Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Tough Statement

I usually don't blog about records I haven't listened to yet, but since I'm not home over Xmas and New Year and I don't want to deal with a huge backlog when I'm home again, I'm going to bend my own rules a little bit. After all they're my rules. And also, reasons not rules make us strong. Anyway, a buddy of mine plays in Statement X and I'm a strong believer of supporting friends' bands. A few months ago they played a record release show for their split 7" with Hangin' Tough. I couldn't go there for some reason, most likely because I was travelling at the time. I asked him if they had something special planned for the release show and he told me they'd have a record release sleeve and another special cover, which turned out to be a Brotherhood 'Fuck Racism' rip-off. I have the Statement X demo though and I saw them live before. The demo was a little weak, but they put on a fun live show. As you probably guessed, they're a axe band. I've never listened to Hangin' Tough before, but I have a vague idea what they might sound like. The record says test press out of 75, but I think they just used the labels for this record release edition. Cool Stop And Think rip-off. The regular cover can be seen on the left.


Monday, December 28, 2015

Forty Hour Train Back To Penn

While traveling during summer the wife and I were listening to quite a bit of The Movielife on long drives. This particular record was still missing from the collection though. This copy of Forty Hour Train Back To Penn on red vinyl is part of the most recent repress as far as I know.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

The Suicide File

I've been after this LP for quite some time, but since the original records don't go for that cheap, I had to wait until Indecision decided to repress Twilight. Great music my a great band.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Enough

I really liked what I've heard from Enough so far, so picking up more of their releases was a given. One of the mailorders I order regularly from is run by the same guy doing Assault Records, which is the label that released this Enough 7". That's the reason I ended up with a pre-order copy more than two years after it was released. Green marbled vinyl. #75/158.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Anchor

My friend I traded the Burn 7" to also threw in this test pressing of Anchor's 7" Captivity Songs along with the DING demo. I got some stickers, too, and he also wrote me a really nice letter. It's these seemingly small things besides the actual trading/buying/collecting that make this so much fun.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Demo Is Not Glamorous

I think I've said it before, but I'm really into Death Is Not Glamorous. I picked up yet another copy of the special edition Burn sold of their 7" at the London show for a good buddy of mine, and once I was back home, we made a quick deal. He had a spare copy of the DING demo, a record I didn't have yet but that I really wanted, and that was that. This copy is part of the first press on black vinyl in a sand colored sleeve. There are 500 copies of this, all of which are handnumbered.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Our Impact Will Be Felt

There are mainly two reasons why I bought this tribute sampler. First of all, I really like Sick Of It All and I feel it is somehow justified that they're being paid the tribute they deserve. Secondly, my favourite band Bane is one of the bands contributing a cover. It'd have been awesome if they had played their version of We Stand Alone live at some point. This sampler was originally released as CD only, but after 8 years Think Fast finally put it out on vinyl too. 500 copies on clear green vinyl.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Turning Point

The new Turning Point discography has been highly anticipated because, well, Turning Point are awesome, and because there has been 'new' material added compared with the previous discography version. You now also get a live set on WNYU. Think Fast has really done a beautiful job with this release. As a bonus you get the original demo on a 7" as well. Pretty cool. There are 1,000 copies of the yellow vinyl you can see here. There are also 500 copies on blue vinyl.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me

I'm not the biggest Touché Amoré fan, but so far I definitely have enjoyed some of their output. Sometimes even without knowing. On the last mixtape my wife made for me, she put on this one song that I really liked, but I never bothered to look up which song by which band it actually was. Sorry. Anyways, while listening to this LP, I found out it was a song by Touché Amoré. On Parting The Sea... there are definitely some more good jams, too. This is the third press on black vinyl. Quantity unknown.


Friday, December 18, 2015

Kids Insane / Slander

Kids Insane is a band I like quite a bit, both on record and live. When I ordered the MarrĂ³n LP I was kind of surprised to find out that Kids Insane also had a new record out, so of course I picked up their split as well. The music is good, as usual, but who really needs a 12" split for five songs in total? What a waste of money an raw materials... I also like the Slander side, but Kids Insane still take this one home.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

MarrĂ³n

I really liked the MarrĂ³n demo from last year, so when I read recently that they were going to release a new record, I knew I had to pick it up. And I certainly didn't get disappointed. This mini LP is really good. 150 copies on clear vinyl.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Through Being Cool

