Mittwoch, 8. Mai 2013

burnout store: earth crisis, h2o

earth crisis – neutralize the threat
after i was really impressed with their return to strength from 2009, 'to the death' namely, i did not hestitate to get the follow up release 'neutralize the threat' in 2011. that was shortly before i got into vinyl. i remember that i had a hard time getting into this album and it never really clicked and so i filed the cd away. at my previous visits at burnout store i came across a copy of that album on vinyl several times but either i wasn't bothered or wanted something else more. in the meantime i bought a copy of 'gomorrah's season end' and with this came the urge to listen to 'neutralize' again. i don't know if the fact that i wanted to like it has something to do with my change of mind, but here i found myself really liking it. i decided to buy this damn thing at my next trip to burnout.
the last time i bought 'hardside+h20' i was looking for earth crisis too. flicking through the e-section i was terrified not to find it. someone was smarter than me and i just wanted to kick something. nothing is more annoying than missing out on a chance you had more than once. so there was nothing more to do than making my peace with the situation and trying to get the record via some other way.
new month means next trip to burnout. and here we are. burnout re-listed the record and it was mine. i sighed a relief and was happy to find, it was the brown vinyl which is the 2nd rarest of the first pressing. 300 made of this colour, 200 on grey and 500 on opaque gold vinyl. comes with a printed dust sleeve. cd version is out on century media. vinyl on think fast! records. 2011.


h2o – thicker than water
your probably remember my last h2o post where i raved about how great they are live and how much i came to like the 'nothing to prove' record. at this point i knew that i had to check out the rest of their discography. the first album that came my way was 'thicker than water'.
i listened to one or two songs in the store and that left not the shadow of a doubt. i put the cash on the table and left with a 'thank you, sir, mr. shop keep, sir!' ok, maybe not quite like this. what i have here is a bridge9 re-press. they re-pressed pretty much h2o stuff recently. their first, self-titled record got re-visited too and 'nothing to prove' is in its fourth pressing by now.
what's nice about this re-press is the embossed cover. love embossed covers, give me more of this! additionally you get the always appreciated download dropcard. at first, in the store, i thought this lovely marbled opaque blue colour was one of the more limited. when i got home and was checking the bridge9 site for pressing info i found out that it's the most common one. ahh well, love the colour pattern anyway! 1000 made. appeared originally on epitaphrecords in 1997. bridge9 re-press of 2012.