LIHC Demos

So last Sunday I was sitting in my kitchen eating a cheeseburger and reading a book when Nick texted me saying he had extra lihc demos and wanted to know if i wanted them.  Of course I said yes and within minutes I had paypaled him 20 bucks.  2 days later they arrived. The clockwise demo is from 1994 and is classic 90's long island.

Here's the tape iself and the liner notes. Look at that cut and paste photocopy job!

Next one i got was the Motive demo from 1996. I havent gotten a chance to listen to this yet as it appears my dad has hijacked my cassette player.

Once again, the tape, liner notes and lyrics. Thanks nick!

Grail Status?

So here it is. This is something that I think many would consider a holy grail of LIHC collecting, and its not even a record, its a cassette! The Silent Majority demotape from 1994! I'm not sure if they have any other demo's besides this, but for the time being, im goin on the assumption that this is the music that started it all(unless nick corrects me). That completely changed long island music.

I still cant believe i now own this. I never ever thought i would own it. I had to drop a pretty penny on ebay, but at the time I figured since I had never seen it I could not miss out on it. It's got the songs Bind, One Stop, Knew Song and Expectations on it. Tommy's voice sounds so young on it.

Look at that, back when Lindenhurst still had the 516 area code, before the 631 began. This thing is so fucking cool to own. The tape looks like they really put some money into it instead of just dubbing it themselves too. So awesome!

Straighter Than You Crew

Usually when I see an Indecision cassette on ebay I will pass over it or just give it a quick look since I'm at the point where I'm only missing one demo (New Restraints demotape, someone make this happen, im still bitter i got outbid on it last time it was on ebay). I dont know what caught my eye about this one but it prompted me to bust out the copy I had to make sure they were the same.

So I check my copy and i see that the actual labels are different! On the one I have the label is "Side X" and on the one on ebay its "Side A".  Also the one on ebay has what looks like a record label's company logo on it to the right side "Real Time CO2" whereas on the one I have that spot is blank. Anyway I was intrgued as to why the label are almost exactly the same, but since there was a different I needed to have it. So I bid and won it for about 15 bucks. Here's a shot of both of them together, top one is the new one, bottom is the one i had.

The one I won only came with the cassette, no case or insert. Unlike the one i already had, however the case on my first copy looks like it was a blank case that someone just wrote the title of the CS on when they got it.

Still no idea why there is the difference in labels, maybe one day I'll find someone who knows why.

Indecision?

So this straight edge band Discourse is from down south somewhere, I think Atlanta. I was browsing b9 and saw a thread about them. What caught my eye was that their FFO included the almighty Indecision. I checked them out and the cover for there mp3 demo was an Indecision ripoff cover. I checked them out and was very happy with what i heard. Definite 90's hc influence.

This is the first physical incarnation of their music. Bitter Melody Records put out this demotape limited to 100. Incidentally, this is the same label that released the Unorthodox re-issue. I love how the label put a more into it and got heavy cardstock and white/printed tapes. Excellent job. I hope this band tours to NY soon.