We're Down...

Probably my favorite hardcore band, this was American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost's second LP. A month or so ago I finally saw a red copy on ebay, the first in a year or two and decided to keep an eye on it. Suprisingly the set of four was relatively cheap in the end, costing me a little less than the records individually. I do now have doubles of the purple copy, but it shouldn't be too hard to get rid of. Also had an added bonus of helping Wes out, since he was selling this stuff to raise money for heartworm press.
Pressing breakdown: clear /500, pink and purple, both /200, and red /100.

Defeater "Travels"

Defeater has been getting alot of press ever since their first LP, "Travels". All of the reviews I read about it were stellar, some even saying it was the best hardcore album of the year. I finally got around to ordering a copy from Bridge Nine a few months after it came out, and boy it didn't disappoint. Fast forward to this year with Defeater releasing a double 7" called Lost Ground. After listening to a few preview songs on their myspace page I was extremely excited to see them at one of their record release shows and the one at MassArt was only a few blocks away! Just like their LP, this show exceeded my expectations. I had a great time and their live show is as emotional as the record. Unfortunately, there wasn't a record release version of Lost Ground, but I did start searching for the record release of Travels soon after. There were 50 given out at the release show in Worcester, but I had quite a hard time finding someone who wanted to let one go. I finally found this one for $25 from someone who was selling their collection. Not bad in my opinion since the first pressing of the LP is sold out and the second pressing isn't out yet due to budgeting. I highly suggest picking this record up in any format you can, or helping topshelf get the second pressing out on the shelves as soon as possible. They launched a kickstart campaign to get it going and the link is below if anyone feels inclined.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topshelfrecords/repress-defeaters-travels-on-vinyl

Shook Ones/End of a Year

Shook Ones are an amazing hardcore band from Washington who just released a new full length on Vinnie Fiorello's label Paper+Plastic. This band gets alot of crap about copying Kid Dynamite's sound, but for those who enjoy it, this band DELIVERS. This was one of their first records I was able to get ahold of all the variations; there are 15 tests, 100 white with black splatter, and 210 of the other three colorways. When Sean sent me the test he also included a note, "Congrats man. Guard it with your life!", and since then I've been amassing quite a collection. More to come...

Shorter, Faster, Louder TEST

Here are a few pictures of the s,f,l test I mentioned in the last post. Out of 6 from Jade Tree Records. I also updated pictures of the blue copy I have since the last one I posted was from a camera phone. Enjoy.

Shorter, Faster, Rarer??

Since I have the Philly thing going for me I figured I'd make the first real post about its punk rock native son, Dan Yemin. He's also probably the favorite son? At least ONE of the favorite sons. Hell, how can he not be with a pedigree of Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, and Paint It Black. Three home runs in most peoples books, mine included.
While I missed Kid Dynamite running Philadelphia by a few years (I was eight when they started), hearing the stories makes me regret not being involved in the scene at the time. If you ever watch their documentary you'll see what I mean, it makes it look like the whole city was behind them.
Their last LP before they broke up was Shorter, Faster, Louder on Jade Tree records. There were three different colors: black out of 1000, marble green out of 500, and clear green also out of 500. They were all easy enough to get. Right now you could probably get all three on ebay for around $100 total.
I thought my S,F,L collection was coming along swimmingly until I saw another person's KD collection on Hows Your Edge with a BLUE variant. After asking him about it he said it was a transitional variant a few shades off of the marbled green. He also told me he asked Jade Tree about it and they had never heard of anything like it. With no other information on it except that its owner had never seen another one of its kind, I didn't suspect to ever find one of my own. Then, earlier this year at the beginning of September I saw one pop up on Ebay with a Test Pressing of the record. Luckily, I ended up winning both and found out the seller was somebody off the Bridge9 boards. I paid for the records and about two weeks later got them in the mail safe and sound. And now, I have one of two known blue copies.*


*If anyone else has one like in the picture let me know so I can change it to out of three!

Welcome

I enjoy reading other peoples record blogs, so I thought I'd make one of my own! Hopefully I can update this a few times a month with cool stuff I get in the mail or gems from the collection. I plan to deal with rarer records primarily, but if I come across a good show or awesome music in NON-record form I may have to slip it in.

Are black flag jokes tasteful in a blog? Probably not...