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24th Of June 2011 Update & Reviews

24th of June 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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All Time Low    “Dirty Work”
Ambarchi, Oren / O’Rourke, Jim    “Indeed”
Animals As Leaders    “Animals As Leaders (180 Gram 2LP)”
Arctic Monkeys    “Suck It And See (180 Gram + D/L)”
August Burns Red    “Leveler (+ D/L)”
Civil Wars, The    “Barton Hollow (+ D/L)”
Cramps, The    “Smell Of Female”
Death Hymn Number 9    “Smokestack Fright (+ D/L)”
Der Blutharsch    “Werkschau 1997:2010”
Flat Duo Jets    “Red Tango”
Follow Through    “Taking It Back”
Go Sailor    “Go Sailor (1996 Discography + D/L)”
Gold Bears    “Are You Falling In Love? (+ D/L)”
Handsome Furs    “Sound Kapital (Ltd. Ed. Colored Vinyl + D/L)”
Harvey, PJ    “4-Track Demos (+ D/L)”
Herbrcraft    “Ashram To The Stars”
Holy Ghost!    “Wait & See”
Hudson, Jeff & Jane    “Flesh (Expanded) 1981-1983 (2LP Discography)”
Ikebe    “Shakedown (+ D/L)”
Jonsi    “Go Out EP”
KXP    “KXP”
Light Asylum    “In Tension E.P. (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Maus, John    “We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered 180 Gram + D/L)”
Orthodox    “Ba’al (180 Gram)”
PG. 99 (Page Ninetynine)    “Document #8”
Purling Hiss    “Lounge Lizards (Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
Queens Of The Stone Age    “Queens Of The Stone Age (Gatefold Re-Issue)”
Segall, Ty    “Goodbye Bread”
Servile Sect    “TRVTH”
Set Your Goals    “Burning At Both Ends (+ CD)”
Shabazz Palaces    “Black Up (+ D/L)”
Skull Snaps    “Snapped”
Sleigh Bells    “Treats (Deluxe 180 Gram Gatefold + Notebook)”
Smaldone, Micah Blue    “The Red River”
Teeth of the Sea    “Hypnoticon”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra    “Unknown Mortal Orchestra”
Valentine, Matt “MV”    “What I Became”
Various Artists    “Kitsune Maison Compilation 11”
Various Artists    “London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956”
Various Artists    “London Is The Place For Me 4: African Dreams And The Piccadilly High Life”
Various Artists    “8 Bit! Rude Boy: Dub Reggae Chipmusic”
White Lies    “White Lies (180 Gram + D/L)”
Wolfe, Chelsea    “The Grime And The Glow”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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13 & God    “Own Your Ghost (+ D/L)”
C-Rayz Walz    “Chorus Rhyme: Parallel Thought”
DJ Signify    “Of Cities (Ft. Aesop Rock, Matt Kelly, Blockhead)”
Grouch, The    “Show You The World EP”
Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz)    “Are You Gonna Eat That (2LP + D/L)”
Jay-Z    “Reasonable Doubt (1st Album)”
Kool Keith    “Lost Masters Volume 2 (2LP)”
Midnight Eez, The    “The Midnight Eez”
Rammelzee Vs K.Rob    “Beat Bop”
West, Kanye    “Late Registration”
Electronic 12″s
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2562    “Fever”
6Blocc    “I Dubs Vol 1 EP”
