The Blood of Thine Enemies

In modern hardcore circles, where labels are constantly being judged on their output, reliability and general effort; I think it's time we give a big hand to Deathwishinc.
Jacob Bannon and co. just seem to have this thing nailed down to a tee, and today i'm going to talk about a stand alone piece from the Deathwish vault; damn this record is so cool...

J. Bannon's The Blood of Thine Enemies came out sometime in 2008 I believe as a predecessor to the Wear Your Wounds project; of which physical material surfaced last year. Anything that Jacob Bannon puts his hand to tends to be nothing short of genius, and here nothing changes. Although most fondly heralded for his work in Converge, this 7'' is more reminiscent of his work with Supermachiner and Wear Your Wounds. This particular track is 6 minutes of bleak noise, definitely an emotional affair, if not a little creepy. Either way it's well worth the time of day, it's fantastic. But less of my opinion, more on the record itself:

First things first; before you even get into the record you want it. Jacob Bannon offering a masterclass here in how to make the most of your packaging. Both sides of the jacket are screened, and no detail is spared. Even the spines are printed; and the artwork is fantastic as always. 

The record is housed in this Arigato style packaging, further allowing the aesthetics of the record to take over. And again, more screened art on the inside of the fold. At this point it's worth mentioning that this song/ project was a stand alone solo deal outside of any other Jacob Bannon related project and this track only appeared here. This release was certainly a special one, and although not particularly limited; it sold out and to my knowledge it hasn't been repressed either. Also, as you can see; I ended up with the 'Bone' variant. Pressing info was as follows: Black-200/Bone-600/Silver-600/Gold-600. I like the fact that this came without a label, it just wouldn't have looked right. So, 6 minute single-sided 7-inch; what's going on with the other side? Well...

Possibly the most intricate and impressive etching to appear on a 7''. Again, this kind of thing just attests to how great a label Deathwish really is. Relentlessly releasing great music; and combining that music with a visual package to complete the experience. For those with good eyes/ better zoom, the lyrics are etched here, along with the cover art. All of the variants came with this etching, and all came in this packaging. I scored mine long after it sold out (cheers Darren!), and at 2000 available there should be no reason why this isn't in your collection. Musically, although a little left field of the typical Deathwish roster, it's still great. With packaging and design from the one and only Jacob Bannon too, there's plenty that makes this a desirable record. I love it; I love the whole idea behind it. May Deathwish carry on to treat us like this. 

Thanks for reading, cheers!

Marched

Damn this last post took some gearing up to do. I feel so lazy, hopefully over the winter I'll make a good effort here. There's some great stuff i've picked up, Touche Amore related and otherwise. Anyway, on to the good stuff!
Here' i'm going through the special presses of this album. There's three available, all through different pressing. All of them have cool stuff going on, all of them pressed in different amounts, all of them a hassle to find. Let's go:
From the first press is the Sound and Fury '09 press of To the Beat of a Dead Horse. These were made for Sound and Fury fest a while back, the year before that they had a tape version of their demo available (don't have it, really want it!). Either way, this fest is often the product of some awesome exclusives. I'm sure Doug over at We Will Bury You has some awesome stuff you could learn from, starting here: http://doug-wewillburyyou.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/have-heart-songs-to-scream-at-sun-sound.html. Enough digressing, on to the vinyl:

Two things to note here at first. Number 1. The most horrifically awful shade of yellow is what this variant comes on (looking closer, there's some brown and white mixed in there too), and the 'theme' of this one is aptly titled 'Sun'. Number 2. The cover is a tad different. No clouds of rain, no child biking. Here we have a menacing chap on a camel and a sun complete with shades and tasche. You can also see the arrow to Sound and Fury '09 too, nice touch. I'm not sure who did the art here if i'm honest, either way it's great. Nothing better than a fest press with a new cover... These were numbered out of 100, and from the first press that makes the numbers up to 1000 (100-yellow/200-black/300-brown/400-grey). I ended up with number 74: 

For those of you with sharp eyes, you'll see that the new cover is a kind of insert; with a quarter fold under cover, holding the LP inside the original jacket under the new cover. Two covers, one LP, winner. There was also a cd included in my copy, although no one needs to see that I assume. There's not really more that needs to be said I suppose. This was great for collectors and everything you want from a fest press. New cover, exclusive variant, hand numbering. Solid effort. On to the next one. 

