Right Idea what we believe

Nice little mail day today!

First up is the What we Believe LP by Insted

i havnt heard this LP yet but everything else i ahve heard by Insted i have loved so i see no reason why i shouldnt love this!

the other record i recieved was the repress of the Right Idea "Our World" LP, this was repressed by Bottled up records when Aram from React records asked them to. A fantastic record this time on a 7" thats been made to look like a bootleg!
if you havnt heard right idea do yourself a favour and go listen now!

Dublin times

What can i say about the last week that can justify it?
I really dont know. On sunday i saw my family and my parents gave me my birthday gifts (i turned 21 on wednesday)
a matte black Project Debut MK III!!!!
a lovely Amp that i used to use alot when i lived at my parents and some records and stuff :)
fantastic! couldnt be happier!


On wednesday morning i flew out to Dublin. i was meant to be going with a buddy but due to err unseen circumstances he couldnt make it. so off i went to stansted all by my little self. no worrys caught the flight ok got to Dublin just fine, problem was i had given myself to much time. i arrived in dublin at 11 and finished my tour that Chris had given my by 1 =D (cheers mate)
somehow i managed to find a semi decent veggie resturant haha! (below) and that hit the bloody spot i tell you!

after that i wonderd round a bit got depressed at seeing 9 year olds begging on the street, tried to finds a decent comic store and sat by the river for a good 3 hours haha!
soem time after 5 i got a call from Chris who came and met me at the river :D
Great guy who went well out of his way to help me out! introduced me to pretty much all teh hardcore kids in Dublin i was surprised that there were any after seeing none all day when walking about haha!
found some comic stores and had a nice bowl of chips!
When i got to the show Aram (betrayed,champion,TFS, the vows etc etc etc)walks up to me says hi and wishes me happy birthday. Real stand up dude! was a bit chuffed he recognised me :D
Inside the show i headed straight to the merch stand and got some shirts and the new Rotting out 7" about 10 minutes later i realised that the dude who sold me the stuff was Justin from thunder lizard/Reveal the truth!!! had a nice old chat with him about the RTT 7" and such :D
Betrayed were fucking ace! just like i remember em! Aram hasnt changed in the years since i last saw em play and he was nice enough to get the band and crowd to sing me happy birthday. Justin recorded the audio from the show so as soon as i get it i will post it on here :D
After the show i went back to Chris's house and watched Happy gilmore! fuck i havnt seen that in so long! It was a perfect end to a perfect birthday

I need more Snapple!

some of the stuff i got for my birthday/ at the show :D

sorry for the rushed short update
will update more often i promise and i have some awesome stuff coming in the post to do it with!

Thanks again Chris and co! i think i would have gone mad if i was at that airport any longer than i was haha!

Growing steps?

Nice little mail day this morning!
recieved:
The First Step - "What we know sessions" - Bottled up records - blue/150
V/A - Growing stronger - in my blood/teamwork - black/???

the first step i pre orderd from bottled up and like every one else i just recieved it and its a very nice clear blue. im not so sure about the cover art but the inside is nice enough.

Here is the classic Growing stronger comp from in my blood/teamwork records
tracks by:
Floorpunch
Ensign
Rain on the parade
Pushed to far
Atari
97a
been after this record for a while so its a relief to finaly pick up a copy

so many good records going up for pre order really soon! I have no idea how i am going to afford all of them and put out the new Shout Aloud tapes!
Alert - Demo 08 7" - Life to live records
Outlast - Demo 09 7" - Life to live records
Reveal the truth - Courage 7" - Self released/dead end records
Overload - demo 7" - Just another day records
Freewill - Discography LP's - Just another day records
Right Idea - LP repress 7" - Bottled Up
probably forgotten something but its alot of stuff haha!

INCOMING LIST:

Face Reality - Positive Change - Dead End - Secret pre order color /75
Fired Up - When The Lights Go Out - Clear Vinyl/??
Outbreak - Work To Death - TF - Blue /300
Outbreak - Work To Death - TF - TEST PRESS /???
Outbreak - Work To Death - TF - White w/ black splatter /700
V/A - Youthcrew 09 - Upsidedown - Preorder orange /100
V/A - Youthcrew 09 - Upsidedown - Black /400

V/A - Youthcrew 09 - Upsidedown - TEST /??

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