We see these signs..

SIGNS OF HOPE!

Awesome mail day yesterday!
so when i heard that Detonate records was going to be putting out the new signs of hope record on a 7" i was excited! i already had a complete collection and i was eager to keep it that way! then Paul from detonate/SOH said that there was going to be 6 regular colors and then 5 transition colors and a test bugger i thought that 12 records! Eager to keep the collection complete however i shelled out and sent Paul a message asking he make sure i got all the colors and a test. Paul messaged me back saying no problem whatsoever! When paul got the test in he said that i was going to be getting 1/5 the only one with writing from the plant on, SCORE! About a week ago paul recieved all the records! turns out he now has 7 transition colors! including the delightful "Piss" color /2 ( if you ask me Paul need sto drink more fluids as its a murky gold color!) since there were now 7 transitions i asked Paul if i could grab the 2 i needed if i sent him the money for the ones i needed Paul said sure thing and sent the records my way!


Yesterday morning i recieved this!
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - White /119
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Clear /108
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Red /74
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Gold /62
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Green /57
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Pre-order Blue /29
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Smokey Transition press /14
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Milky blue Transition press /11
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Oreo Transition press /8
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Red/black Transition press /6
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Green/blue Transition press /6
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Spotted Gold Transition press /4
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Piss (Alex/josh) Transition press Alex/2

Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - TEST 1/5 (only one with writing on lables from pressing plant)

Below here are the regular press colors! none are numberd or stamped!

mine however did look a little special

My clear had light grey streaks in it

and my white has a arc of whte in it near the lables

Anyway here are my special transitions! each one is number 1/whatever
first up is the "Milky blue" /11
very nice reminds me of what milk looks like if you put fruit squash in it.

here is the "Smoke" /14 i am a huge fan of clear records with splashes of color in them! if i ever release something of my own it will be clear/orange.

The next is an odd one "Oreo" /8 its clearly a mix of white and black! however if you hold it to a light it looks like there is some clear in thee as well near the lable! prehaps its only clear and white who knows!

probably the prettiest of the 7 transitions is the clear "green/blue" /6! its very nice its mainly green around the edges but it somtimes streaks towards the middle!

the "red/black" or as i like to call it "Dirty blood" /6 transitions is pretty cool! black streaks around the outside of a clear red record!

The "spotted gold" /4 is pretty much just the gold with some black streaks! this makes me think! how did so much black get into so many of the transitions? the only black SOH records were the tests!

By far the oddest is the "Piss" /2 these were not so much numberd as they were named! mine was Alex/2 and the other was Josh/2.Dispite what Paul told me this dose not smell of piss!

this is quite possibly the most confusing test press that i own!
heres what i can work out.
Line 1: Signs of hope - choices made - E.P. - Alex peter whiley ? - Test press 1/5
Line 2: Signs of hope - in - a - straight edge - HCB???????

i need to ask Paul!
that strange man!

Full Choices made collection!

Full Signs of Hope collection:

Signs Of Hope - DEMO '03 TAPE
Signs Of Hope - DEMO - Self Released - TEST PRESS 6/8
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - TEST PRESS /15
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 1st press SWIRLED BLUE! /108
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 1st press BLUE! /406
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US tour 2008 press, BROWN! hard cover /40
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US tour 2008 press, BROWN! soft cover /5
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US Tour 2008 cover (No For An Answer ripoff cover) numbered "XXXXX" ,swirled black /5
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press European tour press, ORANGE! /75
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - White /119
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Clear /108
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Red /74
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Gold /62
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Green /57
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Pre-order Blue /29
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Smokey Transition press /14
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Milky blue Transition press /11
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Oreo Transition press /8
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Red/black Transition press /6
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Green/blue Transition press /6
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Spotted Gold Transition press /4
Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Piss (Alex/josh) Transition press Alex/2

Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - TEST 1/5 (only one with writing on lables from pressing plant)

Below is my fully finished Varsity Jacket! im so stoked to have this!

