Only LPs

So up first, this is a copy of Devotion's LP Bastard Son of Affluence Blues from Rivalry Records. Rivalry has been a pretty inactive label for a few years now. Devotion was the project of former Go It Alone vocalist Mark Palm. Originally this entire record was supposed to be done by just Mark, which is pretty impressive, for him to play all instruments and do the vocals. He ended up having Aaron O'Neil of ON do the drums, which was a good decision because Aaron is a great drummer. This record picks up where Go It Alone left off completely, with the more Blues inspired almost Southern Rock sound. It's still a hardcore record for sure but there are other obvious influences. I really dig this record and this entire release looks great from the layout to the art to the vinyl cover. Kyle from Rivalry went with 1,100 copies on black, and no other versions. Which was a cool change for the label. I really recommend checking this band out, especially if you're in to Southern Rock and Blues. I picked this up when Devotion was on tour on the east coast, they played a show in Trenton, NJ with Outlast. As usual Outlast was great and Devotion killed it. Mark seemed like a really cool down to earth guy. I hope they put out some more releases at some point and continue to tour, I'd be in to it.

Here is my pre-order for the self-titled debut War Hungry LP. It's cool to see that this band finally was able to get around to releasing an LP. They've been around for a while and though they are a great band, there's been other projects that have taken up the member's time in the past. It always felt like this band was not a priority. It's a shame because I always enjoyed this band. This LP does not disappoint, it brings the bands sound to a another level. Six Feet Under also did a great job with the layout of this release. I'm not a big fan of the artwork, but I think for a different style of band it would work. Red is the most rare out of 99, white is out of 305 and black out of 585.

So this makes my third copy of this LP. This is a white copy of Swamp Thing's In Shame LP. This is a decent LP for the band but I still prefer their first seven inch the most. This copy from 6131 is out of 300. I think this band broke up, but I'm not really sure.

So I've always thought I should look more in to this band. I'm still not totally in to them but this is a good record to add to the Youngblood collection. This is Desperate Measures Never Enough Time. Apparently this band was huge when they were active. This copy on black is out of 400 copies. Maybe this band will eventually grow on me.

Here's a copy of the New Found Glory LP that Bridge 9 put out a few years back. I believe this is the copy on green out of 1,500 copies. Nothing too exciting for this one. I think this is the last copy of the normal press that I needed. I'm just missing the copy on pink out of 100.

Continuing with the New Found Glory LPs, here's the more recent record they put out this time from Epitaph. This is a pretty decent release, defiantly not their best material but it's still completely listenable. Epitaph did a great job with this one, the vinyl colors, layout and everything. The Yellow/Pink mix in the middle is the most rare, out of 250. The black is the most common but I'm not sure the number of copies.

Here's my Sacred Love pre-order from Youngblood. This layout and artwork came out great. Red is out of 201 and black out of 265. This record took a while to come out and it has taken even longer for me to post about it. It's a great release however.

Why isn't it cold yet?

So Rich over at Speedowax let me know that he was putting out some more limited versions of the Splitting Headache double 7". This time he was going to do them on different color sleeves, red and pink. Up top is the copy with the red sleeve numbered out of 50. Below that is the pink cover also numbered out of 50.

Rich also included an extra pink sleeve that is number negative out of 5. I'm not sure what it completely means but I remember him saying it had to do with getting both the red cover and pink cover.

So one thing I was looking for on Record Store Day was the special AC/DC 7". They took the live recordings of "Shoot to Thrill" and "War Machine" for the upcoming River Plate DVD/Blu-Ray release and put them on the A and B side of this 7", just like an old school 45 rpm single. The recordings were part of three shows in Argentina back in 2009 using 32 HD Cameras. You know big budget style. As for the 7", Columbia pressed 5,000 of these, so it was not a problem getting one on eBay shortly after RSD.

So I'm not too sure where I got this one from but I'm assuming it was eBay. This was the last copy of The Effort's first 7" that I was missing. This is the most common version from the first press on Gold out of 200. There's too many versions of this record. I feel like it was trying to compete with the insane amount of versions of Have Heart's Demo.

