it was a nice cold saturday in early december 2012, i believe. i was in hamburg and i just can't be in the city without paying burnout record store a visit. i just know that i walk out of there with some nice finds. it's some kind of law. it's always exciting being in a physical store, flicking through the racks. like other fellow bloggers described, i tend to buy stuff that is right in front of me quicker than i would on the net. at this day i was in a hurry because my girlfriend was waiting in the store and looked kind of bored sitting on a bench and staring into space. so i was willing not letting her wait for too long. the first record i picked was another great reaper record. i saw the backtrack lp previously and was hoping that it was still there.
as luck would have it it was still there waiting for me. as i opened it i was pretty happy that i could pick the rarest colour of the first pressing - olive green. great cover artwork! just like with 7" deal with the devil this seems to be the same artist but coloured this time, which looks much better.
now the second pressing of this record is available with some slight changes of the artwork. beside a different colour of the backtrack logo on the front, the backtrack guys are standing on the back of the sleeve. i think this looks cooler than the sitting variation of the first press. read more about the changes in willem's post and jake's post.
the record comes in a nice heavy cardboard sleeve with insert and download dropcard. olive green vinyl. 300 made. reaper records. 2011.
down to nothing - unbreakable
because i really loved the most lp i was in a need to check out down to nothing's other stuff. this compilation of their first two releases "save it for the birds" of 2003 and "splitting headache" of 2005, both released on thorp records, originally came out in 2008 on revelation records. revelation pressed this on white, clear red and black vinyl at the time. in the flood of classic revelation represses in the recent past this got washed up as well.
i think i like these two releases even more than the stuff on the most. it's crisp, simple structured and real party music. the save it for the birds a-side is my favourite. so damn fresh! this was pressed on clear dark purple. isn't much of a look though.
looks best put against the light. so when i pulled this out of the rack and looked in my girlfriend's face i decided to release her and left with the promise to come back :)
comes with a download dropcard. couldn't find any pressing information on that. revelation is a bit lame when it comes to that. revelation records. 2012.
