some posts back i made a little series on harms way vinyl. that was fun in a way and so i decided to make another. this time i'll make a run on converge vinyl and, of course, starting with what is widely regarded as their best album 'jane doe'. i got to admit that i'm real late to the party. i foolishly ignored them for the most part. i knew some stuff from the 'no heroes' record but that was it.
i think i listened to converge for the first time somewhere around 2004 and found it too demanding. so i wrote them off. now that i'm opening for the kind of hardcore that converge shaped, there was no doubt about checking out the original. and yeah, what should i say. 'jane doe' is a masterpiece but you knew that already. this is the latest re-press of deathwish inc.
i won an ebay auction of a clear red vinyl re-press by deathwish from ebay australia. the price for what i scored this was remarkable. all together with postage i paid €18, which is around $25. i paid through paypal and waited for the record to show up. after five weeks i e-mailed the guy and after some mails back and forth he gave me a refund of my money.
i don't know what really happened. probably the guy thought that it was way too less cash for the record, which i'd think too if i was him, or it got lost in the mail. but i prefer the first idea. anyway, shortly after that incident, i got a newsletter by deathwish announcing this new colour re-press. must have been destiny. i ordered through per koro. looks real good on clear blue. makes a nice match with the iconic artwork. comes with lp-sized booklet. originally released on equal vision in 2001. deathwish inc. 2013.
