The Pietasters
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Slug Tone! Records ST-04/Shadowbox Entertainment SB-001 CD, released 1993 (U.S.)
Some copies distributed by Moon Records as MR039
Jump Up! JUMP155LP, released 2018 (U.S.)
Ah, the legendary first Pietasters album...it was self-titled. Many, many people have referred to this
one as "Piestomp" over the years, but that is not its name. That almost became a disclaimer when discussing it with the band.
I can't imagine where people would have gotten the idea that it was named Piestomp...perhaps the t-shirts, stickers, and buttons had
something to do with it...
For many, many years, the album had only released on CD, but it was a tremendously collectable CD. It went out of print long ago, having been
released on the band's own Slug Tone label in 1993, and was extremely difficult to find throughout the vast majority of ska's third wave.
Really, by 1994, this was nowhere to be found. There were actually multiple versions of the CD (or at least the tray insert). The main difference
was that one had a "Distributed by Moon (MR039)" note on it and the other did not:
In the late '90s, though, the band announced that they had found some more copies of the disc, and it became available anew for a few months (this was in 1999, if
memory serves). I compared one of these to a copy from the original run, and all of the codes on the two discs were identical, so it didn't seem liek a re-press.
Anyway, this was a great debut. It is not as difficult to procure as it once was (though still not easy), and the tracks were all included on the
1992-1996 3 CD set. However, the versions of the songs on that
collection were the demo and single versions, which differ from the versions on the original album.
Ah yes, we can't forget about the vinyl. In 2018, Jump Up! teamed up with The Pietasters to finally give this one a proper vinyl release. It was available on both black and blue vinyl. For the moment, both are inexpensive, but that could change.
| Version | Value ($) | Scarcity | Price Trending |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST-04/SB-001 CD (with Moon reference) | 15-18 | 5 | Down |
| ST-04/SB-001 CD (no Moon reference) | 15-18 | 5 | Down |
| JUMP155LP Blue | 20-25 | 4 | Stable |
| JUMP155LP Black | 15-20 | 3 | Stable |
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This page was last updated on January 19, 2020.
