Have Heart | Demo 2003 (Test Press & Olive)

Yes, I know, I talking about Have Heart, once again. This is not my fault, I presume some guys around the world want some bucks before christmas. So they sell their collection and I take advantage of that. I'm evil !

Whatever, today, two brand new stuff for my Demo 2003 collection : Test Press from the fourth press and Olive with color cover. I'm so glad because I wanted those two things since a long time ago.

7 press, 57 editions, but only two Test Press : the first from the... first press and the second from the fourth press. I think Bottled Up made a new Test Press when the pressing plant threw away the stampers and labels. The new cover appeared at this time.

Mine is the one from the fourth press out of 13 copies. Test Press comes with a special cover. In fact, this is the first regular cover with the mention "Test Press". I love this design ! But, despite the first Test Press, this edition doesn't got a transparent cover, this is a classic paper sheet.

Vinyl is stamped on both side of the label : "Have Heart Demo 2003 Test Press" on the front and Bottled Up logo (in color) on the back. It's pity, Test Press are not handnumbered.

It's funny because this Test Press isn't my rarest and expensive edition of this record. I got the Celuloid Acetate cover out of 10, the Negative cover out of 10, the Olive one out of 8, some alternative covers from the last press out of 10 or 11, ... But hey, this is a Test Press and this is Have Heart. I always love Test Press, like each vinyl collector I presume. This is like you have a piece of music's history, a stuff you're never supposed to get.

At the beginning, the pressing information always spoke about only one color cover edition : Olive. But, in reality, they are four different edition from the fifth press with the new cover in color : Olive (8 copies), Easter Egg (6), Dark Grey (5) and Dark Green (4).

You probably understand, this cover is the new regular cover, used since the fourth press to the last one, but the picture is in color. No big deal but the fanatic in me always wanted to own that stuff.

So, this is the Olive edition from the fifth press out of 8 copies handnumbered on the inner sleeve. I got the n° 6.

At this time, I see the final line. It only remains for me to get the Gorilla Biscuit's rip off cover and the Halloween's cover and it's done. But I don't care about the Yellow Summer Tour cover or the Green alternative cover. I have the chance to buy that stuff but spend 100 bucks for a cover that I have 3 times ? Na !

And don't forget to check my website with all editions and all pictures of Have Heart's vinyls.

Have Heart | Demo 2003 (Celuloid Acetate)

Last week, I got a brand new edition of the famous Have Heart's Demo 2003 released on Bottled Up. I'm still far from some huge and fanatic collector, but my collection start to be interesting. I got 13 variations from this record, without forget the Tape edition. Like all my collection (maybe except What Feeds The Fire) I collecting essentially editions with alternative cover. I'm not very interested by color variations with the same cover. Maybe I'm not enough rich for that...

So, last week I bought a new alternative edition from the third press : the Dark Green one with the huge acetate celluloid cover. This is probably one of the more expensive records I never bought. I'm poor (in all sense) and stupid !

The vinyl is Dark Green. There is no really difference with the Mint Green of the same press (see below). Mint Green is stamped on the label, Dark Green's not. In my opinion, this is the only real difference between this two colors. 

All the particularity of this edition is this amazing cover. Not the design, this is just the alternative cover from the second press. The material ! This cover is print on a fuckin' celuloid acetate, you know like a transparent platic. 

This is not my first vinyl with that, but hey, this is so cool ! You can see the innersleeve, or the vinyl, by transparency.

Bottled Up released only 10 copies of them. For information, the cover (and the vinyl) of the Test Press from the first press was also on celluloid acetate film.

On this picture, I took off the innersleeve, so you can see the vinyl by transparency behind the cover. I love that.

And on this picture, you can see the "difference" between the Dark Green (on the left) and the Mint Green (on the right). Yeah big deal...

As always, you can check my website about Have Heart's vinyl for many information about all release.

Have Heart | Demo 2003 (Summer Tour 2005)

This time, eBay has been full of nuggets about Have Heart's Demo 2003 : Test Press, Halloween, Easter Egg... Lack of money, I don't have flare, but I still get some editions I wanted for so long. Nothing unusual but it's not important.

So I picked the three special editions produced by Bottled Up for the Summer Tour 2005. These three records are not from the second or the third press. It's the 2.5 if you prefer.

