Hell's Attik

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The Holy Grail is here!  Grab a piece of Beastie History!
 Mega Rare Test Pressing of the first Beastie Boys 12”!

This monster came out in 1985 right before Licensed to Ill, but was promptly withdrawn 
because they did not have permission to use the samples (ACDC, Beatles, Led Zeppelin).

‘Rock Hard’ was one of the first songs released by the Beastie Boys. 
It has long been removed from print and is now considered a rare, hot collector’s item. 
The song samples from the AC/DC song “Back in Black”; the Beastie Boys used this sample 
without legal permission. Later, when the Boys planned to include the out-of-print song 
on their 1999 anthology The Sounds of Science, AC/DC refused to allow the sample to be used. 
Mike D spoke to AC/DC’s Malcolm Young personally on the phone when their lawyers refused 
to clear the sample, and later said that “AC/DC could not get with the sample concept. 
They were just like, “Nothing against you guys, but we just don’t endorse sampling.” Ad-Rock then added, “So we told them that we don’t endorse people playing guitars.”

The cover design is also famous for now being the official Def Jam records logo for vinyl releases; to this day, vinyl singles released by Def Jam have this design.