So I won a three tape lot from a guy on eBay up in the Northwest. They were all demoes of local bands up there. I was really just looking to grab these two. This is Not Sorry's Demo from 2009 and Gone But Not Forgetten's Demo from 2008. I mainly wanted the Not Sorry Demo, but the GBNF was also another tape want for me. I feel like it's even harder to find copies of band's demo tapes than it is their rarer records. People just don't trade, sell or take care of tapes like they do records. The Not Sorry tape with the red insert is out of 50 and the GBNF tape is out of 300. The GBNF tape was one of the first React! releases. I think this still came out after Get the Most's Core Values on React!.

Here we have a record I just thought would be nice to have a copy of. This is Hatebreed's Under the Knife 7". I believe this was released before Satisfaction and the black vinyl is not rare at all, 6,000 copies. However it is from the well known Smorgasbord Records.

In continuing to get Iron Boots records I picked up my first copy of Weight of World. This copy on black put out by Boredom Kills Records is out of 900.

So I picked this one up with the previous Iron Boots record. This is a copy of Easy Green on you got it, Green. This was part of the second press from Grave Mistake Records out of 450.

I've been wanting this one for a while. This is a copy of New Found Glory's Tip of the Iceberg with a special pre-order sleeve/vinyl color. The sleeve is a rip of the Gorilla Biscuits s/t 7" if you didn't already know. The vinyl color I'm assuming was Banana Yellow for a reason. This is out of 500. They also made a Judge rip shirt, I wish I had that as well.

Updates more Often? Maybe?

I picked up the other version of New Found Glory's Don't Let Her Pull You Down. This one on clear is out of 666. I think I got it from eBay.

So Reaper Records put out a special compilation for United Blood this year. This is it. I believe all of these songs were already released, but it's still a pretty cool compilation. The compilation has Terror, Naysayer, Down to Nothing, Death Threat, Take Offense & Maximum Penalty. It has a cool booklet in the cover as well. This guy was out of 250, and though made and sold for the fest, it was put up in the Reaper webstore not too long after the fest.

So I picked up a copy of the Hatebreed/Neglect split. I don't know how many there were of these. It was put out by Jasta's own label, Stillborn.

So I picked up another copy of the Frostbite 7" put out by Dead by 23. This one I believe is the pre order silkscreen cover out of 159. This record is a pretty cool one to collect I have to say. As much as Robby Redcheeks gets criticized for putting out so many versions of records, he did a great job of it.

So I ordered a copy of the Remission Winds of Promise from the band. The reason for going to the band? They've got the band color of course, clear. This one is out of 100. They also had a tape that the band put out themselves. This tape has the songs from the Winds of Promise 7" and the Police & Thieves split 7". I'm not sure how many of these there are.

So my fellow blogger Mike noticed that I was unable to get a copy of the Youth of Today Disengage 7" from Record Store Day, so he sent me an e-mail that he had picked up an extra copy and the guy he was gonna give it to fell through, so he sent it to me. Great situation. I was stoked to be able to get this as easy as I did, after not being able to initially get it. Thanks Mike.

So I picked this one up from Tre of Deathwish on eBay. This is the Final Show/Posi Numbers version of Time Flies s/t 7". The special cover was made for the two shows and is out of 200.

So I think I picked this up from Andy Norton, but not totally sure. This is the record release version of Mindset's Real Power. This probably my favorite version of this record, the cover, vinyl cover, stamp, layout are all awesome.

It's numbered on the back out of 78.

So I picked up a copy on black of the original pressing of Iron Boot's 2004 Demo. This one was put out by the now defunct Brain Grenade Records. This is out of 500. I have no idea where I got this one, maybe from eBay.

A Lot of React

Here we have my React pre order from a while ago. This has to be the best pre order I've gotten from the label. All three records are awesome in every aspect. I was really excited about the Common Cause and Not Sorry records, and not as much for Remission. Remission actually has the best release from these three. Without a doubt this will be one of the best releases of the year. The Common Cause stuff is very similar to their earlier stuff, just a different taste this time around. The Not Sorry record is actually a little more different than I thought it'd be. I haven't given it enough listens to give it a good review, but at this point I think I still like the Demo the most. I'm jaded.

These are two copies of The First Step's Connection which I have no idea where I got from. I think from eBay. The red is pretty common with over 1,000 copies, but the white is out of 270. Both are from the first press. This band doesn't get enough credit.