I really love the 2nd Saves The Day LP. As far as ego records from the 90s go, this is one of my favourites. So many good songs. I fell a little bit ashamed to admit that I've never owned a physical copy on vinyl so far. So I was really happy to learn that Equal Vision was going to do a reissue a few months back, because the nice looking colour copies of the first press go for a pretty penny these days. I finally decided to pick up a cream coloured record, because I thought it would match the cover really nicely. When I got the record though I was really disappointed because the colour doesn't really look like cream to me. It's more an ugly white mixed with an even uglier yellow. Sort of a scrambled egg colour. I'm glad I finally have a copy of this awesome LP, but I might have to upgrade it at some point.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Bringin' It Down in 2015

I'm not a Rev nerd, actually I'm far from it. There are certain bands on Rev I like and some bands on Rev that I try to collect, but I wouldn't call myself a Rev collector. On the downside, my record collection might lack a lot of records many people deem crucial. On the upside I don't have to play the repress game, which can get pretty annoying if you're a true Rev collector. With some reissues they still get me though. When it was announced that Rev was going to do a reissue of Judge's classic LP Bringin' It Down for its 25th anniversary and I saw a picture of the planned reissue, I certainly got intrigued. Fast forward a couple of weeks and everybody and their grandmother has their copy, which also includes your humble blogger. The record turned out to be a different colour, but in my opinion it looks a lot better than the one on the mock up picture posted on the internet. The purple swirl looks pretty fucking great. Rev really put in some effort here and also included a die-cut hammer logo, just in case you and your crew want to show respect to Judge and take it back to the streets.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Misfits II

Not much too see here. Standard repress of the Misfits Collection II. More classic Misfits songs.



Sunday, December 13, 2015

Flexi Your Head!

This may be one of the weirdest records featured on my blog. It's not even rally a record, it's a flexi disc. Flexi discs are known for their poor quality, which is probably the main reason there not that common. I don't any other flexis, but since this one was made by a band that I collect, I made an exception. You could only get this flexi when you sent in the backcover of a fanzine and in return you'd get the flexi. I didn't take a picture of it, but the back of this flexi is actually a postcard. That's how it was shipped. Now, I never got my hands on a copy of said zine, but I did contact the guys in Punch and asked if they could send me one if there were any left. Brian, I think, agreed, but it got lost in the mail somehow. Since my want list is pretty long and seems to be getting longer instead of shorter every day, I didn't spend a whole lot of time and energy on finding one of these. I stumbled across a copy for cheap on discogs a few weeks ago, plus it was sold by someone in Germany, so shipping wasn't really an issue either. As I said, the quality is rather poor, but I like the whole concept of this release. Plus you get a bunch of covers of classic hardcore songs. But honestly, this one is to be filed entirely under 'collectible'.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Trial

I've never really been into Trial. I knew they existed and were sort of influential in the 90s, but I never really checked them out. I remember reading the bit on Trial in the Burning Fight book last year, which sort of intrigued me to finally give them a listen, but it wasn't until I caught them live at a Festival last year that I actually listened to them. I liked their live show so I decided to pick up a few of their records when possible. Some time after that a buddy of mine decided to get rid of some of his records, a chance I gladly jumped at. I must say though that I don't like Trial on this record as much as I liked them live. Then again, maybe this is not their strongest output, so I'll probably grab some of their other releases at some point. This 7" on brown marble is from the repress run New Age did in 2011. 500 copies exist.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Grade/Incision

This is a weird release. Originally, there was a split between Grade and Believe, which was released as CD only in 1993. In 1999 there was a reissue, but Believe had been dropped off this release and this other band, Incision, came in as replacement. So one could argue that this is not really a reissue, but more like a new release. It gets weirder though, because Grade was originally founded as Incision, but changed its name to Grade later on. So this is not really a split release either. Like I said, weird.
Honestly, I only knew about Grade before buying this record and I only discovered the whole background story while doing a little research for this entry. I really like the Grade side, but I like the songs on the Incision side a little better. This was a one-time only pressing limited to 500 copies on black vinyl.



Sunday, November 29, 2015

Dew It!

There has been quite some hype about this Rev release, at least by Instagram standards. Well, it's Rev, but maybe more importantly members of Beyond went on to form such illustrious bands as Burn, Inside Out, Bold, Quicksand and many many more. The LP combines the long out of print and really pricy demo tape, which came out in 1988 and a live set on the also legendary WNYU radio show. While the Beyond songs are not as good as the songs by the bands mentioned above, there are some legitimately good songs on here. I really like the massive booklet that comes with it. You get lyrics, interviews, old flyers. Lots of good stuff in there. I feel red vinyl would have gone better with the artwork, but that's just me.


