With Marcus completing his Black Flag colored vinyl LP collection, and my purchase of an original pressing of Group Sex, I was once again inspired to get back to it. Frontier Records had three different colors available, transparent red, "mystery meat", and rootbeer brown. I bought one of each, and I'm still missing about 10 other colors. I love a challenge.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Group Sex Three Way
Thursday, March 28, 2013
In My Grey Eyes
This time around, we get another pressing of Nothing To Hide from In My Eyes. Grey vinyl is limited to 330. Considering that the pressing they did over the summer sold out so quick, I'm surprised that such a limited number were pressed for this run.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Get High From Painkiller
Described as "the most unsolicited re-release in Boston Hardcore history", I'll admit that I was scratching my head when Painkiller Records added the Get High Demo LP to their webstore. People care enough in 2013 to release these demos on vinyl? It had been a while since I'd last given that self titled Get High album a spin, and with Painkiller citing influences of Swiz, Soulside, and Shawn Brown era Dag Nasty, I was interested in checking it out.
I know that Get High had bored me in the past, but I found myself really looking forward to checking this LP out. I don't know why. Maybe it was the influence of the early to mid-90's kick that I'd been on...maybe I wanted something just a little different than the standard straight forward Hardcore. Whatever it was, the time was right. I put the needle on the vinyl and as soon as the first track, Mayinga, kicked in, I was hooked. I was transported back to those days of the early 90's...back when bands didn't necessarily feel the need to sound like someone else, and they just were who they were.
Numbered and limited to 289.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Revelation Rivals
I hopped in when pre-orders went up, and was able to get the coveted seafoam green colored vinyl. This color was limited to 438 and it was sold out within a couple of hours.
I wasn't really paying much attention when I was placing my original order. I assumed that the black vinyl was the most common pressing so I skipped on ordering it, figuring that I'd pick it up at some other time down the road. A couple of weeks after that order, I realized that black vinyl wasn't the most common, and I had to head back to REVHQ to get my order in before I was too late. Crisis averted. Black vinyl is limited to 655.
Not only does the singer, Brendan, remind me of Choke in this picture, but he is also rockin' a sweet looking Motorhead shirt. Right on. Gold was the most common color for the first pressing with 1,095 pieces.
The first pressing consisted of over 2,000 pieces of vinyl...and yet two months later, just as the record was starting to ship, Mob Justice was sold out and preorders went up for the second pressing on red.
Man, those colors look good together.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Mindset Give And Take
The clear vinyl pressing was exclusive for Mindset's European tour, and limited to 300. So glad I was able to get a copy by just donating to a good cause.
A couple weeks later, Mario left a comment on my Mindset post asking for my address. He said he had a surprise for me, and since I like surprises, I fired off an email to him with my info. Mario does the Across Your Face blog. He drinks, collects guns, and listens to too much oi! music...none of these things I understand...but the important thing here is that Mario is a good dude.
When Mindset came through town on their Cali tour, Mario was there and grabbed me a copy of Leave No Doubt on white. These things were only available on Mindset's tour and were limited to 100. Not only did he go out of his way to get me a copy, but he wouldn't let me pay him for it. Nope. "Just keep me in mind if you encounter any sweet tour pressing vinyl in the future", he said. Solid, solid dude.
Mario is correct. I'm just missing a test press and the record release version. After watching a record release pressing sell on ebay, I figured that I take a chance and email Ev Mindset directly to see if he had an extra copy that I could buy off him. Hell, I'd rather give the money directly to the band instead of someone just flipping on eBay, but I got no response to my question, so I'll suppose I'll have to be on the hunt with eBay.
In addition to the Mindset record, Mario also grabbed a copy of the Step Aside record that the band had with them on tour. I love a good tour pressing, and this Powell Peralta cover is top notch.
Hand numbered and limited to 50 for the Mindset/Step Aside/Counter weekend tour. This is the 8th copy of Reaching Out that I own. Wow. How did that happen?
Thanks again for the records Mario. Best of luck on your ride, Aram.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Wizards And A Heretic
As a preview of the new album, Orchid released a 10 inch single for Wizard Of War. Like their previous EP, Heretic, Nuclear Blast released this on vinyl as a 10 inch.
The 10 inch contains three songs...a preview track from the new album, a song exclusive to this release, as well as Albatross that was previously released on the band's Capricorn LP.
In addition to a couple copies of the new Orchid single, I figured that I'd throw in one of the new pressings for their Heretic EP as well.
