Following on from my last post, I was in Wanna Hear It Records and having just scooped a great bunch of cheap 12"s, I then made my way to the 7" section. I'd had a lot of luck in their 7" section on two previous visits, and even though I was keen to have a look, it was quite overwhelming as there are a lot of records to get through.
Well, spoiler alert... I did manage to find a bunch of 7"s. And in keepin with the theme of this US trip, I mainly ended up with a handful of cheap finds. I guess when I'm in a record store in the States I can never get over the novelty of being able to buy 7"s for $4 or so. So let's get on with it...
Down To Nothing / 50 Lions split 7" on grey. This is from the first pressing and is limited to 300 copies. I picked up two copies of this record last year in the same store. Maybe if I visit rhere enough times I will eventually end up with a complete collection?
Next up, I grabbed two different Fired Up 'Doomed To Repeat' 7" test pressings. The rejected test press comes in a cool sleeve, whereas the accepted test comes in white paper sleeve only. It's also really interesting to see that they each have different labels. The rejected test is dated 13 November 2008, and the accepted test is dated 6th January 2009, so at some point in between United Record Pressing changed the design of their test press labels.
The Fired Up test pressings were the most expensive records I bought, at $15 each, which I still thought was a very good price for two tests.
Next up this hot pink vinyl copy of the Kid Kilowatt 7". This band featured Steve Brodsky and Adam McGrath from Cave In. They put out one 7" and one LP back in 2001-03. I love both and this could be a fun 7" to collect as thre are about five different colours out there.
Next, a copy of the Mission Impossible 'Killing Me Softly' 7" on 'lavendar' vinyl. This was released by Workshed Records and, like a couple of the other releases on the same label, the colour ranges widely between dark purple and light pink. I already had two of these, but instantly knew that this one was different to those.
This is a pic of my three copies, with the new one in the middle.
Next up is a clear vinyl copy of the Paint It Black 'Amnesia' 7". This is now my fourth copy of this record. I have nothing more to say on this one.
Sinking Ships 'Meridian' 7" on green. This is a second press copy and is the most common colour there is, although somehow I didn't have one before. There are so many copies of this record and I don't have any of the rare ones. Ah well, maybe in another 20 years or so...
Unity 7" on clear vinyl. This is a later pressing that I ignored for years, but last year made a decision to try to pick up all of the colours, figuring that they would be cheap. I think that I now only have one more that I need.
And finally, talk about an anti climax, but this is another copy of the 'Anger Management' compilation on blue vinyl. This was released by Martyr Records in 2003, and has some cool bands from that era such as My Luck, Holding On, Close Call and (my favourite) Diehard Youth.
The funny thing about these 7"s is that I have literally only just realised that none of these 7"s are new records to me. I already own at least one copy of each of these things. I'm not really sure what the conclusion is other than I am clearly happy to just buy the same records over and over. At the age I'm at, I probably should have grown out of this by now.
Anyway, that's that - the end of the US record store December pickups. Normal service can now resume on here.
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