Motherfuck the way it looks like rain

So recently I was searching the B9 board selling forum, looking for what else but records. Anyway I found a guy selling a bunch of records I wanted. His prices were high so we negotiated down on some of them but he really wasnt willing to be reasonable.  I ended up only wanting a few Instilled records from him. But he was still over-valuing these records. At the same time I was talking to Dave from State of Mind records on b9. I forget what the conversation started out on but i mentioned that the guy was overcharging me on Instilled records. He then informed me 2 of the colors(red and green) i was buying from the guy were still available on the State of Mind Webstore. So I put in an order for two of them and then Dave offered to sell me the blue and yellow copies of the 7"... and a test press! He gave me a price, which was insanely reasonable and i instantly sent the rest of the money to him, and let the other guy know i got the records from the label for reasonable pricing.
A week later, everything arrived:

The test press is pretty standard, no numbering or anything. However i love the spraypainting on the cover to differentiate it.

Here's all the records i got: TEST PRESS out of 10-sih, Blue un-numbered out of 100, Yellow out of 100, Red out of 250 and Green out of 300.  Dave said only some of the blue were numbered and were supposed to be numbered through 100, but the guy who was doing the label with him at the time got lazy and stopped numbering them. It is unknown how many are actually numbered on blue. I previously had this record on clear, and now it seems all I need to have a complete collection is blue numbered. Guess I fell into an Instilled collection. I love it.

Dave also included a bunch of bonuses with the records! A ton of State of Mind stickers,  a Krakdown sticker, a download for the Anchor Singles Collected LP,  the Blood Red ep cd that came with the the 7's and the vinyl decal from the Blood Red 7"!!! How cool is that! Such an awesome little piece of LIHC right there! Damn I'd love to get a Blood Red Test press.

Catching Up

So about a week or two ago I realized i had gotten lax with my Incendiary collection. They came out with a split with Xibalba that I had never bothered to preorder, which is very unlike me. I did manage to get a record release copy as a favor, but never got the other variants. By the time I went to order them, the first press was already sold out from Closed Casket Activites and a second press was up. I ordered both, on on pink which has a numbered sleeve out of 100 and the second a blue/black marble. I was also able to find a first press from Deathwish on red/black swirl. The red/black swirl up close:So now i just need black and clear to round out the first press!

Also, recently Justin from Unrestrained posted on B9 that they were selling some of the more limited variants of their split with Incendiary on their LP store. I was lucky to pick up a copy of Creamsickle, which is limited to 15! Now i just need pea soup(5), blood orange (6) and clear yellow(12, different cover) to finish up the first presssing.


Also, recently B9 was having a deal where if you spent 10 bucks you would get a free have heart 7". I wanted the Have Heart record, so i picked up Mother of Mercy Symptoms of Exisistence on black/grey/blue swirl, Its cool since it came out almost exactly like the rest of the press when it wasnt supposed to b9 stamped the dust sleeve to note the difference.

Moving on, I used to hate the band War Hungry. I dont know why but i just hated them. Usually bands i hate the first time around I end up liking a year or two later. War Hungry is no exception. I decided to pick up some stuff by them when Six Feet Under was having a sale, so I got the s/t lp and the return to earth 7" that 1917 put out.


So far this has been my 2nd bad experience with ordering from SFU, and I will not be supporting his mailorder anymore.

Finally, a random ebay purchase. Culture's Deforestation 7" on Catalyst records. Culture is a 90's band that I dont know anything about. Besides the fact that I thoroughly enjoy everything I have heard from them, and will be trying to get a copy of everything they have put out.