NEGATIVE APPROACH

I can't begin to explain how stoked I was when I secured this bad boy in a deal recently. Ok so it's a second press but its a NEG APPROACH ep and that's pretty much all that matters to me. This fuels memories of seeing NA 4 times over the last couple of years. London at the Tuffnell Park dome, Belgium at Antwerp w/ Discharge, Christ On Parade and Warcry, played infront of 2000 rabid fans going ape. I can honestly say I've never seen as many injuries at a gig than I did at this one it was pure unadulterated bedlum. The next day with Agent Orange at a secret gig (announced to 2000 the day before!!) at the world famous and now sadly defunct Lintfabriek club in front of a cosy 200 punters, where I witnessed Brannons scowl from about 5 foot!! and finally Manchester. I've longed to own a NA ep for a while and I scored a decent deal on this. It's in great nick especially considering its age with a flawless insert and heavy card stock cover complimented by a near mint piece of shiny black vinyl. Definitely one if not my favourite hardcore ep ever. I'm happy!!!

IQ 32

Another Necros rip roarer! Touch and Go pretty much along with dischord released most of the non west coast hardcore that in turn became legendary. This ep is no exception since its a split label release! I remember the first time I heard that there was a band called the Necros, "they must have gothic overtones" I said but boy was I wrong! Straight to the point hardcore, simplisticy all produces favourable results. A lot of peeps think that the Conquest For Death LP is better but I beg to differ. As for this pressing its the 3rd. Heres a run down of the complete pressing info. 3000 made, 3 pressings of 1000 each. 1st pressing with green labels, 2nd pressing with tan labels, 3rd pressing with white labels, all have different lyric sheets. 100 of the first pressing in special 'Skate Park' sleeve, numbered, sold at a Necros gig at Endless Summer Skate Park. + lyric sheet.

CONQUEST FOR DEATH

Necros - Conquest For Death Lp:
? pressed w/ blue writing
? pressed w/ green writing
1st press, Touch and Go Records lp2 , released 1983
1st press, Aggressive Rockproduktionen Records 21, released 1984

Two versions of the basically same Necros Lp. The first is the US pressing on Touch and Go with the Blue writing and has 13 songs, the second is the German version that has green cover writing and an extra track which is the b side to the Conquest For Death ep. Both Lps have huge fold out lyric sheets with the German version being darker ink than the US counterpart. Classic band, classic songs!

DIE KREUZEN - SELF TITLED LP, MAROON

This record defies description. I guess if I said experimental hardcore that would be pretty close as I don't think they sound like any other band. Not too sure of the pressing info on this one other than the maroon vinyl is in low numbers and normally goes for over a ton on Ebay! Really nice looking vinyl.

JANS ROOM

First record to make my blog is this 4 song belter by mid west powerhouse THE FIX. Comparisons to Negative Approach are obvious but in some ways this band is even more brutal. Anyway after much deliberation I got this pretty cheap on Ebay. Infact over a period of 4 months the value of this record went up by 50%. Not a bad investment on my behalf! 1000 pressed in total and all on black, but as with most records over a 20 year life span a lot of these prolly got "lost" or discarded. What sets this version apart from others is the lyric sheet. When I opened the sleeve to check the insert I seriously could not believe what I was looking at! First thoughts were that some kid had gotten marker pens and went to task on destroying the insert. That was until after further investigation I had found to have in my possession one of the rarer variants of this record. Two presses with different lyric sheets, the first press having my lyric sheet (8.5 x 11) with the written log in middle that the band hated so much that they spray painted some over with black and silver paint! The more regular variant has the mace logo lyric sheet (5.5 x 8) which replaced the written logo and the lyrics instead of being handwritten were typed. The second mace insert also has a thanks list whereas the first does not. Ok so what about the colourful artwork included on my copy. Well apparently on one particular drunken night Touch and Go records owner Dave Stimson and Steve (vox) from The Fix decided to colour and spray paint a number of the first press inserts. Not sure on exact numbers but around the 20 - 30 mark is a good estimation.