Just to sum it op...

The last weeks have been heavy work for my mailman and I've been too busy to keep up with it here, so.... I'll just post a list of all the records I've gotten within the last weeks.... no descriptions, no pictures....

7"

Committed - The Pride We Share (Green vinyl, Reflections Rec /100)

Sportswear - Keep It Together (Slikscreen sleev, CRR)

Sportswear - It Runs Deep (CRR)

Know Your Enemy - S/t (CRR)

Right Idea - Our World (Olive vinyl, Bottled Up Rec.)

Resolve - S/t (Chung King rip-off sleev #11/15)

One Voice - Break Free (Blue vinyl, CRR)

The Defense - Common Sense (Green vinyl, CRR)

The Defense - Statement (Orange vinyl, CRR)

Thought Crusade - It's Our War (Clear vinyl, Triple-B Rec. /100)

Usipian - Clouded Restrainment (Metal Fortress /300)

Stand & Fight - Impact Demo (Red vinyl, B9)

Pushed Aside - S/t (Indecision Rec.)

Hit The Lights - S/t (Reaper Rec.)

Strike First - Chan Down Babylon (CRR)

Up Front - What Fire Does (Red vinyl, Smorgasboard Rec.)

Vitamin X - Straight Edge Crew (Commitment Rec.)

Atari - Skate Tuff (Siton Rec.)

Go It Alone / Blue Monday - Split (White vinyl, Rivalry Rec.)

Damage Control - Can't Keep Us Down (CRR)

Downslide / Know Your Enemy - Split (CRR)

Expired Youth - Where We Stand (Think Fast! Rec.)

Fired Up - When The Lights Go Out (Blue vinyl, Youngblood Rec.)

Go For Broke - Open Your Mind (Take The Risk Rec. /100)

12"

Turning Point - 1988-1991 Discography 2LP (Orange vinyl, Think Fast! Rec.)

Defeater - Travels (White vinyl, Topshelf Rec. /100)

Right Idea - Our World (React! Rec. Accepted Test Press /20)

Mainstrike - No Passing Phase (CRR)

Lie And Wait - Led Astray (Blue-white swirl vinyl, Triple-B Rec.)

One Voice - Break Free (Orange vinyl, CRR)

Token Entry . The Re-Issues 2LP (Gold vinyl, Durty Mich Rec. /500)

Damage Control - What It Takes (Purple vinyl, Livewire Rec.)

Give Up The Ghost - Background Music (Burning Heart Rec.)

Modern Life Is War - Midnight In America (Reflections Rec.)

Modern Life Is War - My Love. My War. (Black-gold swirl vinyl, Lifeline Rec.)

Reaching Forward - For The Cause (Reflections Rec.)

Subject To Change - What Tomorrow Brings (CRR)

The Defense - From The Start (CRR)

Stand & Fight - Together We Win (Blue-grey swirl vinyl, B9 /770)

Lights Out - Overload (Blue marble vinyl, Youngblood Rec.)

Onward - These Words Still Pray (Silkscreen sleeve, CRR)

Eyeball - More Days To Come (Reunion Show sleev #120/280)

Champion - Promises Kept (Mustard vinyl, B9 "Warehouse edition" #170/205)

Comeback Kid - Turn It Around (White vinyl, Hellfest Press, GMS /33)

busy weeks.... I'm about 20-25 12"/7" behind on my updating..... will post them sometime....

CRR arrivals

I recently placed an order at Crucial Response Records - one of Europe's bearing hardcore labels - and only a few days later it arrived at my door. That was some time ago, but I haven't been able to find the energy needed to post it. Now I'm at my old folks place for a few quiet days, so I figured that now would be the time.

Ordering at CRR implies that most of the releases are from European bands, and here's a couple from the members who has been there almost from the start.

Profound - Integrity 7" (Black vinyl, CRR)

This was the band that started a lot. The family tree goes like this: Profound - ManLiftingBanner, Mainstrike - Birds Of A Feather. Profound turned a spark into a raging fire on European hardcore scene. This release, however, suffers from a poor sound, and to be honest I mostly got this for the historical reasons. Albeit this could have been produced better, it's still a damn good record.

Mainstrike - S/t 7" (Mint vinyl, CRR)

Mainstrike was perhaps one of the best hardcore bands in Europe (Portugal had some rad bands as well!) and this, their fourth release on CRR, is solid and generic as most of the American releases! Mint vinyl /405

Mainstrike - A Quest For Answers LP (w/ silkscreen cover, CRR)

First full-length release by Mainstrike. Pictured is the version with the limited silkscreen cover /97

Mainstrike - Times Still Here 7" (w/ silkscreen cover, CRR)

The debut by Mainstrike pictured with the limited silkscreen cover /102

Birds Of A Feather - Our Aim EP (Stamped labels, CRR)

Birds Of A Feather is the last remaining fort in the family tree mentioned above. This 7" was included in the Voice of a Generation zine #1 released by CRR.

Sportswear - What It Meant (Stamped labels, CRR)

I got acquianted with Sportswear quite late. My first encounter happened when I bought Voice of a Generation #2 where this 7" was included. I gave it a couple of spins and was hooked. Sportswear arose from the ashes of Onward - one of the best Scandinavian hardcore bands ever.

Brotherhood - Words Run... As Thicks As Blood LP (Black vinyl, CRR)

This is the best European hardcore release (Brotherhood is American, but released by CRR, Germany, hell yeah! We take credit for this one!). If you don't know this release, leave my blog now.

Hands Tied - S/t 7" (Black vinyl, Equal Vision Rec.)

I ordered this through Merchnow.com - the only place this is still available to my knowledge. Hands Tied include members of Mouthpiece and is just as rad!

Awake again with two LPs that rocks!

It's been a long time since my last post, and that is even though I got a couple of records in the meantime. The Chilean hardcore band Remission had put their album "Accept" on for free download and there's no poetic way to say that I thought it kicked ass right from the beginning, so that's whal I'll say. It's unbelieveable that something like "Accept" from 2009 can sound like something from 1988! It really does! So, having to feed my craving for the limited shit, I wrote to the guy from Amendment records, because they only had white vinyl available, but the purple one is more limited. He said he's send me a copy on purple and under two weeks later I got it. Here is one of the best old school hardcore records of 198... 2009:

Remission - Accept (Amendment Rec. Purple vinyl /100)

Download the entire album here, but if you like it buy it here afterwards.

I went down to Repo Man Records in Copenhagen the other day just to look around, and I found a record that I've been meaning to pick up but never got to because other records came in the way.... Well, they had it at the store and I have 100dkr that wasn't earmarked, so.... I got this:

Mouthpiece - Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography (Revelation Rec. Black vinyl)

I got familiar with Mouthpiece through there "Waht Was Said" LP and it blew me away. Discography releases are always nice (unless they have a jacket like the Turning Point discography!) so this was the ideal way for me to have it all. There's no need for me to elaborate on the music of Mouthpiece, because you should know it.