Each one is hand numbered and limited to 250.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Beowulf: Taste The Steal
I watch a ton of stuff on eBay...a lot of which, I don't really intend to bid on. I'll add a record to the watch list just to see what happens with the auction...holding out a little bit of hope that maybe I'll be the only one watching it, and I'll be lucky enough to score it for cheap. Most often times it doesn't work out like that, but every once in a while the stars will all align, and things will fall in my favor.
Checking popsike, it looks as though the first Beowulf album goes for $50 to $80. While I like the album, I don't know if I $80 like it. Still, I'd been listening to the album non-stop for a couple of weeks, so I figured that I'd keep an eye on a recent auction. Even though I'm trying to limit my record spending these days, there was no way I was going to walk away from this $20 win.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Move Up Front
One of the pieces of vinyl that has been on my Want List for years, was a copy of Up Front's Spirit LP. A month or so ago, I was talking to a friend about this album, and I mentioned that I needed this on vinyl. It had been a while since I'd listened to it, so I decided to give it a spin. After a couple of back to back listens, I knew that it was time to get serious, and get my hands on the vinyl. $11.00 later, I had one from eBay. $11.00? Seriously? If I had known that it was going to be this easy, I would have pulled the trigger a while ago.
I didn't care what pressing that I got of this album. I just wanted one. Now that I own the blue vinyl, it has got me thinking about an original pressing, the red/pink cover, and the white vinyl. Time for another eBay search.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Give On White
With only 100 pressed on white vinyl, I'm kind of surprised that this color hasn't sold out yet. Then again, shipping cost more than one record, so maybe it isn't that big of a mystery.
400 pressed on black.
To differentiate itself from Assault Records Euro pressing, Deranged gives us plenty of changes. The most obvious is the white lettering on the cover.
Deranged also goes with a different photo on the back cover. There is a lot of hair in this band.
Finally, while Assault gives us a nice insert, Deranged goes with a nice brightly colored dust cover for the vinyl. Well done.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
GBH Impulse
I'd never heard the Fridge Too Far album. No Need To Panic was one of the first GBH albums that I'd heard back in the late 80's, and I even enjoyed 1990's From Here To Reality. With A Fridge Too Far released right between them, you'd have thought that I would have heard it before now. Nope. It had completely escaped me. When I saw the chance to win the album for cheap, I downloaded it, and five minutes later I was giving it my first listen. Thank you, technology.
This album has a similar sound to No Need To Panic, so I was instantly hooked. I threw down my bid, and waited out the last few hours of the auction. Obviously, no one else cared, as I won with one bid.
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Two Song Remission
When a new song was posted on Remission's bandcamp page, I couldn't wait to check it out. Whoa, what the fuck is this? I wasn't expecting this. Remission have slowed things down and decided to rock out. Disappointing to say the least. I listened to the song one time, and moved on. Still, I loved Remission, so I didn't want to completely write it off. When it was available, I still felt the need to order the record from REVHQ.
This record doesn't come close to their past greatness, but after spinning it a few times, it is starting to grow on me. The songs sound more like something off 411's This Isn't Me LP, and less like Verbal Assault. Bands grow and change. It isn't always a good thing, but with Remission, I think that I may be okay with it.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Commandments From A Black God
I picked up Black God's first 7 inch last year, and it was only a matter of time before I finally grabbed a copy of the second one.
I don't typically pay attention to the matrix etching in the dead wax, but with this second record it happened to catch my eye. Side A had rule number three, while the B side had rule number four etched. I pulled out the first record and sure enough, there were rules one and two. Words to live by.
Rule # 1: No song over two minutes.
Rule #2: No record over six songs.
Rule #3: No record larger than seven inches.
Rule #4: No cover songs.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Discography Is The Reason
Last year, when I was on my early to mid-90's Hardcore/Punk kick, I rediscovered Texas Is The Reason and it was a blast listening to them again. When I heard that REV was releasing their discography this year, I was excited to grab this double LP, and to finally have a copy of Do You Know Who You Are on vinyl. This one copy will do me fine though, and I'm not going to get caught up in REV's repress game for it. Second pressing on clear orange is available now.
REV did a great job putting this together. Nice packaging, with the vinyl color going nicely with the front cover. My only complaint is that it is damn near impossible to read the discography notes on the insert.
As a bonus, Texas Is The Reason recorded two new songs to be included on their discography. I'm not sure how I feel about new Texas material in 2013. The songs are okay, I guess...in the same kind of vein as the new Supertouch material...good enough, you know, but it wouldn't leave a gaping hole in my music world if those new songs blinked out of existence tomorrow.