ebay: blacklisted - ...the beat goes on

blacklisted - ...the beat goes on

i was after this record for quite some time. yes sure, i could have bought it from discogs many times before. problem was that shipping rates from the u.s. are a bitch right now and guess which country all the coloured options came from... so i looked out for it on ebay. my first shot was one against the bar. it was the clear blue version and i got outbid in the last seconds. as every vinyl hunter on ebay knows, that sucks big time!

so it was waiting and drinking tea as a german saying goes. and to bring up an english saying, good things come to those who wait. so after half a year where i got outnumbered this baby went onto my shelf eventually. i wasn't really aware of the fact that the version i snagged is an european edition made by reflections records from the netherlands. they must have had some kind of european distribution contracts with several u.s. labels for single releases, because they put out stuff from bridge 9 (terror - lowest of the low), lockin' out (terror - always the hard way), 1917 records (guns up! - outlive) or likewise deathwish inc.

i don't know if the u.s. version comes in gatefold sleeve too. the european does by all means. i know that reflections records made 250 copies of this clear purple vinyl. what i don't know is if reflections pressed other colours or some black vinyl. anyone here? deathwish pressed nicer colour ways like red, blue or marbled purple but clear purple is ok with me. i'm happy to cross off the only blacklisted record i can listen to without feeling the urge to turn it off, from my list. and what a good record this is. shame they went on sounding shite in my eyes. but that's life...

deathwish inc./reflections records. 2005.

ebay: hatebreed, first blood-blacklisted split

i bought these two 7inches from one and the same seller at ebay, so i could combine shipping. he got all the colour pressings of these releases to offer and, for me, it turned out to be the following:

first blood-blacklisted - deadmanshand split 7"
i know first blood since their "killafornia" release and always loved their lyrics. passionate, sophisticated and political - no i-hate-your-ass-and-that's-why-i-punch-you bullshit kind of stuff. the two blacklisted songs are great as well. their early stuff is pretty good and so i'm looking foreward to catch a coloured copy of "the beat goes on". it's sold out and so i have to pick it up at ebay again. but that's life :)
clear purple vinyl. deathwish rec.

hatebreed - under the knife 7"
this 1996 release is more like a classic that i wanted to add to my collection. musically it's no sensation but you get to hear where it all started out.
clear green vinyl (200 made). smorgasbord records.