From the second press came the very elusive and sought after Spring Tour variant: 

I honestly had so much trouble finding this one. I managed to find it eventually last year when a guy was parting with some stuff for christmas cash. This makes up the pressing numbers as such: (500-blue/420-clear green/ 80- seafoam green). That's right, 80. I believe this makes it the rarest pressing of this LP, aside from transitional presses (they don't count, lets be honest). The main selling point here is the great looking hand-numbered obi strip, and another exclusive variant just makes everything really appealing. I'm not that up on my knowledge about this one; for example, I don't know if all of them had the dashes of black in them that mine has. I don't even know who was on the line-up on this tour. I do know that it wasn't in England though! All in all it was a great find and i'm more than happy to have it in my collection. I ended up with number 61/80: 

Finally, from the third press and possibly the most intriguing of all; the Record Store Day press. From what I know, these were made with the intention of being an indie store exclusive for RSD 2011. However, they were not made in time and ended up being sold online instead through the 6131 store. Either way, I got mine from a super nice guy called Petter. 

And here we are! The numbers are made up (750-white 180gram/250- white 180gram). These look incredible. The 'blind' or letter-pressed cover is really effective and suits the variant perfectly. This variant doesn't have an insert, no gatefold (in fact it has a book style sleeve that opens) and the cover is all indented; the tracklisting and even the spine are all letter-pressed to have an embossed cover. Not only is this aesthetically different, but it kind of makes a statement; allowing the music speak for itself. Even the labels on the record are blank (unlike the 750 in standard covers). 

Complete with Record Store Day stickers and an alternative clear sticker (unlike the standard white stickers with black writing found with the first two presses - no numbering on this exclusive press though!); this variant is everything that represents why more independent labels should have the opportunity to take place in RSD. Honestly, did you Back to Black Rainbow LP have this much time and dedication involved? 

And that's it folks. Five posts and we're finally there. Well, that's a lie. In this time To the Beat has had it's 6th press. A rather cool looking Orange 180gram/1000 as all pressings are to follow I assume. And yes I do have it, and you will see it at some point i'm sure; but for now I'm going to have a look through my collection and see what I really want to write about. Some stuff has a great story to tell, others are off the 'never in my life will I ever afford this' list. Some stuff you could probably pick up easy enough. Either way, it's going to be fun. Thanks for reading! 

I am marching to the beat... Part Holy Roar

Sometime in late 2010 (November maybe?), Touche Amore hit the UK and Europe in support of ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse. This occasion was celebrated with a one time UK pressing of To the Beat on Holy Roar records. Alex over at Holy Roar went all out on this, and it really paid off well, as it looks fantastic. There are tons of cool extras added in here, but more about that after we've had a look at the records!

As a one time pressing of 500, the colours we're split to 100 and 400. So here we go: 100 black/white split.

Next up is black/400. Out of the two I stumbled upon this copy first, completely by accident with a cheap Buy It Now deal on eBay.

That was kind of short and sweet right? Now on to the fun stuff! This pressing stands out because so much actually changed here, making it a really desirable variant for anyone interested in this band. First off, although a little hard to notice on a photo, this particular pressing was a 10'' as opposed to a 12''. It also contained 4 bonus live tracks from their hometown venue Chain Reaction, placing 15 tracks onto a 10''. For you audiophile nerds out there, at best those 4 tracks add at best 6 minutes to an album that clocks in at under 20 minutes, so the pressing wasn't affected in any way and still sounds great. But hopefully you begin to see what I mean by going all out on this one!

Now, on to the design changes. As mentioned in my previous post, the album cover has been re-drawn a few times over the various pressings/issues of the album to accommodate the amount of space Nick had to play with. I caught up with him after one of their shows last year and asked him about it. He said that the original had two much detail in the rain, and on a 10'' cover as opposed to a 12'', the rain merged and look messy so it was re-drawn.

Here are some close up's of the two covers to show some comparisons. Here's the 10''

And here's the 12'' . The rain is the most notable difference here, but pay close attention to the cloud shape, the figure on the bike; there are quite a few big changes here. There's something that really gets me about the cover being re-drawn; again it really makes it worth it for anyone with a 12'' copy for closer comparison. And the extra tracks are great too. Really capturing the live sound of this band, and how mental a hometown audience can get!

