Sheer Terror for a good cause

well what's there to say about Sheer Terror? they are one of my favorite bands and i'm really curious about their latest full length. i can't wait until it arrives on my doorstep. meanwhile i got these:

Sheer Terror - kaos for kristin pic.7" - Dead City 017

although i'm not into picture discs and even though musically it is one of the most superfluous records, since all the songs are covers, i still didn't hesitate but ordered it right away.

one reason for ordering is that i'm set on owning every piece of vinyl they officially released. and the other is that it is a benefit release. for more info check the info from the "backcover" in the picture below.

not long after i came across the above release i discovered the european version of this release.

Sheer Terror - kaos for kristin 7" - Randale Records 155

luckily this one is a real piece of vinyl with cover and all. 

limited to 1000 copies on yellow splattered vinyl in a printed innersleeve.

at least that's what it says on discogs. i left my copy sealed because i probably won't even be listening to the picture vinyl again so what's the use opening it? but then again i'm a little curious what the innersleeve looks like. maybe one day...

and here you have both versions side by side in the same picture

Quality Control HQ Arms Race Shame

at the end of last year there was a slew of really great demos coming out. this is one of them

Arms Race - demo 2013 - Quality Control HQ 010

dirty and raw hardcore the way it is supposed to be.

limited to 200 copies and appears to be sold out from the label

while ordering from Quality Control HQ i checked out what else they had and threw this great 7" in with it:

Shame - wasted time 7" - Quality Control HQ 006

Shame indeed. it's a shame that this one isn't sold out yet. 

great hardcore punk and the download that comes with it also features the 3 tracks from their demo that didn't make it onto this record.

go get one!

down with the Down & Outs

during those 7 weeks on tour last winter i spent quite a while online.
this is another gift i sent myself from tour.

Down & Outs - lifeline LP - All In Vinyl 026 / Yo Yo 75

first it takes them 6 years to write a new record and then they release two full lengths within about a year. well, why complain? each one is great! now i only have to see them live again.

first and only time was at Ninja Fest. i think it was 2006. we went there to hang out with friends from austria and to see Cold World. great weekend and a Down & Outs fan ever since.

i ordered the LP from All In Vinyl in the UK and at the same time they had this available:

Down & Outs / Dan Padilla - split 7" AIV 023

it's one out of a series of split 7"es on that label but the other are not of interest to me. not sure if i even listened to Dan Padilla yet. probably not. yes i'm ignorant.
silk-screened quarter-back fold-over cover.

one more praise to ANNA CALVI

Anna Calvi truely is one of the greatest artists of our time. here's the latest of her 7"es which also was waiting for me when i got back home from tour in january this year. meanwhile a new 12" with cover songs only is available for pre-order. among them is Suicide's - ghost rider. can't wait to hear her take on it.

Anna Calvi - suddenly b/w fire 7"

some of you might be asking themselves if that B-Side is a cover or an original track. well, it is Anna's interpretation of a Bruce Springsteen song. 

Finishing the Zürich haul - United Mutation / Blindfold / Jimmy Cliff

ok. getting back on schedule with these last three 7" pick ups from my work related stay in Zürich, Switzerland.

first off the United Mutation - götterdämmerung 7" - L&F 028
this is one of two 7"es on Lost & Found Records. it features 5 live songs from a show at the East Side Club on 09/17/1987 and 2 songs from a 1982 recording session at Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara. the other 7" features 9 songs from that same recording session at that legendary studio plus 1 song recorded at the same show.
why mix the recordings like that instead of doing a live 7" and one with what might have been the bands first recordings. well i guess that's just what you can expect from a shitty rip off label like L&F. they probably thought they could sell more copies like that.
does anyone know if they ever put out a demo tape? were these the recordings for something like that?
share your knowledge!!

next up is the Blindfold - world of fools 7" - Machination Records 05
this is one of the last releases by these legendary belgians. prior to this one they had already dropped their old school hardcore influences to become one of if not the best emo band in europe so this record doesn't hold any surprises. 2 great songs, stamped innersleeve, and a beautiful lyric insert.

last but as usually not least is the Jimmy Cliff - vietnam / she does it right 7" Island Records 6014 003
yes, this is another odd one out. i am generally not much of a reggae fan but this guy did some great stuff. as far as i know this was his biggest hit. it originally appeared on a s/t LP in 1969.

and while taking a group shot of the 3 I realized all of them have some kind of religious thing going on. weird coincidence that i kept those for one last post of everything I bought in Zürich.

The eagle has landed - Stop & Think

for my first post on here in 4 months i moved two records slightly up the pile to make sure i'm coming back with somewhat of a bang.

when i came back home from tour in january one of the few and off the top of my head my most recent ebay score had arrived already:

Stop & Think - both demos LP - PKR-002 / LOR-0004

regular edition /748       ||      Straight Ahead tribute sleeve /300

ever since its release i tried to get my hands on either of those but somehow they always eluded me because they sold out too fast and i wasn't willing to pay enough to win either on the bay.

but then while being bored on tour these two popped up as one auction. usually that's not a good idea for the seller and it proved to be true in this case too. i figured why not put down a bid that is kinda half way between what i've seen the rarer version go for and what they would maybe go for in two separate auctions. as you can see this train of thought went to the right destination.
with vinyl noize postings having gone done quite a lot the price of these probably did too but it's still one of the best records from that era and any serious collector should know that and be able to appreciate it.

i would have been totally fine with owning either one and somehow i'd still be although it feels pretty good to own both. but for a trade i'll remember you can pry whichever one you're after away from me.