These are the three other copies of the NFG single that I didn't have. These are not really that rare, I had the rarest. Nothing too exciting, just getting my hands on them.

This is the rarest version of the Pulling Teeth/Frightener split I think. It is out of 150 and is on clear with mixed splatter. I won this on the Bay also. Nice one to cross off the list.

I thought I'd end this post with a bunch of cool rarer stuff from one of the best labels.

So I wanted to expand my long list of React releases so I sent some offers to Aram for some rarities. This is what came as a result. First up is the record release version of Get the Most's LP released at React Showcase last year. This one is out of 133, a pretty odd number. The one below it is the special release as well from the showcase for Common Cause. This one is out of 100 and I was really looking forward to getting it because of the way the cover looks the gold vinyl looks awesome. Up top is Betrayed's 7" on black, I got two copies on white with my pre order. Underneath is Damages on black, I got the transition instead of the black copy with my pre order. Below is two copies of the GBNF demo, both rare copies. Red is out of 100 and white is out of 200. This 7" is great, I wish this band was an active band.

This Will be Updated More

I've been slacking a lot recently and I just got around to trying to catch up. I'm trying to be more up-to-date with this blog. Currently I'm posting records I got sometimes two months ago. Expect some more updates soon.

So Time Flies was a band from Virginia in the late 90s. They shared members with Count me Out and Cloak/Dagger. This is the only LP they put out, on Indecision Records. I picked this up a few months back at Celebrated Summer in Towson, MD. The black is out of 1,105. I actually had never listened to this release before buying it. I had heard Can't Change the Past and was digging it so I thought this would be a good purchase. I was right, I'm listening to this for the first time and it rules, hard.

So way back when Bridge 9 put up there Black Friday sale, I decided to pick up some more New Found Glory records. I ordered these two copies of the latest LP and the second press of the Tip of the Iceberg 7". They sent me a copy of the first press on the White with splatter. I sent them an email and explained what happened. Matt in Mail Order offered to send me a picture disc to make up for it. I didn't understand this as I wanted the 2nd press, which I said in the e-mail and ordered originally. Not to mention picture discs are dumb. So after more than necessary communication, he said he would send me a copy on black. So here we are. I offered to send mine back for free, but he didn't want to do that. I'm guessing they're looking to get rid of these, as I know the NFG releases haven't sold as well as they planned.

Puffer of Alert put out his zine, which had been over-due for a while from what I remember. It's a pretty simple zine with interviews with three great bands, Stick Together (current hype), Face Reality (soon to be hyped) and Thought Crusade (are they still together?). Not sure if he still has copies, but this is worth picking up.

With my Black Friday Deathwish order, I picked up two copies of the latest Alpha & Omega LP, which rips. This thing looks amazing too to top it off. I didn't hear much about this band for a while and then all of sudden they put out this LP and it was worth the lack of attention. This honestly was one of the best releases of 2010. The bottom is on Green with Black swirl, a very dark green pretty much. The top copy is supposed to be on black, but it isn't.

This is the copy of Green/Black. It looks much more green when held up to light.

Here is the "Black" copy. It is green with a lot more black in it. Now this isn't as noticeable unless it's held up to the light, but if you just glance at it, you'd probably think it was black. To me this means I have two copies on Green with Black. Can anyone else elaborate more on this? Are all of the "Black" copies like this?

I picked up this React! rarity off of eBay. This is the special press of The First Step's Connection 7" originally pressed by Rivalry Records. For those that don't know, Aram pressed 88 of these and handed them out at the React! Showcase last year. This was not available anywhere else. I was lucky enough to be able to add this to the React! collection, which is getting pretty big at this point. I was a little bummed, this showed up in the mail with the top of the cover damaged and some creasing, which sucks even more because this is screen printed and any damage is more noticeable. It is what it is. This is more reason why I wish people would be more careful when packing records, and when you see someone who can do it right, you appreciate it that much more. By the way, this thing looks awesome, so clean and mean looking.

I picked up my third copy of Right Idea's Our World in my Deathwish Black Friday order. It's nice to have all three copies, and I didn't have to pay anything ridiculous for them.

Also with the Deathwish Black Friday order extravaganza, I thought I was due to pick up my first Minor Threat record. "What took you so long?" I know, I know. Either way this is the s/t release with the two 7"s on it. I have no idea what number press this it is, but I know it's the most recent.