There are another couple of differences here that I completely forgot to take pictures of. For example, the massively oversized sticker on the 10'' cover... The 12'' copies in the first two presses also had these stickered sleeves, but the sticker were a lot smaller. There's probably some inside joke about the smaller record needing a bigger sticker or something. By the 3rd press however the gatefolds were too thick and so didn't come in a poly sleeve, so the sticker was dropped.

Also, from the first two photos, you can see that the lyrics and thanks are printed on the inner sleeve as opposed to an insert. This looks really great as both sides are absolutely plastered with information. With both records only being in black or black/white, this also provides a cool continuity with the colour theme. It just works, and it looks awesome. I've probably missed another thing or two I forgot to photograph, like the inclusion of the Holy Roar logo on the back cover along with the 6131/ Collect logos. And the oversized outer sleeve, but how many photos can a guy take?

Either way, this variant is definitely worth hunting down if you're a fan of this LP, it makes a great comparison to the 12'' and the bonus tracks are killer. I'm still missing the t-shirt that came with this pre-order. If anyone has one and wants to hook a guy up, let me know!

One more post on this one, and then we can move on to some other cool other stuff!
Thanks for reading! Kane

I am marching to the beat... Part 3

In this entry I'm going to run through the 3rd, 4th and 5th pressings. From the 3rd press onwards, the design of the sleeve has stayed consistent, but there are quite a few changes between these presses and the two before them.

But first lets have a look at the vinyl shall we?

The 3rd press consists of one colour, solid white /750. From the 3rd press onwards too, the record is pressed on 180gram as opposed to the 150 gram vinyl of previous pressings. However as a downside, there is no longer any 'element' tie-in to the colour scheme of the records, ruined my fun.

The 4th press is remarkably similar to the 3rd press. It comes in cream /1000.

Yes, believe it or not these two are completely different pressings. You have to see them in person to really see any real difference, but it's cool I guess. I think the label had caught on to the similarity of the two and so added a IV to the centre label of the 4th press.

Next up is the 5th press, clear/ 1000. I was a little worried about this one, as I heard some stories about this press skipping loads and having cracks or splits in the record. Mine took a little longer to arrive this side of the pond, but I have no complaints about it, it arrived looking fine and plays perfectly. As a bonus, it looks really nice too!

The HUGE design change here, is that the record is now housed in a gatefold sleeve as opposed to the standard sleeves of previous pressings.

The gatefold is great though. The huge two sided poster was dropped in favour of a printed inner gatefold, housing all the lyrics and thank you's etc. making it a lot more convenient for first time listeners who want to follow the lyrics. I love the poster that came with earlier pressings, but it's never a bad idea to shake things up design wise to keep things interesting for people that own multiple copies. Again, everything was designed by Nick Steinhardt.

Another quirky little detail is that the cd sleeve follows this pattern. I know most people don't give a damn about cd's but I think anything Touche related is worth buying. Plus, the cover of the album was actually re-drawn for the cd. In fact, to my knowledge, the cover has been re-drawn 3 times to fit three different issues of the album. But more on that later!

Thanks for reading! Kane

I am marching to the beat... Part 2

Okay so by now we should all know how I feel about this album. Here's when things can get a little more interesting. The second press had a couple of small but significant design changes. Let's have a look!


 First up is 2nd press clear green (herb) /420; nothing too spectacular to see here, but it's a great colour and continues the 'elements' theme through the pressings.

Next up is 2nd press of light blue (rain) /500. This one gathers a bit of interest. Due to the varying amounts of white splatter in the mix; I've seen copies that are practically solid blue and others that contain heavy amounts of white. I think mine is a nice mid ground; that isn't to say I would say no to a drastically different variation! This could probably be my favourite variant of this record. I managed to score both of these from friend and cool collector named Dan Flanagan, who's since taken tons of my money. The guy has a complete Full of Hell collection that is pretty damn impressive, have a look at fleshin2gear.tumblr.com

Now to the possibly more interesting bits, the design changes between the two pressings! I get real into nerdy stuff like this, not even a little ashamed.

The printed dust sleeve here came with the first press. I thought this was super cool at the time because it was the first time I had seen a heavily printed sleeve. It just looked great alongside the black and white art and looked very DIY, I still get taken back whenever I look at it. Whilst spinning this LP I still look at it, digesting all the information and marvelling at that great live shot.

