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update - all remaining tapes are $1 each

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yo dudes, finally cleaning out my cassette collection. Bunch of stuff for sale. x-posted this on VLV so a lot of the best stuff is already gone (sorry, too lazy to do both until now). But here's what's left. Holler via PM if you want any of it. ALL TAPES ARE NOW $1 each plus actual shipping. Will try to keep this up to date. Older stuff/classic rock: 38 Special Strength in Numbers AC/DC Who Made Who AC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got It AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheep (no insert) Aerosmith Pump Aerosmith Permanent Vacation Aerosmith Toys In the Attic Andrew Dice Clay Andrew Dice Clay Billy Joel The Bridge Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World David Bowie Ziggy Stardust David Lee Roth Skyscraper Def Leppard Hysteria Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Grace Jones Island Life Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion I Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion II Guns N Roses Lies Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction Head East Flat as a Pancake Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline Greatest Hits John Mellancamp The Best That I Could Do Johnny Hates Jazz Turn Back The Clock Judas Priest Turbo (no insert) Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down Natalie Cole Unforgettable With Love Neil Young Decade (Part 1 and 2) - 2 cassettes Peter Gabriel So Peter Gabriel Passion Phil Collins No Jacket Required RATT Out of the Cellar REO Speedwagon A Decade of Rock and Roll Rick Astley Big Shoulders Rick Springfield Living in Oz Rick Springfield Hard To Hold Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson Robert Palmer Addictions Volume 1 Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison Roy Orbison Mystery Girl Rush Moving Pictures Sade Love Deluxe Steely Dan Gold The Cars The Cars Greatest Hits (no insert) The Police Every Breath You Take (The Singles) The Police Synchronicity The Tubes The Best of the Tubes Tom Petty Full Moon Fever Tom Petty Into The Great Wide Open Ugly Kid Joe As Ugly As They Wanna Be V/A The Rocky Story - The Original Soundtrack Songs from The Rocky Movies V/A Wayne's World Soundtrack V/A Philadelphia Soundtrack Van Halen Fair Warning Warrant Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Rich Yes Fragile 90s/punk/alt rock stuff: Snow 12 Inches of Snow (bootleg) $1 The 2 Live Crew As Nasty As They Wanna Be Ace of Base The Sign Cracker Kerosene Hat Engine Kid Angel Wings Everclear So Much for the Afterglow Firehose If'n Gin Blossoms New Miserable Experience Gin Blossoms Congratulations I'm Sorry Juliana Hatfield Three Become What You Are Lemonheads Lovey(cutout in spine) Lemonheads Lick Lemonheads Creator Lemonheads Hate Your Friends Limp Bizkit Significant Other (no insert) Matthew Sweet 100% Fun Matthew Sweet Altered Beast Meat Puppets Forbidden Places Ministry Twelve Inch Singles Offspring Smash Pearl Jam Vs Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk Red Hot Chili Peppers What Hits!? Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot (no insert) Squeeze Frank Stone Temple Pilots Core Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog The Clash The Story of the Clash Volume 1 (no insert) The Cranberries No Need To Argue The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Devil's Night Out V/A Judgment Night Soundtrack

I like this band, but I really don't need to buy albums I've had forever on yet another format. I thought I was done with this Braid collection when the first press of Movie Music came out. Joke's on me!

Bump because you didn't hear about the Casual Sweetheart tape and there are 2 copies of the pre-release left and you should probably get one.

Another new one! CST-003 Casual Sweetheart - Always / Never CS (special pre-release DIY version limited to 25 copies on blue tapes, full version limited to 100 on purple chrome tapes w/silver imprint pro-dubbed by NAC) 6 songs from Detroit's Casual Sweetheart, who are an amazing throwback to the early/mid 90s indie rock/riot grrrl days. Hell, don't listen to me, stream it yourself. To stream/buy: https://coldslithertapes.bandcamp.com/album/cst-003-always-never

Yeah, it's a silly one. But I love that episode of GI Joe. What an insane terrorist plot. Cobra were the worst terrorists of all time. Subliminal messages in heavy metal (that really wasn't metal). Actual warheads on top of fast food restaurants called "Red Rocket" etc. Embarrassing, really.

Hey folks. I have been running Forge Again Records, which has been putting out actual records and CDs and all that stuff for 15 years now (damn, I am getting old). Last year I decided to put out a cassette for a side project band and created an imprint called COLD SLITHER TAPES in order to do so. I have continued to focus my efforts on records since, but given how much of a bummer the record pressing game is lately (it takes forever), I'll probably only be doing a small handful of LP releases per year going for the time being. Therefore, I decided to start doing some more with the COLD SLITHER TAPES imprint. The first tape was for PINK GUYS and there is, literally, one of those left (also available as a download or a 10" lathe cut from Forge Again Records). But now I'm starting to ramp it up again. The plan is to only release NEW music - albums, EPs, singles, etc. that aren't yet available anywhere else. Pro recordings (at least for now), pro-dubbed tapes (mostly), with digital, etc. Already have three tapes planned for the rest of 2015 (maybe we'll throw another one in there soon...) So if you'd like to check it out, please visit: Website: www.coldslithertapes.com Bandcamp (to stream/buy): http://coldslithertapes.bandcamp.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/coldslithertapes Email: [email protected] Anyhow, history lessons are boring. Let's talk about the awesome shit that's coming out. First up, is a tape from Chicago's SALVATION. It's a fucking hot one. We'll have another announcement later this week and then another the week after that! Starting hot and heavy. If you have some cool stuff, send it my way. Maybe we'll put it out! CST-002 SALVATION - ROYAL FUCKS CS (first press, 100 copies on red chrome cobalt tapes w/white imprint, DL code, pro-dubbed by NAC) - 7 song rager from Chicago's SALVATION, a killer punk/rock/garage/grunge three-piece that will make you think of early days of Nirvana. Shipping now! To stream/buy: https://coldslithertapes.bandcamp.com/album/cst-002-royal-fucks Annnnnd stay tuned in here because the next one will be announced by the end of the week.

