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.

 

Clear | Demo

Just a little post to speak about the first Clear's demo, out now on Triple B Records. Clear is the new band of Have Heart's singer Pat Flynn. This is a really great records with six tracks influenced by Minor Threat.

Triple B made two editions for this first release : Clear vinyl limited to 300 copies and Clear Blue limited to 600 copies.

A special edition was made for the This Is Hardcore Fest with the Clear Blue vinyl and an alternative handnumbered cover out of 100. There's also a Test Press out of 15 without cover and a Tape released by Back To Back Records.

I've just got my copy. Nothing special, nothing crazy, just the Clear version out of 300. But great cover and great records.

Lyrics and credits are inside the cover but I'm so lazy, I doesn't scan this thing.

Have Heart | What Counts (Summer Tour 2005)

Last month I talk about the three Have Heart's Demo 2003 made for the Summer Tour 2005. I actually complete my collection with the two editions of the What Counts EP made for the same Summer Tour 2005 by Think Fast Records.

I'm so happy because I finally got the two Mortal Kombat editions !

Like the Sub Zero cover, Think Fast made a Scorpion alternative cover for the Sink With Cali Fest III edition. 125 copies on classic Black vinyl with black print on the label from the third press.

I love this shit !

The other one is the Positive Numbers Fest 2005 edition on Clear Red out of 125 copies with an alternative cover from the fourth press. 

Fun fact, this pressing supposed to be blue, but the plant sent red instead. Blue copies were sent after the fest with normal cover.

This edition is handnumbered on the back cover. I got the n° 82 of 125.

Ruiner | Back To The Day Of The Dead

Last time, I take some cool stuff from Ruiner's guitarist Danny Porter. He sold lot of rarities like Test Press and other Record Release editions. If you read this blog some times, you may know Ruiner is one of my favourite Hardcore band ever and I love to collect their special edition.

A couple of month ago, I found one of my best Ruiner's wish : the Ramones rip off cover. This time, I found an other one : the Back To The Futur cover !

When I see this edition on the Ruiner's website, I immediatly understand this : "It will be mine. Oh, yes... It will be mine".

This is the Record Release edition of What Could Possibly Go Right... released by Grave Mistake and Firestarter Records on Clear Green vinyl out of 50 and handnumbered. The illustration of this cover is huge ! Back To The Futur ! The geek inside me is completely pleased.

This edition is stamped and handnumbered on the record label. I got the n° 46 of 50.

There's also a cool big insert but, yeah, I'm so lazy to scan this thing.


To console myself that the What Could Possibly Go Right Test Press is too expensive for me, I took the Test Press of the Split Single with Day Of The Dead released by Burn Bridges Records.

In fact, Vendetta, a german label, released the first press and Burn Bridges from Baltimore released the second press.

This is the Test Press of the second press, out of 10 on black vinyl with a special cover.

This edition is handnumbered on the front cover (mine is n° 2 of 10) and stamped on the label.

Finaly, I got the Preorder edition of the Split released by Vendetta. Yes, this time it's the first press out of 1000 on Black vinyl including 75 copies for the Preorder edition with a special cover.

Concretely, this is just a piece of paper puted on the front cover. No big deal, but cool sketch. 

This edition is also handnumbered on the front cover. I got the n° 73 of 75.

Wolf Whistle | MA Glory & Old 7"

Wolf Whistle, the supergroup with members of Have Heart, xFilesx and Breathing Fire, just released their new 7" : MA Glory.

As always with the group from New Bedford, the record is a concentrated of fury balanced over a dozen ultra short tracks. Have Heart fans will always be disturbed by the singing of Pat Flynn ah ah...

So, it's a good opportunity to talk about their three 7".

MA Glory

Last but not least, MA Glory have just been released by Six Feet Under Records. Three 7", three label. Fun.

The band put eleven tracks on one 7" ! They are crazy.

The vinyl is available in three colors : Clear Blue, Black and Opaque Aqua. I don't know how many each edition were pressed.

The design of the cover is really cool !

Credits and lyrics are inside the cover :

Demo Two & Live WERS Set

The second Wolf Whistle's 7" combine the Winter Demo 2007 and the live give on the radio station WERS on February 5, 2009.

The vinyl was pressed by Triple B Records in Black (400) and Gold / White Marble (100). 15 Test Press and a second pressing in Clear Red (200) also exist.

Once again, I love the cover !

 
Demo 2007

The first demo of the band, Troubled Mind Records made 500 copies on black vinyl.

Yes, that's all.

Lyrics and crédits are also inside the cover.

Demo Two & Live WERS Set

I also have the Demo Two's Tape released by Working Man Records. This is the Solid Blue tape of the second run, limited to 50 copies.

 
My Tape of MA Glory, always on Working Man, is being delivered ! Can't wait ! 
 

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.