Vinyl Collective

Being a very positive person, I will give you the good news first. We will be getting Every Time I Die’s “The Big Dirty” in on Monday and I plan to assemble a crew to help us package orders so that they can all go out on Tuesday.

In other good news, as you see in a recent post, we got in the repress of Minus the Bear’s Highly Refined Pirates and they look and sound fantastic.

Now for the bad news, we just got word that due to our pressing plant closing for 2 weeks in December and the plant being bombarded with holiday orders, Minus the Bear’s “Interpretaciones Del Oso” won’t be coming in until January 11th.

If you have orders waiting on “Interpretaciones” to come in and really want your records, email me and I will send you an invoice to pay for shipping. We will then ship the available records right away and ship “Interpretaciones” when it comes in.

My apologies on the delay, I wish this wasn’t the case.

We should be getting good restocks every day this week and for many of the days next week. Please consider picking up something as our house is swelling. Boxes are everywhere and we have been pulling and packing orders like sweatshop employees. We got in both the Ronen Kauffman and Norman Brannon books and a bunch of rad records from bands like Dillinger Four, Crime In Stereo, Converge, Weakerthans, Elliott, and much much more.

“New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye…” book by RONEN KAUFFMAN
“THE ANTI-MATTER ANTHOLOGY” BOOK by NORMAN BRANNON
AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY “All Fall Down” LP
Bush “Razorblade Suitcase” LP
COMMON RIDER “This is Unity Music” LP
CONVERGE “NO HEROES” LP (BROWN/CLEAR)
CRIME IN STEREO “Is Dead” LP black w/ white splatter viyl
Curl Up and Die “Unfortunately We’re Not”LP
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR “COUNT ME IN” LP (COLOR VINYL)
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR Friends Family Forever LP gold/black splatter
DIGGER “Monte Carlo” LP
Dillinger Four – Versus God LP
ELLIOTT False Cathedrals LP
ELLIOTT Song In The Air LP
ELLIOTT U.S. Songs LP
FARSIDE Monroe Doctrine LP
Gorilla Biscuits “S/T” 7″
Ignite “Our Darkest Days” LP
MODERN LIFE IS WAR S/T 7″ white w/ a little bit of black vinyl
NO DOUBT Tragic Kingdom LP
NO TRIGGER “CANYONEER” LP clear vinyl
Poison the Well “You Come Before” LP Clear Green vinyl
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE “People Of The Sun” 10″ vinyl
SAMIAM “Whatever’s Got You Down” LP mustard yellow w/ splatter
SHIKARI/LOUIS CYPHRE Split 9″
Snapcase vs Boy Sets Fire double 7″
The Geeks “Every Time We Fall” LP green vinyl
THRICE “The Illusion of Safety” LP
TIDES / GIANT “SPLIT” LP red/white vinyl
WEAKERTHANS “Left and Leaving” LP
XO SKELETONS “ASTHMAGASM” 7″ red/white vinyl
YOUNG WIDOWS Settle Down City LP

We just got in the repress for “Highly Refined Pirates” and James at Lucky Horse had warned me that the colors were slightly different than what had originally been noted. The Gold is now more of a Gold/Orange and actually it looks pretty darn Orange. The White w/ Blue and Black is actually more of an Aqua Marble. For those of you concerned that this looks like the original pressing on Jade vinyl, the Aqua Marble is much darker. I also got in more than I had originally posted so anyone that missed out, make sure you get your copies. Only 300 of each color were repressed and this sucker should be again out of print. This is my favorite Minus the Bear album and man it sounds great on wax.

We are way too slammed to get these out today, but we will do our best to get them out tomorrow.

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We got in a bunch of restocks including the new NOFX live double LP/CD, a bunch of Me First and the Gimmes and Lagwagon vinyl, some Iron and Wine and Shins, Band of Horses, Avail, and much more.

Against Me “Live In London” Double LP
Avail “Front Porch Stories” LP
BAND OF HORSES “Cease to Begin ” LP
Band Of Horses- Everything All The Time LP
DEAD TO ME “Cuban Ballerina” LP
Descendents “Cool to be You” LP
Hot Hot Heat ” Make Up the” LP
Iron and Wine “Creek Drank” LP
IRON AND WINE “The shepherd’s dog” LP
Iron and Wine “Woman King:” LP
Lagwagon “Live in a Dive” LP
Lagwagon “Resolve” LP
Lagwagon- Blaze LP
Lagwagon- Duh LP
Lagwagon- Hoss LP
Lagwagon let’s talk about feelings 10″
LAGWAGON trashed LP
Lawrence Arms / Oh! Calcutta! -LP
Lawrence Arms- The Greatest Story LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Are A Drag” LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Blow In The Wind” LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Have A Ball” LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Love Their Country” LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Ruin Jonny’s Bar Mitzvah” LP
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Take A Break” LP
Neko Case “Blacklisted” LP
Nirvana “Bleach” LP
No Use for A Name “Hard Rock Bottom” LP
NOFX “They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live” vinyl / CD
NOFX 7” NOFX Club # 10
NOFX fuck the kids 7″
NOFX- I Heard They Suck Live LP
NOFX surfer 7″
NOFX- The Decline LP
NOFX Wolves in Wolves Clothing LP
NONE MORE BLACK file under black LP
PISSED JEANS “Don’t Need Smoke” 7″
Postal Service ” Give Up” double LP
Postal Service ” We Will Become” LP
Propagandhi- Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ash LP
RANCID radio radio 7″
Shins “Chutes Too Narrow” LP
Shins “Oh Inverted World” LP
Strung Out “Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues” LP
THE ALBUM LEAF “INTO THE BLUE AGAIN” LP
THE ELECTED “ME FIRST” LP
The Loved Ones: Keep Your Heart LP
The Shins “Wincing The Night Away” LP
THE THERMALS “The Body, The Blood, The Machine” LP
THE THERMALS “A PILLAR OF SALT” 7”
V/a short songs for short people LP

Just got them in today and we are working furiously to get these all out of our house. Most of the orders will go out today, a few will go out tomorrow. There are still a couple available so if you haven’t ordered one yet, do so soon. They look and sound nice.

