16 years ago I picked up a colored vinyl reissue of Slayer's Haunting The Chapel EP. Checking my post for it at the time, I seemed pretty excited about it. I was pretty thrilled about the vinly resurgence at the time, and it felt like any new record purchase was a vote to keep the format alive. Also I was deep into a collector's mindset and wanted stupid amounts of different colored vinyl options for every record I bought. So yeah, when the early Slayer catalog saw it's first vinyl reissue in 20 years, I was excited to rush out and buy them.
Of course these days, cooler heads prevail, and a constant stream of vinyl reissues has gotten tired and boring. Haunting The Chapel alone has seen at least three additional reissues since that one from 2009, and I couldn't care less. My collector head really is only interested in the original pressing at this point, and to be able to pick up this mint copy from Tim's collection, still with the shrinkwrap and hype sticker, had me feeling like I finally got it right this time.
Classic three song EP. Classic pentagram logo. Classic Metal Blade center labels. Perfect.
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