Vinyl Collective

Got in lots of restocks and some new records from our friends at No Idea. Included in the bunch are the repress of The Ergs Jersey’s Best Prancers (great cover art), new get bent/jean claude jam band, new monikers/delay split 7″, too many daves 7″, hot water / alkaline trio split LP, modern machines, gaslight anthem, tom gabel, incestival 7″, underground railroad, and more.

GET BENT / JEAN CLAUDE JAM BAND split 7″ dk grey marble
GET BENT / JEAN CLAUDE JAM BAND split 7″ green marble
GET BENT / JEAN CLAUDE JAM BAND split 7″ lt grey marble
GET BENT / JEAN CLAUDE JAM BAND split 7″ pink marble
HOT WATER MUSIC “Flight and a Crash” LP blue vinyl
HOT WATER MUSIC “Flight and a Crash” LP purple vinyl
Hot Water Music / Alkaline Trio Split pic LP
IN THE RED “Volume1″ LP red vinyl
LATTERMAN “We Are Still Alive” LP blue vinyl
LATTERMAN “We Are Still Alive” LP purple vinyl
LIFETIME “Lifetime” LP reissue white vinyl
MODERN MACHINES “Take It, Somebody” LP gold
MONIKERS “Eat Your Young” 7″
MONIKERS “Wake Up” LP purple vinyl
MONIKERS / DELAY split 7″ pink marble
NEW BRUISES / STOLEN BIKES RIDE FASTER split 7″ purple vinyl
NEW MEXICAN DISASTER SQUAD “Peace With Nothing” 7″ blue vinyl
NEW MEXICAN DISASTER SQUAD “Peace With Nothing” 7″ green vinyl
NEW MEXICAN DISASTER SQUAD “Peace With Nothing” 7″ white vinyl
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS “All Things Move Toward Their End” LP purple vinyl
Planes Mistaken “Fuck With Fire” LP pink vinyl
Planes Mistaken “Up in Them Guts” LP yellow Vinyl
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS “We Ride to Fight” dbl LP blue vinyl
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS “We Ride to Fight” dbl LP grey marble vinyl
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS “We Ride to Fight” dbl LP red vinyl
QUINCY PUNX “Nutso Smasho” LP
SHOREBIRDS “Shorebirds” 7″ pink vinyl
SHOREBIRDS “Shorebirds” 7″ red vinyl
SHOREBIRDS “Shorebirds” 7″ yellow vinyl
Small Brown Bike “Dead Reckoning” LP grey marble vinyl
THE BOMB “Indecision” LP (colored vinyl)
THE DRAFT “In a Million Pieces” LP berry vinyl
THE ERGS “Jersey’s Best Prancers” LP gold/orange vinyl
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “Sink or Swim” LP 3rd pressing green vinyl
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “Sink or Swim” LP 3rd pressing purple
THE QUEERS “Love Songs for the Retarded” LP black vinyl
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND “Bird Roughs” LP black vinyl
TOM GABEL “Anna Is A Stool Pigeon” 7″
TOO MANY DAVES “2008: A Shit Faced Odyssey” 7″ clear vinyl
TOYS THAT KILL “Control The Sun” LP gold vinyl
TOYS THAT KILL “Shanked!” LP
V/A “Kiss Of Death Records Presents: Incestival” 7″

Miraculously, they showed up today and they look rather nice. Orders have been pulled and should go out today or tomorrow. Thanks for your patience. I would have been really bummed if we would have been shafted.

Sake Bombs at SH Christmas Dinner

We had a killer night out on the town during our Suburban Home holiday dinner party. We started out at Fontana Sushi where we rented the back rooms. We ate a lot of sushi and rocked a bunch of sake bombs. We had a secret santa gift exchange which was lots of fun. We got pretty rowdy at the restaurant and then got into cabs to go see a show at 3 Kings. Ghost Buffalo and TaunTaun both rocked it rather hard and the drinks continued to flow like water. We all got nice and drunk and although most of our memories of the night are spotty, it doesn’t look like any of us got into any trouble.

