i like re-issues. that being said i know that a lot of collectors wish them to hell because they only add more variations to the vinyl pile. for me they mostly give me the opportunity to get a record hassle free and wallet friendly into my collection. this instance right here is something different because 'killing with a smile' never got the vinyl treatment before so technically this thing is as 'first press' as it gets. only eight years after its initial release on resist records from australia.
because i ordered there some time ago i always get a newsletter e-mail from shop radio cast. and it was spring this year i believe where they announced that the breakthrough record from parkway drive would be available on vinyl soon. i knew that epitaph would handle matters. the only problem that arose was that src didn't announce any colour vinyl. i mean, i was pretty sure that there would be some but you know, it's that little shadow of a doubt. so i began the check kings road merch regularly. but always when i tried to enter their vinyl section it said 'no items available'. and then i forgot about it. other stuff was important too...
and then june came around and i was killing time on the internet. i came across a photo of 'killing with a smile' on gold vinyl. immediately i was back on track. i wanted it badly. the photo i found was from the north american epitaph store. but the record had sold out there. again i checked kings road europe. but this time i checked the 'parkway drive' section instead of the vinyl section. that was the trick. a golden copy was there for the taking. that's what i did, et voila - it looks real good! it sold out in the meantime but kr-merch relisted it, it seems.
comes with printed dust sleeve and album on cd. 500 pressed. epitaph records. 2013.
