Poison Oranges

Last year Revelation Records made a couple of limited records for the New York City Tattoo Arts Convention, which took place on 26 July 2024. Record nerds like me were panicking about how they were possibly going to get their hands on these thngs, as they were quite limited and only available in NYC on a specific day. I would say that I was in mild panic mode as to how I was going to get hold of them, but thankfully in the end I had a little help and I managed to get one of each for very fair prices. I'm gonna say right off the bat that one of these is a lot more exciting than the other...

First up is Rev 42, which is the Into Another 'Poison Fingers' 7". This was always a great 7", with one song from their second LP 'Ignaurus' and two other exclusive songs which absolutely should not be missed. It was originally released in 1995, with 4000 copies on black vinyl and 300 on purple. And here we are 30 years later with another purple vinyl version, only this time there are only 100 copies and they are on purple glow in the dark vinyl.

The labels are also plain white and one side is stamped with the date of the event, which I think is a nice touch.

At first this appears to be a nice purple vinyl, but if you beam some light onto it, it starts to glow, and it then becomes apparent that most of the record is actually clearish glow in the dark vinyl, but there are purple whisps that make it look purple in regular light. But the more that the light level drops, the more apparent it becomes that this isn't really purple vinyl at all. This next photo shows it in low light with some of the glow coming through:

And this next photo shows it in full on darkness:

Without doubt this is one of the coolest looking records I have ever seen, and I'm still surprised that Rev only seem to have made 100 copies. I really thought that they would have made more, potentially with a couple of hundred other copies with regular labels or in a slightly different sleeve, mainly because pressing just 100 copies of something is never cheap. But if they have made more, they've been sat on them for a long time now, which has forced the price of this up quite high. Between discogs and eBay I found evidence of 4 copies selling for over $200, which in a way is not surprising, but makes me very happy that I had a little help to get one.

The second record sold was a yellow vinyl Orange 9mm. This is basically just the latest pressing (of 536 copies) on yellow vinyl, but 100 of them come in this screen printed plastic sleeve, which isn't overly exciting. Not surprisingly, the price of this one hasn't really skyrocketed too much, so you should be able to find one for a reasonable price if you want one.

This one slightly worries me from a storage perspective, as these mylar sleeves do tend to rip quite easily around the edges. I'll be placing mine into an additional poly sleeve for added protection.

Apparently this tattoo convention is going to be an annual event going forwards. From a record collecting point of view I really hope that Rev don't get sucked into providing something rare every year. Even though these records are cool, I don't think my stress levels could handle it.