My Dischord Records collection is all over the place. Some bands I still have never heard, and some of the records I do have I only have represses of rather than original pressings. I have no real focus or plan, although this year I have definitely been focused on triyng to check out more of the early catalogue that has passed me by.But one record I have had in my life for over thirty years now (!) is the Hoover LP. 'The Lurid Traversal Of Route 7' was released in 1994, and I bought it when it came out based on a friend's recommendation. I always liked it, and this is a great example of a record where the artwork really adds to my appreciation. I love the black and dark green colourscheme and the weird photo of a old sign. The whole thing is very early 90s emo.
I was recently surprised that Dischord professional collector Nico didn't have this LP, and reminded him that he should grab one. Around the same time, I realised that the record got repressed on clear vinyl in 2013. I'm not sure if I knew this and had forgotten, or whether I never actually knew. But when I saw it, I knew that I wanted one, so I added it to my discogs want list... and then, pretty damn quickly, one popped up for sale. The price was very reasonable, so I quickly paid up.
Given that this is my third copy of this record, I figured I would pull the other two out for a group photo. As a set of three, they do look pretty good together I think.
The black vinyl is a first pressing from 1994, the green is a repress from 2010, and the clear was apparently from 2013. It looks like there have been a couple of black vinyl pressings since, but no other colour pressings. I'm actually surprised by this. But it wouldn't surprise me if another pressing appears at some point in the next year or two.
I'd almost forgotten, but I once saw this band play live. According to my spreadsheet, it was on the 11th of December 2004 at Josephs Well in Leeds. I remember going, standing on my own and not saying a word to anyone all night, then going home. Pretty cool though to have actually seen them play live, right?
