CAREER SUICIDE: Career Suicide (Self-titled LP)

Sleeve - Front:
This is the second press with embossed CS logo - the logo on the first press is printed.

Sleeve - Back:
This is the second press with Parts Unknown logo bottom right hand side.

Dust Sleeve - Front

Dust Sleeve - Back

Vinyl - 'A' Side:
Spindle hole with CS logo

Vinyl - 'B' Side
Spindle hole with Parts Unknown 'glasses' logo.

Stats:
There are three basic versions of this record; a white label and regular pressings by Ugly Pop Records and a repress by Parts Unknown; the three versions are shown below:

Version 1: "Test Pressing" AKA "European Tour Version"

Year: August 2003
Label: Ugly Pop Records ‎– UP014
Matrix A: UP 014-A
Matrix B: UP 014-B
Inserts: A4 photocopied sheet with insert explaining background of release - see notes below
Pressing Info: Pressing of 100 on white label. Most have stamped labels, but a *few were not stamped and were kept as test pressings. (*The old CS website said 6 were used as Test Pressings, Discogs says 4) Some of the stamped ones were hand numbered randomly.
Notes: The band were not entirely happy with the mixing on this record, but they needed something available for the European Tour, so this limited run was pressed, packaged in generic black 'DJ' sleeves.

Ugly Pop "European Tour Version" AKA "Test Pressing"
Right: Black 'DJ' Sleeve with A4 insert laid on top
Left: Vinyl with stamped labels, most were also hand-numbered randomly.

Randomly numbered labels:
(Same record as previous picture above)

Insert for Euro Tour Press:
Includes brief explanation of why record is total crap

Version 2: Ugly Pop 'Regular Pressing'(s)

Year: November 2003 - Jan 2004
Label: Ugly Pop Records ‎– UP014
Matrix A: UP 014-A 45RPM
Matrix B: UP 014-B 45RPM
Inserts: No inserts, instead these have a printed dust sleeve with photos, credits etc (see pictures above).
Pressing Info:
1300 (Old CS Site) or 1112 (Discogs): Comprising 3 separate pressings of identical records between Nov 2003 & Jan 2004 (first press, of 312, second press of 500 and third press of 300).
25 "Full Blast Edition"
6 Rejected Test Pressings
1 Approved Test Pressing

Ugly Pop 'Regular / First Press'

Version 3: Embosed logo repress

Year: 2005
Label: Parts Unknown Records ‎– PUR-015
Matrix A: PUR - 015 - A
Matrix B: PUR - 015 - A
Inserts: This version comes with the same printed dust sleeve as the first press (see pictures above).
Pressing Info:
2000 (Old CS Site & Discogs) on 140g vinyl
7 Test Pressings (TP sleeve numbered out of 7) or 10 (Old CS Website)
Notes: As the pictures show, the Ugly Pop & parts Unknown versions look pretty much the same as each other; the main differences are that the white CS logo on the front of the repress sleeve is embossed and the record label logos on the 'B' side label and the bottom right of the back cover are different. Ethan says: When Parts Unknown took over the release, they had it remastered and ordered new test presses as well.

Embossed Logo (Repress on Parts Unknown Records)

Notes:

Extracts From ExD Interview published Mar 23 2008):
Jonah: The Ugly Pop record took a long time to come out so we released a second demo tape, which was songs from the Ugly Pop record. Before the LP record was actually released, came the 7” on Kangaroo records followed then by the “SARS” 7” and then the long awaited Ugly Pop LP came after that*, so our second and third record came out and then our first record came out...

*In terms of release dates dates, the self titled 7" came out first, followed by the 100 Test Press copies of the S/T LP ready for the Euro Tour. Following the tour, the proper First Press of the LP on Ugly Pop came out shortly after SARS (Probably).

"Bonus Career Suicide Interview Insert"
This is an A3, double-sided insert that came with "Not a Game" Hardcore Fanzine Issue 2 (2003). Interview originally conducted in Oct 2002 by Mike Haliechuk of "Breakout Fanzine" - the piece was put together to send to promoters in preparation for the Euro Tour.
You can read it by clicking HERE

Commodity Fetishism:

Ugly Pop "Euro Tour Press" variants acquired from former CS band members:
Left: Bespoke artwork on label - other label is stamped, but not numbered.
Right: One of the 4 (or 6) kept by the band as a test pressing (blank labels).

Ugly Pop Test Press (Euro Tour Press):
Left: Generic black 'DJ' Sleeve
Right: Another of the 4 (or 6) which did not have stamped labels and was kept as a Test Pressing; this one has hand-written labels

Ugly Pop Test Press - 'A' Side
(Same record as described above)

Ugly Pop Test Press (Euro Tour Press) - 'B' Side

Approved Test Press (Ugly Pop):
This relates to the 'Regular Pressings' on Ugly Pop. There is only one of these in existence, here's what Ethan says about it: I guess the record wasn’t done being mixed, but they ordered the 100 test presses to sell in Europe. After the tour, they finished mixing the record, had it repressed for the official first pressing. That’s where the 1/1 test pressing came in. After remixing, the band/label didn’t order new test presses, just the first pressing. The pressing plant made 1 test pressing for their files.

Ugly Pop Approved Test Pressing 1/1 - 'A' Side

Ugly Pop Approved Test Pressing 1/1 - 'B' Side

"Full Blast Edition" (Ugly Pop):
Ethan: The Full Blast edition was made by the record label. It’s a standard sleeve that they turned inside out and glued a photocopied cover onto. They were sold at Full Blast Records in Toronto.