 The EP was released in 12" vinyl format limited to 3,000 copies, with the first 100 copies pressed on translucent blue vinyl.The original EP is out of print, however all the songs were re-released on CD format on the compilation album "Hot Charity/Cut Carefully and Play Loud" in 2002.In the insert notes of the CD re-release, singer/guitarist John Reis describes "Cut Carefully and Play Loud" as "a snapshot of a band in hell."