The Hands That Strangle You Are Yours

I started buying and collecting vinyl records 6 or 7 years ago. One of the first bands I started collecting was Career Suicide. In my opinion, these guys are the best hardcore act around today. Collecting their vinyl has been fun. They have lots of little variations to hunt out and quite a few handmade items in the catalog. It's probably one of my biggest and most impressive collections, so I wanted to document it here.

S/T 7"This is the bands first 7" released on Kangaroo Records. 1000 were made.

(1st Press, of 1000)

Sars 7"This is Career Suicide's second 7" released on Deranged Records. It went through two pressings and then was remastered for a third pressing.

(Rejected Test Press 2, 1st Pressing, of 6)

(1st Press, Stamped Logo on Cover, of ??)

(1st Press, Silk Screened Logo on Cover, of 1500)

(1st Press, West Coast Tour Edition, Stamped Cover, of 300)

(1st Press, West Coast Tour Edition, Un-Stamped Cover, of 300)

(2nd Press, of 600)

(3rd Press, Clear Vinyl, of 500)

(3rd Press, of 500)

S/T 12"This is Career Suicide's first LP. The first pressing is on Ugly Pop Records. A couple years later, Parts Unknown Records did a second pressing.

(Rejected Test Press, 1st Press, of 6)

(Test Press, 1st Press, 1/1)

(1st Press, Full Blast Edition, 8 of 25)

(1st Press, European Tour Edition, of 100)

(1st Press, of 1300)

(Test Press, 2nd Press, 3 of 7)

(2nd Press, of 2000)

Jed Whitey Split 12"This is the split with the band Jed Whitey. There were 2000 copies from Deranged Records.

(1st Press, Japanese Tour Edition, of 10)

(1st Press, Tour Edition, of 100)

(1st Press, of 2000)

Signals 7"This is the bands fifth release, the Signals 7" on Slasher Records. There were two pressings on Slasher and Even Worse/Way Back When records also did a picture disk version.

(Test Press, 1st Press, of 9)

(1st Press, Red Tour Cover, of 150)

(1st Press, Blue Tour Cover, of ??)

(1st Press, Hand Colored Tour Cover, of 150)

(1st Press, Glued Cover, of 2000)

(1st Press, Folded Cover, of 2000)

(2nd Press, Stamped Labels, of 500)

(1st Press, Limited Edition, Picture Disk, 3 of 5)

(1st Press, Picture Disk, of 1000)

Invisible Eyes 12"This is Career Suicide's second 12", Invisible Eyes. 3000 were made over two pressings, both on Feral Ward Records.

(1st Press, Japanese Tour Edition, of 200)

(1st Press, of 2000)

(2nd Press, of 1000)

Career Suicide 12"This is actually a repress of the band's first 7". The artwork changed and there were extra songs added. There were 2000 pressed on Deranged Records.

(Rejected Test Press, 1st Press, of 8)

(Test Press, 1st Press, 17 of 20)

(1st Press, Mail Order Edition, of 200)

(1st Press, European Tour Edition, of 300)

(1st Press, of 2000)

Attempted Suicide 12"Up next is the Attempted Suicide LP. This came out in three pressings on Deranged Records. After the first pressing, the record was remastered for the second and third pressings.

(1st Press, Japanese Tour Edition, of 100)

(1st Press, U.S. Tour Edition, of 300)

(1st Press, Stamped Dust Sleeve, of 350)

(Test Press, 2nd Press, of 8)

(2nd Press, of 800)

(3rd Press, of 500)

Cherry Beach 7"Finally is the Cherry Beach 7". Originally released as a tour only 7", it was bootlegged by the band for some shows in Toronto. Finally, it was re-recorded with new songs and released on Dirtnap Records.