D.R.I.* – Dealing With It!

This Beer City release annoyed the hell out of me with it's muffled sound, the richness of the cymbals are totally compressed. I've no idea what they used to master this, and anyone saying "well, it was cheaply recorded to begin with" is missing the point. I recalled the pressing I bought back in 87 sounding much better, so I got another 87 press and, yep, sounds much, much better than this. If you are okay with a "able" reissue and don't want to spend a little extra for earlier pressings, here you go. You want the one that sounds the best? Go for an original 85 or 87 Death Records issue. Beer City screwed up DRI's Crossover as well - completely distorted and unlistenable.

The only thing better than this record is oxygen . A masterpiece period that will never be matched

how can i tell if my copy of this album is the 2014 russian bootleg or the 1991 version?

Dusted this one off for a spin and It sounds freakin' great.

With a bit of equalization this sounds perfectly acceptable despite the bad reviews some of these Beer City presses get.
It was recorded on the cheap to begin with.
Not at Abbey Road Studios.
Get a decent sound system ffs.

Avoid beer city at all cost,everything they press sounds like dog shit

After giving this a deep wet clean and ultrasonic bath, this thing still has a considerable amount of surface noise, mostly only audible during quiet parts, which there aren't many! ;) The sound quality overall is good, albeit a tad boxy sounding at times, probably in the mixing and not the pressing. Great album regardless!

This is my second copy of this LP. The first one I returned, manufacture defect. track skipped over and over.

My first go around in college was for a 'sound engineering' degree. My multi-track teacher was Dan Yeaney. I was already a huge DRI fan, and I was listening to it one day after class. I was reading the liner notes and was like, WHOA, Dan recorded this blistering album!! Dan is a super cool guy, and I got him to tell us the story of this session. This remains my favorite of the 80's hardcore. Just a stone cold classic.

According to the catelog number, this version came out in 1988. The Restless/Death version is the first US CD pressing.