Dischord vinyl back catalog to be re-released

Following on from all the recent reports of the CD sale decline long standing punk label Dischord will be opening up it's vinyl vaults and re-issuing their back catalog.

According to TinyMixTapes Dischord will be:
We will begin by re-pressing current titles, and later re-issuing others, all re-cut at Chicago Mastering Service and featuring complimentary MP3 album downloads. This move will coincide with a small but long overdue price increase from $10 to $11 (on Dischord vinyl only) that will begin with newly pressed titles and extend to all titles in January 2009.

available now:
Minor Threat - Out of Step 12-inch EP (now on 45 rpm, new cover from original drawings, black vinyl)

 Minor Threat - First 2 7 inches 12-inch EP (now on 45 rpm, new yellow cover, black vinyl) -

Faith/Void - Split LP (on purple vinyl) - One Last Wish - 1986 (first time on LP)

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Need more proof that vinyl is mack in business? Pop Matters reports  that Capitol/EMI is on a campaign to re-issue some of the most popular releases from their vast catalogue in 180-gram audiophile quality with the original LP artwork and packaging in limited edition form. These albums are gorgeous and remind those of us who grew up in the pre-MP3 age of the vital role the physicality and artistic presentation of a new record played in learning to love the music itself. Recent releases in this series include such can’t miss titles as John Lennon’s Imagine, Radiohead’s The Bends/OK Computer/Kid A, the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, the Band’s Music from the Big Pink/The Band, Jimi Hendrix’s Hendrix, and many more.