2025 Boston

I used to have the best Bane collection in the world. I had a near complete collection, and was obsessed with keeping things that way. But then, a couple of years ago, things got a little out of hand, with three of their albums being repressed on many different colours spread across many different retailers. I immediately decided that this was not for me. It became more about money then fun, and the decision was made easier due to most of the vinyl colours being splatters that I thought looked ugly.

Well, earlier this year I saw Bane play live for the first time in almost ten years, and I ended up going home with an ugly ass copy of the 'Boston 6:58PM' 12". Well, on my recent US trip I was in a record store in Texas and found a white vinyl copy in the racks. So I decuded to buy it as white vinyl would no doubt look nicer, and allow me to sell my splatter copy.

Then, on the final day of the trip, I found myself in Newbury Comics, and found a pink vinyl reissue of Bane's first LP, 'It All Comes Down To This' on sale. Most of the reissue copies of this record were pressed on unattractive splatter colours, but the clear pink looked nice, and with a reduced price copy in my hands I couldn't think of a reason to not buy it.

This reissue almost qualifies as a different record. For starters, it has a different catalogue number, comes in a gatefold sleeve and has two extra songs on the end.

After seeing Ralf's posts on this record a year or so ago, I knew that the clear pink vinyl was the best looking version. But also, it sits nicely next to the pink vinyl first pressing copy that I have owned for around 25 years. I've always thought that pink is such a great colour for hardcore records.

Interestingly, all of the official pressing info on this reissue states that the pink vinyl is limited to 300 copies. But the sticker on the shrinkwrap states that there are 250 copies. I guess accurate information probably matters about as much as making records look nice these days, haha.