Still Screaming!

So it’s been a while between posts because I’ve been travelling and other things have gotten in the way. But now I’m back I should be updating this fairly regularly.

So after I got back home I was super excited to receive this record in the mail. Uniform Choice – Screaming for Change on grey vinyl, courtesy of Dobek (thanks again bro!). This record is super nice looking! I love this album, and in my opinion, has some of the greatest straight edge lyrics. 

The few of you that read this blog may have seen a few posts showing some of my UC records. After scoring this latest copy I now have all the colours except the super rare Pink transition colour (if someone has this hit me up!!). 

The pressing info for Screaming for Change is pretty non-existent, but from checking how often each colour comes up the light pink transition is clearly the rarest colour, but the grey seems to be the second rarest, not popping up all that often. So I'm really stoked to finally own a copy. 

I love Wishingwell coloured vinyl. Some of the most crucial looking records out there, just a classic looking hardcore record.

Break Down The Walls

Okay so anyone who reads this probably knows that I was extremely lucky enough to have recently picked up a copy of Youth of Today – Break Down The Walls red vinyl on Wishingwell records. This record has been on the top of my record want list ever since I started buying records, but I never ever thought I would actually own a copy.

Everything about this record has already been said before, it's an absolute classic. I mean Youth of Today on Wishingwell records, what more needs to be said!

This copy is as mint as they come. The vinyl looks almost untouched and plays perfectly, no pops or skips, sounds great.  

The cover is perfect, still in shrink-wrap. Even the insert is in perfect condition.

My copy also came with a Wishingwell catalogue, nothing super special, but I love it when records come with little extras.

And here are a couple Wishingwell ‘family’ photos.   

Bonds of Friendship.

Here we have Insted – Bonds of Friendship LP, recently I have been on a bit of Wishingwell records kick however I don’t think this LP gets the respect it deserves, people seem to write this record off as a bit of a joke. Well the joke’s on them coz this is a killer record.

Okay so first up here is a really nice looking copy on red. Normally I don’t like translucent LPs as much as solid colours. But this one is just so clean with really simple labels, just classy. According to Flex! there are 500 of these.

Next up is the tour press on white, again according to FLEX! There are 200 of these. So as you can see this one has no labels, also the corner of the cover is cut. So these were made for their US tour. Not sure what the story is with them not having label, and the cover of the corner clipped, could be they were in a rush to get them ready for the tour, or could be something completely different. Whatever the story they look pretty kick ass.

Now here we have the LP on black. Until I read Kyle's write up on this record I never realized the differences with the labels. 

Since reading this I have been searching for a copy with the black labels, they do come up pretty regularly, however every single one I have seen for sale (probably around 20 or so) none of them seem to come with the insert. My theory behind this is the copies with the black labels are the first press, as they have the same labels as the copies on Red. Possibly they didn’t have the inserts ready??

Anyways whatever the actual reason is my copy came with a photocopy of the regular insert, 2 sided copy instead of the regular fold out version.

Never Enough Brotherhood!

Ok so it has been a while between posts, unfortunately I just haven’t had a lot of free time recently, but I have been getting some sweet records, which I hopefully will be posting, so keep an eye out!

I am always looking for Brotherhood records for my collection. So I figured the best record to start with will be yet another Brotherhood record!

So here is another version of Brotherhood - No Tolerance For Ignorance with the Tattoo cover 7” however until recently I had no idea this version existed! This is like my other copy, in that the text is screened on the cover in blue. (There are other versions that have the text screened on a separate acetate sleeves in either blue, red or yellow which is still need). However unlike my other copy this one is on Blue vinyl. Now at first you might think that someone could have just switched the red with a blue, which could be the case. However all the copies I have seen with red vinyl and text screened in blue on the cover all did not have an insert.

This copy has a different insert; this seems to be the same insert that comes with the copies with an acetate sleeve. It's red and much smaller than the regular insert.

One thing about the tattoo covers is that they are larger than a normal 7” cover, which means that in normal storage they can be damaged easily, which unfortunately is the case with this cover.

Another cool bonus I picked up as part of my trade for the Closet Edition 7" is this sweet t-shirt. I love the look of this, I don't collect shirts at all but when I saw this I really wanted it! I love the design of this. The size of it is a bit odd, it's about a large (I usually wear a medium) a bit wide but the sleeves are pretty tight. 

I love the shade of red on this (the photo doesn't do it justice).

And this is of course the back.

Anyways, I’ve never seen this shirt before so I tried to find some information on the net but couldn’t come up with anything. The shirt has no tags, which gives me even less to go on. If anyone has any info on this hit me up!

Here is an updated pic of my Brotherhood 7", again sorry about the delay between posts, but I have a whole heap planned so keep an eye out!

WIDE AWAKE

Some people are not into Wide Awake, well, some people like Creed and I put people who don’t like Wide Awake into this category. I love Wide Awake and if you can’t dig it, you might as well stop reading this now.

So here is where it all started, Wide Awake – Hold True Demo, such a sick looking demo. This copy has a really light redish-pink I have also seen these with Yellow and Blue covers (if anyone has these hit me up!!)

The cover folds out with lyrics on one side and some sweet pictures on the other.

Here is a ‘fan press’ (bootleg) of the demo, which uses the cover of the band's 7" (see below), these come with heaps of different covers and labels, and there is both a rejected and accepted test press of this. But I’m pretty happy with my one copy for now. (this version with the light blue cover seems to be the most common).

Here is the 7” Wide Awake – C.T. Hardcore pressed on Schism Records (SKIZ #4) 1^st press has the hand draw cover over the guitar player with the blue X.

First press came on both white and red labels. Second press had alternate cover with photo of Sammy on the drums, this came on red labels as well and also on grey labels. All presses have the same insert.

Closer pic of the second press cover

There is also a version for the first press that has a much lighter blue X, to quote from the bible “At the beginning of the printing for the sleeve, the blue in the 'X' was not dark enough so the sleeves were reprinted.” I actually have 3 copies of the first press (2 with red labels) and there are some very slight differences in the shades of the X. But there are actually copies out there where the blue look more like my copy of the demo bootleg.

Here is a copy of the band’s posthumous live 7”, The End. First of all this is a really boring looking record, could have been done heaps better. The actual recording isn’t that great either but it has some extra songs on there and despite all the negatives I can actually get into it.

MORE BROTHERHOOD

So if you have read this blog before you will know I collect Brotherhood records, well recently I managed to get my hands on a copy of a Brotherhood record I have been after for years! I was so stoked when it finally arrived in the mail. So here it is the latest edition to my Brotherhood collection, Brotherhood – No Tolerance for Ignorance “Found in my Closet Records” Edition.

So this version of the 7” has a different cover that looks like it was made out of a manila envelope (This photo is just a bit light). These are out of 40 and were made up with alternate covers and inserts from left over records found in one of the band member’s closet. Red vinyl, from the 2nd press.

These are hand numbered, my copy is 25/40.

As pictured above the insert for this version is a bit different to the regular press. The closet edition is on the left as you can see is much smaller and has a picture over the mail order info.  As well as obviously being numbered.

Also the back of the closet edition is blank. Pictured above is the back of the regular insert.

Here is an updated photo of the family!

Hopefully there will be some more additions soon!