A Minority Unit for a Cold World

Minority Unit is one of my favorite bands from the last few years. That first 7" is all time classic material. And the 2nd one was great too, yet it didn't get up to par so I think they called it quits at the right time. Perfect! Still they don't qualify for being seriously collected by me. Somehow I cannot be bothered anymore to hunt down multiple copies of a record that was originally released after 1998/99.

But despite that I'll pick up doubles or variations to make nice pictures and then trade them for stuff I slept on or just never had the chance to buy.

As was the case with my 2nd Minority Unit - s/t 7" and in late December early January it paid off. I posted my deadformat list in several facebook groups and was approached by someone about the above record which resulted in me finally getting my hands on this little beauty:

 

Cold World - ice grillz 7" Lockin' Out LOR#015

Somehow I only ever saw the CD version for sale at the time it was released. Don't ask me why. I can only guess why. Probably because at the time I didn't check out too many news bands and once I got wind of how good they are it was already sold out. Ten years down the road and that gap is finally closed.

Now I need that first 7" so I can finally sell another one of those dreaded CD releases.

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.