In fact, the second pressing was sold when the Posi Numbers Fest and summer tour were coming up. So, Bottled Up made an entire press for Posi Numbers, Sink With Cali and the summer tour. The result is the Posi Numbers Fest 2005 edition on Clear vinyl, the Summer Tour 2005 edition on Black and the Sink With Cali Fest III edition on Black too.

The first edition is the Positive Numbers Fest 2005. I have a weakness for special editions made ​​for Posi Fest or Sound & Fury. They're generally cool.

200 copies on Clear vinyl. No number, but a stamp "Have Heart Posi Fest 2005" on the label.

The following is one of my favorite editions. I wanted for a long time and it is now done. The Sink With Cali Fest III conducted for the california eponymous festival.

Cover with Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat is absolutely gorgeous !

The record is Black, pressed 100 copies with a stamp "Have Heart Summer Tour 2005 Sink With Cali" on the label.

It only remains for me to find his twin with Scorpion for What Counts EP.

Finally, the last edition, made ​​for the Summer Tour 2005. Again, record has a special cover.

150 copies pressed on Black vinyl, with stamp on the label : "Have Heart Summer Tour 2005".

The insert of the three records is identical to classical versions.   

 

Have Heart | Demo 2003 (New Stuff)

J'ai reçu quelques trucs sympas ces derniers temps, je ferais petit à petit des billets dessus. Pour ce qui nous concerne aujourd'hui, je fais un billet collectif des exemplaires de la célèbre Demo 2003 de Have Heart que j'ai reçu dernièrement.

Le disque est connu pour ses sept pressages et ses innombrables variables. Bien que Have Heart soit l'un de mes groupes préférés, je n'en possède pas énormément.

Si vous voulez plus d'infos sur le pressage des vinyles d'Have Heart, jetez un œil à mon site dédié. Tous les pressages y sont recensés, avec photos et infos exhaustives.

Dernièrement j'ai donc reçu quelques exemplaires du tout dernier pressage, le septième, réalisé l'an dernier par le label Bottled Up. Je possédai déjà le Black avec la pochette Négative (10 ex.) et le Dark Green avec la toute première pochette en noir et blanc (13 ex. numérotés).

Pour ce dernier pressage, le label a édité pas mal de variantes de pochettes et a définitivement craqué en nous pondant six éditions pressées à moins de 20 copies et dérivées des quatre grosses éditions que sont les White, Clear Green, Clear Red et Clear Gold.

Pour commencer, j'ai récupéré le Red / Black Swirl, pressé à 11 copies avec la pochette alternative utilisée lors du deuxième pressage (et du troisième en version verte ou transparente).

Le disque est numéroté sur la sous pochette. J'ai le n° 7 sur 11.

Ensuite, j'ai récupéré le Dirty Green, pressé à 17 copies avec la même pochette alternative que le Red. J'adore cette pochette, je trouve que c'est une des plus classes de ce disque.

Vous noterez que la pochette DIY de celui là est plus petite et mal dimensionnée par rapport au disque.

Cette variante n'est pas numérotée mais la couleur est inscrite sur la sous-pochette.

J'ai aussi le Gold / Red Swirl, pressé à 12 exemplaires avec la première pochette en version noir et blanc. Comme celle du Dark Green que je possède également.

Là aussi, le disque est numéroté sur la sous-pochette. J'ai le n° 10 sur 12.

Je trouve les couleurs de ces disques vraiment réussies !

Enfin, il y a quelques temps j'avais récupéré un exemplaire du sixième pressage : le Black limité à 100 copies numérotées avec la nouvelle pochette standard depuis le quatrième pressage.

Il s'agit de la Preorder Edition du sixième pressage, d'où la numérotation.

Le numéro est écrit directement sur le label du vinyle. j'ai le n° 45 sur 100.

Pour info, on distingue les divers pressages grâce à leur labels qui sont tous différents. Vous aurez notez que celui du sixième pressage, blanc, présente le logo du groupe devant et les titres des morceaux derrière, alors que celui du septième, blanc également, présente le logo du groupe devant et le logo Bottled Up derrière.

A l'occasion je ferais un billet avec toute ma (maigre) collection de 45T de Have Heart.