Step Forward - 10 Song EP

Why can't more 7" have 10 songs on them?! 

With the lack of record purchases that I've made recently, I had to go back to the collection and pull out another favorite to keep the ball rolling.  Step Forward are probably my favorite band to come out of Boston within the last 10 years.  I was surprised when I looked to see that this record came out in 2006, oh how times flies. When I went to check the pressing info on this, I was excited to see that they are going to put out a new record next year!  6 years between releases...better late than never!  Considering that these dudes are in a million other bands, it comes as no surprise that it's been that long.  Hopefully they will tour after the record is released?!  I've never had the pleasure of seeing them.   

Black out of 418 or 350. There was no difference between the first and second pressing, so no way for me to know the difference. 



The Trouble - Nobody Laughs Anymore

In celebration of my wife getting us tickets to the American Nightmare show on New Years Eve in LA, I decided to post up my favorite piece of AN vinyl.  Then I realised that I don't actually own any AN vinyl.  Oops.  I love American Nightmare, but I haven't had the chance or cash to start collecting their records.  When AN was still an active band, I was at college studying my brains out, and didn't have time to go to many shows..  So needless to say I missed the boat the first time around when their records were still in print.  Maybe someday I'll search them out, but for now I think I'll just stick to the represses that B9 and Deathwish are doing. 

So since I don't have any AN records, I give you... The Troubles "Nobody Laughs Anymore".  American Nightmare covered a Trouble song on their "The Sun Isn't Getting Any Brighter" 7".  See what I did there...

The Trouble were a punk rock band from Boston, MA.  They lasted from 1995 to 99, then front man Gibby went on to sing in Panic.  I discovered The Trouble through Panic.  I'm a big fan of their first two 7", and when I found out that Gibby had a band before Panic I tried to track some of their stuff down.  It wasn't until years later when Painkiller and B9 repressed their LP that I actually heard them.  And when it's all said and done, I ended up liking The Trouble more than Panic..but just barely. 

Black out of 920

Here is the link to the other versions on Painkiller records site.  



Stop And Think - Both Demos

So my last post was the first using my new iPhone 4 for pictures.  Before that I was using my 3G.  Hopefully the photo quality will be improved, and noticeable. 

I haven't had a steady enough flow of new records lately to keep the blog going on just my new pick ups, so recently I've been digging through my collection to post some of my personal favorites or records that I haven't seen on other blogs before.  Stop And Think "Both Demos" falls into the personal favorite category.

I got this record from Big Joe's record disto on the word from a friend that it was good.  That was an understatement.  I love this record.  The only bummer about my copy is that the center hole is small and getting it off and on my record player is a bitch.  The first time I took it off my record player I thought I was going to have to break it in half.  Needless to say, most of the time I listen to this on my iPod.  Anyone else ever had this same problem? 

Black out of 748 (weird number huh?)

There was also a Straight Ahead parody out of 300 that was sold at Posi Numbers '03.  Check it here.