Back at the start of last year Revelation put out a New Found Glory LP. I was puzzled. This was a band that I had avoided for over twenty years based mainly on the name, and Rev were about to put out their new record. Inside I was disappointed. Yet at the same time I knew that New Found Glory records are pretty damn popular and can sell for a lot of money. So I figured it would make sense to buy now and think about it later.
In the meantime, I thought I would check out what New Found Glory actually sound like, so I downloaded one of their older records ('Sticks And Stones' from 2002) and I ended up playing the shit out of it. Unbelieavble.
This ended up being pressed on a number of different colours, and I think I managed to get one of each. The rarest colour was the 'transluscent violet' which was exclusive to RevHQ. It sold out in about two minutes.
There were 5 other colours, and I ended up with one of each. Seems kinda crazy, but hey... that's the way I roll when it comes to Rev releases. Gotta keep the collection as complete as possible.
In the photo are 300 Translucent Violet (300), Translucent Yellow (3,000), red (tour press), Translucent Green (300), Clear (500) and turquoise (2nd press / 2,500).
Even better than the records are the stickers on the shrinkwrap. I love how each different colour record has a different colour sticker. That's a really cool detail.
It turns out that this isn't really a new New Found Glory record. I mean, it IS, but it's not new songs. It's an acoustic 'greatest hits' record if you will. And even though I'm now a fan of one NFG record, these acoustic versions of the songs on that record are nowhere near as good as the originals. Still, this is a bit of a fundraiser, with some of the proceeds going to a Cancer related charity, so I shouldn't be too hard on it.
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I had a very similar with this album. I never cared for NFG even though I grew up in their prime and they even played a show at the skatepark I worked at. I ended up getting this album because I found it cheap and it was on REV. First spin I wasn’t so impressed but now it seems to be a go too pick when I want something easy on the ears.
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