after glowsun's latest album 'beyond the wall of time' got some serious spins on my turntable, i looked around for the predecessor album called 'eternal season'. i already bought it something like two years ago via discogs, only it wasn't for my humble self but for a good friend who didn't have an account. by this incident i knew that there was a lovely semi-translucent yellow vinyl about.
so when i asked discogs again for that yellow vinyl out of 300 copies, it answered with a handful of offers starting at fifty bucks up to one hundred. man, no way i was paying the asking prices. the blue vinyl of the first press out of 150 copies even started at eighty bucks. completely out of the question. discogs told me but another thing that made me confident again.
napalm records, the label 'eternal season' was released on, reissued the record just in time for the 'beyond the wall of time' release. at discogs copies started at an illusionary sixty nine euro price tag, but i thought to check out the napalm internet shop for remaining copies. thankfully i did because i snagged a new copy for the store price. still thirty bucks but factory new.
sometimes i can't explain those second hand prices and especially those who pay them. if discogs is to be believed, a yellow copy sold for ninety euros. so not even for the rarest colour-way, and it's still glowsun we're speaking about and not led zepplin. makes me wonder if i pay that money, if i was able to. when money wouldn't be an issue. probably yes. greedy humans we are...
the album however is very good. a little bigger portion of vocals one here than on 'beyond the wall of time' but really just marginally. the rest is just pure psych/stoner worship. progressive and sophisticated through and through, musically and visually alike. check out 'death's face' and 'thing' and then go and buy a copy of that 180g clear red vinyl out of 100 copies, because napalm has still some left. napalm records. 2012/2015.
