Following on from my last post about the New Found Glory LP that Rev released last year, I found myself really enjoying one of their earlier albums, and acknowledging that I did actually enjoy their particular brand of American High School pop punk. So when Bridge Nine posted on instagram about some New Found Glory 7"s with limited sleeves paying homage to old Revelation straight edge bands, I couldn't really say no.
These things are not exactly 'rip off' or parody covers. More, they are just covers made in the style of a couple of classics. I'm going to assume that if you're reasing this then you don't need me to mention which records.
I'm assuming that there were some leftover records that had been sat around for a few years, and someone came up with the idea of making some sleeves to shift them. And the plan seemed to work. Each of these sleeves were numbered out of 200 copies, and the whole lot sold out within a couple of hours. This was the kinda thing where I felt slightly suckered, but they are kinda cool. Other than in the world of hardcore, what other music scene would people want to a buy a record just because it has been made to look like a completely different record?
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