Sunday, May 30, 2010

BOSTON



Ive often thought about starting a Have Heart collection, but after much lurking around, I came to realise that I will probably be working on it for the rest of my life and will have to take out a $5000 loan as there are somewhere between 30 -40 releases, if not more that all go for crazy ridiculous prices. So maybe 1 or 2 for me I think. My one and only release I have which happens to be my favourite release anyway, is Songs to Scream at the Sun. This was the second or third pressing of this release and is of /1000. There are other versions but I'm pretty happy with this one. Smart and thought provoking hardcore. Their farewell show at the Annandale as part of their final world tour will go down in my top 5 shows of all time.

However, I do hope to get these two purely because of the fact of how awesome they are.


THRICE COLLECTION

Here it is. Its taken me awhile and its nearly 100 per cent complete. I'm only missing one press of Identity Crisis and one for Beggars as well as the test presses for each and im assuming thats everything thats out there (hopefully).

I'll start off with Identity Crisis. This was their first release however it has just been released on vinyl which is awesome. There is only 1000 copies of this worldwide and I was too late when the preorders went up for this so I missed out on black (/100) but managed to still get green (/300) and blue (/400). I later got the white version (/200) on Ebay for a pretty good price considering the amount I had seen them going for previously.





Next up is Illusion of Safety. Not sure how many were pressed on gold/orange because I cant find that much information on it. I know they are pretty rare and have gone for huge amounts in the past. It looks great on this colour and it also was pressed on black which was a present I received for my beautifffful girlfriend who supports my addiction hahaha. hey babe? 



The next release for the band was The Artist in the Ambulance. Probably their most successful album and this one is a double LP with an added b-side on it which makes that much better. This release was also of /1000.


Next up is Vheissu. Their best release in my eyes though it is hard to pick from these guys. You cant really tell from the picture but the cover is embossed and has got some pretty cool artwork with it.  Another of /1000 release.



The Alchemy Index. This took agggeeeessssss to arrive after orders went up. There was so many things constantly delaying it for months and alot of people were getting inpatient as you would. However the end product is nothing short of amazing. Four 10'' e.p's based around the four elements - fire, water, air and earth. When I fist starting hearing this was what the guys were working on I was a bit skeptical but it turned out awesome. The music for each element played on what the element depicted. Fire being heavy, and earth being very stripped down and mellow for instance. The artwork is insanely awesome and I've never seen a package like this. This was another present and I couldn't be happier with it and her for getting me it. She knows what I like. This release is numbered and of /3000.







Finally is Beggars. Their lastest release and one of the best. There are soooo many versions of this and me being who I am, has to have them all. Im short one colour (blue) and the test press. There was some issues over the amount of copies of these and how many would be signed and numbered, how many wouldn't be and alot of other stuff but all I wanted was to get as many versions as possible. All but three are signed and numbered. Each colour has a limited pressing but overall 2000 I believe were made.

Purple: 22/2000, Green: 322/2000, Red: 1092/2000, White & Clear: 1464/2000, Clear: 201/2000, Mustard: 1431/2000. Grey, Mint and Black aren't numbered or signed.  In nno particular order:









Tuesday, May 25, 2010

INCUBUS

I have been listening to this band since Year 7. They are unstoppable in everything they do and seeing them live twice has further proven this. Their LP's are hard to come by and I only have their most recent release which will be posted later. But every time I see their later work pop up on Ebay it goes for huge amounts of cash so I will have to settle for these two 7's for now. Heres Drive which is #3291 and Talk Shows on Mute which is on yellow. Listen to this band.


THRICE 7's

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I am completely obsessed with this band. They go from smart to heavy to melodic and everything in between and I cant get enough of it. These are the 7''s they have released. My favourite being Image of the Invisible. This post probably counts for 1% of my Thrice collection thats how big its getting.

Im pretty sure theres 1000 pressed of this split. Not quite sure about the details for the other two.

Under a Killing Moon

All Thats Left / Eclipse


Image of the Invisible / The Weight of Glory


More THRICE to come

Monday, May 24, 2010

NO APOLOGIES


I thought I'd start off with one of my favourite Sydney bands, No Apologies. The above 7'' is the alternate cover version for their S/T, this being of /76 and mine being #40. Theres something cool about a different cover rather than usual which is always good.

As awesome of a band No Apologies were, they broke it off and after seeing them more times than I can count it was time to go to their last show to see them once more. I was more than happy to pick up their S/T last show press, date stamped accordingly. Best band.





OUTBURST.