Meanstreak "Road Kill" Mercenary CD?

[Guest Spyder]

I am new to this forum. I have a question about the band Meanstreak. I recently picked up the CD "Road Kill" on Mercenary. I cannot find any info on the CD but can find info on the UK version. Does any know if this is a bootleg or is it rare enough that I cannot find any info? It is an awesome CD by a fantastic girl thrash metal band.

[anamal]

I am new to this forum. I have a question about the band Meanstreak. I recently picked up the CD "Road Kill" on Mercenary. I cannot find any info on the CD but can find info on the UK version. Does any know if this is a bootleg or is it rare enough that I cannot find any info? It is an awesome CD by a fantastic girl thrash metal band.

 

 

 

not a bootleg, i have the same version..great cd..a little info on the members..3 of the members are married to 3 members of dream theater

[Fat Freddy]

Mercenary was Meanstreak's U.S. label if memory serves. The album was distributed by Music For Nations in Europe.

 

Great album... kinda like Metal Church with PMS

[Guest Spyder]

Great response. Is this copy harder to get than the UK copy?

[SUICIDE]

You got the proper version. Bootleg version was on Time Warp Records and other CD-R copies from the vinyl exist and are sold also.

There is a UK remastered version but not sure how legit that one is. Can't remember the company it was on.

[zrock63]

I have the cassette version on Mercenary, I never have come across the cd version, it's on my replacement cassette to cd list.

[Guest Spyder]

I have the cassette version on Mercenary, I never have come across the cd version, it's on my replacement cassette to cd list.

 

Here's a pic of the CD

 

 

 

[SUICIDE]

What is the barcode number on that CD?

[Guest Spyder]

There sre no bar codes on the front or back cover or CD.

[SUICIDE]

Very strange. A reissued version on CD not having barcodes. Who would they be selling that version to?... is the question. Can not see issuing a CD without a barcode other than a version being a band self-release (which it is not according to the CD company names on the disc), sort of promo, fan club issue, by mail only CD, or a dreaded 'Bootleg'.

 

Also something very odd about the the disc artwork is the mis-alignment of the black on certain parts of the disc. The Mercenary logo (if Black) is aligned properly with the other colour yet the info and circle 'Celluloid info' is crazy offlined. Very bad printing.

[Guest Spyder]

The center matrix reads;

 

Manufactured by American Helix CD00140 W.O. #E6554-1

 

American Helix operated in 1988.

 

Intruder had a CD manufatered by the same company in 1990.

See this Ebay auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=370248920698

[SUICIDE]

Yes. American Helix was a CD manufacturing company in the past. Those are work order numbers on the matrix.

It is possible a barcode could have been a sticker on the sealing plastic (if sealed) or on the original case as a sticker...which would then only have a series of numbers listed on the tray or inside the artwork (Barcodes for CDs are usually 12 or 13 numbers long).

 

But still the printing on that disc is oddly bad. Which could just mean a bad print job.

[Guest Spyder]

I agree the artwork is poor to good but I believe that it is an original copy not a bootleg. Maybe we can hear from others who have the CD and compare.

[relivinthe80's]

Mine has the same CD info and no bar code to be found.

 

Meanstreak - Roadkill scan

[Guest Spyder]

Mine has the same CD info and no bar code to be found.

 

Meanstreak - Roadkill scan

 

 

nice to know mine is not the only one. Does your graphics look as bad as mine? What does your matrix read?

[Guest Spyder]

I got an email from someone who has the cassette version and they have no barcodes either.

[SUICIDE]

Another Mercenary Records release from 1987: VICTORY 'Don't Get Mad-Get Even'

 

It is now obvious the disc artwork template Mercenary (or whatever company is getting these pressed) uses is misaligned to start with as this disc is manufactured by another company but yet shows bad text alignment in areas as MEANSTREAK.

Also, the 'O' is 'Celluloid' is printed better and is more clear.

 

 

The Back Tray for VICTORY has no barcode also and what looks to be like a misspelling on the bottom company info: 'Distributed' looks to be misspelled.

 

 

So overall just bad designing/printing on both packages.

 

 

 

But, still makes you wonder why in the late 80's a company would not be using barcodes on CDs.

[Guest Spyder]

I dunno why...still a great metal cd