Saturday, November 28, 2015

Clarity

For once I thought I didn't miss the band wagon when I picked up a copy of Clarity's Unstoppable 7", but once again I had to learn that I was late. Clarity isn't really a new band seeing that their demo came out in 2011, and this 7" is not a recent release seeing that it was released two years ago and they have released a new 7" in the meantime. On the bright side, I really like this 7". Good, powerful sxe hardcore in the vein of Right Brigade and Carry On. If you're into these bands, make sure to check out Clarity. This is the most common variant on clear blue vinyl out of 250 copies.



Friday, November 27, 2015

Peace

Helping out friends, or people in general for that matter, is something I really like doing. A few weeks ago Burn played a one-off show in London, well at least back then it was still thought of as a one-off show in Europe... To mark the occasion they had a special pressing of their debut 7" made for the London show. I asked a few people if I should try to pick up a copy for them if possible. I could have saved myself the question since the answer was rather obvious. Nerds will be nerds, right?
One of those 7"s has already reached its destination. In return I got this Peace 7" as a small trade I did with my buddy Tom. I'd asked him if he had any spare copies of records he'd recommend to me. I'd wanted to check out Peace for a long time, so when he said I definitely should give this 7" a listen and he did indeed have a spare copy of this, we had our deal.
Now some people might think this was a rather stupid trade because rare Burn or Rev vinyl is worth much more than a generic copy of this 7", and from a pure financial point of view, this may be correct. However, this is not what trading, especially with friends, should be about. And I didn't get disappointed. This 7" is really, really good. Hopefully there will be more releases by Peace soon.


Sunday, November 22, 2015

Protester

I really liked the first 7" that Protester released last year, so when I read that Triple B was about to release a new 7" by this Washington, D.C. band I was more than stoked. While I'm not disappointed with this record, it's not quite as good as the first one. Maybe it'll have to grow on me though. Again, I only got the common variant on black and not the fancy coloured one (on white vinyl), but I felt no urge to order this one directly in the States and pay a looooot of extra money for shipping.


Saturday, November 21, 2015

Late To The Misfits Party

Lately I've been finding myself listening to rather a lot of Misfits. I've never been really into them, but a few weeks ago I somehow started rediscovering the roots of hardcore and I thought I'd give them another chance. I'm still not their biggest fan, but I can thoroughly enjoy most songs nowadays and I think some are really good. Having said all that, I can definitely appreciate their role in the emergence of hardcore music but for me they'll never reach the same heights as a few other early hardcore bands. I think I picked up a copy of Legacy Of Brutality a few years back for really, really cheap but since then I never bothered to pick up more records until I bought this repress of Collection I, which probably makes for a good starting point to venture a little deeper into the Misfits world.



The spots on the record are not actually on the record. I'm just not that good at taking pictures.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

110

I got another copy of Count Me Out's 110 LP recently. This one comes on pee colour, for a lack of better colour description. There are - of course - 110 copies. Love this LP.


Friday, October 30, 2015

Endless Roads, Miles Away

Sometimes making your significant other happy is pretty easy. Especially if she is into the same music and doesn't think buying vinyl isn't an odd thing to do in 2015, but rather encourages your collecting habit. When I showed her the list of vinyl up for sale of the person I bought the GIA LP from, she noticed that he was also selling a tour press of Miles Away's Endless Roads. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. In the picture you can see #141/161. I really like the red swirl vinyl.



Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Only Blood Between Us

The Only Blood Between Us is Go It Alone's debut LP and for me it certainly has stood the test of time. The mid 2000's really were a great time in hardcore. So many awesome records were released around 2005. Hard to believe it's been 10 years. The tri-colour variant was pressed for Posi Numbers Fest 2005, and there are 210 copies in total. Love that colourway and the whole look of the cover and insert. Go It Alone really did a good job with this LP, and for that matter all of their releases.



