Title: Various Artists – Four Old Seven Inches on a Twelve Inch
Year: 1984
Matrix #: Dischord No. 14
Condition: New
Description: Released in 1984 by Washington D.C.’s Dischord Records, this compilation gathered early and out-of-print seven-inch singles from bands that shaped the city’s hardcore scene. At the time, D.C. shows were infamous for intensity — police raids, basement venues packed shoulder-to-shoulder, and fans inventing the now-standard stage dive and circle pit. Dischord pressed records like this to document a movement that felt both temporary and explosive, preserving the chaos of one of America’s most influential underground cultures.