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP Sky Blue vinyl

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP White vinyl

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP Clear with Red Splatter vinyl

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP Red Black half and half vinyl

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP SRed with Black Smoke vinyl (VC exlusive)

ALKALINE TRIO “Goddamnit” re-release LP 5 colors plus CD/DVD

I am so absolutely excited to be working with Asian Man Records on this pre-order. This band needs no introduction, but back when this album was originally released, it was the world’s introduction to Alkaline Trio. Asian Man is doing an all-star make-over on the album and ever since it was announced ages ago, our message board has been buzzing.

Here is the scoop. Goddamnit is getting repressed on 6 different colors being pressed 500 pieces at a time, 5 of which we will have available:

SKY BLUE
WHITE
CLEAR W/ RED SPLATTER
RED and BLACK(Half and Half)
RED WITH BLACK SMOKE (Vinyl Collective Exclusive color)

Purchasing a copy gives you the opportunity at a chance for a test pressing of “Goddamnit”. Purchasing all 5 of the colors will get you a slightly lower price as well as a bonus copy of the CD/DVD release of Goddamnit.

Your purchase will enter you for a chance to win a test pressing for “Goddamnit”. Thanks Mike!

Note that the records are not due for release until the end of February of 2008. If you place an order for this along with other items, you will have to wait til this re-release comes in stock before your order ships.

Good luck getting your copies and let’s hope that Asian Man will release or re-release some of the other Alkaline Trio full lengths.

O Pioneers!!! s/t 7″ Strawberry vinyl

O Pioneers!!! s/t 7″ Vanilla vinyl

O Pioneers!!! s/t 7″ Chocolate vinyl

O Pioneers!!! s/t 7″ all 3 Neopolitan colors

Everyone’s favorite Texas punks are back with their exciting debut 7″ for Asian Man Records. This one will be available on 3 different colors and the pressing numbers go as follows:

100 on Strawberry vinyl
200 on Chocolate vinyl
200 on Vanilla vinyl

We are offering 3 sets of all 3 colors for a slightly lower price and the Strawberry vinyl are only going to be available from Vinyl Collective and Asian Man. Act fast because these are not going to last forever.

Lemuria “Get Better” LP white vinyl

Lemuria “Get BEtter” LP black vinyl

Asian Man’s latest addition to their family are Buffalo, NY’s Lemuria. I have been a fan for a while, but the songs on their myspace page suggest that they are going for broke on this latest album. I am really excited for this album. The vinyl will be pressed on both black vinyl and white vinyl, and I think the preceding is more limited.

Should have records by January 11th, 2008

We just picked up the new Vinyl Collective and Suburban Home t-shirts. Your pre-orders for these shirts should go out today. We think they all turned out awesome and I even convinced my Mom to rock one! There are still shirts available, but they are going fast so don’t miss out on these supper limited t-shirts.

Andy, who now handles mailorder for Vinyl Collective shows that with his new Vinyl Collective Vinyl Bin t-shirt, he will never have a case of the Mondays.

My mom is up helping us out by watching our son while we lose our minds at all the orders that are going out today. Thanks Mom! and thanks for modeling our new Vinyl Collective logo t-shirt.

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I am excited to bring your another volume of our “celebrity interviews”. This time around, Jacob Bannon of Deathwish, Malfunction, Converge, Irons, and about a million other projects was kind enough to answer some questions about why most of his bands put out vinyl, and you will be surprised to hear his answers to his most prized record, what he would kill to own, and his last 5 record purchases.

It should go without saying (but I will say it) that I have nothing but the upmost respect for Jacob, his labels, and pretty much everything he does. There are a lot of label owners and band members out there that just don’t get it. I can say without hesitation that not only does Jacob pay close attention to every detail of every decision he makes, he has adapted to the many changes that continue to occur in the music industry. Everything he is involved with is done with so much care. Look at their website, for example, and you can only imagine how much time and effort that was put into it. Look at the vast catalog of releases from his labels and from his bands and you will see that the not only are his releases well recorded and mind blowing, but the artwork and packaging are artistically beautiful. Besides being a label head and band member, Jacob handles the art for so many of his releases and releases on labels all over the world. He has a style all his own and you can usually identify a release he prepared the art for as it looks like nothing else out there. It is because of this that I recently asked if he might be interested in designing a future Vinyl Collective t-shirt and I am excited to say that sometime in 2008, we will have a Jacob Bannon Vinyl Collective T-shirt.

Thanks Jacob for taking the time to do this interview and I hope everyone out there takes a second to not only read the interview but to also check out his labels, his bands, and his artwork.

Oh and on a side note, Jacob Bannon is a member of the Vinyl Collective message board. How cool is that?

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