The Far Gone album is a brutal story. Love Battery was making the jump to a major label, and Far Gone was scheduled for release on PolyGram. The deal fell through due to a contractual dispute with Sub Pop. Knowing that Love Battery still planned to bolt for a major label, though, Sub Pop decided to release the album, but had no incentive to put much effort into it. They took the rough mix for Far Gone and released it as the album without final production. It shows. The album contains some of the best songs written by Love Battery, and I wish I could hear them with some better mixing. Once the album was released, Sub Pop buried it, providing minimal promotional support and quickly allowing it to disappear into their back catalogue.
Many years later, in an interview, a member of Love Battery said they were in talks with Sub Pop to remaster Far Gone for a re-release. I haven't heard anything since.
As far as the vinyl was concerned, they released it domestically in limited quantities, all on black vinyl, and as a European release on both black and red vinyl. The red vinyl version was limited to 500 copies. As with many color vinyl releases, there were some copies of this record in which the red and black mixed a bit. I found a red one with speckled black in it (see pic below).
All versions of Far Gone were inexpensive and readily available for most of the 30+ years since the album's release. However, Love Battery vinyl seems to be appreciating more rapidly in recent years. All three versions of this record have risen in price in that time.
| Version | Value ($) | Scarcity | Price Trending |
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| SP208 Black | 20-30 | 3 | Up |
| SP94/266 Red (500) | 20-30 | 5 | Up |
| SP94/266 Black | 15-25 | 1 | Up |
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| Test Pressing: | SP208: Black vinyl, white RTI labels SP94/266: Black vinyl, white labels |
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