It blows my mind that a label would be unable to maintain art files in the digital age. Stuff from the 90s or whatever, eh I get it. Stuff that came out in the last 10 years? Bizarre.

Here's a video of them playing "Pittsburgh" at the release show last night. https://youtu.be/cpDi2EFD_bM

https://forgeagainrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/fdls-2015-shirt

Bumping this because it was on like page 3 within hours. Haha

Yo dudes, new release! Here's the pitch: Besides having one of the best band names in the world, LASERS AND FAST AND SHIT also have what Tiny Grooves described as “one hell of a propulsive fiery art damaged punk sound. Mix in the brash angular punk of LES SAVY FAV, the garage thump of the MISTREATERS, the hardcore thrash of DOUBLE DAGGER and the noise riffing of DRIVE LIKE JEHU... and maybe throw in some BIG BLACK, NATION OF ULYSSES and JESUS LIZARD for good measure..... what you get is some of the most engaging hardcore tinged punk rock that doesn't follow those boring old formulas." Featuring current and former members of BLOODIEST, RUSSIAN CIRCLES, and SHAPERS, LASERS previously cranked out a self-released 7" and a cassette EP for Hewhocorrupts, Inc.. With Third: Munch, the fog/lights/noise whirlwind that is LASERS AND FAST AND SHIT is finally unleashing their first full length LP. Recorded by Mike Lust at Kingsize Studios and mastered by Erik Rasmussen, the first pressing is limited to just 200 copies on red vinyl with silk-screened polybags and full color sleeves. LASERS will be playing a series of FREE shows this weekend to celebrate this release. They'll be playing at Record Breakers (Reggie's) in Chicago on Saturday, April 18th at 11 AM as part of Record Store Day. And if that's not enough for you, they're also playing that same day at the Reckless Records on Milwaukee Ave. at 2 PM. And if THAT isn't enough, they are playing a FREE record release show on 4/20 at the Empty Bottle with FAKE LIMBS and VELOCICOPTER. For now, starting Saturday you'll be able to get the record exclusive at Record Breakers and Reckless. You can also order it direct from us or pick up a copy from the band at the Empty Bottle on Monday. Order and stream a few of the tracks NOW at Forge Again Records Bandcamp page. Here's a sneak peak of the LP and my cat for good measure.

BUMP - the dust has settled and I think everybody got their copy in the mail and everything is all good so I am going to sell the remaining copies. There are like 7 or so copies of Dance.Pretend and 19 copies of A Daydream Disaster. Available for as long as they last. Got some other new stuff out that you should check out and if you dig, hey, maybe place an order for multiple things and save on shipping....US shipping only charges for the first record, the rest are free. Just sayin' ALSO, we have some leftover Fordirelifesake shirts available on the cheap from the show. Very limited quantities. They are very nice shirts though.

the time is ripe to capitalize on Paul Walker's death and the 5th wave of ska!

Yeah, Angus is a hot one too. Even CLUELESS is tolerable. Can't wait for that MEET THE DEEDLES 2xLP

What's insane is that they haven't managed to shit out a $30 version of THAT THING YOU DO! or JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, easily the two best song-based soundtracks in the last few decades.

I will not be happy until every single movie that features Smashmouth "All Star" has a $30 "audiophile" LP soundtrack available for purchase.

The mix is actually the same as the original CD version, but we tweaked the master a little bit. It was mostly necessary because of the last track, which went on forever and ever on the CD version. We had to kinda resplice it to fit on an LP. Actually sorta changed the whole song to do that. Haha. But glad you are happy with it and that we were able to make it happen!

Holy shit I stayed up until 2:30 AM after playing outdoor hockey in the freezing cold assembling and packing these things. They are all packed and paid up and ready to ship. I think the post office is closed at like noon though and I am getting out of work at 1. Might not ACTUALLY ship til Friday So yeah, good to get these out of my house. Dust is settling. Might have a few copies of Dance.Pretend available but won't know until I give it a couple weeks in case anybody has issues with their copy getting run over or something. .

Yup! It's $5 and it won't increase shipping if you order it with something else Or I think it's like $2 to ship by itself. The point of these was to give them away but I don't want to deny em to people outside of Chicago!

First batch of these finally shipping today. Sorry for the holdup!

Not 100% opaque. Pretty damn dark, but some light passes through. I am guessing they just add some dark vinyl (maybe black?) to the regular blue to make it. Not entirely sure. Gonna have to get some pics in better light. The band took these. I don't have the jackets in-hand yet (should be here today, but probably Monday). No spines on either, unfortunately. Both are foldover silkscreened jackets.

White vinyl for Daydream. Hard to tell but that's dark blue vinyl for Dance.Pretend.

I saw FDLS's last show in 2008 or whatever (right before their Japanese tour...haha) and then flew out to see them in Toronto in 2012 playing a "secret" show opening for The Fullblast's last show. The same Fullblast who played last month. Haha. Gonna miss Black X-Mas for family shit but they were talking about doing a weekend in Chicago/Milwaukee/etc. at some point. Not sure they'll ever be full time again, but I think they'll pop up here and there. Announcement on that tomorrow when I can include some nice pictures! The Detroit copies showed up today, but it was too dark out to get a nice bright picture of em. I'll either get that picture in the morning or when the Chicago copies show up in the early afternoon. Ended up getting pretty much exactly what I wanted to do (I gave the plant like 3 options to give them flexibility to get them on the press sooner) so I'm excited to see the final product.