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Trust Vinyl-Compilation

Various — Trust Vinyl-Compilation, 1987. Verified release details and tracklist.

Label
X-Mist Records
Catalog
XM 005
Year
1987
Format
Vinyl

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Listening notes

Released in 1987 on X-Mist Records, Trust Vinyl-Compilation carries the catalog number XM 005 and brings together seven tracks across two sides of vinyl. The release falls under the genres of hardcore, punk, and rock, and was issued as a various artists compilation, a format that labels operating in independent and underground circles frequently used during this period to document activity across multiple acts on a single record.

Side A opens with "Revolution?", followed by "Brain Attack" and "I'm Trapped." The sequencing places three tracks on the first side, while Side B carries four: "Your Grave," "Trapped In Labels," "Don't Fight Me," and "Plastic Consumer." The track titles alone suggest lyrical preoccupations consistent with the hardcore and punk traditions — themes of confinement, consumer culture, and confrontation appear across the tracklist in straightforward, declarative language.

X-Mist Records, operating under the catalog prefix XM, had reached at least its fifth release by the time this compilation appeared, as indicated by the XM 005 designation. Beyond what the catalog number implies about the label's output at that stage, no further verified information about the label's history or roster is available here for comment.

The compilation format itself was a practical and ideologically coherent choice within underground music communities of the 1980s, allowing multiple artists to share a single release and reach audiences who might not have encountered individual acts through other channels. Whether that context applies directly to how Trust Vinyl-Compilation was assembled or distributed is not something the available facts can confirm.

This is an unreviewed draft. Track durations, contributing artists, personnel, and pressing details are not documented in the source data and have been omitted accordingly.

Tracklist

On the record

  1. 1Side A
  2. A1Revolution?
  3. A2Brain Attack
  4. A3I'm Trapped
  5. 5Side ∀
  6. B1Your Grave
  7. B2Trapped In Labels
  8. B3Don't Fight Me
  9. B4Plastic Consumer

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