Wednesday, October 28, 2015

More Discontent

I thought I was done blogging about all the records I'd ordered before travelling during summer. While cleaning up yesterday I went through the crate with record next to my records player. I flipped through it and came up with four copies of Spirits Discontent LP. The thing was, I could only remember buying three copies: the tour press I picked up when I saw them live and the two colours of the regular pressing. I was a little confused when I suddenly pulled out a black copy to be honest. Then I remembered that I'd also ordered a copy of the pre-order variant. Apparently these hadn't sold out and State Of Mind put the remaining copies online sometime mid-July I think. The record must have arrived while I was travelling and when I got home I just put it in the crate and forgot about it. There are 56 copies of the pre-order variant, which comes on black vinyl and without any labels. Someone scratched in 'Spirits' and 'X' respectively 'XX' where the labels usually are though. Kind of weird, but also kind of cool. By the way, this is my frontrunner for Record Of The Year. Such a great record.

Friday, October 23, 2015

One Piece At A Time

Two weeks ago or so a buddy of mine messaged me to tell me that 6131 had put up test presses in their online shop, and more precisely, they had put up test presses for Bane's Los Angeles 3:58pm 7". I didn't hesitate because when opportunity knocks, you have to answer. And quickly, when it comes to rare records. I messaged a few people who also might be interested and I made at least one other person happy that day.
There's not that much to see actually other than what you can see on the dust sleeve. I know of five test presses, two of which look exactly like my copy. The two other ones come with a cover saying "test press", written with a golden pen, and they're numbered. What is weird is that the numbers I know of are #19 and #20. And supposedly there are only 20 copies in total. So, why would you have numbers #19 and #20 and then other copies that are not numbered but should be technically a lower number? Anyway, I'm glad I managed to track down another piece to the puzzle.




Complete 1st press including test press. I'm still looking, desperately by now I should add, for the 2nd press copies on clear and blue vinyl. Officially there are 300 and 700 copies respectively. So there should be plenty of copies popping up, but for some reason they never do. So probably there aren't 1000 copies out there. Who knows. If you have one of these, get in touch and I'll make it worth your while.


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

John Wayne Was A Nazi

While record shopping in London, I came across this repress of The Stains' debut 7" John Wayne Was A Nazi. This is the latest repress on Beer City Records and it was done for Record Store Day 2015. I wasn't aware of this repress since I've lost all interest in Record Store Day and didn't really follow this year's releases. Anyway, I wasn't going to pass up on the chance to pick up this repress of a classic record that I wanted to have bud didn't want to spend that much money on. The original only featured the two songs that are on the a-side on this 7". I don't know where the songs on the b-side were taken from. Well, what can I say, you get early 80's hardcore from the Reagan era, but with a strong political message. The Stains later changed their name to MDC, a band which is still known for their political message. This reminds me: I don't own any MDC records. Time to change that.


Sunday, October 18, 2015

You Destroy Yourself Again

After what felt like waiting for an eternity for the full length debut by Sweet Jesus and finally receiving the records, Atomic Action posted that there were going to be a few other variants soon. The black vinyl variant seems to be from the same run as the European tour pressing, but it comes with the original cover art. 600 copies.



Orange vinyl was supposedly used for the record release variant, although I only got this information from internet sources. Nothing on the record, dust sleeve or cover suggests that this was actually used for a special occasion. Bit of a let down.



Last but not least, Revelation exclusively distributed the LP on yellow vinyl. 100 copies exist, but I've been told that some of them were damaged, so probably fewer copies will be in circulation. So this is probably the rarest pressing.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Times Still Here

Last part of my shopping haul in London. I've had the s.t. 7" by Mainstrike for years and actually liked the music, but I never got around to picking up more of their releases. This is a first press copy on black vinyl of their debut 7" (/1660). The cover was originally supposed to be blue for the most part, as is the 2nd press cover, but somehow the printing job got fucked up.




Friday, October 16, 2015

In On The Killtaker

Wow, my new year's resolution to buy more Fugazi records, i.e. one per month, hasn't really been working out at all. This is only the second Fugazi record I bought this year, out of potential 10. What's more, for once I wanted to listen to the output of a band in complete chronological order. I also messed that up by picking up their 3rd LP before the first two ones. Silver lining, I got this 1st press ($7 ppd) for a good price at a record store in London.


Thursday, October 15, 2015

Make An Effort

Make An Effort is the 2nd 7" Government Issue released and in my humble opinion it ranks up there with the great 7"s from the early 80's. Teenager In A Box is a song I can listen to everyday. This is the repress on clear vinyl from the mid 90's. Originally the 7" was released on Fountain Of Youth, the repress was handled by THD.


Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Kill The Poor

Another Dead Kennedys' 7". This version of Kill The Poor is slightly different from the one on Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables, though I couldn't tell you which one is better. The b-side features the song In-Sight. This 7" also comes with a lyric sheet, which features also the lyrics for Police Truck, which is not a song on this record. Kind of weird. This 7" is part of the UK pressing on Cherry Red. Virgin was in charge of distribution again. Originally, this record also came with a badge - well, at least the first 20,000 (!!!) copies had a badge - but my copy came without one.


Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Holiday in Cambodia

London is always a good place to go for record hunting. It's a terrible place for buying new records, because everything is much more expensive than here thanks to the Pound. But London has a bunch of record stores that have a good 2nd hand section for hardcore and punk records and I usually find a bunch of cool stuff. I also enjoy going to actual record stores seeing that there are none close to where I live.
Holiday In Cambodia is one of my favourite Dead Kennedys' songs. That intro creates such a cool atmosphere that carries on throughout the whole song. Great, great song. The b-side features Police Truck, which is just as good as Holiday In Cambodia.
Collecting Dead Kennedys records must be a nightmare because there are a million different pressing for each release. I'm happy with just owning copies I can listen to, so I don't really care about pressings. Having said that, I'd make an exception for different covers because those are almost as good, respectively important as the lyrics and the music. Maybe that'll become a new project in the future. This is one of the UK pressings with the Burning Monk cover and silver labels, released by Cherry Red, distributed by Virgin.



Monday, October 12, 2015

Burn London, Burn

Last Sunday Burn played in London. An event that had cast a very long shadow. It was the first show Burn ever played in Europe and kids from all over Europe were travelling to London. I'm pretty sure there were more people from other countries than Brits at the show, which is kind of funny. I struck lucky because I had to go to London work related during that week anyway, so I had no extra travel expenses. No need to talk about how awesome Burn are. The first 7" is not only one of the best 7"s Rev have ever released, it is one of the best hardcore 7"s period. So (my) expectations were pretty high. And Burn didn't disappoint.
I must say I didn't care for the location the show took place at. Too big, stage too high, commercial venue, pretty much everything I dislike about a venue. The two bands that opened the show weren't really my cup of tea either. Then again, I hadn't really come for them, so my level of disappointment was pretty low. Burn played a great show, although they could have just played the songs off the first 7" because that's when the crowd went wild. During the other songs, the audience was much quieter. I'm pretty sure that at least 95% of all the pictures of the show posted on the internet were taken during those four songs. But anyway, it was a great set and I'd have been content if they'd only played Godhead. One of the songs I'd always wanted to hear live. I probably wouldn't have travelled to London just for the show, as many other people did, but I'm also glad I was able to attend the show.
About a week before the show the promoter posted on Instagram that there was going to be a surprise, which turned out to be a special pressing of the 7" on Rev. Surprisingly - well, maybe not that surprisingly since there are 300 copies, but still - the record didn't sell out before/during the show, so I was able to pick up a couple of more copies afterwards to help out two collector buddies.
Speaking of collectors, it was really fun meeting so many people I'd only known via messageboards and Instagram so far in real life and I had some nice conversations. Definitely a memorable show.



Close up of the stamp: place, date and the numbering. My copy is #252. 300 copies in total, three variants for the nerds. Apparently the numbering was done with two different pens, black and red. And there are also a couple of sleeves that didn't get numbered. All of this was deduced just hours after the show from pictures on Instagram. That's what you get when a whole bunch of nerds attend a show like this, haha.



This is what the record looks like when being held up against the light. Pretty sweet.


Sunday, October 11, 2015

Perfect People

Perfect People are a relatives new band from St. Louis and they play music in the vein of late 90's / early 2000's bands. Somewhere between Count Me Out and Carry On maybe? I don't like the cover art at all, but I dig the music. Could be a fun live band. This variant (out of 100) comes on translucent brown vinyl with black swirls. Looks pretty good.


Saturday, October 10, 2015

Miles Away

I'm still catching up with the records I got before a big trip I did with my wife during summer. Travelling is a whole lot of fun, but it certainly gets in the way with keeping the blog going. Can't have everything I guess.

A few months back it was announced that Miles Away were about to release a new LP, called Tides. Seeing that I'd been turned onto the band by my wife recently and my wife really likes this band buying this was a no brainer. However, considering that my wife really likes this band, she talked me into pre-ordering this LP, which is something I rarely do nowadays, because shipping to Europe is quite expensive nowadays. But every once in a while you gotta do what you gotta do. Especially if you can make your wife happy. I must say though that I was a little disappointed by this LP. I really like some parts, others, erm, not so much. Especially the parts that are sung, not screamed. Doesn't work for me.  This is the pre-order variant on pink/purple swirl out 150.




