What Feeds The Fire | Set Me Free (Collection)

I already make a post on my What Feeds The Fire collection. This was the first item on this blog early in the year, but this was in french and I don't really was satisfied by the pictures. So, I decided to make a new article on one of my favourite 7" collection with a lot of new pictures.

You probably know What Feeds The Fire ?! This was a amazing band with future members of Verse and Soul Control, including Verse's singer Sean Murphy. As a consequence, they really sounded like Verse's debut album.

WFTF's discography is pretty small : a self released Demo Tape, an EP and a participation to a compilation. The EP was named Set Me Free and this is what we going to talk about right now. Anchor Records released that stuff in 2001.

Anchor was the first label created by Aram of Champion / Betrayed before he started the famous React ! Records. Later, Stillborn Records - label of Jamey Jasta from Hatebreed - re-released Set Me Free on CD with a couple of songs more than the 7".

Okay, so let's go ! Obviously, we start with the Test Press. In fact, there is two different Test Press limited to 8 copies each. The first Test Press was rejected and sold with a special "Pay For Crap" cover.

I got the second version, the good one ! Vinyl is a classic Test Press disc from Erika, so black with yellow label. The cover is the same than the regular edition but the gilt of the title is red.

Then, this is the Regular edition with the classic silver gilt cover. The design is amazing because you can open the cover like a matchbox ! Inside, the insert looks like a couple of match and you can see a scraper on the back cover. "What Feeds The Fire", you know ?!

I got the less rare edition on Black vinyl with big hole out of 700 copies. There also exist two other regular editions : Clear (with printed label) and White.

Next, it's the Preorder edition with an alternative silkscreened cover. Vinyl is Clear with blank and handnumebered label.

I got the n° 2 of 120.

This cover is also amazing because you can open her in three part. So cool !

I don't know a lot of thing about the next edition. She seems to be out of only 5 copies on White vinyl with the Red cover of the Test Press. It was the rarest edition of this 7" but I don't know what the fuck with that...

Vinyl is the classic White with no particularity.

There is the Hellfest 2002 edition with an alternative cover. It seems to be out of 50 copies on classic White vinyl but with a little funny thing : a price tag with a date "7 6-02" on the label.

This is not the date of the festival, because it was on 12 to 14 jully. It was the date of the Record Release show. In my opinion, the band used some copies left after the show for the Hellfest.

Another specifities is the sticker on the innersleeve.

So, things gonna be a little more complicated with the Record Release edition. We have the White vinyl with price tag "7 6-02" and a sticker on the inner sleeve. The sticker is different than the Hellfest edition but it seems some people got this one with their fest's copie.

This edition haven't cover because the covers isn't ready for the show with the Cro-Mags on 6 jully 2002. I don't know how many exist. Some people says 50 but I'm not sure.

I got my copy from the band drummer.

And we have the Cro-Mags rip off cover ! This cover supposed to be used at the Record Release show with the Cro-Mags, but finaly no. 150 copies are supposed to be pressed and the big part seems to be destroy. Apparently, only 30 or 40 copies left... I don't know !

My copy came with the classic White vinyl, but some other copies comes with the Clear vinyl with blank label but without handnumber.

Those three editions comes with a black insert.

Last but not least : the React ! Showcase edition given for free at the React ! Showcase in september 2011. Yeah, 2011. Fun fact : Aram found 88 copies on Black vinyl with little hole, so he decided to make a new special cover and give them for free.

This edition is handnumbered on the back cover. I got the n° 9 of 88.

And to finish, there is the Demo Tape. The tape is Clear with homemade paper cover and handwritten sticker. She's handnumbered on the edge. This is the number #1 but I don't know if it's like the "Demo #1" or if I got the tape n° 1 out of... Hum, I also don't know how many tape were produced. 

I missed only four editions : the rejected Test Press, the regular editions with White and Clear vinyls, and the Cro-Mags edition with Clear vinyl. If you got those, I'm very interested !

This Is Tape Time

You think vinyls are too trendy ? Ok, go further, let's collecting tapes. Tape are so cool ! Too 80's ! Some band made tapes at their beginning because it's cheaper and easy to make at the beginning of the 2K's. Some other band continue because it's cool.

Fuck, I'm ok, I love tapes and this is my little collection.

The first one is the amazing Demo 2003 from Have Heart. Yes, the record with 57 variant of vinyl. This is an homemade tape with paper cover dans handwritten sticker.

My tape is Clear but some other are white, ... The band just took what he had on hand.

Next, we have the also incredible Demo of What Feeds The Fire. Great great band with future members of Verse and Soul Control. You can check my 7" collection of Set Me Free here.

This record isn't Set Me Free, it's the first Demo.

The tape is Clear with homemade paper cover and handwritten sticker. She's handnumbered on the edge. This is the number #1 but I don't know if it's like the "Demo #1" or if I got the tape n° 1 out of... Hum, I also don't know how many tape were produced. 

If you read this post, you may know how many I love collecting The Effort's 7" with alternative covers. Necessarily, I got the tape of Wartime Citizens too. 

Panic Recors also released this version. Homemade paper cover, great tagged sticker and handnumber. So cool. 

My tape is White with n° 53 of 100. I don't know if some other color exist.

Wolf Whistle is one of Pat Flynn's new band. They made really great stuff on vinyl (here). So, Working Man released tape version of their last two records.

The first one is the Demo Two & Live WERS Set. Working Man released two run with many color variation. I got the Solid Blue of the second run out of 50 copies.

The other one is the recent MA Glory. I got the Solid Green edition of the first run out of 50 copies.

Working Man also released : Solid Red (20 copies, label exclusive), Clear w/ Blue Liner (30 copies, band exclusive) and now a second run with White tape out of 50. A Test Tape also exist. Yes, a Test Tape ! Only one copies with "Test" tagged cover. Funny.

Wake The Dead is a great Hardcore band from my city, Marseille. Live And Learn Records released their new EP, Meaningless Expectations, on tape.

25 copies handnumbered : 20 Black (n° 1 to 20) and 5 White (n° 21 to 25). The White is blank, but the Black one is tagged with the band name.

I got the n° 21 of 25. 

In march, we did play Witch Cult in Marseille. So I take their Split Tape with Drainland. This is an homemade White tagged tape. I got the n° 35, but I don't how many were released. I see some version with black and white cover on the net. Mine is in color.

Finaly, this is the Basement Tapettes of The Hatepinks. Les Haines Rose were the craziest Punk band from Marseille. Totally insane.

Crapoulet and No Glory Records released this UFO with all their cover song.