this is it. the final piece. the missing link to my complete throwdown vinyl collection as far as i'm concerned. of course, by no means this is really complete. i'm missing various colour variations and test pressings bla bli blub... but at this point in vinyl collecting i consider my oc straight edge heavyweight collection 'complete'. i'm talking about their first release, simply sel-titled 'throwdown'. discogs says that this is called the 'sellout' 7" but as there are no indications to corroborate this theory, i'll stick with other internet sources stating it as self titled.
back when i was offered the 'drive me dead' 7" and the 'you don't have to be blood to be family' lp there was the opportunity to snag a white copy of this release as well but i declined politely, because i didn't want to spend too much money. after that i saw this red copy on ebay several times. starting bid was eight euro. but somehow i didn't bid on it immediately. the auction ended without a bid. the seller re-listed it and again it ended without anyone throwing money at it. you have to know that it was a ten day auction. so i was sitting in front of my comp watching it in my ebay account for twenty days not being sure if should go for it or not. actually the scrimper in me wanted it for less.
when the seller re-listed it for the third time, the auction was close to the end and i watched this thing for nearly a month now, a voice in my head was telling me this: 'oh come on tino, we're talking about eight lousy bucks right here. i mean for all the other throwdown records you've got you paid more without a moments hestitation. so what in the name of christ is wrong with you?' - well, i couldn't respond anything else to that than 'completely right!' so eventually i threw in a 8€ bid and won that goddamn thing. musically it was a pretty good start in my opinion. sure, sound quality lacks a bit but that's normal. later on all songs were also featured on 'beyond repair', except of the song 'decay'.
the internet provides little and above all confusing information about this 7". discogs says that there are three versions. a white one, a red one and a clear red version. although i'm pretty sure that the red vinyl and the clear red vinyl is one and the same thing because there is a photo to the just red version which definitely shows a clear red copy. so misleading three versions and no numbers at discogs. a german music collection page called musik-sammler.de (this time it's called 'demo') has the red and the white version but also no numbers. and finally dead format comes up with the information that the white vinyl is the second pressing but, you guessed it, no numbers. prime directive records on which the 7" was released doesn't even has an internet address anymore. so i have probably a first press record of an unknown quantity. help me if you can!
prime directive records. 1999.