However, by the second press, stuff got changed up a little! The printed dust sleeves were scrapped in favour of this insert. Again, this interested me as the insert has been cut down to an odd size. The layout of the text and photos is a bit of a weird one too. But what gets me more is the amendment of the information across the two inserts:

 One thing that immediately stuck out in the first press insert was the fact that no drummer was listed with the band members, although it does credit Jeremy Zsupnik under 'drum tracking'. Jeremy performed drums on the demo 7'' and To the Beat... but by the time the LP came to press he was no longer with the band. However, by the second press insert, Elliot Babin was added with the rest of the band members and a full time member of TA. Jeremy Zsupnik is still credited under 'drum tracking' through all of the pressings. There is also some editing in the thank you's; the inclusion of Pianos Become the Teeth on the second press insert is one I remember off the top of my head

Another weird little extra is the cd's that came free with the first two pressings of the LP. Some are white, some are clear, but they seem randomly mixed in. Both pressings contain both colours of the cd and I'm kind of stumped about it, so if anyone has any answers let me know! And yes, that is a heartagram tattoo you see. Moving swiftly on... 

In the first two pressings, there was also a huge two-sided poster included with every copy of the LP (as far as I'm aware). The only copy I own that doesn't include a poster is the brown/300 1st press. Presumably the seller kept it. I can't complain. I have at least 6 of them all in the sleeves that most likely will never get used because I'm far too precious about stuff like this. Maybe one day I'll hang one in a nice frame to go with my Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me (TA's second LP) print.

Front

Back

I apologise that these pictures are a little off centre. It's hard taking a photo of a 24'' by 36'' poster when you're a short dude armed with only an iPhone. It's a shame that these are just tucked away in sleeves, they look incredible. I love the artwork, and the lyrics printed on the back is a great addition (although a little awkward to try and read due to the size of the poster). Again, all of the design work here was done by guitarist and design guy Nick Steinhardt under the company name of 23in. The dude comes up with some pretty incredible design work. You'll see plenty of it in this blog over time!

Anyway, that about covers the second pressing and comparisons. Don't worry herbs I haven't forgot about the tour versions of the first two pressings, I'm doing a post on all the tour/special editions and linking it all in (in my head it seems organised but we will see!). My next post will tackle out the third, fourth and fifth pressing of this LP as they're all single colour pressings. And yes I'll get nerdy and weird over the packaging. It will be real fun though I promise. Only another three posts on this album and I'll be done! Maybe I'll take a little break from TA posting then (not for long of course), I've bought some super cool records lately that I can't keep hidden away for much longer...

Thanks for reading! Kane

I am marching to the beat... Part 1

Well this one has been a long time coming; barely started this whole blog thing and I am already slacking.

Touché Amoré's debut full length "... To the Beat of a Dead Horse" is a record firmly placed in my top 5 favourite records of all time. It came to me at the perfect time. I believe I stumbled across this record in late 2010, and after hearing the track 'History Reshits Itself' featuring Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley (who co released the record through his label Collect Records). I was hooked. In fact I was beyond hooked, more full on obsessed. For close to a full year I played this record around 5 times a day; even now it gets near enough daily spins. 11 tracks coming in at around 20 minutes. This record could not be more brilliant. I suck at describing music, but if you're into the more emotional vein of hardcore and/or record collecting, there is a fairly good chance you have heard this record, or at least of the band. If you have not, I strongly urge you to hear this record, it's one of the very few records I can describe as life changing.

Any way, on to the vinyl. I was determined to have a complete collection of this, and I'm only missing test presses. Being perfectly honest, I'm more than happy with what I have. So on to the records!

Although this was in no way the order I got them in, it's easier to post them in order of pressing. With that in mind:

1st press: black/200 (also termed as night). The colours of the record parallel an element or something, very deep and mysterious, i'm into it.

1st press: brown/300 (dirt). This came out as a super ugly brown mix, I like it though, it was the second copy of the record I got and also my first variant of the 1st press.

Completing the standard colours of the first press is grey/400 (cloud). People get the most fussy with this variant as apparently there were a few transitional presses, each with a fair amount of black in. Being honest they do look super nice, but i'm not going to waste too much thought on it. I wouldn't say no to one at all, but it doesn't make my collection any more or less complete to me.

 I say that now...