6Blocc    “I Dubs Vol 2 EP”
6Blocc    “I Dubs Vol 4 EP”
Actress    “Ghosts Have A Heaven”
Addison Groove    “It’s Got Me”
Altered Natives    “No Mortgage EP”
Aphex Twin    “Windowlicker”
Aphex Twin    “Come To Daddy”
Azari & III    “Hungry For The Power (Remixes)”
Blake, James    “CMYK EP”
Blake, James    “$ (Lil Wayne, Destiny’s Child)”
Bo Marley    “Bo Marley Vs Disrupt”
Bok Bok    “Southside EP”
Carlos Y Gaby    “LA 5 Of 10: GB (Gifted & Blessed) 10″”
Ceephax Acid Crew    “The Unstoppable Phax Machine”
Clams Casino    “Rainforest”
Cubic Zirconia / Bok Bok & Cubic Zirconia    “Hoes Come Out At Night (Ikonika Remix) / Reclash (Give It To Me)”
Daedelus / Teebs    “LA 6 Of 10 10″”
Daft Punk    “Around The World (2009 Disco Re-Edit)”
Daft Punk    “Television Rules (Deadhaus Mix)”
Dave Angel    “Panther Chizawa”
Deadbeat    “Drawn And Quartered”
Egyptrixx    “Bible Eyes (2LP)”
Funckarma    “Smizm EP”
Girl Unit    “IRL”
Girl Unit    “Wut”
Hall, Kyle / Manuel Gonzales    “NSNT PRJCT (Nu School N1994 Techno)”
Illum Sphere    “Incoming EP”
J-Wow (Buraka Som Sistema)    “O Dedo”
Kingdom    “That Mystic”
Kingdom / Girl Unit / Kindom    “Ride It Every Time / Fogs”
Krystal Klear    “Tried For Your Love”
Lawler, Steve    “Kalimba”
Lone    “Cluster Dreams”
Lukid    “Boxing Club / Blind Spot”
Martyn / Mike Slott    “Collabs Series”
Model 500    “Ofi / Huesca”
Murderbot, Chrissy    “Women’s Studies (+ D/L)”
NastyNasty    “No Names”
Pearson Sound    “Pearson Sound”
Punks Jump Up    “Blockhead”
Robotnick, Alexander    “The Dark Side Of The Spoon”
Robotnick, Alexander    “Obsession”
Sade    “Motor City Detroit Soul Mixes”
SBTRKT      “SBTRKT”
Scuba    “Love For You (Ft. Lisa Shaw)”
Sebastian    “Total (2LP+CD)”
Slackk    “Slackk – Theme EP”
Solvent    “Think Like Us (No CD)”
Solvent    “Latch, Fasten, Secure”
Speedy J    “EDLX Tool”
Tayo Meets Acid Rockers    “Vampayas”
Tiga    “Beep Beep Beep”
Tokimonsa / Mike Gao    “LA 8 Of 10 10″”
Tokimonsta    “Midnight Menu”
Untold    “Stereo Freeze / Mass Dreams Of The Future”
Various Artists    “In Order To Dance: Remix Sampler Vol. 1”
Venetian Snares    “Cubist Reggae”
Wireman / Actress / Be    “M7 “
10″s
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Clash, The    “Black Market Clash (Ltd. Ed.)”
7″s
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Beirut “East Harlem”
Zomby “A Devil Lay Here”
CDs
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Alcest “Le Secret”
Anti-G “Presents Kenje’sz Beatsz”
Autopsy “Macabre Eternal”
Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Big Wiz)    “Are You Gonna Eat That”
Murderbot, Chrissy “Women’s Studies”
My Dying Bride “Evinta”
Nurse With Wound “Who Can I Turn To Stereo”
Planks “Darkest Grays”
SBTRKT “SBRTKT”
Tombs “Paths Of Totality”
Various Artists “Cherrystone’s Rocks”
DVDs
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Dead Can Dance “Toward The Within”
Reviews
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Battles Gloss Drop CD/LP
 
