New York Hardcore
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It’s a Judge Bringin’ It Down on green vinyl
I have always advocated buying several versions of a record instead of having multiple of a certain version. Recently I was strengthened in believing in that approach. Why? Because I discovered that I have mistaken a first press JUDGE Bringin’ It Down on black vinyl for a third+ press. The…
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Agnostic Front Victim In Pain Bridge 9 Test Press
Bridge 9 Records is doing an amazing run of reissues lately. With the goal of educating and making available the most important NYHC classics, they recently reissued the Victim In Pain Lp from Agnostic Front. They also made an Underdog discography also and a reissue of Underdog’s first 7″. On…
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Project X: Bridge 9 Records reissues
Another great achievement and merit of Bridge 9 is the Project X reissue. The first press of this record was white and came with the Schism book, that compiles all three issues of Schism Fanzine. I wasn’t already into collecting records from Bridge 9 when this was released. So the…
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Underdog Matchless discography
The two records compile the 2 demo-sessions from 1985 and 1988 along with their debut LP from 1989 called “The Vanishing Point”. The double LP came in a gatefold cover and was accompanied with a poster and a small book compiled by Russ Iglay and Richie Birkenhead. It contains numerous…
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The Icemen: Two 7 inch Titles
The Icemen were founded in 1982 by singer and songwriter Marco Abularach. Noah Evans from Bad Brains and Mackie Jayson from The Cro-Mags joined him. The band was mostly active on shows and didn’t put out official records until in 1991, Blackout! Records released an ep counting 4 tracks which…
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Striving For Togetherness Records
The label was founded in 1990 and released some New York Hardcore during the nineties. Very underground label with records that have become very hard to find, especially those I will show and discuss here. The first one is the District 9 7 inch, released in 1995 and called “Schoolahardknox”.…
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Record Collection Outtake: Colored Revelation Classics
Those who read my record list critically should have noticed that the NYHC section isn’t that rich in content nor in collectors items. So I took it to the bay and boosted it because I was able to buy the following records in one deal and all in Near Mint…
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Maximum Penalty Vinyl artwork & Some Words
I don’t want and can’t take the place of Double Cross, because the following band is featured on that blog. Now regarding the content of the record itself; Double Cross has actually done nothing, except that interview about their history that preceded this release and some other posts. So here’s…
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Kevin Finn and his recordcollection outtake
Yep, that’s right Kevin Finn -former rev employee and founder of the Revelation Records trade board- takes out his records from the box because someone asked him to do so. As we know Kevin, he does this with style and knowledgeable words. He is also the compiler of the hidden…
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