This is going to be the first of a few entries on this LP, next I will go through the second press, along with some quirky design changes and comparisons from the first press. Already working on it though!

TA 2010 7"s

Touche Amore a band that I love. I get so nerdy over this band it's almost intolerable. They are the only band I have tried/ am still trying to gather a full collection of everything. With recent news of the 2012/2013 7" box set soon coming out; now would be a nice time to start posting about various selections from my as yet incomplete Touche Amore collection. This was a present bought for me by my wife at Christmas, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year. I got fat and got some awesome records. There will be more on that one in future posts (not the being fat thing, records).

I really like the idea behind this box set, and I like that they are continuing it. Their first four 7" releases, on an exclusive colour in a screened mailer; hand numbered and exclusively for tour.

And here it is. I believe Nick Steinhardt (Touche Amore guitarist and design guy at 23in.) designed the cover, they were all hand screened and numbered. I really like the design here, the four respective labels that released 7"s for the band all get a place on the cover, and the font-type looks awesome here. So many innovative things you can do with a standard mailer!

From the look of things I got number 175/200. The box set was already opened when I got it (so it would be really rude not to take them out, take photos of them, play them once and then just gaze longingly at it forever). Shout out to whoever it was from though, the mailer and records were all in great condition. I have heard some horror stories of this one with people writing on the screened mailers for posting, instead of an outer mailer/ jiffy bag (silly bunch).

First up is the 2008 demo, and Touche Amore's first release; it came out on No Sleep records. By this point it is apparent that the mystery colour is clear for these four 7"s (as is with the new box set from what pressing information I have seen). I'm not too sure on other box sets, but my version of the demo has tiny dashes of black in it. The demo was actually already pressed on clear/100 for the first press; so this variant clears up confusion with new A/B labels (the first press has really nice T/A labels and every pressing after has these A/B ones, I'll post on this a little later). Also, the sleeves are leftovers from the first press, as by the second press the sleeves came on thicker card with slightly revised artwork (again, you'll see all of this in the next few posts).

Next up is the La Dispute split, officially named Searching For a Pulse/ The Worth of the World. This features some great artwork from Nick Steinhardt, and some flawless design work, with a die-cut fold out cover (again, more of this in later posts). The recording quality of the Touche side suffers a little on this release, but god damn if the songs aren't amazing. And the bands' respective vocalists contribute guest spots to each others tracks on this split, super cool idea. 

The split with Make Do and Mend came out as a split release with 6131 Records and Panic Records. Both bands offer two songs each (same as TA/LD) and comes with some really nice fold out artwork (probably the work of Nick, but I'm not 100% on that one). Touche Amore, La Dispute and Make Do and Mend are all part of a group of hardcore bands called The Wave (some inside joke apparently), along with Pianos Become the Teeth and Defeater. It's cool that up to this point these bands are all doing interlinked splits. All of them (the bands and the splits) are fantastic, well worth a listen if you haven't already.

 Finally is the live on WERS 7". I believe this was self-released by the band under the label name Condolences. It still is the only release on the label. This 7'' came in quite limited quantities; to this day only 500 exist. 300 on black, and 200 on clear (for this box set). The recording here is great, and a nice insight to the band's live sound. The centre labels with the Condolences logo on them are a nice touch too. This could easily be my favourite live release. 

This thing seems a real piece of history to me now, although I've only had it a short while. Since releasing this the band have offered up another 4 7"s, and are signed to fucking Deathwish inc. such a great progression. However, this early material is pure gold to me; and the whole hand numbered/ exclusive colour/ screened mailer/ tour only deal just gets me too. I seriously love this band too much. If you're into them at all, get looking forward to quite a few posts. And if anyone can help out on anything I'm missing, check my Deadformat link in the blog description and message me!

 Now I just have to cross my fingers, as the new box set is an email application/ lottery style deal where owners are picked at random instead of being thrown up on a webstore/ being available on tour. Crazy. As I said, fingers crossed!

The two halves of Our Better Halves

'Our Better Halves' by Latterman. As far as I'm concerned this is one of the coolest releases I have in my collection. Because it was so weird, and great.

