In Trust We Trust

SSD is probably one of the most legendary hardcore bands and arguably the first real straight edge band. Their The Kids Will Have Their Say LP is an absolute classic, but their 1983 EP Get It Away has probably their most famous song on it, Glue. At least, that’s the song covered the most by other bands. Both of these records are incredibly hard to come by. You either have to shell out a lot of money for the originals on X-Claim or you have to resort to buying a bootleg. I‘ve had a bootleg of The Kids Will Have Their Say for a long time, but I never owned a copy of Get It Away until now. 

Whenever Trust Records released a reissue of a certified classic, they made sure that the packaging is always top notch. Of course there are a million different variants, most of which are rather ugly. But this solid blue vinyl works so well with the cover and the inner sleeve. I mean, just look at the whole thing. It‘s  just done so beautifully. And getting  stencil on topf of that? Sure, the records are a little bit more expensive, but you definitely get something for your money‘s worth. 

2024 Repress on Solid Blue on Trust /???

Walk Together Rock Together

7 Seconds are an awesome band and incredibly important to me and my coming of age in hardcore. I often feel they don't get talked about enough when it comes to legendary 80s hardcore bands. Maybe because they didn't break up like most of their contemporaries. 

Be that as it may, Trust Records has re-released both The Crew and Walk Together Rock Together, which is definitely a good thing. I'm always in favor of keeping hardcore records in print, so hopefully younger hardcore kids have easy access to the classics and the bands can get the recognition they deserve. I usually don't play the repress game, but Trust Records has been doing such an incredible job with these re-releases, I just had to get a copy. The main selling point for me was the 20 page booklet that has a ton of flyers and pictures as well as interviews with the band and people from way back when. I was a little torn between picking up a copy with nice looking vinyl (this one) OR a copy on rather ugly splatter vinyl, which come with a bonus 7" though. I opted for A in this case, even though I really want one of those 7"s. Oh well...