International Record Store Day

Last Saturday was International Record Store Day (RSD). It has been happening for a couple of years now and it is a chance for bands across the world to release new or old material as a special limited release for the occasion to promote independently owned music stores.
I have learnt 2 things from such a day:

1) People go absolutely wild for this shit in the U.S
2) I am becoming one of these types of people.

About a month back, I noticed City and Colour would be participating in this years RSD in which his first album would be released on limited edition 2xLP 180 gram vinyl for the first time, but with one little side note - US/Canada stores only. At this point i thought FML, I will have to resort to some jerk on Ebay who will up the price dramatically. Time passed, and I noticed Beatdisc in Parramatta posted what releases that would be carrying for RSD and what was first on the list and the only thing I cared about? City and Colour - Sometimes, how good is this....

So I let Matt know and we set up our game plan. Wake up mega early and get down there first and get possibly the first and only 2 copies. We ran through Westfield at 7am, seen some strange shit, lined up down at the store after some loitering around and were given stickers for #1 and #2 in line for RSD, we were loving it until we realised that we're like Star Wars nerds when a new movie comes out camping out over night to see it. 930AM rolled around and we were in, picked up our copies of this beautiful record, and we were outta there. Turned out the store had 20 copies and we could of slept in but ah well. There was /500 of these worldwide, but after some lurking, at least 30 or more were over-pressed which is pretty weird but I'm not complaining. Explains why I got the number I did.
Great record.

Hello. I'm Matt.

And this is my Envy On The Coast vinyl.

Firstly, Their limited edition self titled EP.

- On Hunter Green

- /250

Secondly, Their limited edition debut 'Lucy Gray'.

- On Thalo Blue

- /250

And Lastly, The limited edition 'Lowcountry'.

- On Titanium White

- /250

10 will do

Tour press of Endless Roads. /63.
Just some different labels this time. I think they can leave it there..who I am kidding, I'd get another repress if they did it.
10 versions of this now.
Compared to normal version:

Hey. I've hijacked this blog now. Brendan wants me to post my stuff, so I'll give it a go.

We have a pretty varied taste, so get ready for some different shit.

I thought for my first post, I'd choose my favourite set, from a band called Circa Survive.

It's a small set, but it's a start, I hope to have their picture discs one day.

-First up, their first release 'The Inuit Sessions'

On limited edition pink vinyl.

/1000

-Next up, their debut album 'Juturna'

On Green/White swirl.

/1000

-Next up is my favourite of all time, 'On Letting Go'

On Blue/Black swirl

/750

-And lastly, 'Blue Sky Noise'

On translucent blue.

/?

Love, Matt.

Endless Roads - 2nd Press.

The second pressing of Miles Away - Endless Roads from Six Feet Under Records. I've been waiting for what seems a long time for these to come in but its in timely fashion with the show being tomorrow night.
With up to 3 to choose from, of course you have to get all 3.
White vinyl with regular labels /152
White vinyl with (faintly) stamped labels /162

Green splatter vinyl with stamped labels /148
9 copies of one record? Yep. Why? 'Cause it's awesome and I got to have 'em all.

Is this site just for Miles Away?

Seems like all I've been getting is Miles Away releases, not that I have a problem with that...far from the case, its just they keep repressing releases, doing different covers and I'm trying to stay on top of it plus the band is sick.
This is the second pressing of Miles Away - Rewind, Repeat on a silkscreen cover /250, grey vinyl. First pressing was clear.
Next up is the same pressing (grey) but with a limited edition silk screen cover with only 18 available to a first in first served type of deal. Cool story, after going out to a party and consuming nearly 1L of V because I like the taste, you naturally can't sleep, so at about midnight or there after I go on the net and see this pop up through the record label, and with them being in Europe, the timezone would work in my favour against all the other record crazy dudes here in Oz that may not be up at this time, so I shot them an email, and after 3 net disconnections and me silently going crazy thinking I wouldn't get one, I got one. So moral of the story, drink V and you will get great records.
Final result -

Are You In?

This band rocks. Always will.
This is their second best song they have written in my eyes, first being Drive of course. With these guys being one of my favourite bands I obviously want to have all their releases on vinyl and my collection is slowly building speed from these guys with this one, think it takes my tally up to 6. What makes this even better I got it for a quarter of the price I usually see it sold for which makes it that much more satisfying. Its a 3 track maxi single, one track being the song, a remix and a live version. Not too bad for $20 post paid from the U.S.
The most chilled out song you will ever listen to.

Dallas 2.0

Different pressing of Bring me your Love, its hard to pick which copy I like more but I'd have to go with this one. This version came with a demo cd of the tracks which is pretty cool and pink has never looked so good. Same packaging and layout as the previous version. Of /550.



Next is a limited edition EP done with a hip hop dude, Shad. All proceeds from this record went to a charity and the 2 songs sound amazingly good. Packaged in an old school dj sleeve makes it look real traditional, pretty happy with this one. Of /556.

Bearded Legend

City and Colour - Bring me your Love.

This package is one of the best I've got in recent times. Its awesome when there's extra effort put in with the design of the overall record and adds to what is already a great release. This gatefold red/white 180g press is from Dine Alone Records -picked up locally which is ever better.
Simple cover front and back but opens up to some pretty extras along with the vinyl of course.






Lyrics sheet:
Pictures from booklet:

Time to get ILL

Seen these blokes a while back and thought they were pretty good. Took me over a year to pick up their new 7" though. Playing 80's hardcore its a good listen. 6/50.