(Warp Records)

Not many albums can be considered both experimental and accessible, but Gloss
Drop deserves that distinction. It may be tough to imagine that Battles would
maintain their unique sound after guitarist/vocalist Tyondai Braxton’s 2010
departure, but this album shows that the remaining members have successfully
carved out their niche. Describing the music is a true challenge, but I think it
instantly connected with me because it reminds me of video game music; catchy
melodies that remain infectious after extended periods of listening, backed with
instrumentation that freely thrives outside conventional “pop” songwriting. All
three members have truly intense, complex musical talent, and the four tracks
with guest vocals are very unique. Standouts include the uninhibited, irresistible
and sweetly speckled “Ice Cream” (featuring Chilean artist Matias Aguayo) and the
invigoratingly epic “My Machines” (Gary Numan.)

[Reviewer: Mark]
Matthew Cooper Some Days Are Better Than Others LP
(Temporary Resistance Ltd.)

Better known by his stage name Eluvium, Cooper has composed a rich, iridescent
ambient score for the titular film by fellow Portlander Matt McCormick. The subject
matter of Some Days Are Better Than Others is “strangers whose lives occasionally
intersect as they navigate their way through the struggles of personal attachment
and disconnection,” according to the label’s site. As Cooper watched the film, he
was inspired by the theme of our “out with the old, in with the new” society, so he
chose to use damaged instruments as a means of demonstrating their abandoned
potential. The resulting music does not sound “broken” at all, but rather beautiful
and meaningful. Since his specialty is crafting an ambient atmosphere, he uses
several electronic instruments. An organ/synthesizer particularly stands out, along
with strings in several tracks. Listening to this score is like a spending a day for an
introspective analysis of one’s own life – a sobering method of finding solace.

[Reviewer: Mark]
Wolves Simulation. Transparency. Alienation 10″
(Coalition Records)

We’ve had copies of this featured at the front of the store for a while, but people seem to not notice.  That sucks ’cause it’s good! Wolves was oneo fthe bands to crawl out of Orchid’s rotting corpse.  These dudes play the jazzy version of screamo peppered with audio clips over feedback to get you rev’d up. PLAY IT LOUD! Comes with a download. FFO: Off Minor, Neil Perry, Forstella Ford
[Reviewer: Josh]

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East Coast Empire Records

East Coast Empire Records
A few weeks ago someone traded in a test press version of the “The Division Has Begun” compilation on East Coast Empire Records. This is an amazing piece of Connecticut’s hardcore history featuring five of the most important bands from the late 90’s; 100 Demons, Death Threat, Fear Tomorrow, Mans Ruin, & Divided By Hate. ECER was also the best hardcore label in CT hands down. The test pressing info was unknown so I contacted Dave Duncan, owner of ECER. He said that there are 20 rejected & 20 accepted tests. It turns out, he still had some ECER stock in storage as well. Which I happily bought off him! 
Here’s the haul:
Divided By Hate – “Sediments Of Shame” – 7″ (clear) x5
Divided By Hate – “Sediments Of Shame” – 7″ (yellow) x4
Reach The Sky – “Open Roads And Broken Dreams” – 7″ (green) x5
Reach The Sky – “Open Roads And Broken Dreams” (white, 1st press) x5
Sum Of All Fears – “1995 Sin Of Anger Demo” – 7″ (grey, 1st press) x5
Sum Of All Fears – “1995 Sin Of Anger Demo” – 7″ (green, 2nd press) x5
Sum Of All Fears – “1995 Sin Of Anger Demo” – 7″ (blue, 3rd press) x4
V/A – “The Division Has Begun” compilation – 7″ x4
Follow Through – “Taking It Back” – LP (white) x11
Follow Through – “Taking It Back – LP (blue) x3
These copies of the compilation came without covers, so I was given permission to make a DIY photocopy cover. Please note that I used the most 90’s hardcore font my computer had to offer.
 
Dave Duncan is also the owner of 5th Dimension Skate & Snow in Prospect, CT. A business that has been open since 1995. When I was younger (12-14 years old), he also sold hardcore out of it, since he was also running ECER at the time. This was one of my earliest influences showing and proving that you could own your own business, be your own boss, and have it be something that you love and feel passionate about. Without this exposure, who knows? There might not have been a Redscroll Records.
Two ECER-related stories real quick:
When I was 13 I booked some NYHC bands (who I won’t name) and the show bombed big time. I was only in charge of the venue, John Zumbo (R.I.P.) was in charge of the bands, but somehow I got stuck with the debt at the end of the night They demanded hundreds of dollars I didn’t have and wasn’t going to get anytime soon. I was getting pretty regular phone calls and internet harassment. Dave Duncan & Craig Mack (Follow Through / Fear Tomorrow / Living Hell) told me to let those NY dudes know that they took the money and that if they wanted it, they had to take it from them. I never got another message or threatening phone call again. CONNECTICUT BROTHERHOOD!
At a Sum Of All Fears show at the Hanover House in Meriden, CT I got kicked in the mouth by Dave Duncan and my bottom front teeth got knocked loose and pushed backward. I spit blood for the rest of the night and ended up having to throw out my blood & spit covered t-shirt at a Dominos Pizza so my parents wouldn’t see it. I didn’t end up losing the teeth, they’re just way more crooked. CONNECTICUT HARDCORE!

