Still Holding On

When I was recently picking up a Risky Business record from Discogs, I figured that I'd check to see what else the seller had available...and soon, I had my card loaded up with a few cheap 7 inch records.

The first Rancor 7 inch is one of my favorites from Youngblood, however, I only have two copies of it in my collection. I'm not sure why I never made a serious run to pick these up ten years ago when I was more obsessed with buying multiple pressings for my favorite hardcore bands...probably because I was wasting my time with Agnostic Front reissues from Bridge Nine and bullshit like that...either way, this Rancor record rules, and I'm excited to finally add my first piece of colored vinyl to the collection for it. Given how much I like this record, the $3 price tag was a steal.

500 pressed on green vinyl for the second pressing.

Youngblood In The Water

A couple months ago, Lins sent me a message saying that he was selling some records. He sent a list and said to make offers if I was interested. As soon as I saw the Youngblood releases, I knew that I was interested. My YB collection is pretty weak, and I've been wanting to beef it up for a while now. This was a great opportunity for some cheap additions.

Rancor's Flip The Switch would be my favorite Youngblood release...with the Lights Out LP a close second. These dudes, don't mess around.

Second pressing with the green and black cover. 500 pressed.

Hey, speaking of Lights Out, I also grabbed my very first vinyl copy of the band's debut 7 inch, Get Out. Not as strong as their LP, but this still rages.

150 pressed on green vinyl for pre-orders.

That might have been my first vinyl copy of the Lights Out 7 inch, but truth be told, this was the first time I've even heard the Life's Halt record. This stuff is pretty manic, fast paced stuff. It doesn't blow me away, but it's still a keeper.

925 pressed with black ink on yellow paper for the second pressing.

Finally, we have the Shark Attack Blood In The Water 7 inch on My War Records. Another first, as this is my first copy of this on vinyl. Nope, I don't even own a Bridge Nine pressing. Lame. This record rules hard, and I need to cough up the cash and get to work on collecting this.

I have no idea how many were pressed from My War.

As a bonus, Lins threw in some stickers of the early Revelation bands. Sweet, now I can decorate my car just like I did back in '91. Thanks man, cool stuff.

Can't Hold Back

The final piece of vinyl from my eBay spending spree with transcending_reality. Fitting that the last post is for Rancor's 7 inch, Never Hold Back. It should come as no surprise to anyone that reads this blog, but I have very little self control when buying records. I see something I want and I buy it. Sure I've got a little restraint, or else I'd have a copy of DYS's Brotherhood. Big ticket items obviously take a little more time from me to commit. When I won this group of records, it was all by chance. The dude was selling a lot of records that I wanted, but they all ended late at night. I threw on max bids on a bunch of items, went to bed, and left it all up to other bidders. I woke up in the morning winning seven records for $105.

I've been wanting to build up my Rancor collection for a while now, so I was very happy to win this pressing on clear vinyl. First press. Limited to 220.

Never Hold Back

Here I am again, making a post for another record that I got some time ago, but held off on posting it because I was hoping to add more of their records to my collection. Rancor were a band from the late 90's Youth Crew revival. I've never really considered them a very well known band from that era, but their vinyl is hard to come across on eBay. I saw them one time. They played a show in Boston with Floorpunch, Fastbreak, and Ten Yard Fight. It was just as all those bands were starting to take off...I think that I had picked up the Floorpunch demo just weeks before the show. Man, everything was so exciting at that time.

This is Rancor's second 7 inch, Never Hold Back, released on Youngblood Records back in 1998. I loved the band's first record, but it was years after their second 7 inch released that I even found out that this record existed. Thank you Internet. Anyway, this one was pressed on black vinyl, and is limited to 580 pressed.