Editing Out of Step (EP) (section)

==Background, recording and reissues==
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After a temporary break-up in 1982, Minor Threat entered [[Inner Ear Studios]] in January 1983 to record ''Out of Step''. The album was produced and engineered by [[Don Zientara]]. The lyrics on ''Out of Step'' deal mainly with friendships and problems associated with them, unlike their previous recordings which were an outlet for MacKaye's message.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The album artwork was drawn by [[Cynthia Connolly]].

In May–June 1983, [[Southern Studios]] founder [[John Loder (sound engineer)|John Loder]] traveled from England to New York where Minor Threat would play a show, and there he offered the band to release ''Out of Step'' in the UK. The band knew that he was working with [[Crass]] which led them to accept the offer, starting a long-standing relationship between Dischord Records and Southern Studios.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=LouderSound|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock|title=Ian MacKaye on Minor Threat, Fugazi and the power of Punk Rock|first=Paul |last=Brannigan|publication-date=April 16, 2014 |date=2011|location=Washington, D.C.|url-status=live|archive-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109204814/https://www.loudersound.com/features/ian-mackaye-on-minor-threat-fugazi-and-the-power-of-punk-rock}}</ref>

The first vinyl pressing of the album (with plain black cover) appears on the ''Complete Discography'' compilation. After the second pressing, the band remixed the album and this version remained in print on vinyl until the 2000s. The latter is distinguishable by a colored stripe with suggested retail price across the front, and "Dischord 10 UK" and "Utopia" in the dead wax. The biggest differences between the original mix and the remixed version are in the songs "Out of Step" and the initially untitled "Cashing In".

In the mid-2000s, the album was remastered on vinyl by Chicago Mastering Service, with no stripe.