in my last post i let shine through that i bought myself some leeway vinyl. as i love those nineties crossover bands such as biohazard or merauder, i was very interested when reality records from belgium announced a re-press series of leeway's back catalogue. the first two in line would be 'born to expire' and 'desperate measures'. the first mentioned being a real classic.
i didn't know much about leeway at this point, to be perfectly honest. when i was talking to my uncle about the re-issues he raved about leeway's sound and the massive impact they had on him. he saw the band play live in the early nineties and was blown away. they were the hot shit back then. so i decided to listen to some music on the net and maybe pull the trigger on this reality records pressing.
you know, i don't really like thrash induced hardcore and leeway definitely has a thrashing edge to their sound, but somehow this band got me hooked. i listened to a few songs of each record and decided that i needed some vinyl copies in my collection. at that point, it must have been late march, i pre-ordered at core tex. and the oddyssey began.
after several delays the records came in over half a year later than actually planned. i don't know what went wrong but pressing plants are pretty much booked out these days because of the great demand. so this re-press probably fell victim to full order books. the outcome, however, compensates for the long wait. thankfully reality records stood true to the original look of 'born to expire'.
it comes in a slip sleeve, an insert with all lyrics and a printed dust sleeve. the dust sleeve has loads of interesting liner notes printed on it. statements from craig ahead to daryl jennifer plus a detailed review on the events leading to 1988's 'born to expire' of carlos ramirez from noecho.net. love that! it gives you an impression of the time the record came about. i bought this lovely white marble vinyl out of 500 copies. lovely all around. reality records. 2015.