I also picked up their Endless Roads LP, which was released in 2010. Overall I like this record better than Tides. Less singing equals better record in this case. This is the 4th press on coke bottle clear vinyl out of 500.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

XXX

I meant to post this record earlier, in order to keep the chronological order, but somehow it slipped my mind. I remember reading about this new band from the Bay Area with members from Ceremony and Punch. Apparently they were rediscovering their Youth Crew roots, at least that's what the description said. I also remember that I wanted to order a copy right away but didn't follow through because I couldn't justify the shipping cost for just one 7" across the pond. So I was really happy that Val, who also plays in Lome Prieta, had some copies with him when Loma Prieta played Fluff Fest this summer. For once the rational decision paid off in the end. I like the overall concept of the layout and 'artwork'. Everything about this release is pure. This is the variant on white vinyl out of 400. There's also a variant on clear vinyl out 85.






Monday, September 28, 2015

My Love My Witness

Right around the time I saw Modern Life Is War earlier this year I decided to rebuild my collection, which I had foolishly sold off/traded away a few years ago. Why, I don't know. Joe Lifeline put up some rarities from the Lifeline vault for sale a few weeks back. I would have loved to get a test pressing for witness, but since I just had bought Start Today on purple, a test pressing of that calibre was beyond my budget. I picked a few other goodies instead. This clear variant of My Love My Way was released in 2011. This was the last variant I picked up before selling/trading most of my collection. This is the 2nd press on Lifeline Records, but technically it's the 3rd pressing overall. Only 150 exist and they're not that easy to come by. I'm pretty happy I was able to score this one for a more than fair price.


I also picked up this 2nd press copy of Witness on green splatter vinyl. I always really liked that colourway.


Now, if you ask me which LP I like better, there's no way I could give you a straight answer. It's My Love My Way today and Witness tomorrow.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Sweet Jesus

 Sweet Jesus totally came out of the blue (for me at least) and surprised me with one of the best 7"s I've heard in years. It almost became my release of the year 2014. So when I read that they were going to release a full length LP I was more than stoked. As soon as the pre-orders went online, I put in my order and then the most dreadful period of time for any record nerd began: the waiting. I'm not 100% sure on the timeline anymore, but I think the band wasn't happy with the first recording/mastering, so they recorded/mastered everything again. Fine by me, I'd rather have a good sounding copy the band is happy with than a crappy record that has just been put out for the sake of having a release. Drawback: wait longer. Then the pressing plant fucked up and/or Record Store Day prolonged everything. Long story short: it took what felt like forever until the records were finally shipped in late August. Funny side note: the first version actually out there was the tour version for the European tour Sweet Jesus did in early August. Anyway, I finally have the album in my hands. Actually, I have three copies in my hands. You'll see. I really like the LP. It doesn't have as much of a 'wow factor' as the 7", but it is still a really good LP. I'm pretty sure it will rank highly on my 2015 list.

First up is the pre-order variant on white vinyl. This was the rarer of the two pre-order colours. 100 copies exist.



Next is the variant on purple vinyl out of 300.


    For people who pre-ordered the record, the label threw in a flexi. Sweet Jesus show their excellent
    taste in music and cover one Faith and one Void song. Can't go wrong with the classics. You also
    get a note/flyer explaining a little bit about the delay.


    As I said, Sweet Jesus toured the UK/Belgium briefly earlier this summer. I think it was their first
    real tour, too. For this tour they put out a tour variant. Black vinyl with blank labels. You get a tour
    stamp on the DJ sleeve, but no real cover. Bummer. I always fell that this is a lazy way of making a
    tour variant. Stamps are cool, but they should be a bonus, not the main feature. The lyric sheet is also
    different from the one that comes with the regular LP. Different layout and different paper colour. I
    ordered this after seeing a post on Facebook, saying that the band still had some tour pressings left
    over. So I grabbed one. Funnily enough this was the first variant I received in the mail.


    In the meantime I learned that there is also a Revelation Records exclusive pressing on yellow vinyl.
    Or to be precise, there was a Rev exclusive pressing, because it has already sold out. And of course I    
    missed out. Atomic Action also (re)pressed the LP on orange and black vinyl. Need to pick up these
    soon.