Impressions - Anthems of a Failed System 7"

ARTIST: Impressions
TITLE: Anthems of a Failed System
LABEL: Hobson's Choice
CATALOG: HC001
YEAR:
PRESSING INFO: I believe only 500 pressed on red splatter vinyl.
GENRE: fast punk / thrash

No, this is not the same impressions that released a slew of crappy releases in the 50's through the 70's. This is a thrash band. A lot of the wording is in another language so I dont know much else about this release. It has some thrash parts, but the music is mostly fast punk rock.

The cover was made out of a cardboard popcorn box. So I'm sure there are a a ton of variations of this out there. It is numbered on the inside. Mines is #427 so I'm assuming that around 500 were pressed.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Won't Rule My Life
2. Still Oppressed
3. Subhuman
4. Mechanism vs Activism
5. What We've Built
6. Dynasty
7. Cerebral Death (Medial Transplantation cover)

http://rapidshare.com/files/211898140/impressions_7_.zip

Stole Your Woman - In Your Box CD

ARTIST: Stole Your Woman
TITLE: In Your Box
LABEL: Takeover Records
CATALOG: None
YEAR: 2002
GENRE: Pop punk / power pop
PRESSING INFO: ???

Back about a year ago I was flipping through the $1 CD's at The Championship when I noticed this one. I knew Craigs Brother was on Takeover Records, and this sorta looked like a pop punk kinda release, so I said what the hell. For $1 what do I have to lose. Except $1 of course. The first time I listened to it I remember not liking it. I don't know why. I listened to it a second time about 3 weeks ago and thought it was some really good power pop/ pop punk! Funny how things work out. They are still around and they were on Warped Tour a few times with Yellowcard. This is one of their early releases. It seems to be pretty easy to find.

They also have a music video for the song "Lost and Found World". I was going to post it here, but its not on this release. So if you want to see it, it is on youtube.

TRACK LISTING:
1. A Change in Me
2. Dirty
3. Lets Eat Lots
4. Empty
5. Nice Shoes...
6. Rescuers Downunder
7. Frustrated
8. Lights Out
9. Shut Up
10. I Think I Tried
11. Neverending

http://rapidshare.com/files/210315996/stole_your_woman_in_your_box.zip

Kerosene 454 - Blown Clean 7" 1994

ARTIST: Kerosene 454
TITLE: Blown Clean
LABEL: Firepower Products
CATALOG: Unknown
YEAR: 1994
GENRE: Early Emo
PRESSING INFO: Black vinyl

I picked this up at City Lights Records in State College PA a few years ago. I had never heard this bands music, but read that they were one of the fathers of the emo genre. I think I paid something around 2 or 3 bucks for it. I thought it was a decent record, although not something I would get to crazy about. They were a staple in the DC emo scene between 1993-1998. They also released a few other 7"s and a few LP's as well. Later on they started to get better and chruned out some great post-hardcore stuff.

You probably can find this release at a record store or ebay for under $5. I recomend picking it up.

ARTIST: The Eventide
TITLE: Single. 98
LABEL:The Romance Label
CATALOG: 07
YEAR: 1998
GENRE: Indie/Post-hardcore
PRESSING INFO: Was released with a small info sheet.

Here is another 7" I received when purchasing a large lot of pop punk 7" of of the ole' ebay. I couldn't find much of anything on this release or this band. In fact, I found nothing at all. I hate when that happens. Its 2 songs of emo/post hardcore which reminds of of something that would be on Dischord Records.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Octave Chords
2. Lower Case Font

V/A - Circle, Circle, Dot, Dot CD

I would like to apologize about the lack of updates this past week. But I'm sure not many people actually look forward to my blog. Since my truck decided it was going to drop the starter, that seemed a little more of a priority. The truck is fixed, I still have hundreds upon hundreds of recordings to upload so there will be no shortage of hard to find stuff at this blog...

Here is another one of those comps that I would cross my fingers and hope I made a good purchase. I saw this on ebay one day while looking for shower with goats stuff. I believe it was about 3 or 4 bucks. I saw that it had Slappy (a band im dieing to find more about) and buglite (underrated pop punk band) and I decided I couldnt pass it up. There was a lot of bands on here I had never heard of before. Its got a solid mix of pop punk and ska punk bands. The great thing about this comp is that its a benefit release. It benefits Kooties research. Ahhhh I love 1990's pop punk.

PRESSING INFO: Released on Flat Broke Productions in 1997. Probably around 1000 or so pressed. Maybe less

TRACK LISTING:
1. Blackhead - Redneck Romeo
2. Slappy - Just Another Song
3. Mulligan Stu - Android Blight
4. Community Service - Chili Cheese Obsession
5. Shower With Goats - Stranded
6. Kosmo Kramers - The Chase
7. The Modocks - Refugee Roadrace
8. The Savoys - Green Light
9. Go For Broke - Go Away
10. The Honeymooners - Vomit Grrrl
11. The Honeymooners - Out of Control
12. Buglite - What We Had
13. The Lexingtons - Cars
14. No Empathy - GLMMN (part 2)
15. The Letterbombs - Armchair Revolutionary
16. Ringworm - Louisville Slugger
17. Untitled bonus track

http://rapidshare.com/files/206828105/circle_circle.zip

The Bad Boys - Love / Black Olives 45rpm

ARTIST: The Bad Boys
TITLE: Love / Black Olives
LABEL: Paula Records
CATALOG: 254
YEAR: 1966
PRESSING INFO: ????

There isn't that many people who know that a punk sound was brewing in the mid 60's. But there was. Unfortunately, a lot of these 45's are impossible to find. Some only 1 or 2 copies are known to exist! I hope to add some of these to my collection, and when I do they will be seen here!

And according to the research I have done on this band, They were from Frederick Maryland!

While there are much more punk sounding songs from the 60's, this is one of the easier ones to find. You can probably pick it up around 15-20 bucks off ebay. Maybe a little less if you find it in a record store. The A-side is some good fast 60's style garage punk while the b-side is a nice catchy fuzz guitar instrumental track. Charlie Daniels helped arrange this record. Long before the devil went down to Georgia. Luckily for me, my copy came with a rare Paula paper sleeve.

V/A - Check This Out, Too CD

ARTIST: Various
TITLE: Check This Out, Too!
LABEL: Onefoot Records
CATALOG #: OFR20031
YEAR:2001
PRESSING INFO: I have no idea!

Believe it or not, I bought this in Canada! There is this big ass store in Toronto called "Sam the Record Man". It was right across the street from out hotel. I was soooo excited to see a 3 story wal mart sized record store. Well, it was all CD's. And over priced CDs at that. I think I ended up paying $7 USD for this comp. Which is really expensive for a comp! Its a pretty good mix of pop punk, melodic punk and plain ole punk. I posted the first comp in the "check this out" series in this blog as well.

My favorite tracks on here are 12, 15, 19, 21.

http://rapidshare.com/files/203710102/check_this_out_too.zip