Make an Effort EP
First Pressing
Released 1983
Fountain of Youth Records #4
1000 pressed on black vinyl
Unknown number of test pressings with unique sleeve
Notes: First pressing of 1000 released 1983 on Fountain of Youth Records. Black vinyl with small spindle hole, fold over sleeve with lyric sheet. Test pressings had plain white labels, large spindle hole and a unique photocopied sleeve.
Songs: Teenager in a Box, No
Way Out, Twisted Views, Sheer Terror.
Second Pressing
Fountain of Youth Records #4
Notes: Second pressing of 1000? on clear vinyl with thick glued sleeve, lyric sheet, and small spindle hole. Front cover image was flipped and enlarged for this and all subsequent pressings. Back cover art is totally different.
Third Pressing
THD Records (no cat #)
1000? pressed, all on clear vinyl with a small spindle hole and lyric sheet
Notes: These had foldover covers and the same artwork was used for the covers and labels as was used on the clear vinyl Fountain of Youth pressing, only the THD logo was added on the back sleeve and on one of the labels. The lyric sheet was a copy of the original (actually the original had 2 variations of lyric sheet).
Fourth Pressing
Tragic Life Records
Released 1997
300 pressed on clear vinyl
724 pressed on black vinyl
Fifth Pressing
Corrupted Image Records (no cat #) released 1996
450 pressed, all on black/white swirled vinyl.
Notes: Foldover sleeve, no insert, small spindle hole.There is a sticker with the label name and info on the back cover and on the labels you can see where some info was covered up with a black marker. It appears that this was originally going to be released under a different label name and then changed after everything was printed.
Sixth Pressing
Reflex Records (Belgium) #5
Released 2002
100 pressed on white vinyl
100 pressed on red vinyl
1800 pressed on black vinyl
10 test pressings with large hole
Notes: Foldever sleeve, small spindle hole. The lyric sheet is printed on the inside of the sleeve. The color vinyl was only available by direct mail-order.
