Whenever there’s a Dischord record sitting in a record store, you should pick it up. Doesn’t matter whether you know the band or you don’t. If you do know the band, that’s all the more reason to get it, because, well, it’s Dischord. Hot Bodi-Gram may not be the best Dischord release, but it’s still an interesting listen.
The last trip to the local record store was very successful indeed. This is the third and last record I bought that da. I only knew a few songs on this album but I was pleasantly surprised how well it flows as an album and there are no songs I‘d skip to be honest. I was kinda amused at the title of the last song because my first asscoiation is obviously the Youth Of Today song, but this LP was released way before YOT were even a band.
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| German Press on Black on Tuff Gong /??? |
I‘ve been enjyoing Bob Dylan for a bunch of years. I don’t really look for his records online because it’s fun to pick up records randomly at actual stores and this is an artist primed for that because there are so many releases with his name on it. This Greatest Hits compilation triggered my interest because it has some all-time great Dylan songs obviously, but also some songs I wasn‘t really familiar with. This is a fun listen, althought it feels a little long-winded.
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| Europen Pressing (Printed in Holland) on Black on CBS /??? |
I‘ve never drunk alcohol in my life and I’ve claimed straight edge for a very long time, but goddamn, Alcohol by Gang Green is such a fucking fantastic hardcore song. The album the song is on is called Another Wasted Night, so alcohol and getting wasted is obviously the central theme going on here. Lyrics aside, this is a banging 80s hardcore record.
This is the German repress on Funhouse Records, which comes with a bunch of extra songs compared to the original pressing and subsequent represses on Taang. Another sweet find at the local record store. Nothing like finding cool records in the wild.
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| Repress on Black on Funhouse Records /??? |
Getting one step closer to having a colored repress of each Fugazi album. I know that some people don‘t like the later material in the band‘s discography, but I‘m among for the whole ride. There are really good songs on every Fugazi record, including End Hits. This repress comes on what is actually gold vinyl and as always with Fugazi, the color works really well with the album art.
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| 2024 Repress on Gold on Dischord /??? |
A couple of months ago a buddy of mine asked if I wanted to go see Good Riddance with him next August. I didn’t hesitate to say yes, because Good Riddance rules, and the last time I saw them live, maybe five years ago or so, they were excellent. When I happened to see that they had a new record out, it didn’t take me long to order a copy. Their 90s records are untouchable and some of my all-time favorites of that genre, but I also have a soft spot for their post reunion records. Before The World Caves In however is somewhat disappointing. I haven’t found the tracks on this album yet. Maybe I need to spend more time with it, maybe I wasn’t in the right mood, but this is my least favorite GR so far. I’m still very excited about seeing them soon live.
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| 1st Press on Black on Fat Wreck /??? |
Along with the compilation I posted about in my last post, I also ordered this split between two German bands that were both active in the early 2000s. Highscore had actually started in the lates 90s and were one of the premier hardcore bands of that era. The Now-Denial formed in 2000 out of the ashes of some other hardcore bands active in the 90s, like Enfold and Durango 95. I own records by both bands, so getting this split for very little money was a no brainer. This is a really good example of a split well done, musically speaking. The aesthetic is still 90s inspired, e.g. the ‘Only for Promotion’ stamp and the other stamps on the labels. But I like it.
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| 1st Press on Black on Tomte Tumme Tott /??? |
If you‘ve been following this blog on a regular basis, you know that the number one golden rule of collecting for me is that if a record is related to Bane, I need to get it. I‘ve owned a copy of this 7“ compilation forever and I the last time I listened to it was probably right around the time I got it. But since there are different versions, I‘ve still always kept my eyes open. At this rate, I might get the other versions that are out there about 10 years into my retirement. If I ever get them, because they‘re super rate and probably sit in someone‘s collection who doesn‘t realize that, not that they‘re worth much, or they rot in a $1 bin somewhere.
