Red Letter Day

Happy 2018 everyone and happy record hunting. The Get Up Kids were pretty much untouchable in 1999 when it came to emo stuff. They released one of my all-time favorite records, Something To Write Home About, that year and if that wasn't enough, they also released this awesome 10". Red Letter Day has one of my favorite Get Up Kids songs, Forgive And Forget, on it as well. I finally grabbed a copy at the end of last year. It's 'only' a repress, but I don't care. I think the vinyl color of the repress was really well chosen. Nice fit with the sleeve. I got it for half price, too, because there's a small crease on the top left corner, as you can see in the picture. I'm not too bothered by that because a) I've received new records in worse shape due to poor mail service and b) this is one of those records I'm never ever going to sell, so I don't have to worry about the possible resale value.

Four Minute Mile

I love The Get Up Kids' Something To Write Home About. I know, is there anybody who doesn't, right? But I never really bothered to buy more of their discography on vinyl. Why? I really couldn't say. Well, recently I rectified that. Four Minute Mile is a pretty good record, although it's not nearly as good as their second LP in my opinion. I really like the white and blue splatter Doghouse chose for this repress. According to Discogs, 4000 copies were pressed in 2015, which is a crazy amount of records for the umpteenth repress.