'Ample Destruction'- Details On Various Pressings
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:03 pm
Thought I'd take a break from posting goofy stories and wacky album reviews, and instead try to provide some useful info. So, if you ever thought, "gee, I wish someone would inundate me with more information about various pressings of 'Ample Destruction' than any sane person would ever want", then this is the thread for you!
All details below come from copies of 9 different versions I have inspected in person; none of that "uh, I saw it posted somewhere on the interwebs 10 years ago" bullshit here. There are definitely other versions out there; this is not meant to be a complete list.
I have not included any info about the recent reissues on High Roller; I think we can all figure out those on our own.
1- orig black vinyl vers
silver lbl, black lettering
Matrix:
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
note- some characters in the 'L-17904' part look funny, like they were printed backwards/upside-down (e.g., the 9 looks like a 6)
2- numbered pic disc (107 of 150) with skyriders art fully covering 1 side, band photo completely fills the other side
no matrix #s
insert (yellow) with Iron Works info on it
I've been told this is a boot made in Europe long after the orig pressing
3- banzai lbl (Canada) pressing
different cover art (weird robot)
Lacks 'the watching' but includes 'black sunday' and 'instrumental'
4- metalcore lbl (France) pressing
different cover art, pink sky with warrior sitting on corpses
same track list as orig press
5- 'test pressing', clear vinyl
Came w/ orig cover.
silver lbl with black print, says 'advanced test press'. No album title given on label on one side, 'License To Kill' is listed as the title on the label on the other side.
Track list has License, Warfare, Symph, and Harder on one side, then Generally, Reign, Break Ya (aka Cardiac Arrest), & Crucifix on other, so 'The Watching' is omitted.
Matrix:
JP 485001-2 "IRON WORKS"
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS"
6- orig pic disc
tank art on 1 side, band photo on other side. Same band photo as on the numbered pic disc described above, but here the pic does not fill the entire side; there is some 'black space' along the sides.
I don't have the track list written down.
Matrix
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
So, same as orig black vinyl pressing given above
In plain, black, die-cut cover
7- One-sided pic disc 'test press'
skyriders art on the non-grooved side, art does not fill the entire disc; white space around the sides with "Jag Panzer, "License to Kill", Advanced Test Pressing" written in the white space below the picture. The other side has a gray label with black print and credits the title of the album as "License to Kill".
Matrix
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS" (same as the 'test press' described (#5) above)
In plain, black, die-cut sleeve
Track list is License, War, Symphony, Harder (same as on A-side of the 'test press' described above)
8- 'test press', black vinyl
Did not come with orig cover.
Silver lbl with black print. No album title given on label on one side, 'License To Kill' is listed as the title on the label on the other side.
Track list on both sides identical to the 'test press' described above
Matrix
JP 485001-2 "IRON WORKS"
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS"
So identical to the test press and the 1-sided pic disc described above
9- clear vinyl orig press
Silver label, red print
Held up to light, it appeared perfectly clear. When laid down on the plain white inner sleeve, it might have had a very slight yellowish hue.
Track list same as orig press (#1) described above
Matrix
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
So, identical to the orig black vinyl press
SUMMARY
Let's ignore the Canadian and French pressings and the numbered pic disc; those were obviously individual pressings not tied directly to Azra/IW.
Matrices:
There must have been 2 sets of plates for the album: the original set has the 'IW 1001-" matrix numbers and includes 'The Watching', and the other set has the "JP 485001-" matrix numbers and does not include 'The Watching'.
Labels
Original pressings may have black or red print on the label. All call the album "Ample Destruction".
All later pressings with the JP matrix have black print. These have no title listed under 'JAG PANZER' on one label but 'License to Kill' listed as the album title underneath 'JAG PANZER' on the other side.
The original plates were used on the black vinyl, clear vinyl, and tank pic disc described above.
The 'JP 485001-" plates were used for the black vinyl test press, the clear vinyl test press, and the 1-sided pic disc test press.
Many collectors seem to agree that the versions I'm referring to as 'test presses' (#s 5, 7, and 8 ) were actually pressed up much later, in the late 90s/00s. That seems to be when they started appearing on ebay and the collector's market, where they were advertised as 'test presses' (that is why I'm calling them test presses, though they may not be 'test presses' in the traditional sense of the term). All three of these versions definitely came from a set of plates different from those that were used to press up the official release of 'Ample Destruction'.
