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I started collecting in the late 90s while DJ'ing. But I ended up selling mostly everything in the early 2000's to fund other gear. I picked it back up in 2010 and have been slowly trying to accumulate my all-time favorites plus new stuff since everyone is releasing stuff on vinyl again. At this point I have maybe 100 records in total across 12", 10", and 7". I'd love to snag every release that piqued my interest, but I can barely keep up with the must-haves. Still, it's awesome.

Shit, that's the best one yet!

Update from Matt: 9/9/14 Remember that long-awaited Earth Analog vinyl re-issue of Downward is Heavenward? Well I do, and it's really still happening. Just need a minute to get to New York and get the original analog masters and get some lacquers cut. And a shit load of dimes. Will advise.

I just saw Pianos live. They were pretty rad. Their drummer is fucking great!

If you look diagonally from left to right/top to bottom, each row has the same 7" color.

Green, red, clear (inside out)

Consider me totally pumped for this!

I wonder how many they ended up pressing?

I just snagged a new copy of The Mars Volta's Octahedron from Amazon for $28. Not bad for being out of print. There are two sellers who are constantly trying to have the lowest price, so they keep getting cheaper by like $.03 each day. As it is, there are maybe 18 left between the two if you're looking.

This just showed up. It looks and sounds awesome. They did a really good job on the release.

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Fuuuuuuck. This sounds amazing.

I went out of town on Saturday and the post office left a package notice on my door. I should have Frames and the Superimposer 7" tomorrow!

Now that I think about it, it would have been really awesome if they did some black swirling in that transparent red. It will mimick the album art and look pretty amazing.

You're right. I thought one of the sites said slip cover. If you can't remove that thing, that's a bad design choice. Why would you want to cover up the majority of that cover?

I'm pretty sure it said die cut slip cover

It's up! http://www.merchdirect.com/TripleCrownRecords/AsTallAsLions/Vinyl/AsTallAsLionsSelfTitledClearwPinkSplashVinyl/?productid=17551 Clear with pink splash - 1,000 pressed.

I should've bought the red when I had a chance!

I emailed Merch Direct. They said it should be going up on their site today.

How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion had a couple extra instrumentals on it. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness had a completely different track list and two extra songs.

Yeah, I totally forgot but I hit them up on Facebook and asked them. They said I was in. Stoked.

Yeah it is odd. As is that photo of the die cut jacket.

Yup, had to get it. I doubt I'm in the first 100.

There are so many records to buy right now.... I can't keep up!

Does it bother anyone else that there are a total of 6 color variations for these two records but there's no indication of what they'll actually look like? Custom Ice? Custom Orange? How about a Custom Picture?