Times Together Resolve!

YO!
So i've been gona a long while again! Partily due to not much money to spend on records partialy due to not having enough time when i get a few!
As you may have guessed if you have read my blog before this is going to be another post for the mighty Just another day records!
The bands on the block today are Times Together the UKs best and pretty much only youthcrew band! The second release is JAD's first LP by Resolve!!

First up Resolve!! I First stumbled on Resolve through the old Youthcrew thread that was about on the B9 board last year and loved what i was hearing! i picked up their tapes and didnt hear much from them until Seb at JAD said he would be putting out their LP! I was lucky enough to get a early digital copy of the LP and mark my words anyone who is a fan of any YC record lable or year sound will want to pick this up!
Anyway this is a record blog so i will talk about the records now!
RESOLVE - WON'T STAND BY LP

This is the Test press for Won't stand by 11/20 As this is the First LP then i suppose it was time for a change in how JAD presented its Tests. With previous releases JAD has just used blank coloured jackets however this is 2010 not 2009 damnit! So lets move forward! Its presented in a hand stamped version of the regular press's sleeve and hand numberd on the back! The record its self comes in a thin plastic sleeve and has a JAD stamp on one side (above) and the Resolve logo on the other (below) Very nice job for the first JAD LP test!

For those who preorderd the record you will be treated to this amazing hand silkscreened cover for the LP! The sleeve is super thick and the quality is fantastic! Mine is numberd 17/80! The vinyl inside this sleeve is the same as the Burgundy in the regular sleeve i talk about below.

Now as i understand it this release was only going to have 2 covers to start with but then Seb from JAD convinced Resolve to let him do a Iron Maiden style trooper cover! and as you can see its turned out very very well! when Seb recieved the original layout for this cover the lyrics were the wrong way round so he sent me the file and i flpped the lyrics and sent it back. Later when i was talking to Kevin from the band i joked that i should have put my name in the thanks list and he agreed! Oh well haha! This is /400

The Vinyl for this is a cool orangy red with black and green splatter. When Seb was talking to the plant about doing this he wanted the plant to do a clear record with confetti in it so it could be the first Jad record ONLY for collectors as it would sound like crap when you played it! obviously either seb or the plant decided not to go through with it and this is the end result!

The last Cover is the regular one Really fantastic qulaity cover! its super thick high quality card and the printing is flawless!

This is the Burgundy /220 is a VERY nice deep clear colour possibly the nicest looking solid colour LP i own!

Lastly this is the Solid green /300 its a very nice pastel green that seems to fit in very well with the overall theam and feel of this record!

Resolve - Won't stand by - JAD - Test press 11/20

Resolve - Won't stand by - JAD - silkscreen cover 17/80

Resolve - Won't stand by - JAD - The Trooper Cover /400

Resolve - Won't stand by - JAD - Burgundy /220

Resolve - Won't stand by - JAD - solid green /300

OVERLOAD - DEMO 2008 - JAD - Blue 3/50

The story for this record is one of great losses! To start with this record was going to be /500 and have around 5 colours! However the plant sent Seb 500 records without letting him hear the record via test press's first and the end result was 500 records that were largly useless! the majority of these were skipping! and to add insult to injury the plant sent seb something in the region of 17 differnt colours of this 7"!!! So having no other choice seb had to Dump 450 records in a skip in belgium and sell the only records that appeared to be in good order! Great demo from a fantastic band!
Another fact for you! I helped edit the art on this release as well!

They say people save the best until last and i have saved my personal favourite JAD release (up to date) for just that!
Times together hold a place in my heart for being the UKs only youthcrew band! Someone once told me that i listen to a genre that died out ten years ago, was worshipped in europe and never reached the UK! To that i just asked "What about Times together?" Full on Wishingwell worship at its best this release is amazing in every single way! The songs you will find on this 7" will make you wish it was a full length! The only problem i can think of is that this record ends far far far to soon!

TIMES TOGETHER - THE CHANGING OF THE LEAVES

The cover for this is awesome! its super thick, good quality card and spotless printing!
It helps that i can see 3 people i know in the crowd in the photos haha! even if one of them has their face coverd by James's hand haha!
First up its the White mix 3/11!
The cover for this is the same as all the rest except it is hand numberd on the frount with "White Mix 3/11"

This record is a very faint mauve. its obviously the transition between the purple and the white and its very hard to take a picture of haha!

Green /120 isnt quite solid rather marbled with a slightly darker green!

Believe it or not this is the red/90 i promise that in normal light it is a very nice clear red however because im holding it up to a light it looks orange haha!

The White /180 is a very cool solid white with slight streaks of purple in it! very very slight !

Last of the regular colours is the Purple /110! As you can see its kind of a smokey purple and awesome to the max!

Last but by no means least is my Times Together Changing of the leaves TEST PRESS!! 4/22! Like all the other 7" tests this comes in a plain white sleeve with the JAD test press stamp! the record has the awesome Times together wishing well logo on one side and the JAD logo on the other!

Below is my complete JAD collection! its already huge and its only going to get bigger!!

take my word for it JAD has some INSANELY good stuff coming out Keep an eye out!