YES! i'm positive and focused!

So heres is my package from Positive and focused records, i am a big fan of this label not because of the bands but because of the Effort Toni p puts into each release! so when i preorderd the new Pressure 7" (with a normal version of the Golden X 7") and found out i was going to get a test press i was excited. In the past Toni has made box sets and such in limited numbers so i was hoping he would again, ... he didn't. However the test covers more than make up for this. its a rip on the SSD the kids will have their say record each cover is stamped and hand numberd ( as is the record with the cover coming with a named/numberd strip!
Very chuffed about the named cover!

http://www.myspace.com/positiveandfocused
http://www.myspace.com/xpressurehcx

Times Forgotten!

Yo!
Quick post today with what i have received in the last week or so!
not alot since almost everything in my incoming list is a pre order (check bottom of this post)

First up is the React Records Package deal for the Gone but not Forgotten tape and Effort Fanzine (React & GBNF shirts not pictured)
*Gone But Not Forgotten - Seattle Crew 08, Demo tape - REACT - /300
GBNF are one of the great new Youth Crew bands that have come to my attention within the last year or so! Fantastic band and i cannot wait for a 7" or LP From them! Tape was released as a one time pressing /300 from React and looks very professional!
I will be The first to admit that i don't buy Zines that often, not to say that i don't at all but they will have to catch my eye for me to fork out the cash for one. Effort Fanzine did just that! it is HUGE! i don't know exactly how many pages it has but t is enough to warrant it having a spine like a magazine instead of the usual staples! The Zine itself is full of fantastic long interviews and pictures! Cannot wait to get a chance to read it!


Below is the 2nd press of the Times Together demo tape /50
this self released tape has been spray painted with the bands name, a rip off of the instead cover and an extra track, it looks rather nice.
I like this band they are pretty much the UK's only youth crew band and i have to respect them for that, its something i want to get going but i don't know many musicians who would want to do it! I have been told that this band talked shit on my old band calling us metal kids or something (perhaps the other members but defiantly not me) anyway that doesn't bother me, dudes still make good music!

COMING SOON:

Records:
*Face Reality - Positive Change - Dead End - Secret pre order color /75
*FC FIVE - Super Bloom
*Fired Up - When The Lights Go Out - Clear Vinyl/??
*Golden X - Positive and focused
*ON - Control E.P. - Self Released - preorder/???
*Pressure - Demo 09 - positive and focused - TEST PRESS
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Blue /40
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Green /60
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Gold /70
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Red /80
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - White /125
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Clear/125
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Transition press/10?
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Transition press/10?
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Transition press/10?
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Transition press/10?
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - Transition press/10?
*Signs Of Hope - Choices Made - Detonate - TEST 1/8 (only one with writing on lables from pressing plant)
*The First Step - "What we know sessions" - Bottled up records - /???
*V/A - Youthcrew 09 - Upsidedown - Preorder orange /100
*V/A - Youthcrew 09 - Upsidedown - Black /400

Records i have been waiting on for months but still hope i get:
*Turning Point - discography
*On - Vital Times - Self Reaeased - White /250
*Ten Yard Fight - Hardcore pride - black/???

Tapes:
*Reveal the truth - Courage

A sign of hope!

Every so often people get lucky and this month it was my go!
A while ago i sent SOH a message asking them if they had any spare copys of the demo 7" that wasnt pressed any more than the test press /8
The singer Paul (of hope) contacted me a few weeks ago saying he had asked the old guitarist Evan of the band to get in contact with me. later on i got a message over myspace from Evan saying he was willing to let the test go and asked what i had in return. so after a email saying i would pay him or trade about 2 weeks went by with no reply. finaly Evan replied saying i could just have it! no charge just pay for postage! after further investigation it turned out he had a spare demo tape left as well! a test press and a demo tape for $10 !
2 things i never thought i would get hold of for $10!!!
I still cant believe my luck

Signs Of Hope - DEMO '03 TAPE
Signs Of Hope - DEMO - Self Released - TEST PRESS 6/8

and below my SOH collection so far!

