Only The Strong Comp

 I don't know why it's taken me so long to get my hands on this..maybe I have not been looking.. anyway I picked this up last week in a local store for cheap. Victory Records #5 Only the strong comp. There are alot of really great bands on this one the main seller here for me was the CONFRONT and FACE VALUE. Ya sure INTEGRITY are also on here and there good and all but I have never been totally sold on that band. also on here are LIFE CYCLE, INSIGHT and MEANSTREAK. Pretty solid line up for a compilation. I have no idea on the pressing info on this thing.. I've seen it with a red cover and on colored vinyl (ithink) also I think I'm missing an insert as this only had a mailorder catalog from 1996 tucked in there. So my guess that this is not a first press does anyone have any info on this?

OBITS - Let Me Dream If I Want To.

 Obits came out with the new 7" about a month ago now. I use to work at a label that distro'd Sub Pop in Canada so I got in touch with one of my friends that still works there to see if I could snag one on the cheap. I had to wait for 3 different orders of this to come in before there where copies that he could grab for me. I was in no hurry to get my hands on this record because these where just 2 covers from Mink DeVille and The Kids on the 7" and I don't really follow either artist. I just got this last night and not knowing the originals of this might be good cuz these 2 songs are super chill laid back rock jams that Obits seem to knock out of the park. If you don't know my now this band has Rick Froberg from Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes singing in it.  As Always Sub Pop killed it with the layout on the standard sleeve here. and the blue vinyl is a nice touch.

NXNE Record Show pick ups

  I've been seriously slacking with updating this blog. My cameras batteries died a month or so ago and I just got around to buying some new rechargeables so I should not have this problem for a while now. Anyway Last week in Toronto was NXNE its our little version of SXSW. They put on a record show at a hotel on Saturday afternoon so I headed down to see if there was anything I was interested in. I found a discounted 7" bin from one seller that had some high prices 7" and picked up the following for $10

Handsome st 7" on Sub Pop Records. My old roommate loved this band and was always trying to get me to check them out. If you don't know anything about Handsome they where a band that started around 96 and broke up in 98 featuring Tom Cappone of Quicksand/Bold/ Beyond , Pete Hines of Murphys Law/ Cro Mags and members of Helmet. anyway this band has the post hardcore quicksandy sound. I got around to checking them out about a year ago now and this is the first time I came by this record. Im sure you can find it in a dollar bin somewhere. 
              
The Fire Theft - Chain b/w Sinatra - This band is 3/4 of Sunny Day Real Estate. This is the first single they put out to promote the LP that followed it then the band broke up as fast as they came around. This picks up right where the Rising Tide left of. Its decent but nowhere as good as the first 3 SDRS LP's

Shredder Records Comp Vol.2 - I see this record around alot in stores with a price tag of $10+ on it. That always seems a little steep to pay for 1 song on a comp that I liked so finding it for $2.50 was a little treat. So this comp has songs from Jawbreaker, Crimpshrine, Moral Cruz and A Priori and the only reason people still buy this record is cuz of the Jawbreaker song on it.  other then that one song this is a huge pile of crap at least in my eyes.

Rain Like The Sound of Trains - st.
Another band same roommate had a 7" of and said I would be into it. It has a very 90's emo rock kinda feel to it kinda like the later era DC Gray Matter stuff. also is a split release w/ Dischord Records No.85.5 to be exact. Its not horrible but I wont be listening to this record that often. 

No longer on the Shelf...

I bought a couple records lately that I am not super siked on so instead of selling them to a local store I decided to just toss em up on ebay then i just quickly flipped thou my 7"s and pulled some doubles and stuff I have not listened to in years and don't feel like I NEED it in my collection anymore... anyway I have some records that I'm selling up on eBay check it out! -Rick

http://www.ebay.com/sch/goodxthings/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

MINDSET, PEACE in Buffalo, NY

 A couple weeks ago Mindset / Peace and Secret People where playing a gig in Buffalo, NY. thats about a 2 hr drive from Toronto. I got in touch with everyone I thought would be interested in going and everyone had other plans or where going to be out of town, so about 2 days before the show I decided I would take the greyhound down to the gig. I would be the first time since 2005 that I've done a solo mission like this got a show. I have been buds with the Mindset crew for a while now so Igot in touch with a couple them to see if it was possible to be picked up from the bus station. Once I got into town I walked around got a slice of pizza and then got picked up. The venue was at a old funeral home and a couple people lived upstairs. after the show someone who lived there brought us down stairs and gave us a tour of the morgue. There was not a lot to look at other then piles of garbage left from past tenants. It was awesome to go hang out with the guys in Mindset and meet the guys from Peace and Secret People.

First piece of vinyl I picked up was the new Mindset EP collection on gold with a Mindset stamp on the sleeve. Ev was saying they wanted the vinyl to be on Yellow to match the Time and Pressure record release vinyl but this is what they ended up with. I'm not to sure how many of these there are.

 

Another main reason for me to go down is to see Peace. I was a huge TFS fan and this picks up right where they left off. I had to pick up a copy of this for a friend and I pre -ordered  a copy from React! so I had no plans on getting one for myself till I saw it was on Gold /100 how could I pass on this I knew I would be kicking myself later.

 

I also picked up 2 records from Secret People. The one on the right is a Pre- Release version of a split with Sacred Love.

                           
                   

GET THE MOST - MOMENT IN TIME E.P. TEST PRESS

I have never really fancied myself a Get The Most collector but I do enjoy this band a lot. A couple weeks back I saw on my tumblr feed that someone was selling some records on eBay and checked out the link. Almost all the records he was selling where Crucial Response test pressings that he got from helping putting records together as a gift. This was up there with a low buy it now so I snatched it up because I do like this band and why not pick up a test press out of 20 when I don't need to pay what I've seen it go for in the past?

Record Store Day 2012

Well Record Store Day had came and went. When looking at the list this year not to many records really popped out at me but somehow I still came home with a good little haul. The only records I knew about that I was looking for this year was the DEVO live LP. I guess someone found this recording in a box and cleaned it up and decided to put it on vinyl. there are alot of bangers on this! I follow Devo on facebook and they have been updating a ton about this record. I actually went to the store on Friday and bought this along with the Misfits lp so I would not have to deal with the line ups on the actual day.
I dont own a Walk Among Us so I thought what better time to pick this up now that its on colored vinyl? I ended up getting Red out of 1250. I asked for the CFA 7" but they thought they did not get any so I went home.

Saturday rolls around and I'm at home and bored so I jump on my bike and hit up the local punk record store cuz one of my friends is working. I picked up the Poison Idea 7" there. There was no way I could afford to buy an original of this so I was happy to spend the $12 for this (even thou 12 for a new 7" is kinda stupid) after hanging for a bit I decided to walk next store just to see if there was anything I miss and as soon as I walk in one of the owners points my attention to behind the counter I guess they where shipped ONE CFA 7" and he put it behind the counter and out of the eyes of everyone in the shop. Pretty awesome! I really did not think that I was going to get this record. I peek at the shelf and see a Raveonettes 2x7" w/ 4 new songs on it! I had no idea this thing was even coming out. I love this band and these new batch of songs did not let me down!