Unrest - Imperial f.f.r.r. - LP

A limited vinyl edition of this classic album with the original design and layout of the first pressing from 1992. All the details have been re-created including the lyric sheet, the blue box around the amplifier on the front, the label art, and even the Ajax and No.6 Records logos and addresses. The original didn't have a barcode, so we've created a spiffy new removeable OBI card for that featuring a photograph by Mike Galinsky of the band playing at New York's Spiral club in 1991.

On red inside clear color-in-color vinyl or black inside clear color-in-color. Photos here are only an approximation of what it will look like.

Imperial f.f.r.r. was Unrest’s breakthrough album in 1992. It has withstood the test of time and is now considered an indie-rock classic and one of the best albums of the 1990s. Formed in 1984, at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, the band started releasing homemade cassettes on their own Teenbeat label. Imperial f.f.r.r. is their sixth album and marked the arrival of original Velocity Girl vocalist Bridget Cross joining drummer Phil Krauth and singer/guitarist Mark Robinson. It was recorded by Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth) at his home studio in Manhattan. After the release of Imperial f.f.r.r., the band released singles on Sub Pop and K and soon thereafter signed to legendary U.K. indie 4AD, releasing their final studio album Perfect Teeth in 1993.

This limited edition features the original design and layout of the very first pressing from 1992. All the details have been recreated including the lyric sheet, the blue box around the amplifier on the front, the label art, and even the Ajax and No.6 Records logos. The original didn't have a barcode, so we've created a spiffy new removeable OBI card for that featuring a photograph by Mike Galinsky (The Decline of Mall Civilization) of the band playing at New York's Spiral club in 1991.

Mark Robinson. Phil Krauth. Bridget Cross. Unrest.
lat. 38º55’N long. 77º0’W

production: Mark Robinson, Phil Krauth, Wharton Tiers.

engineer: Wharton Tiers.
lat. 40º42’N long. 74º0’W

recording manager: Terry Tolkin.
lat. 40º40’N long. 74º10’W

all compositions written by Unrest.
©1991, 2016 TeenBeat 370 [BMI].

art curator: Naomi Wolff.
lat. 42º50’N long. 72º35’W

design: TeenBeat Graphica.

compositor: Torry Colichio.

photography: Mark Robinson.