Daïtro 7inches

Today is a good day; I finally completed my Daïtro 7″ collection. They haven’t put out many 7inches but it feels like I’m getting real close to complete my Daïtro record collection. I don’t want to bore you with unnecessary talk, so let’s get straight to business, shall we?

Daïtro 7″
This was the last 7″ I was missing in my collection, the self-titled 7″. It includes 3 songs: Codec, WTC, and Redrum. The sound is definitely more hardcore punk than screamo, unlike on the upcoming releases. It was released in 2002 by Alchimia, a French label that is now defunct. This record is rather hard to come by. I think they pop up once or twice a year and accordingly sell for a lot of money. The record comes in a blue felt cover, sewn on both sides and was pressed on orange vinyl. The inlay is printed on transparent foil. Limited to 300 copies.

Ampere / Daïtro Split 7″
Daïtro teamed up with Ampere to released a split 7″ in 2007, which was released by Clean Plate Records and Pure Pain Sugar. Ampere’s side has 2 songs, Daïtro’s side one song (La substance de la matière). I believe this was released in time for a US tour with both bands.   This split is pressed on a picture disc. Ampere’s side shows a jellyfish, Daïtro’s side shows sharks. There are two pressings of this record; black/blue artwork (limited to 400 copies) and black/white artwork (limited to 1100 copies). It comes in a beautiful fold-out cover, see pictures below.

US Tour 7″
On the same tour in 2007, Daïtro released an exclusive tour 7″ that was never sold anywhere else (apart from the remaining copies after the tour of course). Once again Clean Plate Records took care of it. It features two new songs: Des plaies ouvertes and Et du béton. It’s a singled-sided 7″ on black vinyl. The b-side is screenprinted. On the back cover, the copy is handnumbered and indicates at which show the record was sold. This is copy #199/300, sold in Tampa on 08/05/07.

V/A – The Emo Armageddon 7″
Daïtro also appeared on a emo violence 7″ compilation released by React With Protest. The Daïtro is exclusive to this release and is called Vivre ici. With 27 seconds this is the shortest song in their discography. The record is on black vinyl and limited to 1000 copies. Comes with a huge and beautiful fold-out inlay.

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I’m really happy I could collect all 7″ they put out/appeared on without spending a shitload of cash, considering for what they sell on eBay sometimes. The selftitled 7″ sold for 50GBP (~80$) on eBay once, just to give you an example.

Please help me finishing my collection, I’m willing to trade/buy. Here’s what I’m missing:

• Laisser vivre les squelettes (US First Press, Clear Brown w/ Black Smoke /500)
• Laisser vivre les squelettes (EU Second Press, Black w/ Alternate b/w cover /300)
• Split 10″ with Raein (Third Press, Pink /500)

How to ship records

I’ve recieved an awful lot of records so far. Blame it on the post service all you want, I’m sure they fuck up sometimes. However, I’d say 90% of damages during shipping can be prevented. That is shipping safely: with extra cardboard stack(s), bubble wrap, leaving no empty room in the mailer and so on.

If you are unsure how to safely ship your record, here’s a helpful link:

http://crucialxtimes.com/xdx/?p=14581

I’m posting this for the good of all record collectors.

Killing The Dream

Here’s another band that got me into the whole hardcore punk thing, Killing The Dream. Formed 2002 in Sacramento, California, the band was active on record labels Deathwish Inc. and Rivalry Records until they broke up in 2011. The sound was characterized by power, passion, energy and anger. To a certain extent, Killing The Dream created a sound like no other with melodies that flow thick and hard.

The band started out with a demo cd-r in 2003 and released their self-titled 7″ in 2004. Shortly after, the band was signed by Deathwish Inc. and released the I Rewrote It 7″ in early 2005. Later that year, the band released the In Place, Apart 12″ which was groundbreaking in the hardcore scene and in my opinion the highest point in their career. In 2008 followed the Fractures 12″ and in 2010 the Lucky Me 12″.

I’m too lazy to write about the records in detail, so here you just get the pictures with pressing info.

• In Place, Apart – white vinyl limited to 870 copies
• Fractures – coke bottle blue vinyl limited to 1000 copies
• Lucky Me – light green vinyl limited to 1000 copies.