We spliced a few videos of us doing sake bombs and us eating sushi so you can see what part of our night consisted of. We hope you like the video.

I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays from Vinyl Collective and Suburban Home. We made some Christmas cards with the above photo and inserted them into some of your orders (we only had 200 cards to send out so don’t be mad at us if you didn’t get one).  It has been a year for the record books and I really want to thank each and every one of you for making this such a special year. In 2008, we bounced back from downsizing and moving everything into my house back into an office/warehouse while hiring more staff. We put out a lot of records we just think the world of and had the opportunity to release so many great albums on vinyl. We experimented with a cooperative label that is off to a great start. We sold nearly 2,000 Gaslight Anthem “59 sound” LPs which helped the band have a kick ass first week at billboard. We started an Under the Influence 7″ series which is off to an amazing start. We signed a lot of amazing acts who will be releasing albums in 2009 (In the Red, Austin Lucas, The Takers, Mike Hale). We started making Suburban Home Shotgunators which I hope has inspired to bring your party up a notch. We bared witness to the greatest tour ever, the Revival Tour, and hope Chuck does them every year. I can go on and on and will (in a year end recap) sometime next week. Bottom line though: THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

If you get bored, we updated all of our staff profiles to include our top records of the year, top movies, shows, books, and what have you. You can find that here.

Although we are shipping orders today and tomorrow, most of them won’t arrive in time for Xmas. If you are like most people and have not finished (or started) your holiday shopping, I offer you two options:

1. Gift Certificates. I will be checking in on the computer periodically over the next few days to send out the Gift Certificates via email as a pdf file.

2. Place an order for a loved one and just print out the order. Most people should understand.

I hope everyone has a great holiday, a safe new years, and I hope everyone is excited about what should be monumental 2009.

Much like the Native Americans did with the Buffalo, we are certain not to let any of our damaged records go to waste. You saw previously the notebooks we posted, well now we have some bracelets from the left over material and are curious to get your thoughts. I think they are pretty sharp, but I am curious if this is something you would purchase either for yourself or for someone else. Let us know your thoughts.

TWO COW GARAGE “III” CD

“III” has been out of stock for way too long and just today, we received more from the band. If you haven’t heard this album, all of you who have been digging “Speaking In Cursive” will dig this record. At some point in 2009, we are planning to repress the album, update the artwork, and finally release it on vinyl. If you want a copy of this final CD pressing, I urge you to do so soon. We only got in 100 copies.

On a side note, Two Cow Garage are currently booking a tour that will take them through the midwest, through colorado, through the west coast, on their way to South by Southwest. If any of you live in these areas and want to lend a helping hand, contact them through myspace. While on this tour, the band will be recording for their Under the Influence 7″. I can’t wait!

VINYL COLLECTIVE slipmat Mitch Clem Dinosaur

These sold out really quickly and many of you asked us to make more. i just put in my order for more with I Heart U and we will get these sometime early January. They are still really cheap for now so get one while you can. They did turn out really nice.

got in the “Gasp Asp” 7″s today and they look mighty nice. The foil stamping is a really nice touch. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of this really great record while they are still in stock. We got in a few more blue and few more green w/ foil stamping so make sure you don’t miss out.

Got in the More Records Than Friends t-shirts and hoodies in today and they look sharp as you can see from Andy’s modeling of the hoodie. Seabron joked that although Andy owned just a few records, the shirt still rang true for him which set off about 5 minutes of shit-talking. Those wondering when these will ship, we should have them shipped out today or tomorrow. Where it with pride!

THE MEASURE (SA)/ FLAMINGO 50 split 7″ clear w/ white/blue/black swirl vinyl PRE-ORDER

A favorite VC band, The Measure (SA) pairs up with Flamingo 50 for a brand new 7″. The pressing info is on one color out of an edition of 522 copies. We won’t have these records to ship til mid to late January.