• The Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear - March 1979)(P2) Black Dot Edition - Vinyl LP includes a clear Bad Brains vinyl record, an album cover featuring the band’s photo and logo, a black-and-white contact sheet from the legendary Inner Ear Studios session, and a yellow information sheet.

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

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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