Brand new weaponry

So maybe a month ago i was on my phone at work when i got an e-mail from Shop Radio Cast that they had the repress of Brand New's "Your Favorite Weapon" back in stock.  Knowing that the regular presses go for literally hundreds of dollars, I knew this was my only chance to own it for a reasonable price.  This record itself actually goes for over 30 on ebay!

The coolest part of this is the embossed title of the lp on the lower front of the sleeve.  God i get so nostalgic when i look at this record, brings me back to being a teenager on long island.

SSD

SINKING SHIPS DEMO 7" haha. Not much to say about how great sinking ships are. Truly miss this band. Excursion put some good effort into this.  I like how the labels on the vinyl itself are just silver with the band name stamped on them, keeps the demo feel to it.

The cover is the coolest party however.  Its a 2 part cover, part of the artwork is printed on the paper sleeve and the rest is on opaque acetate.  This gives the cover some sort of a distance to the powerlines when you look at it. Well done!

Canada Represent

So this 7" is great, two bands I didnt really pay much attention to when they were around.  Go it Alone and Blue Monday.  As I now get into them I find myself really enjoying both, and am now trying to own at least 1 copy of each of the bands records.  When I got this record I noticed it was put out by Rivalry records, and realized I had completely forgotten that label. In the mid 00's they were putting out some awesome music, but now it seems they have stopped.  Too bad because Kyle at Rivalry had a good eye for good bands. Love the vinyl on this one.

Commence Catching up

Wow its been a while since my last post. I've gotten really lazy about updating, but I haven't stopped buying records. I have about 40 record I need to post about, So lets get started.  Last month I picked up a bunch of records from one guy on the B9 board.  He had set prices that were all extremely reasonable, the type of situation where you are pricing to sell.

First thing I got was the Tarpit "Wake Up" 7" for their California tour.  I have the regular version but didnt know a cali tour press existed. For 2 bucks I would have been stupid not to get it as Tarpit rips.

The coolest part about this record is that the tour cover isnt just one of those covers that slips partially over the regular cover.  Its an actual real cover, nothing makeshift about it.  I love when bands/label put extra effort into things.

Next I grabbed Buried Alive "Six Month Face" on purple wax.  I have this on black already and dont collect buried alive, even though i really should as they are arguably one of the best 90's hc bands. But yea, once again a super low price forced me to buy this.

I also got the s/t Deathcycle 7".  I forgot i already had this so i grabbed it for 2 bucks.  The verison I already had is the more limited white out of 200.  Fun fact, Ron the singer lives in my town and I constantly see him riding his bike.

I was also able to add another 10" to my collection. This make #15!  Anway this is As Friends Rust  s/t.  Doghouse put this record out. One thing im noticing about that label is they put absolutely 0 money and effort into their vinyl.  The sleeve is literally a triple insert, no support or strength.  And the vinyl is flimsy as fuck.  At least the music is good!
EDIT: this is an 8" record, I'm an idiot. oh well, still only 14 10"s.

Next up i got Elliot's "U.S. Songs".  I had bought the Record Store Day 2011 version on grey from the seller, but when i got the lp it was still sealed. Upon opening it I found a black version, I looked up the pressing info to see if they had pressed it onto black when they did the rsd repress but found nothing.  I talked to the seller to see if this was a first press, but he did say he recently bought it and apologized for grabbing the wrong copy and offered to send the correct one asap.  However we made other arrangements and i got a different record and just kept this one.

I also got the classic Outspoken "A light in the Dark" lp, for only 8 bucks.  The cover isnt in the best condition but the record is mint.

Finally, I got American Nightmare's "We're Down til we're Underground" LP.  I'm nowhere near the fan level that most people are with AN, but I do enjoy them a lot.  And seeing them this summer in NYC was one of the most memorable shows I've ever been to.  I got this record for 25 bucks from the seller, this thing on regular non-limited black goes for 50 on ebay! HOLY DEAL. I was super happy to own a 1st press AN record for so cheap!

Tvitching Tongves

So the new Twitching Tongue's 7" went up for preorder a few weeks ago.  Beforehand the band was making all these cryptic twitter posts about it, tryna be all sneaky. It was funny but everyone knew what was going on.

This band is pretty fucking awesome. They sound a lot like Life of Agony and that's something that hardcore is really missing right now.  This color is out of 100 and already sold out. But the coolest thing about it is that its a gatefold 7" sleeve. I mean seriously, how often do labels do that. Never! Clearly a lot of work went into the packaging for this record and it is appreciated.

Only bad this is that Closed Casket uses All In merch to sell their stuff. Which is the stupidest thing they could possibly do.  All in rips you off on shipping like its their fucking job. I absolutely hate purchasing from them.

Groundwork

So on another one of my morning ebay searches i found this 7" from Groundwork. I won it for maybe 4 bucks and I was stoked because A) more 90s hardcore, B) cheap. I paid quickly and then I waited. The seller didnt send it for a while and then finally emailed me saying he mailed it. 2 weeks after i got that email i received the record, with a mailing date of 3 days before. It took over a month to get this record.  While thats not that long compared to past experiences, it is when you have a seller who said he shipped it two weeks ago. Anyway, I was happy to receive it.  But as it being my first time hearing groundwork I was disappointed. I wasnt realy into the music. Oh well, another record to file away, maybe I'll revisit it in a few years.

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.