Kiss It Goodbye

Revelation Records have cranked out a few limited, numbered covers for some represses of older releases the past couple of years. It's an interesting trend, but one that can be quite stressful, as these things tend to be pretty damn limited, and have a tendency to sell out very quickly. Towards the end of last year, with no warning, a repress of the Kiss It Goodbye LP was announced, with 50 copies coming in a limited cover, and I was lucky enough to be able to get one.

The 50 copies that came in the limited sleeve also came with blank, stamped labels. I got number 16/50.

I also got one of the regular copies, which comes on the same coloour of vinyl but which comes in a regular sleeve with regular labels:

The vinyl looks like a slightly blueish purpleish greyish colour. According to RevHQ this colour is officially known as 'moon rock', which is without doubt one of the stupidest names for a colour of vinyl that I have ever heard. If you hold it up to the light it looks very different, as the next photo shows:

I remember back when this came out just being confused as to why there was another band that sounded a lot like Deadguy that appeared on the scene at the same time as Deadguy. It was only a couple of months ago when I watched a documentary about Deadguy ('Killing Music') which told the band's story. Turns out that Deadguy toured the States and Tim Singer liked Seattle so much that he decided to move there after the tour ended. Guitarist Keith Huckins decided to go with him, pursuading a couple of ex Rorschach bandmates to come along for the ride, at which point they formed Kiss It Goodbye, whilst the remaining member of Deadguy stayed in New Jersey and carried on with a new singer.

Somehow, finally knowing this story makes me appreciate this band and record even more, all of these years later.