Bad Brains Set November Release for 1979 Studio Session

Bad Brains and Trust Records have announced the November 6 release of a newly mixed six-song recording session the band made at Inner Ear Studios in March 1979. The collection, titled Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear - March 1979), is slated for vinyl, cassette and digital formats, with Ian MacKaye handling the new mix. The release includes an early studio recording of “Pay to Cum,” which the announcement describes as previously unreleased. The track was recorded more than a year before the song’s 1980 debut single. The other songs listed are “Don’t Bother Me,” “Black Dots,” “Migraine,” “Send No Flowers” and “Jamming at the Atlantis.” The recording was made during a session that lasted about an hour, according to the announcement. The band shared the “Pay to Cum” recording alongside news of the collection. The release materials characterize the session as Bad Brains’ earliest known studio recording, though the available information does not establish what archival evidence supports that designation. The November release is also set to be accompanied by two events in Washington, D.C.