AVAIL “Over The James” LP beer colored amber vinyl
AVAIL “Over The James” LP orange vinyl
AVAIL “4 AM Friday” dbl LP brown vinyl
AVAIL “4 AM Friday” dbl LP silver vinyl
AVAIL “Dixie” dbl LP white vinyl
AVAIL “Dixie” dbl LP clear vinyl
AVAIL over the james,4am Friday,dixie LPs (all 6 colors)

October 8th, 2008 – Vinyl Collective and Suburban Home are excited to be releasing the vinyl for 3 classic Avail albums, “Over the James”, “4 AM Friday”, and “Dixie”. The albums were re-released on CD by the good folks at Jade Tree Records whom we licensed the rights for release on vinyl. This will mark the first time these albums with bonus tracks will be released on wax.

Releasing these albums mean the world to me. I began my musical journey as a pop-punker and the first time I heard Avail, their music was too heavy for my ears. It wasn’t til years later that I gave Avail another listen and was blown away by what I heard. I then saw their live show and could not believe I had missed out on seeing them before. Even more years later, I started working with Tim Barry, vocalist of Avail, with his solo recordings. I have the utmost respect for Tim Barry as a person and as a musician and to be able to release these albums is completely life-affirming.

Each of the 3 albums will be housed in Gatefold LP jackets with 4 AM Friday and Dixie being pressed as double LPs. The pressing information is as follows:

Over the James – 300 on beer/amber colored vinyl, 700 on Orange vinyl (an homage to the album’s original art)
4 AM Friday – 300 on Brown vinyl, 700 on Silver vinyl
Dixie – 300 on White Vinyl, 700 on Clear vinyl

It is absolutely criminal that these albums have spent so many years as CD only releases. I could not be happier to help bring these releases to light on vinyl and urge everyone to put these essential albums in their record collections.

There will be a test pressing awarded for each of the albums. Purchase a copy of any of the above albums and you will be entered into a contest to win a test pressing. We expect to receive copies of the vinyl by the first week of November.