[Josh]

Estrogen Highs, Spotlight

Spotlight: Estrogen Highs

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Spotlight: Estrogen Highs
[Newer band picture, but Stefan has in fact cut his hair since this.]
Estrogen Highs is a rock and roll band from New Haven, CT.  Garage Rock.  Started by Stefan Christensen and now a full fledged band, Estrogen Highs has become a staple and anchor (possibly some other objects too – all meant in the most flattering way) in the Connecticut do-it-yourself punk community.  We interviewed Stefan about all his current workings (minus his gig as the live guitarist for Medication – another band you should get familiar with; oh yea, Medication are playing Thursday at Popeye’s with Iceage). 
 [Stefan in some Polaroid style picture that seems to get used a lot.]
Interview with Johann Stefan Gall Christensen
(aka Stefan Christ):
Estrogen Highs started in your bedroom and got off to a rather languid start and now you’ve put out an LP, a 12″ EP and a 7″ within a matter of months.  Explain how you’ve gotten up to so much speed. 
I always had a lot of songs, it just took a long time to get it all together. The first few 7″s, LP, and cassette releases were recorded with a full band or by myself, playing every instrument. Either way it was pretty time consuming to get it all done. For the 2nd LP, 12″, and new 7″ we moved into a different recording style where we were piecing tracks together a bit at a time. This allowed us to record a whole lot of material in a relatively short period of time. Currently we are working on a new LP for Trouble in Mind Records from Chicago. This record is going to be a little different. Maybe a bit more Post Punk-ish.  Were also touring in mid August – doing 12 or 13 days out through Minneapolis and back.
[Older Band Picture]
You’ve also been doing a fair amount of playing out and touring.  Any fun stories?
Yes, we drove from Seattle to Minneapolis with only one day off in between. We also did this in January, so we ended up spending 37 straight hours in the van, excluding gas and food breaks. We went through mountain passes and white out blizzards. We got stuck in a parking lot in Idaho and the locals just laughed at us for about 10 or 15 minutes, until finally one of them hauled us out of there. By the time we got to Minneapolis we were completely drained and played a terrible set.


[GRAM001 – Estrogen Highs LP]

Outside of the band you’ve recently started up a label (Gramery Records) that you released the latest E. Highs LP on; any news on that front? Upcoming releases?
I’m pressing a band called Protomartyr to get me some recordings. They are an amazing band. Estrogen Highs have been lucky enough to play with them twice in Detroit and both times they were amazing. Unfortunately they are almost completely unknown outside of Michigan. I’ve heard practice recordings and they’re top notch. The midwest’s answer to The Fall – 30 years later. Hopefully I can get some recordings from them soon. Other than that we’re working on a few noise cassette releases. We have Chemical Fruits recordings, which is 2/3s of Tiger Hatchery and hopefully we will get recordings from Dan Duglieski soon. He is in Body Morph, Uneven Universe, Cardboard Sax, and various other projects.


Beyond the band and label you also got Popeye’s Garage up and running last year with a small group of friends.  You now run it with a more streamlined group.  How’d this all come about?  How are things going now and anything of the future to report?
Popeye’s is now just run by me and Kryssi. It came about last spring when we decided that New Haven needed a DIY show spot, specifically for doing strange music that just doesn’t work in a bar. We found the space through our friend. The owner of our building has employed a number of our friends, so we spoke to him and arranged the rental of part of it for doing shows. We “closed” last year when Yale was buying the building but the day the deal was supposed to close they backed out – not sure why. We were closed for most of the winter anyway because there is no heat in the building. Now we are back up and running. We’ve been doing 1 or 2 shows a week this year. It’s been a bit slower but we’re hoping things will start to pick back up soon.