Signs Of Hope - DEMO '03 TAPE
Signs Of Hope - DEMO - Self Released - TEST PRESS 6/8
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - TEST PRESS /15
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 1st press SWIRLED BLUE! /108
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 1st press BLUE! /406
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US tour 2008 press, BROWN! hard cover /40
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US tour 2008 press, BROWN! soft cover /5
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press US Tour 2008 cover (No For An Answer ripoff cover) numbered "XXXXX" ,swirled black /5
Signs Of Hope - "First And Foremost" - 2nd press European tour press, ORANGE! /75

PRESSURE!

PRESSURE
www.myspace.com/xpressurehcx

So it is my understanding that this band is pretty new and i suppose thats confirmed by there self release of this.

Pressure - DEMO '09 - Blue cover, 4/12
First off i gotta say thanks for the thankyou note, i personaly love it when a band takes the time to slip one of these in with an order! Its even better when the note is a sticker that will be going on my record box (will keep the backing still)

From what i can figure out (from pictures etc) there are atleast 3 differnt cover varients for this release. i have seen red, orange and the blue that i recieved, i have no idea what color is the rarest and im slightly curious. anyway i have number 4/12 and im rather fond of it.

The band them selves are a fantastic Euro Youthcrew band from Faro Portugal, fantastic sound! A Euro Champion, without as much melody! Fast to the point and slightly addictive!

More than enough reasons to get the 7" they have coming out later this year!

HUGE UPDATE! (not as big as Aarons)

First off! Alert Demo tape! 29/100

amazing band just starting to release stuff from america! great youth crew style hardcore!
bringing out a 7" this summer!!!

so whats coming up is pretty much what i orderd from react records last year
Mindset - R.E.A.L.P.O.W.E.R - React - transitions press /45
so i can only assume i got thid due to the problems i had with my order. Makes it all completely worth it however :D super rare record for free ^_^

heres what you get with the Mindset release ag reat little package with a little essay! haha awesome!

Right Idea - our world - react - black /500
fantastic LP great to finaly have it here with me :)

and below are my React mailers Aram seems to go out of his way to make every release he brings out extra special! so when i recieved my package and found my mindset mailer i was over the moon and 2 days later someone said they would send me there lp mailer for postage, one trip to ebay later i have some sweet frames and both these wil be on my wall as soon as i find a hammer!

Its time to stay ALERT!

long time no update! no prize in guessing why, no money means very few records haha!
So i will try do these few things in the order i recieved them but my memories a bit hazy!

Rotting Out - this is just a life - world wont listen - regular cover, red
now i was certain that i got one of the pre orders for this record but apparently i was a bit late so i ended up with the regular cover dissapointing at first but i later discoverd that the red record i recieved was one of only a handful sent out :D making up or my regular cover!
Fantastic band go check them out now: www.myspace.com/rottingouthc

Alert are an amazing band from Western Massachusetts. A really good youth crew band that better go on to bring out more tapes/EPs/LPs! because this short tape snt enough to satisfy my hunger
god that sounds cheesy!! its true however a really amazing band and i cant wait to hear more from them!

www.myspace.com/alertstraightedge

so verse recently broke up! not that upset abot this as i believe that if an edge band breaks edge they should part ways. got this record in a trade for a cutting pink with knives 5"! nothing to special
Verse - Story of a Free Man - Bridge Nine Records - Clear /300

Debated buying this record for a long time i was going to preorder it then decided not to during all the hassle from the DON release left me a little undecided on each band. to be honest im not that big on the mongoloids just KLU, saying that the mongolids do some great covers of classic KLU songs
Kids Like Us/The Mongoloids - split - Ghetto Josh - preorder pink cover, clear, 126/100

lastly my new mindset shirt! more on this band later when the EP arrives!