EARTH AD, HOLY GRAIL!

The Misfits Earth AD, possibly one of the greatest hardcore records ever recorded? I think so....Everyone knows how rare this is on colour vinyl and in true Glenn Danzig fashion 1000 were pressed on 4 separate colour pressings. The rundown of this is 100 on clear green, 500 on clear yellow, 200 on clear and 200 on clear purple. The one on show here is one of the 100 on clear, and even though it has a purple tint, it is still classed as a clear version!!! Another main difference with this version is the lighter purple sleeve as is shown against the more regular darker sleeve below:


Funnily enough most of these pressing are streaked due to the fact Danzig would drop colour pellets into each mix whilst visiting the record plant to witness his work being made into vinyl!!!! The Clear green tends to have black streaks, the clear yellow has red and orange streaks, the clear purple has blue and red this clear variant also has blue and red streaks. The clear pressing also comes in an actual clear (without the purple tint) vinyl and also with blue and red streaks. God help any Misfits completists!!!

Again this version is classed as clear and this picture below definitely shows that in more detail.


It's an understatement to say how rare this record is and when you do the Lins tried and tested age calculation, then you'll know that of the 200 pressing back in 83, all of 28 yes 28 years ago I doubt that number still exist, then by my calculation we have one hens teeth of a rare record here. This is why I love vinyl and collecting records so much, you just cannot recreate the aesthetics on any digital format. Mommy can I go out and kill tonight................!!!!

ALL HALLOWS EVE

Second installment of Samhain's NCF and this one was released in May 1986. This is the UK only release on Revolver records and as you can see in the pics there are a few subtle differences like a different record label and the obvious Revolver logo on the back of the record sleeve.

SAMHAIN - NOVEMBER COMING FIRE LP, CLEAR ORANGE

Possibly my favourite Samhain record and definitely the most polished, released in Feb 1986. I'd been thinking about getting this record for a while when I was given the opportunity to conduct a really good deal for it, which I couldn't turn down! There's something about this record and the end of summer beginning of Autumn that fits just nicely alongside the pumpkin clear orange vinyl! Most rabid fits/hain collectors know that there were only 500 of these bad boys produced and getting one on Ebay will cost you an arm and a leg and quite possibly more. I've been lucky with this one so another want has disappeared off my wants list.

UNHOLY PASSION

My love for all things Danzig lead me on a bit of a chase to get hold of any Samhain colour vinyl and here I managed to do a pretty reasonable trade which included a couple of Floorpunch Records and other bits and bobs, for a 2nd press of Unholy Passion.

According to official pressing info there were 500 on clear red with a Maroon cover and 200 on white with a tan cover. So that means the hunt for the white goes on!!! I love Samhain just as much as I love the Misfits and this 12" ep has a stonking rehash of All hell break's loose done in the distinctive Samhain way.

SAMHAIN - UNHOLY PASSION LP, BLUE

Don't really know much about this other than its a really well done bootleg. I read somewhere that only 400 copies exist of this and knowing how rabid Misfits/Danzig collectors are this will no doubt be worth more now than what I initially paid for it. Even the small detail like the labels are done incredibly well enough to make you think its legit! Anyone with any more info on this please leave a comment.