Anyway, the most interesting aspect of getting this copy is the fact that it differs so much from the version I already owned. I mean, who changes the title of a comp from one pressing to the other? And why? And why only on the cover, but not on the labels? The cover is completely different, too, so someone clearly put in time and effort to make those changes. Who knows…
I know it’s a long shot, but if anyone has a copy with the blue cover and/or blue vinyl, or even a stamped version, I’m definitely interested.
Despite the fact that this version was available exclusively from a mailorder in Europe, I initially missed out on it. Copies became available on the second hand market pretty soon after, but I definitively wasn’t willing to pay the kind of money asked for those copies. Patience did pay off eventually when I found an affordable copy in the UK and thanks to Marcus, I managed to finish this micro collection (= 6th press of Bane’e Don’t Wait Up on End Hits) after two years. I only realized this while writing this post, so there’s no family picture I’m afraid.
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| 6th Press on Blue & Yellow Smash on End Hits (‘Devil Dog Exclusive’ /100) |
The parcel that keeps on giving. I’m still posting records I got from Marcus recently. I discovered them last year and in the post about the 7“ I picked up I wrote that the band had just released a full length the day before. Well, I made that post in September last year and I did order the record soon after and here we are!
The record picks up where the 7“ left off. The songs are still really melodic and so catchy. Fun fact, my wife and I both discovered the band simultaneously, but autonomously. So this ended up being played a lot in the car during our last family vacation.
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| 1st Press on Clear / Black Smoke on Sunday Drive /500 |
One more record for the ever-growing Bane collection thanks to the myriad of represse. I‘ve posted about the regular white w/ red cross version of the latest Give Blood repress not too long ago. A little bit longer ago, well 2.5 years ago, I posted about the special version of the Give Blood repress with the special sleeve that was released through Tiger Records. Well, apparently there was some left over vinyl or some left over sleeves or both, and et voila, you’ve got a third version just like that.
This record is a little annoying, because the spokes don’t align with the red cross on the label. On the flip side, it’s interesting what different variants of this might be out there: different alignment, maybe only three or even five spokes? Who knows.
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| White w/ Red Cross on Equal Vision aka ‘Tiger Records‘ Version /70 |
A record I have fallen totally in love with again over the last couple of years is Hoop Dreams by Big Kids. I listened to the record a ton when I got it and I put a variety of songs on . I managed to pick up a pink copy and a red copy last year, so of course I needed to get an orange copy eventually, and thanks to Marcus I finally managed to get one from the US. The pressing info on Discogs is kinda vague and just states ‘random mix (blues and oranges)’ for part of the first press, so there might be many different shades out there.
Hard to believe that the Mil-Spec demo came out 10 years ago. They still feel like a new band to me, even though they have a lot of releases under their belt - and I like all of them. So when I saw that they had a new record out, I wanted a copy right away. I didn’t want to order in the US directly, so I had to be satisfied with whatever version showed up in Europe, so black it was. And it works pretty well with the cover, which itself is not that great, but also strangely fascinating.
The new record has four new songs that make me very happy. I wish there were more songs, then again, those four songs leave me wanting for more, so marketing-wise, the band did a great job.
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| 1st Press on Black on Young Blood /??? |
The new Glitterer record - I still call it new, even though it was released in November of last year - picks up where the band left off. Which is exactly what I wanted the record to be. So good.
The red vinyl really shouldn’t really work with the cover, but somehow it does. Weirdly, the record plays at 33rpm, even though the label says 45rpm.
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| 1st Press on Red on Purple Circle /1100 |
This is the final piece of the repress of Bane’s Boston, 6:58pm. Originally it had been released as a 7” on Triple B, but Equal Vision repressed it last year as a 12”. The other versions were fairly easy to obtain, but this one proved to be very difficult to track down. For the longest time my circle of Bane collectors wasn’t even sure whether or not this version actually existed. It had been announced but no copies popped up anywhere, which was very weird because this the ‘retail version’. But then a friend of mine in Australia picked up a copy, thus confirming it was actually real.
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| Repress on White (‘Retail Version’) on Equal Vision /500 |
