this post marks the beginning of some h8000 hardcore stuff i could obtain. first one is liar's fourth album liar's hell which appeared on germany's alveran records which isn't around anymore. i read some talk on the net about alveran records. it was an independent label out of bochum, ruhrpott. it existed from 1995 to 2009. i know it from several releases of german bands like maroon or narziss. as i mentioned in other posts they were distributing stuff for eulogy and abacus recordings over here in europe (icepick, until the end, bury your dead, on broken wings, evergreen terrace etc.). in 2009 the label became insolvent because of a lot of unpaid bills and disappeared from the scene. rumor has it that the not very succesful pressure festival '08 (which was organized by alveran since 2003) had its impact on the downfall.
anyway let's not get lost in that topic. this post is actually about this record:
anyway let's not get lost in that topic. this post is actually about this record:
as a constant reader you may know that i usually don't buy records on black vinyl if there is also a coloured version. but this case is slightly different. i found this one on ebay. it was listed as black vinyl with white marble. but no picture which is always suspicious. furthermore i never heard of a black marble vinyl version. the description text in the auction relativised this statement now stating it being on black with some white traces. so i gave it some thought.
i suspected it to be a transitional copy of that album. should i spend money on something i don't really want? because actually i wanted a red copy (the coloured run for liar's hell). i came to the conclusion that a transitional copy isn't really a black copy plus i knew that it would go for cheap, a vague description and no pictures wouldn't interest many bidders. and so it actually turned out. i got it for under a tenner. here are some pictures of the 'white' traces:
the colour traces are more red than white and so i feel confirmed in my claim this record being a transitional copy between the black and red pressing alveran did for this release. the seller is a swiss countryman and only ships his stuff once a month. he crosses the border to ship from germany for lower costs. so i had to wait two weeks before it got shipped and another two weeks because he sent it to the wrong address - the address of my parents. don't know how he got it. probably because the ebay account i use was originally opened by my mom twelve years ago and therefore the address is saved somewhere on ebay. but anyway it arrived there safe and sound and by the next family meeting i picked it up. i consider this record to be special enough to settle with it. but if there's anyone out there who wants to trade his standard red copy for my transitional copy, get in touch :)
alveran records. 2002.
