Thanks Bez!

My friend Bez decided to sell his entire collection a couple of weeks ago in order to fund a trip to the States, Europe and some other places. I picked up a couple of bits & bobs...

A couple of 7"s from the 1999 Hydrahead era (although neither are actually on Hydrahead):

Dillinger Escape Plan 1st 7" on Relapse, on gold vinyl - I also have this on a dirty purple colour that I think I got from Tre McCarthy or Aaron Dalbec circa 7 years ago not long after I first met them. This band is so utterly shit nowadays that I can't believe it, but the first 7" and LP still blow my mind. Looking at the back cover of this record though, this appears to be a 2004 repress. Balls.

Cave In / Children 7" on white - This was pressed by some French label. I never bought it when it came out because the Cave In song is on an LP, and also because the band Children are French and I wasn't interested in hearing them. Nine years later, I'm still not interested in hearing them. Their name is way to crap to warrant two minutes of my time. The cover of this record is pretty rad though. Silver foil Cave In logo looks good.

Next up, a couple of LPs that I already have in one form or another:

Paint It Black "Paradise" LP on green vinyl - I already have this, but my copy came in the mail with a bent up sleeve. So I'll either trade that one away or sell it on eBay at some point. But I like how the one I got today has some black marks in the vinyl. Cool.

Piebald "If It Weren't For Venetian Blinds It Would Be Curtains For Us All" LP on blue - I got this when it came out on white, and I then picked up a cheap one on clear. But I never got the blue one. Recently I decided I needed to fill the holes in my Piebald collection, and this was an obvious omission. I like this album a lot, although not as much as their first LP, which ranks up there as one of my all time favourites. I met these guys when they toured back in 2001, and they were super nice. I met them again just over a year later when they supported Movielife and they were dicks. Although, having said that, Luke Garro was in them at that point, and he was stoked to look through my record collection. Shame I didn't actually know he used to be in Fastbreak & In My Eyes until about two years later. If I'd have known at the time I would have made sure he sent me some good records in the mail.