Normal Vision

With the RSD shelf not holding anymore good stuff I moved on to the used section and found this one:

20/20 - giving it all / under the freeway - Line Records / Bomp Records 1978

This is the german pressing of their first 7" and the A Side is a total hit. The other song? Well that's what B Sides are for. It's an ok track but nothing special.

I know this track from a Bomp Records compilation but didn't check out anything else by that band yet. They were around until the late 90s and released quite a few records but somehow I never come across any of them. Maybe since it's power pop they get filed under categories I do not usually check when out hunting.
Not sure if their other releases are really worth going through tons of records I do not care about. Maybe one day I'll come across another one. I'd definitely check that out.

Up last

This is the least exciting RSD release for 2014 and the last one of those I picked up on the day. Don't get me wrong. I'm really into early Up Front but this album is not loved by that many people so why make a repress of it? It's not that hard or expensive to get an original copy.

Up Front - spirit LP - Smorgasbord aka Revelation Records RSD 2014

And yet stupid old me picked up a copy. But I kept it sealed. No reason to open it. Since I was going for a complete set of that record I thought maybe, just maybe I was wrong and people actually buy all the copies and create somewhat of a demand for this pressing which I would then (not because of the demand but anyway) regret not having bought. Of course that didn't happen. Discogs currently has 17 copies for sale. Seems like my initial thought was right. No one gives a damn about this great record.

And to top things off Revelation even announced another pressing on opaque red vinyl out of about 300 copies as opposed to the clear red RSD pressing out of about 700. But I guess it was actually just one pressing on two colors. REV even still has some of those opaque red available. That's how much people care these days.

Oh and just to not forget about it. There even was a reissue of their 'what fire does' 7" (which even I didn't buy) whose OG copies are bin fodder already.
Someone please stop that train!!

getting the fear

Poison Idea truly are a great band with shitloads of great collectible releases. For me though just having any pressing of their releases does just fine.
Following that line of reasoning I was really looking forward to purchasing this Reissue Store Day release

Poison Idea - getting the fear 7" - TKO ROUND 201 - RSD 2014

While the original was a 12" TKO went with the 7" format for this re-release. Yet it knocked me on my ass when I saw that price tag. WTF is wrong with people? Seems like RSD actually has become Cashing In Day for a few labels/distributors while record store owners have to take the rap for those outrageous prices.

You might rightfully ask why I bought it anyway. Well, despite the price tag I think that TKO did a very good job on this one keeping everything as close to the original as possible. Also I probably would have never picked up an OG copy because it demands quite a bit more than this one. Meaning if I wanted to own a pressing of this PI release this was my best shot at it.

It's good to see though that not everybody is as stupid as I am. Discogs is flooded with copies of this pressing. Right now I could order one from the US and get it (including postage) for the same price I paid when I picked it up in a store over here. haha. The joys of Record Store Day.

Toxic Town

Now this RSD release I was completely unaware of.

Toxic Reasons - ghost town 7" - Beer City Records BCR174-7 - RSD 2014 blue vinyl

I got introduced to Toxic Reasons in the mid 90s but somehow back then it didn't stick. Maybe I heard some later stuff. I don't remember.
About 10 years later I picked up their split 7" with Zero Boys. Obviously because of the Zero Boys side. But I had to admit that the Toxic Reasons track on there wasn't quite as bad as what I had heard prior to that. Still it didn't sit well enough with me to seek out more.
But most likely because of that split it was a no brainer to pick up this RSD release.

It's their 2nd 7" from 1981 and it's a lot better than anything I had ever heard by that band.
The title track is too long and a snooze fest for the most part but when they speed it up it's pretty ok. So I probably won't be listening to Side A again anytime soon.
Side B is a whole different story though. Great fast early US Midwest HC with strong UK 77 influences which gives a sort of an Oi feel. Now that's the shit I do like.

Red Field

Everything that needed to be said about RSD got out of my system in my last post. So let's just continue with what I picked up anyway.

Here's to my most anticipated RSD release of 2014. Although that's just because I had to complete the trifecta that started with the 2012 RSD release of Sense Field's killed for less LP and was then continued with the reissue of their s/t single collection LP for RSD 2013.

Sense Field - building LP - REV 46 - 2014 RSD red vinyl

I love Sense Field. They hold a very special place in my heart. Not sure why but somehow their music touches me in ways i cannot describe. Seeing them live with Lifetime and Four Walls Falling back in the 90s was one of the best shows I ever saw. 

This one though marks the last Sense Field repress I'll ever buy. Unless REV manages to get the rights to the later albums which as of yet have only been released on CD. Now that would be some RSD release to look forward to.