) Cover is darker, almost entirely black and white, and 
                    contains very few gray tones.
                 3) Center label on record can be peeled off to reveal a 
                    generic white bootleg center label.
                 4) There is a slight white edge on the lower part of the 
                    the cover.
                 5) Side 2 reads "mix" instead of "max" in matrix etching.
  BEWARE  
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    (No label): Heads/Tails                                1987
    (No label)                                             1988
    (No label)                                             1989

  1  We Are 138 | Bullet | Hollywood Babylon | Attitude
  2  Horror Business | Teenagers From Mars | Last Caress

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:  1st: Black, red, or green vinyl copies with large center hole
                  and blank center labels.  Available with BEWARE THE LIVING
                  DEAD sleeve (Jerry, Glenn, Doyle photo), HOLLYWOOD BABYLON
                  sleeve (Pushead flyer on front, BULLET band photo on back),
                  or red and black reproduction of original sleeve.
             2nd: Green and white marble vinyl copies with large center hole 
                  and blue center labels.
             3rd: Clear or red vinyl copies with small center hole.
  Session:   [01//1978 C.I. Recording] (songs 1-4)
             [01//1979 C.I. Recording] (songs 5-6)
             [09//1979 C.I. Recording] (song 7)
  3 HITS FROM HELL
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    003                                                    198_
    (No label)                                             19__
    Horror Hotel Records: HHR 001                          1989
    (No label)                                             2000

    1  London Dungeon
    2  Horror Hotel | Ghouls Night Out

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:  1st: Red vinyl copies released in US, although sleeve says West 
                  Germany.
             2nd: Black vinyl copies with orange center labels and large 
                  center hole.
             3rd: 500 copies released in West Germany.
             4th: White vinyl, black and white cover, large center hole, 
                  gatefold sleeve copies, with matrix etchings scratched out.
  Session:   [08//1980 Master Sound]  
  WHO KILLED MARILYN?
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    GRR 001                                                1989
    PLAN 9: PL 1015                                        1990
    L-35624: GDP-9                                         1994
    (No label)                                             19__

    1  Who Killed Marilyn?
    2  Spook City U.S.A.

  Format:    7" Single.
  Pressing:  1st: 500 copies with black and white or black, white, and 
                  purple cover released in West Germany.
             2nd: Black vinyl copies released in Japan.  These bootleg
                  copies are almost identical to the original black vinyl
                  pressing.  Differences include:
                       1) Purple and black colors on cover is several shades 
                          lighter than original, but the bootleg white 
                          background is brighter.
                       2) Bootleg sleeve is 1/4" smaller than original.
                       3) Original sleeve has a small white smudge in the 
                          black border on the upper right side.  Bootlegs 
                          have the smudge on the outside of the border 
                          instead of the inside.
                       4) Purple and black colors on bootleg center labels 
                          are lighter than original.
                       5) Bootleg copies have "PL - 1015A" in A-side matrix,
                          whereas original copies have "PL-1015 A" and an 
                          additional "F/W DM" in the matrix.
             3rd: Blue or black vinyl copies with black and blue cover.  Some
                  copies have the "Tazmanian Devil" stamped on center labels.
             4th: Blue vinyl copies.
  Session:   [04//1981 Mix-O-Lydian]
  Notes:     Although this was not a Misfits single, it is included in this 
             bootleg discography because most Misfits collectors include it 
             in their collections.
  HALLOWEEN
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    Plan 9: PL1017-23                                      1989
    (No label)                                             2000

    1  Halloween
    2  Halloween II

  Format:    7" Single.
  Pressing:  1st: 500 copies with sleeve identical to the original, but 
                  blank center labels, released in West Germany.  "PL1017-23" 
                  is etched into matrix.
             2nd: Gatefold sleeve bootleg.
  Session:   [1981 Mix-O-Lydian]
  WALK AMONG US
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    FTW-13                                                 1988
    Primeiro Mundo Records: PM-1384-00                     August 2000
    (unknown)                                              December 2001

    1  20 Eyes | I Turned Into A Martian | All Hell Breaks Loose | Vampira
    2  Nike A Go Go | Hate Breeders | Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?
    3  Night Of The Living Dead | Skulls | Violent World 
    4  Devils Whorehouse | Astro Zombies | Braineaters

