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.

suicidal rebellion

I've been trying to score this record at a decent price for ages. Now finally it's mine. Pick up no. 2 from my latest Hamburg trip. The record shops in this city always deliver.


Suicidal Tendencies - the art of rebellion LP - 1992 Epic Records

There are only two vinyl pressings of this record and they are both from the year it was originally released. It was never repressed on vinyl. So it's not hard to find an original copy. The hard part is finding one that doesn't have a ridiculous price tag attached. My copy is a european pressing which is kind of a stupid categorisation as the other pressing is from Spain. Does that mean the spanish pressing was only for sale in Spain and the other one wasn't available there at all? Major label licensing. It's weird.

In my opinion this is the last good Suicidal record and it is the last one that was missing from my collection. Now I have a copy of each of their full length releases up to this one including the "feel like shit..." 12". I know that's not really a great collection but it's all I need. Well, maybe I will pick up the other 12" and even the 7" releases at some point but that task doesn't even make it onto my wantlist so it'll be a while I guess.

ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED ABUSED

The Abused are the best NYHC band. Period!

Thanks to Radio Raheem records their discography was recently made available once more. Unfortunately their store has vanished from the web but don't worry if you slept on this release. GIHC still have a few copies for sale.
The beauty of this Reissue was already well documented on a lot of blogs so I won't go into detail here.

The Abused - discography LP - Radio Raheem Records RADIO-003

Up Next is the picture Vinyl release of the discography from 1992. This was the first Abused vinyl I owned.

The Abused - discography pic. LP - Lost & Found LF 043

Of course I also had to track down the regular vinyl pressing of that release. People seem to think it's worth a bit more than anyone is actually willing to pay for it so it took me quite a while to finally find one for a fair price and it even includes a promo sheet.

The Abused - discography LP - Lost & Found LF 043

And here it is. My personal holy grail.

The Abused - loud and clear 7" - Abused Music AM-1

Looks like someone wasn't able to hit the folding line correctly so they had to leave a little something at the top of the front cover that usually is not there.

You can clearly see how far off the fold is from where it is supposed to be.

Also the cover is a foldover sleeve rather than a pocket sleeve. I don't want to open it too far as the fold is already cracking up.

It seems though that the cover was at one point glued together as the tear on the inside of the back cover suggests. As far as I know all the copies had the perforation you can see in the picture below so I guess the pocket sleeve came undone and whoever owned it then ripped off the flaps. If that's the case he or she was very careful though. That tear you see is the only damage that was done. And there is some glue left on the inside of the front cover which supports my guess.
Apart from this it's in beautiful condition so I don't mind any of that. Maybe if I ever come across a cheap glue pocket version I'll buy that too but I highly doubt it.

Completing the collection is the bootleg release of their demo

The Abused - new york hardcore 7" - Dick Dance Records DDR07

One step forward two steps back

Many moons ago Killing Time's Happy Hour was one of the first hardcore albums I owned. It never was a favorite of mine but it's definitely a solid record well worth to be in anyone's NYHC collection. Due to this I just owned it on a measly little silver disc in a plastic case all the time up until mid december last year.

I was on a workrelated trip to Zuerich and had some time to go record shopping. When I saw the LP version without the lyricsheet I wasn't sure if it was ever released with one. I thought I had seen it with a lyricsheet in bad condition a while ago but couldn't really remember so I asked someone who collects everything on Blackout! Records. He said it doesn't come with one which is why I picked it up. A day or so later he wrote to let me know that he inquired with the guy who runs Blackout! and of course it was issued with a lyricsheet. Damn! Bad luck sticks to me. At least it was very cheap and in great condition.

 

Killing Time - happy hour - Blackout! Records BLK14LP - 1992

 

The end of silence

I've never been a fan of later Black Flag releases. The demos to 'My War' are ok but that's where it ends for me. I'm not even a big fan of 'Damaged'. 'Rise Above' definitely is a killer but the rest of the songs are not all that good. They're good but not as good as everybody else says. Also Rollins is my least favorite Black Flag singer. Keith, Dez and Chavo were a lot better. Probably that's why I prefer the releases that have any one of them on vocals.

It seems people either think he's a cool genius or a musclehead trying to make the trivia he spews look clever. I think he's a weird freak. To me though that's a rather positive quality in a human being. Maybe what he says is trivial but it's to the point. He's always a pleasure to see live on his spoken word tours (unfortunately never saw him perform with a band). And most importantly he doesn't give a fuck if you, me or anybody doesn't like what he does. To me everything he does spells honesty and I think we need more of that. Roll on Henry.

With all this out of the way we can finally get to the record I bought:

 

Rollins Band - the end of silence 2LP - euro pressing - Imago - 1992

Of course I will remove those ugly stickers.

Printed innersleeves for both records. I like that.Yes, they are a bit rumpled but I think it's not too bad and am ok with it.Especially because I got the record for a good price.

Prior to this purchase I never bothered to really check out the Rollins Band discography but this time I did. What a surprise. There are a lot more releases than I knew of. Right away I felt worried about all those other releases I seemingly would have to chase down. Luckily though (I thought I'd never say this) all of those I had never heard of were only released on CD which means I don't have to bother with them. So it's still 3 more until being satisfied with my collection.

What's missing:Henry Rollins - hot animal machine - Texas Hotel(I already own 3 copies of this record but not the US original)Rollins Band - niceRollins Band - end of silence demos