Who’s Gonna Save The People From Each Other - Recycled (Random Color) Vinyl LP

- Reverse board printed jacket
- Full color insert
- 5mil crystal clear polypropylene outer sleeve
- 1 x digital download

Having met at Combined Effort matinees in downtown Albany 1987-88 and Common Ground shows in Schenectady shortly after, in the summer of 1989 five high school kids from across the Capital District started a band and recorded a demo that was well distributed and much loved amongst the scene. It was during this session at Hyland Studio on Central Ave when Ted, with pen in hand to label the cassette tape, asked “so what’s the name?” They became Substance. The band’s line-up quickly started to change while going on to play shows from NYC to Burlington, Syracuse to the Anthrax... all ages to clubs... hardcore to metal. Some early live recordings were well circulated (Eagles Lodge fall 1989, WNYU Crucial Chaos spring 1990), and they made appearances on the Welcome to Albany (1990) and This Town We Own (1991) 7” compilations – which was the only light seen from several studio recordings including the final four-song 7” session (summer 1991), unreleased until now. In 2025 the 34 year old multi-track tape was exhumed from storage on the West Coast, and shipped to a studio in Nashville that still had a rare old working Akai mixing console to digitize the audio, and in 2026 the music returned to upstate New York where it was remixed and remastered. Hear the previously unreleased Substance 7” on side A of this LP, and on side B some other recordings from along the way.

Vinyl Pressing Info:
Random Color 12” Vinyl - Limited to 100 copies
Reverse board printed jacket
Full color insert 5mil crystal clear polypropylene outer sleeve

Tracks 1-4: Alpha Recording Studio August 1991, Mixed by Pacemaker Audio 2026. Buddy-G, Brock-D, Dan-V, Mario-B
Track 5: Sweet Fish Recording Studio November 10, 1989. Buddy-G, Brock-D, Dan-V, Will-B, Chuck-G
Track 6: Hyland Recording Studio July 12, 1990. Buddy-G, Brock-D, Dan-V, Mario-G, Will-B
Track 7: Hyland Recording Studio 1991. Buddy-G, Brock-D, Dan-V, Mario-B
Tracks 8-9: Crucial Chaos Radio Show WNYU March 1, 1990. Buddy-G, Brock-D, Dan-V, Will-B

Mastered by Pacemaker Audio 2026
Tracks 1-5 digitally transferred from magnetic tape by Nashville Tape Transfer 2025
All songs and lyrics by Substance
With tribute and great respect to Dave Stein, Chris Randolph, our veterans, friends, and family.

Track Listing:
A1. Thorn In My Side
A2. Contrast In Colors
A3. Eclipse
A4. Face In A Crowd
B1. Sea Of Fear
B2. Quest
B3. Distance
B4. Substance Stomp
B5. Suppressed