Just Don’t

The post with the three more copies of Bane’s Don’t Wait Up the other day were just the tip of the iceberg that is the madness of collecting. 

While on holiday, End Hits Records and Bane announced that there would be a 10-year anniversary reissue of Don’t Wait Up. Of course that meant a bunch of different versions. Initially I only bought the last two records shown in this post because they were the most limited ones. But after suffering from not-buyer’s remorse the day after, I bought the remaining versions too. Well, technically this isn’t 100% true because by that time the version only available in the UK was already sold out. Since I didn’t want to give my money to flippers on Discogs, I still don’t have a copy. But luckily prices have come down already a little bit. Hopefully this trend continues and I can cross of that version soon as well. 

I really, really hope that this trend of splatter in all variations will end soon and we will be able to look back on this era of vinyl and say ‘Phew, what were we thinking? Let’s not do that again.’ But for now I’m stuck in splatter hell. Obviously no one forced me to buy these records, so I'm can't really complain too much. 

2024 Repress (= 6th Press) on Clear w/ Blue Blob and Yellow Splatter on End Hits Records /125

This version actually looks pretty cool. Love me a nice pinwheel record, especially with a nice color scheme. 

2024 Repress (= 6th Press) on Dewdrop / Midnight Blue Pinwheel on End Hits Records /200

 

The record itself is not that nice to look at, but the silk-screen cover is really sick. 

2024 Repress (= 6th Press) on Midnight blue w/ White/Yellow Splatter on End Hits Records /111

On the back of the cover, the record is numbered out of 111 copies. Nice touch. More bands / labels need to do this kind of thing again. 

Last, but not least, I also managed to pick up a test press for this repress. End Hits tends to do a lot of test presses, which some people frown upon. I don’t really care. If selling test presses helps to keep a label afloat, I’m all for it. 

Test Press for the 2024 Repress (= 6th Press) on End Hits Records /43