Intangible and Smiling

The Warm Thoughts full collection continues. As it stands, I am one (readily available - but balls to US shipping) variant away from a full collection. Well, there is also the question of test presses; but a little bit more on that later right? 

Warm Thoughts - Intangible - Asian Man Records - 1sr Press - Random Mix /500 

From what I've seen, most of these ended up some kind of take on a grey mix? There's definitely a few flecks of red and blue in this copy and that's cool by me. 

Back Cover // B-Side 

With this record, there is no insert so everything here is about all you have. The B-Side is a Yo La Tengo cover. Elliot Babin has been raving on about these for a while, and they're a great band. This cover is one of a few performed under the Dad Punchers / Warm Thoughts moniker(s - anyone heard the 'Do You Wanna Dance?' cover?). From a design perspective, these oversized A and B labels look super cool against the fairly sparse background. Looking at the cover, it looks like it was taken from a van window too. This song sounds like it was written on tour, so it all kind of fits in. 

Warm Thoughts - Intangible - Asian Man Records - Test Press - Black - 1/10 

Asian Man is ran by Mike Park; one of the nicest guys in music. I heard wind of this coming up for sale, I emailed Mike Park about it. He asked me to email a few weeks later as he was away on tour; and sure as his word I emailed a few weeks later, we worked out a price and that was that. 

B-Side 

As this came in a dust cover and poly sleeve, there is not an awful lot to say. Getting number 1/10 is pretty cool though right? Rainbo also did the Mar Vista test which I managed to get a copy of which you can read about here: http://23rotations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/sea-view.html

Certificate of Authenticity 

All Asian Man test presses come with this. It's a pretty neat little extra and shows that all of these tests pass through Mike Park's hands before reaching you. The numbering also matches up, which is sweet! 

And finally, here's a group shot, though it is more than likely that I will end up with another copy of this before too long... 

Just as a parting note, this record has a really cool matrix etching. Something along the lines of Warm Thoughts being better than Dad Punchers and Dad Punchers not being better than Warm Thoughts. 

One of my favourite bands doing it right all over again. 

Cheers!