Government Wall single

Here it is, folks, the manmaker, the shitstopper, the first release Mad ever released as Mad, and not Berrie as they were originally named. This was the first ever single they released, as well as the first release under their self-run and short-lived Insect Noise label.

This is seemingly Mad's rarest release besides the Poison Revolution demo they released under the name Berrie; as of this writing, the only listing for it on Yahoo Auctions sits at a whopping 32,800 yen to buy out (about $328 USD, considering the exchange rate between the US and Japan is pretty much 1:1). I got mine for 4,800, which is way cheaper, but more than I've ever paid for any other Mad release before import fees. (Humanity only cost me a few dollars less, and came with no Buyee fees.)

Unfortunately, neither this nor the Insect Noise release of Humanity list an intended release date like other Japanese CD releases do, but again, thanks to Tak Mad's blog on Mad merchandise, I've found them: the Government Wall single was released on August 1st, 1990, while Humanity was released exactly two months later, on October 1st.

This single was released in a longbox-cased 8cm CD single, just like the three P.O.P.-era singles, the single for Eject→Out, and the single for Walk!, which should be in my mailbox today.