Music Review, Reviews, Update

17th of June 2011 Update

17th of June 2011 Update of New and Key Restocked Items
at Redscroll Records

LPs & 12″s
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*AR    “Wolf Notes”
Altarboy    “Who Is Who”
Antibalas    “Rat Race (12″)”
Bamba, Sorry    “Volume One (1970-1979)”
Barn Owl    “Shadowland”
Bathory    “Bathory (Unofficial)”
Battles    “Gloss Drop”
Black Dahlia Murder, The    “Ritual (Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram)”
Bon Iver    “Bon Iver (+ D/L)”
Boris    “Attention Please”
Cash, Johnny    “American Outtakes (Unofficial)”
Cash, Johnny    “Devil’s Right Hand: The Man, The Myth, The Concept (Unofficial)”
Chris & Cosey    “Exotika (Remastered Ed.)”
Delfonics, The    “The Delfonics – Including: Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time), Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (Re-Issue)”
Deskonocidos     “En La Oscuridad”
Doors, The    “Waiting For The Midnight Sun (Unofficial)”
Doors, The    “Absolutely Rare (Unofficial)”
Ema    “Past Life Martyred Saints (180 Gram + D/L)”
Esplendor Geometrico    “Mekano-Turbo (Ltd. Ed. #/500)”
Father’s Children     “Who’s Gonna Save The World”
Fifty Foot Hose    “Cauldron (180 Gram)”
Ford & Lopatin    “Emergency Room (PIC 12″)”
Friedberger, Matthew    “Old Regimes”
Fullerton-Whitman, Keith / Ben Vida    “AggregatePulseRipper (Damaged III) / 080114”
Givers    “In Light (Ltd. Ed. 180 Gram)”
Goblin    “Nohnosonno: A Film By Dario Argento – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (White Vinyl + Poster)”
Halo, Laurel    “Hour Logic”
Hector, Karl & The Malcouns    “Tamanrasset (Ltd. Ed. /1000, Screened Cover)”
Immortal    “Pure Holocaust (Unofficial)”
Jeff The Brotherhood    “We Are The Champions (+ D/L)”
Jesuit    “Discography (Members Went On To Be In Converge And D.E.P.)”
King Curtis    “Soul Twist With King Curtis”
La Urss     “Product”
Led Zeppelin    “Led Zeppelin (Unofficial)”
Lonely C + Baby Prince    “Not So Lonely EP”
Madlib    “Madlib Medicine Show #9: Channel 85 Presents Nittyville (Deluxe Silk-Screen Cover Ltd. Ed.)”
M.B. (Maurizio Bianchi)    “Symphony For A Genocide”
Mekurya, Getatchew And His Saxophone    “Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 5”
Merzbow / Mammifer / House Of Low Culture    “Lou Lou… In Tokyo (Ltd. Ed. #/330 2LP)”
MF Doom      “Special Herbs: The Box Set (10LP+7″+Poster+D/L)”
Mind Over Mirrors    “The Voice Rolling”
Noveller    “Glacial Glow”
Nucular Aminals    “Nucular Aminals”
Oddisee    “Odd Seasons (2LP+7″ /1000)”
Onyeabor, William    “Anything You Sow”
Orchestre-Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou-Dahomey    “The 1st Album (1973)”
Pan/Tone    “Rescue Me”
Psudoku    “Space Grind”
Ramones    “Surfin’ Birds: Minneapolis, MN July 27th 1986 (PIC)”
Ramones    “It’s Alive (Import)”
Random Axe    “Random Axe (Black Milk, Sean Price, Guilty Simpson)”
Rimshots, The    “Soul Train “
Rob    “Funky Rob Way”
Samhain    “Initium (PIC Numbered)”
Samhain    “N.Y. Breaks Loose… In 1985 (Unofficial Color Vinyl)”
Sebadoh    “Bakesale (Re-Mastered Ltd. Ed. Color + D/L)”
Slowdive    “Pygmalion”
Tallest Man On Earth, The    “The Tallest Man On Earth (+ D/L)”
Toro Y Moi    “Still (Remixes)”
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The    “Hot Heat And Sweet Groove”
White Hills    “HP-1”
Wube, Akale    “Akale Wube”

