I never really paid much attention to Bad Brains beyond Rock For Light. Sure, I'd listened to I Against I, and I appreciated it enough to spin it once a year, but it wasn't an album that I listened to that closely or spent much time with. A few years ago, however, I Against I started to catch my ear more and more... then last year, I really became hooked on the title track, and I listened the fuck out of that song. Of course that obsession eventually bled over to the full album, and suddenly I found myself really wanting to chase down a copy. When Ralf started posting colored vinyl versions of the album earlier this year, it only fueled my desire to track down a copy... but then I got side tracked by a rad looking reissue.
The cover design here pays tribute to those iconic Blue Note jazz records, with the tinted photography and clean bold text. These "Punk Note" versions look fucking sharp for the Bad Brains reissues and make me want to finally listen to Quickness to see if I want to bother chasing down more of these. Collector mentality is going to make me listen to records that I'd never given much thought to, isn't it?
Because I'm an idiot, I can't remember who messaged me about this reissue of I Against I being available. If it was you, let me know. Either way, as soon as I saw this great looking cover art and colored vinyl, I was all over it. Discogs has this listed as "coke bottle clear" vinyl, but this copy looks more clear with some blue swirled lightly into it. Is this the same thing?
