Side By Side ‘You're Only Young Once...’ LP (Limited Edition – Only 450 Made, Purple Marble Vinyl) Vinyl Record

Side By Side ‘You're Only Young Once...’ LP (Limited Edition – Only 450 Made, Purple Marble Vinyl) Vinyl Record

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Experience a cornerstone of New York hardcore with You're Only Young Once..., the influential release from Side By Side. Revered for its positive message, passionate performances, and lasting impact on the hardcore scene, this album remains an essential listen for fans of classic hardcore punk and straight-edge history.

Pressed on stunning Purple Marble Vinyl and limited to only 450 copies worldwide, this exclusive edition brings new life to a legendary release. The eye-catching color variant makes this pressing a standout collectible while preserving the raw energy and authenticity that made Side By Side a defining force in underground music.

Why you need it now

With only 450 copies produced, this limited-edition Purple Marble Vinyl pressing is expected to attract collectors and hardcore fans alike. Exclusive variants of influential hardcore releases often sell out quickly and become increasingly difficult to find once they leave retail shelves.

Whether you're a longtime fan of Side By Side, a collector of classic New York hardcore vinyl, or looking to own a piece of punk history, You're Only Young Once... delivers timeless music, cultural significance, and exceptional collectible appeal. Secure your copy today before this limited pressing is gone for good.

While their tenure didn’t last long, Side By Side were one of most important players in the youth crew hardcore scene that took over New York in the late Eighties. Released in 1988, their sole EP, You’re Only Young Once, is a staple in Revelation Records’s iconic catalog for its catchy, spirited anthems preaching straight-edge sobriety and youthful camaraderie. Many of the teenage-made recordings from this era don’t hold up, but “Backfire,” “Living a Lie” and their Side By Side’s eponymous salvo definitely do.

In its most basic form, hardcore is the focal point of the energy, recklessness and frustration of youth. No band from New York embodied this raw emotion so much as SIDE BY SIDE, vocalizing their disenfranchisement like none who came before them and none who have come since.

Though short lived, the desperation and immediate impact of SIDE BY SIDE was deeply felt. Coming across not as a preaching, we're-better-than-you band, and with the gruff realness that many felt was absent in some of their peers, SIDE BY SIDE tore through the boundaries that were growing in the punk and hardcore scene. They stand today as one of the lasting images of the birth of a new sound, a new scene - taking the sound of early NY punk and hardcore bands like URBAN WASTE and fusing it with a positive message not unlike 7 SECONDS, but with the anger and intensity of MINOR THREAT.


You're Only Young Once... is a documentation of nearly all the captured studio output of this infamous band, including the highly sought after 7” and their 3 compilation tracks. You’re Only Young Once… is packaged for the first time as a LP recreating the layout of the decades out-of-print 7” and including a full color fold out lyric sheet. Though they played a mere 12 shows, their legacy is as strong as their "youth crew" brethren like YOUTH OF TODAY, BOLD, and JUDGE. A moment in time preserved by these recordings, and the energy and aggression is almost as urgent as the day it was recorded.

This vinyl variant is on “purple marble” and limited to only 450 copies, so order yours today!

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