Electronic 12″s
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Broker/Dealer / Psychonauts    “Dig Deep / World Keeps Turning”
Daedelus    “Tailor-Made”
Dance Disorder    “Metallic Italic”
Delay, Vladislav    “Latoma”
Dels    “Gob” (12″)
Dels    “Gob (2LP Ltd. Ed. + D/L)”
DOP    “Your Sex”
GusGus    “Arabian Horse (+ CD)”
Holy Other    “With U”
Hyetal    “Diamond Islands”
Kode9 & The Spaceape    “Otherman”
Mr. Statik    “Even Giants Have A Soft Spot”
Simko, Kate    “Lights Out (2LP)”
Surgeon    “Breaking The Frame”

7″s
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Clash, The “Complete Control”
Dance Gavin Dance “People…”
Glenn Danzig “Who Killed Marilyn”
Libertines “What A Waster”
Ramones “Do U Want To Dance”
Ramones “We Are Getting…”

CDs
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Battles “Gloss Drop”
Bon Iver “Bon Iver”
Boris “Heavy Rocks”
Boris “Attention Please”
Desert Sessions “Vol 1/2”
Desert Sessions “Vol 3/4”
Hook, Peter (Bassist Of Joy Division)… “Performs Unkown Pleasures”
Jesuit “Discography”
Kyuss / Queens Of The Stone Age
Madlib    “Madlib Medicine Show #9: Channel 85 Presents Nittyville”
Manson, Charles “Commemoration”
Planks “Darkest Of Grays”
White Stripes “Let’s Have It All”

Magazines
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Cometbus #47-53 (Back Issues!!!)
Maximum Rock N Roll #337
Wax Poetics #47
Wire #329 July 2011

Reviews
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Ema Past Life Martyred Saints LP
(Souterrain Transmissions)

EMA is Erika M. Anderson. Formerly of Gowns, she now has her own project.  You can read up on her in depth over at her artist profile on Altered Zones.  There are a couple musical clips and a short interview there as well.  Noisey pop/poppy noise songs lie/lay within this one.  Haunted lo-fi echoing folk songs.  You like the grimier side of PJ Harvey?  Here you are.  I do too.
[Reviewer: Rick]

Foundation When the Smoke Clears LP

(Bridge 9)

Foundation’s “When the Smoke Clears” is the latest addition to the
Bridge 9 catalog, and stands to be the label’s heaviest release in
years. While most other releases on this label lately are more
melodic, or even poppy (IE: Lemuria) Foundation adds something I
haven’t seen on this label in a while, and that’s pissed off, moshy,
straight edge hardcore. The lyrics are riddled with notes of internal
struggle and some referring to the current state of hardcore (“What
happened to the code of honor that we used to entrust? Ideas carved in
stone have now turned to dust.”)
This comes in a nice gatefold jacket with a variety of tour photos. It
also has a huge “Thank You” list, which I find less and less with
hardcore releases lately. Bring ’em back!
[Reviewer: Sean]

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Summer Savings 25% Off Select Selections

Summer Savings 25% Off Select Selections
Slashing Certain CDs And Slipmats And Such And Such As Such And So Forth
 All NON-BLUE (& (our latest sticker color) NON-PINK; edit 8/29/11) Tagged Items Are 25% Off Until August 31st (or until we run out).
That includes Yellow, Green, Red and White tagged items.  
[RED]
 [WHITE]
 [YELLOW]
 [GREEN]
Items?  Yes.  We don’t put tags on used merchandise so this is all new stock (generally older new stock); CDs, LPs, Books, etc. 

It’s all stuff we most likely won’t be restocking either so if you’ve been holding off on getting something we have had for a while then now is the time to get it.
Sorry Blue. Maybe next time.