Sealed traditionalists

On to the superior format with this post.

Maybe this is also a good time to let you know that my likes are all over the place. I am inclined to pick up vinyl ranging from Blues to Soul, Country to Psychobilly, Metal, Punk, Hardcore, Hip Hop, 90s Alternative plus some Indie and Pop stuff. My main focus being on Punk and associated Genres ranging from progenitors MC5 up to metal influenced Hardcore that's just not yet metalcore.

Devo being another one those progenitors, who despite their 1st 7" from 1977 already formed in 1972, are one of my favorites. I cannot begin to comprehend what an impact their sound must have had on the burgeoning punk scene.

I am totally in love with them yet I cannot find it in me to really collect their output. There is just way too much for my limited resources. I'd be very much satisfied owning just one nice copy of any of the many pressings of each of their regular studio albums. Which is a little strange because with other bands it has to be 1st pressings and I have no idea why Devo don't qualify for that. It's just one of those things. One LP though sticks out but let me add first that whenever I accidentally come across a nice 7" or live LP at a real life record store I do consider buying that. I just don't search the web for it.

The one album sticking out is 'New Traditionalists'. Why? Well, not because I think it's their best but because there is a limited amount of 1st pressings that do come with a huge poster and a bonus 7". Or at least these days the number of complete packages are pretty limited. When it was released in 1981 it was issued in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand so I guess it wasn't that hard to find one back then. I know it was also released in several other countries the same year but thise pressing didn't come with either poster or 7".At first I didn't know about the additional stuff because as I already mentioned I am usually happy with just any nice copy and therefore had picked one up at a fleamarket before I came across a copy at a store in Leipzig that came with the poster in mint condition. Naturally I had to buy it because I cannot stand missing something that should actually be included. Yes, I am at times happy with having just any pressing of a record but they always have to be complete. (Come on. I'm not that much of a slacker.)This sparked my curiosity and had me check discogs. Ever since I am on the look out for a complete copy. Or at least one that does have the 7" so I can upgrade and chuck the rest. Some days ago on the hunt through Zuerich there it was

As you might already have figured out from the title of this post and the pictures. The damn thing is still sealed. 32 years after it was released in the USA I find a sealed copy somewhere in europe. How the hell did that one survive 32 fucking years. It's amazing. And if I get to live that long it will stay sealed for the next 32 or more years. I don't exactly know why but somehow it feels like an accomplishment to survive that long. I can't find it in me to bring that to an end.

Win some lose some. Sometimes it feels like doing both at the same time.

And so the hunt continues for that elusive little bonus 7"

Here's a picture of the poster from my instagram account which I took after purchasing it.