  Format:    Double 7" EP, LP.
  Pressing:  1st: 500 red or orange vinyl copies with black and white cover
                      and Crimson Ghost center labels.  Also available with 
                      one red and one blue vinyl record and green and white 
                      cover.
                  500 green vinyl copies with green and white cover and 
                      blank center labels.
                  500 blue vinyl copies with black and white cover and 
                      blank center labels.
                  Also available with one red vinyl and one blue vinyl 
                  record.
             2nd: Black, red, orange, or white vinyl copies released in 
                  Portugal with pink cover and pink logo.  Includes photo 
                  and lyrics as insert instead of dust sleeve.  Sleeve and 
                  dust sleeve are reproductions of first pressing, with the 
                  addition of a false "Licensed from Buby Records" (note typo 
                  of Ruby) claim.
             3rd: Picture disc LP copies released in Brazil.
  Session:   [01//1982 Quad Teck] (songs 1-6, 8-13)
  Live:      [12/17/1981: The Ritz; New York, NY]  (song 7)
  EVILIVE
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    Plan 9: PL1019                                         1989
    (No label)                                             2000


    1  20 Eyes | Night Of The Living Dead | Astro Zombies | Horror Business
    2  London Dungeon | All Hell Breaks Loose | We Are 138

  Format:    7" EP.
  Pressing:  1st: 1000 black vinyl copies released in Europe.
                  This bootleg is extremely similar to the Fiend Club edition
                  of the real EVILIVE 7".  It has a thick paper sleeve with 
                  the live photo on the cover, a yellow center label, and a 
                  small center hole.  Bootleg copies are all numbered 512 or 
                  542 in ink which can be rubbed off to reveal that the sleeve 
                  is a photocopy of the original sleeve #512.  The cover is not 
                  cut exactly as the original is, with a slight overlap.  The 
                  cover also lacks some of the detail of the original; it is 
                  difficult to see the Crimson Ghost on the guitar amplifier 
                  on the front cover of the bootleg. 
             2nd: Has regular version cover, large center hole, gatefold 
                  sleeve.
  Live:      [11/20/1981: On Broadway; San Francisco, CA) (songs 6-7)
              + Henry Rollins: additional vocals          (song 7)
             [12/17/1981: The Ritz; New York, NY]         (songs 1-5)
  LEGACY OF BRUTALITY
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    (unknown)                                              December 2001

    1  Static Age | TV Casualty | Hybrid Moments | Spinal Remains | Come Back
       Some Kinda Hate | Theme For A Jackal 
    2  Angelfuck | Who Killed Marilyn? | Where Eagles Dare | She | Halloween
       American Nightmare 

  Format:    LP.
  Pressing:  1st: Picture disc LP copies released in Brazil.
  Session:   [01//1979 C.I. Recording] (songs 9-10)
             [08//1980 Master Sound]   (song 12)
             [06//1981 Newfound Sound Studios]   (song 13)
             [1985 Reel Platinum]      (songs 1-8, 11) 
  EVILIVE
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    (unknown)                                              December 2001

    1  20 Eyes | Night Of The Living Dead | Astro Zombies | Horror Business
       London Dungeon | Nike A Go Go | Hate Breeders 
    2  Devils Whorehouse | All Hell Breaks Loose | Horror Hotel
       Ghouls Night Out | We Are 138 

  Format:    LP.
  Pressing:  1st: Picture disc LP copies released in Brazil.
  Live:      [11/20/1981: On Broadway; San Francisco, CA) (songs 8-12)
              + Henry Rollins: additional vocals          (song 12)
             [12/17/1981: The Ritz; New York, NY]         (songs 1-7)
  COLLECTION I or MISFITS
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    Wolfsbane Records: WR33                                1987

    1  She | Hollywood Babylon | Bullet | Horror Business
       Teenagers From Mars | Night Of The Living Dead | Where Eagles Dare
       Vampira | I Turned Into A Martian | Skulls
    2  London Dungeon | Ghouls Night Out | Astro Zombies 
       Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight? | Die Die My Darling
       Earth A.D. | Devilock | Death Comes Ripping | Green Hell | Wolfs Blood

  Format:    LP.
  Pressing:  500 copies released in UK.
  Session:   [01//1978 C.I. Recording] (songs 2-3)
             [01//1979 C.I. Recording] (songs 4-5, 7)
             [08//1980 Master Sound]   (songs 6, 8-13)
             [07//1983 Fox Studio]     (songs 14-20)
             [1985 Reel Platinum]  (song 1)
  Notes:     This bootleg is available with black and white center labels and
             a wolf footprint stamped on the inside of the cover, or with
             red and black center labels.