aka soul kill

I guess this 7" is deemed more interesting by the general population


Split Lip - s/t 7" - 1992 Doghouse Records DOG 009

What we have here is the first release by one of the best bands from the 90s. Their evolution as a band is really impressive. At least up to the point where they changed their name. That's when they lost me. On this single their sound is still firmly rooted within the hardcore genre. On "for the love of the wounded" they toned it down a bit. Incorporating more rock elements until they perfected that sound on "fate's got a driver". It's amazing how they managed to evolve from each record to the next always killing it.

Apparantly someone colored in a section on each the front and back cover. Does anyone know if this was done by the band for whatever reason or if some idiot was just bored? Would be nice to know even though I don't mind it at all. It actually looks pretty good and gives it a unique appeal. Like those colored Negative Approach covers. A first thought was that maybe they did that to set apart the covers for the blue vinyl but that doesn't seem to be the case as there are other blue vinyl copies that don't look like this. Until someone tells me otherwise I'll pretend that this one was sold on tour and a band member colored this in thus making it legit.

Now I own two versions of this release, with the other one being on black vinyl and also in a white cover. Does anyone know how many different versions there are exactly? I know about yellow sleeves and white vinyl for sure but wasn't there also a purple vinyl pressing? And do all the different vinyl colors come with both sleeves? Was this a one time or are these several pressings? Discogs states it's a one time pressing and only some of the white vinyl came with the yellow cover but I think I saw a black vinyl copy with the yellow cover on the internet once.

almost november

A while ago I made a trade with a friend.
He got two LPs and I got 3 LPs and 2 7"es.
Starting it off slow here is one of the larger pieces of vinyl.
Don't expect this trade to pick up to much steam though.


Shift - pathos 12" - 1994 Equal Vision Records EVR17

There are two versions out there. One is a single sided 12" that comes with a lyric sheet and the other is the one you're seeing here. As far as I know it never came with a lyric sheet but has songs on Side B too. Too bad it's exactly the same program as on Side A. Why make a difference like that? Does this make sense to anybody?

Anyway. This is one of the best post-hardcore releases I can think of. Or would you say it's emo? I can't remember the term post-hardcore being thrown around that much in the 90s. When I first obtained the CD version of this rocker I thought of it as emo and I bet a lot more kids did so too. What a shame it became such a dirty word. But it doesn't matter what category you want to put this in. Fact is you need this. Just like I want a copy with blank B-Side and lyric sheet.
I love this shit!
I even saw them live once. It was in Belgium at the Cultureel Centrum in Dilsen if I remember correct and I think Earth Crisis also played that night. Or was it 108? Or maybe all of the above? Too many good shows happened there. It became a bit of a blur. Albeit a very fond and beautiful one.

lower east side crew

Last one of the birthday bunch and just as elusive as the other 4.

War Zone - lower east side crew 7" - 1987 Revelation Records REV:1

And also just like the others from the same haul it's in perfect condition.
First press of the first release on Revelation Records. A truly historic piece of vinyl.

I really don't know what else to say about this record. I feel like it's such a classic that absolutely no one into hardcore wouldn't know about it. Then again there are 'hardcore kids' that confuse Insted with Infest and when you try to explain what kinda music Insted plays they draw blanks when you throw in Youth Of Today, Youth Crew or Revelation Records. Times are strange.