I picked this up while I was in Lancaster, at the record store of the label that put it out, CI Records. This is August Burns Red's Messengers. This is one of those bands that I listened to years ago, and I still give them a listen from time to time. This record still does it for me. It's something that's hard to get rid of.

This is another guilty pleasure from back in the day, but even better. This is the legendary Zao album, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest. This was the first release after the band essentially restarted, with all but one new member. This was essentially the start of what is considered the real Zao. This honestly may be one of the best metalcore releases ever. Now keep in mind this is more metal, with a strong Death Metal influence, but it owns on every level. When I found out Broken Circles was putting this out on vinyl, I wanted to pick up a copy for a long time. I never got around to it until I saw it at CI Records. I'm very happy I did. This copy on red is out 400. I hope to be able to pick up more copies of this one.

I picked this up at Celebrated Summer. I had heard a lot about Justice, and I figured as much as I liked True Colors, I should give Justice a try. For those that don't know, Justice and True Colors shared members. So after purchasing I gave it a listen, it's not really my thing. It's not bad, just not my style. Oh well. It's something cool to have.

I'll finish this post with the updated Down to Nothing stupidity. Merch has started to get more serious, and I'm starting to run out of records that are probable I'll ever get my hands on. I just realized I didn't put the demo tape in this one, oh well. If you've got a test press, I want it.

EBAY

So I've just been getting stuff off of eBay recently, lots of rare stuff and some just great deals too.

First up we have a copy of Stay Cold on white. Limited to 1,000.

This is a copy of Strife's Grey on white out of 1,017. I've been meaning to get Strife vinyl.

This is a copy of the Listen to Your Friends single put out as a promotion for the latest LP. On clear limited to 500.

This is a copy of the Listen to Your Friends single put out on Epitaph, 1,334 of these.

This came with the other two NFG records, Not Without a Fight on Orange, Epitaph press, 700 Copies.

This I thought was a copy of the same thing put as a 10" from Revelation, instead it's Epic's single release. Still cool.

This is the rarest copy of the Cold World - Dedicated LP on clear out of 330.

I picked this up at the D.C. Record Fair this past weekend. It's a DJ single of Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby and Play that Funky Music. Yeah, and I got it for 50 cents.

This is a copy of the Not Sorry Moving On 7" from Salad Day Records, the European press. I got this from the band's bigcartel store. Wish I could have the other versions of this press.

This was a great eBay score for the price. It's a copy of the s/t Down to Nothing 7" on red transition, numbered out of 30. Here is a comparison of the transition on the left and the regular version on the right.

Not a big difference but check out this photo as a reference for the different kinds of transitions.

Next we have my winnings from the Six Feet Under Records eBay extravaganza a few weeks ago. Originally I think I only won three of these but to my surprise the next day I had several second chance offers which was awesome. All in all I definitely spent too much, but it was defiantly worth it too.

First is a copy of the Adult Crash Compilation/Book on White, out of 150.


I also picked up the Test Press, out of 35, which is a lot of copies for a test.

This is a copy of the last press of the Cold World/War Hungry Press on grey.

Numbered out of 105. I had a chance to get this at This Is Hardcore, but like an idiot I passed up on it and had to pay more for it in the end.

This is a copy of the split with the War Hungry European Tour sleeve.

Numbered on the back. I now have every version of this split other than the test, and seeing as how much it went for in these auctions, I don't think I'll be getting it anytime soon.

Here is a copy of TC Focus on the Light on Tri-Color. I've now got every version of this one too except for the test. I think it's more likely I'll get the test for this however. This band is definitely going to be like Biggie in 2Pac, meaning that now that they're dead they'll get more recognition. Looking at pictures and video from the last show this past weekend makes me wish I had seen them more. Here's a picture from the last show.

It doesn't get much better than that.

This was the biggest thing I wanted and it originally went for more than I wanted to pay, so good thing for second chances. This is the test press for the Hem Hem 7". I probably spent way too much on this since it's a joke release and not anything memorable, but hey this might be the only time I could've ever gotten it. Oh wait that's right I could've gotten this at This Is Hardcore too, but at that point in my record collecting I had no idea what a good offer would be. I'm kinda bummed about the cover, same thing as the regular version.