so i am back from wacken open air. it was again a very well organised edition, great atmosphere and big shows of bands like life of agony, meshuggah, cradle of filth, thy art is murder or body count. even a severe weather alert with an one hour long shut down of the whole festival couldn't change that. of course there have been a lot of merchants and a bit of vinyl sitting in the racks as well. this year i ended up with only one record, but what a record this is!
the best selection was to be gazed upon in the hot shots records tent. this time they had two tents with the second, smaller one being a place for stuff on sale. cd's and records that didn't sell well and stuff with minor damages. i was already through with flicking through the vinyl when i looked into the last two boxes containing vinyl box sets. and there it was, a copy of type o negative's last full length "dead again". i wasn't familiar with the going rates and i couldn't get no internet on my mobile but fourty five bucks seemed like a good deal.
the guy before me even grabbed two copies and the hype sticker ("double 180gr red vinyl)"finally made me buy one. well, my copy has a ding in the upper right corner but for this price i really can live with it. a copy on discogs with the same flaw is listed for 103€. a really cool find considering it was still sealed and actually released over ten years ago. musically this is such a great record. i listened to it nonstop for the last four days. type o in full glory - dark, depressive, self-ironic, dreamy, laid back. the box set is cool, too. the album on two red vinyl discs, a live record on black, an lp-sized booklet, a bonus dvd with a wacken set from 2007 and a shirt. i am in love. rasputin in heaven. spv/steamhammer records. 2007/2008.