• Selftitled – clear vinyl limited to 300 copies
• I Rewrote It – gold vinyl limited to 1300 copies

Life Long Tragedy

I have been intending to write this post for a while now, but always procrastinated upon it. Now that I recently got the other 2 presses of Runaways it seems like a good time to finally write it.

Life Long Tragedy were one of the bands that aroused my interest in hardcore punk with their first LP Destined For Anything. The band from California formed in 2001 and released an (in my opinion) insignificant EP called A Sealed Fate. In 2004, the band finally released the Destined For Anything LP. Two years followed a split 7″ with Final Fight and shortly after a split 7″ with Sabertooth Zombie (whose vocalist, Cody Sullivan, played bass in Life Long Tragedy). In 2008, Life Long Tragedy released one of the best hardcore releases in the 2000′s, called Runaways. Sadly enough, the band called it quits in the same year.

Let’s start off with the first LP, Destined For Anything. The record was released via the now defunct This Blessing This Curse. The sound on this record is quite different to what followed after. I like to think that the sound on this LP is rather positive, whereas on Runaways it sounds more depressing. Anyway, the blue press is limited to 800 copies. I got it for a good price, considering what they sell for on eBay (30$ and higher). It comes in a standard sleve with a two-sided inlay. The artwork is rather simply but very beautiful.

Next up the Final Fight split 7″.  To say this upfront, this is one of the best splits between two hardcore bands in the last 10 years. Shortly after signing to Deathwish Inc., this split was released in 2006. Both bands deliver two songs each, Soul Search Party and Sweet Innocence on the Life Long Tragedy side. The sound already changed significantly and remained the same for the upcoming releases. The half clear/half red copy from the first press is limited to 500 copies. The record comes in a fold-out cover with the lyrics printed on the inner side.

The Sabertooth Zombie split 7″ was released in 2007 on Spiderghost Pressgang and is called The Dungeon Sessions. Three songs from each band; Ghost Fleet, This Year’s Disease and Hey Death on the Life Long Tragedy side. It comes in a single standard sleeve with the lyrics printed on the backside of the cover. The red w/ black haze press is limited to 500 copies.

Now to the final LP, Runaways released on Deathwish Inc. in 2008. It took me an awful long time to get into this but it definitely gets better each time I listen to this record, still today. What I really love about this is the raw sound, the crude melodies and the lyrics. There are songs with slower tempo that grow and get more intense towards the end, and also songs that that race forth with the fast and aggressive sound Life Long Tragedy had been known for. The record is so impressive that I felt obliged to get all three presses. There’s the cream w/ red mix (300), cream w/ black mix (700) and cream w/ black splatter (1000) press. The beautiful artwork by Jacon Bannon fits perfectly. The record comes in a gatefold sleeve with the lyrics and further artwork printed on the inside.

Go It Alone

Go It Alone was a Canadian hardcore punk band active between 2002 and 2007. Personally, this was one of the first hardcore band I listened to and I have been listening to them very frequently ever since. Go It Alone were known for their melodic approach and youthcrew influences. The band released two full-lengths in their existence. Apart from that some other releases which I don’t have yet.

The first full-length was The Only Blood Between Us. It was released in 2005 by Rivalvry Records. This is my favourite GIA material. 12 songs of passionate hardcore punk at its finest. The record comes in a standard sleeve and with a two-side printed insert. I have the clear vinyl from the first pressing, limited to 640 copies.

The second full-length, Histories, was released two years later on Rivalvry Records again. It comes in a gatefold cover with a two-sided inserts. I was too lazy to take pictures of the inserts of both records and also the front-cover of Histories looks weird in the picture, but anyway. I love the artwork of this record. 11 songs in total. White vinyl from the second press, and limited to 710 copies.

Anne – Dream Punx

Anne is a shoegaze band from Portland, Oregon that has been around for a few years now. I got into them when I heard their song on the A389 Records sampler last year and fell in love with the sound right away. The sound is melodic and really dreamy and makes you rather relaxed and happy. The band started out with a demo and with the so called Mixtape One a bit later on. Anne was working on a 7″ that was supposed to come out on Withdrawal Records but it never happened.

The Dream Punx 12″ collects some songs from the demo and the mixtape and also the songs that were supposed to be on the 7″. This record was released by A389 Records and came in two color ways: white w/ purple and black. I don’t know anything about the pressing which is kinda usual for A389 records. Anyway, the record comes in a standard single sleeve with no insert.

Records for sale

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