Texas Is The Reason

Texas Is The Reason were a great indie/emo-core band in the mid-90s. They released one 7", two split 7"s and one LP, two of which came out on Revelation Records. In 2013, Rev decided to release this a band retrospective in form of a double LP. It contains the songs that were originally released on the band's only LP Do You Know Who You Are?, two songs that had never been released before, plus two alternative versions of Something To Forget.
The pressing info for this particular release is a little bit confusing to me. The first press was on blood orange, the second press on orange, the third press on orange and the fourth press on opaque orange, according to the Rev pressing info site. Might have mixed it up a little bit there, Rev… I'm not really sure what press I have here, what with all the orange(s). What's more, the record on the left looks like it could be a first press since it's rather dark (aka blood orange?) and shows some black streaks. The record on the right on the other hand looks like a clear orange to me. Anyone?

Record store pick ups

I totally forgot that I picked up a few other records when I went to Rekomando Records in Prague some time ago. I did some cleaning up today and found these again in a pile of records. I now recall that I wanted to make two different posts about my trip there, because the two other records I bought had nothing to do with RSD 2014. Plus I got some other exciting records in the meantime, so these two records somehow slipped my mind.

The first one does have something to do with Record Store Day, but a previous one. Back in 2011 Rev re-released one of the most classic records in their back catalogue: Burn's - Shall Be Judged 7", making this the 4th press. There were two different shades of yellow totaling up to 1090 copies, and there were also 300 copies on black. I managed to pick up a Burn 7" on light yellow back then, which was actually the very first copy of Shall Be Judged I ever got and which got me hooked as a listener and collector. As a result of my trip to Rekomando Records a few weeks ago I now also have a 4th press black copy. Apparently it's been sitting there for the last three years, which is kind of sad considering that this is such a good record, but since it worked out well for me, who am I to complain? I still haven't got a dark yellow copy, so if anyone has one and wants to sell or trade it, feel free to hit me up.

I also picked up the 2012 repress of the Texas Is The Reason 7" while I was there. This comes on opaque orange vinyl and is out of 500. Can't go wrong with this one.