All details below come from copies of 9 different versions I have inspected in person; none of that "uh, I saw it posted somewhere on the interwebs 10 years ago" bullshit here. There are definitely other versions out there; this is not meant to be a complete list.
I have not included any info about the recent reissues on High Roller; I think we can all figure out those on our own.
1- orig black vinyl vers
silver lbl, black lettering
Matrix:
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
note- some characters in the 'L-17904' part look funny, like they were printed backwards/upside-down (e.g., the 9 looks like a 6)
2- numbered pic disc (107 of 150) with skyriders art fully covering 1 side, band photo completely fills the other side
no matrix #s
insert (yellow) with Iron Works info on it
I've been told this is a boot made in Europe long after the orig pressing
3- banzai lbl (Canada) pressing
different cover art (weird robot)
Lacks 'the watching' but includes 'black sunday' and 'instrumental'
4- metalcore lbl (France) pressing
different cover art, pink sky with warrior sitting on corpses
same track list as orig press
5- 'test pressing', clear vinyl
Came w/ orig cover.
silver lbl with black print, says 'advanced test press'. No album title given on label on one side, 'License To Kill' is listed as the title on the label on the other side.
Track list has License, Warfare, Symph, and Harder on one side, then Generally, Reign, Break Ya (aka Cardiac Arrest), & Crucifix on other, so 'The Watching' is omitted.
Matrix:
JP 485001-2 "IRON WORKS"
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS"
6- orig pic disc
tank art on 1 side, band photo on other side. Same band photo as on the numbered pic disc described above, but here the pic does not fill the entire side; there is some 'black space' along the sides.
I don't have the track list written down.
Matrix
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
So, same as orig black vinyl pressing given above
In plain, black, die-cut cover
7- One-sided pic disc 'test press'
skyriders art on the non-grooved side, art does not fill the entire disc; white space around the sides with "Jag Panzer, "License to Kill", Advanced Test Pressing" written in the white space below the picture. The other side has a gray label with black print and credits the title of the album as "License to Kill".
Matrix
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS" (same as the 'test press' described (#5) above)
In plain, black, die-cut sleeve
Track list is License, War, Symphony, Harder (same as on A-side of the 'test press' described above)
8- 'test press', black vinyl
Did not come with orig cover.
Silver lbl with black print. No album title given on label on one side, 'License To Kill' is listed as the title on the label on the other side.
Track list on both sides identical to the 'test press' described above
Matrix
JP 485001-2 "IRON WORKS"
JP 485001-A "IRON WORKS"
So identical to the test press and the 1-sided pic disc described above
9- clear vinyl orig press
Silver label, red print
Held up to light, it appeared perfectly clear. When laid down on the plain white inner sleeve, it might have had a very slight yellowish hue.
Track list same as orig press (#1) described above
Matrix
IW 1001-A kdisc KP YES HE STILL IS L-17904
IW 100-B kdisc KP D.T. DID IT L-17904-X
So, identical to the orig black vinyl press
SUMMARY
Let's ignore the Canadian and French pressings and the numbered pic disc; those were obviously individual pressings not tied directly to Azra/IW.
Matrices:
There must have been 2 sets of plates for the album: the original set has the 'IW 1001-" matrix numbers and includes 'The Watching', and the other set has the "JP 485001-" matrix numbers and does not include 'The Watching'.
Labels
Original pressings may have black or red print on the label. All call the album "Ample Destruction".
All later pressings with the JP matrix have black print. These have no title listed under 'JAG PANZER' on one label but 'License to Kill' listed as the album title underneath 'JAG PANZER' on the other side.
The original plates were used on the black vinyl, clear vinyl, and tank pic disc described above.
The 'JP 485001-" plates were used for the black vinyl test press, the clear vinyl test press, and the 1-sided pic disc test press.
Many collectors seem to agree that the versions I'm referring to as 'test presses' (#s 5, 7, and 8 ) were actually pressed up much later, in the late 90s/00s. That seems to be when they started appearing on ebay and the collector's market, where they were advertised as 'test presses' (that is why I'm calling them test presses, though they may not be 'test presses' in the traditional sense of the term). All three of these versions definitely came from a set of plates different from those that were used to press up the official release of 'Ample Destruction'.