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Ok...here are some of mine...I was feeling left out...

Split Lip / Chamberlain

Ink & Dagger

Endpoint (I forgot to include the 'Last Record' 10")

Shai Hulud (also pictured the Zombie Apocalypse 7")

Some of the colors didn't come out too well in the pics...as in the blue for Split Lip's 1st 7".

The orange ZA 7" is a test press.

The bottom two Shai Hulud 12" pic discs are the re-masters.

shai hulud's versions of linoleum and anesthesia are wonderful as well.

Along with their cover of Bad Brains' 'FVK'

Some other ones I like:

Deftones - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (The Cure)

Nailbomb - Police Truck (Dead Kennedys)

Sepultura - War (Bob Marley)

Pennywise - Minor Threat (Minor Threat)

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - What's At Stake (Slapshot)

Sonic Youth - Superstar (The Carpenters)

I've had my share of disasters from BCD orders...

Some pretty damn impressive collections here so far...I am green with envy...=)...I will post pics of my more complete collections to date...although they are similar to supermandre's...(Shai Hulud and Endpoint)...and maybe some other ones...I'm at work right now wasting company time and money...Ha ha ha ha!

so is the tour only edition just a tour color or is it hand numbered or somehow different from the original press?

Just a different color from the rest. As Virgil wrote...the "tour only" version is a color repress specifically for the band to take on tour as the 1st press sold out before the release date. So the band had nothing to take with them due to that...until now with the repress.

It depends on the band for me...some bands I tend to dive headfirst into them when it comes to "discovering" them at a later time in their career...this has proven expensive at times...but if forced to narrow it down to a few:

Endpoint & any other 90's Lousville, KY hardcore and punk

Elliott

Ink & Dagger

Isis...slowly but surely

Minus The Bear (most recent)

White Zombie

...my mom thinks its cool cause its profitable

My mom feels the same way...and she even said that when I got the 4 colors for 'Planet of Ice' in the mail last week...

Some great stories so far...

My "true" musical journey began when we first moved to the States back in '86 (we moved from Venezuela) and the first "rock" record (or rather tape) that I bought was 'Apetite for Destruction'. I dove headfirst into heavy/hair metal...please forgive me guys! My parents were cool with it...they didn't mind it as long as I wasn't playing it too loud.

A few years later we moved to Louisville, KY and luckily for me, this was during the time when there was a strong local hardcore/punk scene. For all intents and purposes, my first punk record (again, it was a tape) was Endpoint's 'If The Spirits Are Willing' which my friend Matt lent me. This blew me away. Endpoint was also my first true punk show that I attended. It was at that show that I bought my first piece of vinyl...it was split 7" by two local bands: Apocalypse and Transgression.

This opened the floodgates for my exposure to hardcore and punk. I attended more and more shows and picked up any vinyl from all the bands in the area as at the time, that was the only way to get their music...other than tapes of course.

My collection has grown quite a bit since then. I have picked up vinyl at cost but also off eBay and trading with other collectors. My parents don't really "get it" because sometimes they feel that I am wasting my money on this hobby...especially during a stretch when I was without a record player. At the end of the day, they don't really question it much as they know that I collect other things as well (Japenese toys, comic books..although not anymore, and concert posters/prints) and they know that I enjoy doing it and someday down the road it's all a potential monetary investment...although I am not looking forward to that day I have to sell my collection...I think I will cry! :'(

Years later I was able to strengthen my bond with my dad when him and I went through his record collection that he had when he was younger. My uncle had kept it after my father moved out of their parents' house. It was cool to go through these with him...he had a bunch of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and Cream records...I was blown away!...My dad was cool back in the day!

Funny sidenote...I was listening to Minus The Bear 'Planet of Ice' in car the other day and my dad was with me. As it got towards the middle of 'Lotus', dad asked me, "Is this a Pink Floyd cd?"....(he had not been paying attention to the music earlier)...I found this amusing...

That's purty!

Who did the artwork for the cover...it's very reminiscent to Pushead's style...unless it's actually him.

Got something new...not vinyl...but new nonetheless...Minus The Bear 'Highly Refined Pirates'...the ex-girlfriend hijacked my original copy...so had to get a new one...

Juan!...and no, my last name is not Valdez...as a matter of fact, I don't even like coffee...

The Silversun Pickups record is downright dangerous to drive to. It put me to sleep in broad daylight.

I like it, but it ain't good driving music.

LOL! I agree...It's good music to chill to...sometimes I have it on the player while I'm putzing around the internet...or buying more vinyl...

This is indeed a tough call...I'd have to say that it's a tie between Heather Frith's "These Walls" ep 12" and the god machine "one last laugh in a place of dying" 12"....both hard to find and relatively obscure...now, don't think that I am all a pretentious snob or something like that because they are "obscure"...oh no...just two favorite artists whose records are way out of print and hard to find...The important thing about the Heather Frith record is that right after putting that 12" out, she changed her last name to Nova...

It's getting to that point. Every since comming across this board collecting vinyl has gotten much more exciting.

I agree with that. I have already dropped some money thanks to the board...and I am sure more will be spent...

just got a massive shipment from robotic empire, including:

Torche - In Return [cokebottle blue]

Torche - In Return [blue w-planets]

Torche - ST reissue [brown w-splatter]

Isis - In the Absence of Truth [red/yellow]

Pygmy Lush - Bitter River [brown]

Craw - Bodies for Strontium 90 [purple]

good, good day for records!

Awesome. I am hoping that my order from them will come in soon!

just picked them both up. Virgil, thank you so much for trying to look out for us by offering the tour only lp. and thank the band for us for agreeing to it!

Ditto. I concur!

Budget?...what is that?!?!?! LOL!

Order has been placed! Thanks for putting these up so early Virgil. And being this my first order ever from you guys, I was pleasently surprised by the shipping cost.

I go by artist, regardless of format. i like everything to be together. i think it's less confusing then.

That's how I set mine up as you can see. It's easier to see in totality what I have for each band.

In the end it's up to you and how you prefer to have your collection organized.

Feel free to check mine out. The link is below my sig. It may help you out.

i live in florida so my AC runs all day every day

my main concern is keeping the blinds closed in the morning to avoid sunlight hitting my A-K section of my LPs because they are somewhat close to a window.

I'm in Florida as well but all my records are in storage bins (12"/lp's) or milk crates (7"s) which I keep them in the closet. The AC is not running continuously but enough to keep the house cool. I only crack open the blinds to let enough sunlight in to not have to turn the light on.

The only time that was I worried was after any and all hurricanes when we're without power for a few days to a few weeks. But the records have been OK throughout it all.

Nice! It's always a great feeling to snag that eBay auction item for a reasonable price...even better when it's below of the amount that you were willing to pay...

Congrats dude!

Good question...loaded, but good...

I'd have to say that the best show was Nine Inch Nails w/ Helmet 11/13/95 @ The Edge in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It was a small-club tour that was not being advertised. I had to get tickets at the venue instead of ticketmaster. Great damn show...small venue and I was right up front.

this is one of the best songs recorded in years!

I agree...and their whole album is fantastic.