• Vinyl record set for Bad Brains Are You Ready? featuring the album cover with a black-and-white band photo, a clear Bad Brains vinyl record pressed at Inner Ear Studios, a yellow lyric sheet, and a sheet of photo negatives—including exclusive material from the iconic “Pay to Cum” first recording.

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Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear - March 1979)(P2) Black Dot Edition - Vinyl LP

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THIS IS A PRESALE AND WILL BEGIN SHIPPING ON 12/18/26


Clear Vinyl with Opaque “Black Dot” Center

First-ever release of the incendiary March 1979 Bad Brains session from Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA

Includes the first studio recording of "Pay to Cum"

Mixed for release by Ian MacKaye at Inner Ear (2026)

Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic

45 RPM 12" transparent wax with B-side etching featuring artwork by Darryl Jenifer

Double-sided insert featuring rarely seen images from the Bad Brains archive, plus liner notes by Alec MacKaye

Design and layout by Kill Your Idols Studio

TRACKLIST
SIDE A: 
1. Jammin' at the Atlantis
2. Pay to Cum
3. Don't Bother Me
4. Black Dots
5. Migraine
6. Send No Flowers

SIDE B: Etching