Back in 2024 I rediscovered the band Gas Huffer. I used to listen to them in 1992/93 and then a couple of years later sold their records and forgot about them for the best part of three decades. As often happens with bands you move on from, when you rediscover them you realise what a fool you were. Back then I picked up their third and fourth albums, and recently I added the fifth to my collection.
'Just Beautiful Music' was released by Epitaph in 1998. As the photo shows, the cover art on this seems like a slightly odd choice.
As with all other Gas Huffer LPs, this comes with a comic book, which also looks a bit like a birthday card made for a grandma in the 1970s.
This fifth LP continues in very much the same vein as the previous four. I'm very happy to have picked it up because, even though it is on Epitaph, it feels that there weren't too many pressed. I guess in 1998 vinyl sales were generally falling and given that this band wasn't exactly massive, they probably pressed a relatively low number. Well, low for Epitaph anyway.
In addition to this LP, I also snagged another colour of their Sub Pop 7" too, this time on blue.
There is also a brown vinyl version of this 7". And also, I really want the first two LPs back that I used to own at the end of my teens. I guess the moral of the story is 'never sell anything'.
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