Here's the story. Band breaks up, soon to follow should be a compilation of all early/ rare/ unreleased material right? I'm sure I wasn't the only one who wanted to see a vinyl re-issue of None of These Songs Are About Girls (which I think was previously available on cassette?) and a long awaited re-press of the Nakatomi Plaza split, which sold out before we ever heard of it and it never pops up, anywhere. I would have really liked this to happen, as an upside to this band disappearing. They took a different, and perhaps way better approach to this idea. Along comes 'Our Better Halves', a 1 song, single sided, self released 7" that contains the last track Latterman had to offer I suppose; an anthem from a compilation that never happened came to light.

So this was what we got. Only available at their reunion shows, this was such a sweet send off for fans. Any leftover copies were given to distro's, notably No Idea Records. This meant that I bugged the good chap at Different Kitchen Records (he's probably going to get a lot of mentions in this here blog) Alan Beningfield, and two weeks or so later this arrived.

It was just perfect. Printed on cheap, thin stock card sleeves, plain centre labels and a plain B-side (no etching or screening). It also comes with a small insert with the lyrics printed on (more on that a little later).

Fast forward a few months, Latterman comes to England on this reunion tour business. And again, thanks to DiffKitch (see what I did there?!) boss man, caught wind of a second press of this sucker, just for us European lot (I think I mentioned before that this is a rare occurrence, so when it happens I get giddy). Like the true gentleman Alan is, he also scored me this one no problem; which was especially nice as I couldn't get to a show due to work.

Same deal as before, plain B-side, plain centre labels. Too cool. Pressing numbers are as follows: 1000 (ish) of the black and 300 of the white as a Euro tour exclusive. Again, this release appealed to me because in it's second/ Euro press because things got changed up a little...

For anyone with sharp eyes or better pixel resolution, you can see the right (euro press) sleeve is much brighter and a clearer picture. The sleeves are thicker too, which is always nice I suppose. Word is that these got printed up by Jan at Yoyo records (I think I'm right on that one).

The Inserts were changed up a little too.

Again, first press on the left, Euro tour press on the right. I like how there is a clear difference in the inserts for the two versions. Even the handwriting is different; tons of quirky stuff to like about this release!

This shouldn't be overlooked at all, the fact that it contains only one song is awesome. It finally completes things. And the song is a good one, a really damn good one. If you like Latterman you're going to like this because it's great. Full of posi vibes and awesome bass lines. A belter of a chorus aswell. Last time I checked you can also head to the Different Kitchen big cartel and score the /300 variant for a little over £3 too. No point in arguing with that logic. Do yourself a favour.

End Of a Year / Fires

The End Of a Year (Self Defense Family) / Fires split is super cool. It has everything that appeals to the average record nerd (obi strips/different covers, you'll see in a bit). It was also the first record which I acquired a test press of, so it seems like a good place to start.

Long story short; I made little effort to get these variants. With great help from (and thanks to!) Patrick Compston who put it out, and Doug from Fires; I scored all four variants of this record. Great guys. Enough of my rambling, on to the records:

 

This is the most common variant of clear blue /400. Nothing much going on here.

 

 

This is where things get a little cooler. Clear /100, these two colours make up the first and only press of this record thus far. This variant came with a hand numbered obi strip...

 

 I ended up with number 19/100. Nice touch.

 

This is where things got difficult (ish). I heard there was a super limited record release version from Fires. Thankfully, Doug was happy to sell me his copy from the show.

 

 

The first thing I noticed is the sleeve. The text is placed on there for the record release apparently, as opposed to the text free sleeves used on the regular press, which is something different. The sleeve is folded over the top as opposed to the side folds.

 

 

For the record release some inserts were printed up too. I ended up with number 16 of 18. Not bad for a guy who doesn't live in the US/ anywhere near release show ever. I'm a sucker for release show/ tour exclusive stuff too so this really appealed to me.

 

 

Finally, the test press. The first test press I ever owned. I managed to get this from Troubled Monkey Records owner and the guy who put this out, Patrick Compston (super nice guy too). I ended up with number 6 of 13. The sleeve again has a different text, printed up exclusively for the test presses; with handmade obi strips that correlate with the numbers of the test too. Which was nice as all the tests I've had since come in regular sleeves/ no sleeves/ one in a carrier bag (?). Tons of effort made here. I'm a big fan.

 

 

All four copies together.

 

 

A closer look at the two font variations. The top sleeve (record release) is also much brighter in image in person.

Now i'm going to drag out more records to do this with. I really have to find other hobbies.