MC5: Kick out the Jams (Picture disc vinyl)

I am not the biggest fan of picture discs, but I couldn't pass this one up from FishKnuckle.  Classic MC5 reprinted by Black on Black on picture vinyl. 

The Locust: New Erections (Clear with blue splatter vinyl)

Another prize from FishKnuckle's collection. The Locust: New Erection on really nice splatter vinyl

Adolescents: Self Titled (Original Black Pressing) from FishKnuckle

I found a seller on eBay names FishKnuckle.  He was located just outside of Seattle and had a ton of interesting records for sale.  I contacted him, bought a few on eBay and then went to his house and got a good handful more.  He was a great guy and has great taste in music.  We actually ran into each other a few weeks later at a Death Grips show in Seattle. He was selling his stuff off to fund a backpacking trip overseas. Best of luck to him! 

Here is one of many that I picked up from him.. Adolescents, first pressing on black vinyl. A classic for it's era. 

Big Business: Mind the Drift (Black Vinyl)

This is the last Big Business record I need for my collection.  I found it from a distro in their "collectibles" section. Even though it is out of print from Hydra Head, they had a copy left over from the distro. It was a little more than it would have been originally, but still a little cheaper than eBay. However, HH printed a cream colored version as well as a split pea soup with carrot vinyl.  I figured it was safe to pick up a black copy and keep an eye out for the variants and grab them as they come up. 

The artwork on this is really interesting.  The inside of the gatefold is a collection of postcards they made with fictional locations.  The entire theme is as you would expect for Big Business...bizarre. One of the gimmicks for the preorder of this was the vinyl along with a collectors plate and stand to keep in your kitchen.

Revelation Sampler - 25 Limited White Vinyl

Revelation records 25th Anniversary live show vinyl on limited clear vinyl. I picked up a couple copies of these that were leftover from the show.  It's amazing to see all of these bands together and the variance of bands that REV put out of the years, which ones exist and which ones made the show.

Deicide: Once Upon The Cross (Limited Green Vinyl)

Most definitely a Death Metal classic.  This was very hard to find a first print of and each time it would show up on eBay, it would be out of my price range.  I got lucky and was tracking an international seller who was listing a ton of old school Death Metal records and this repress came up.  It is limited to 100 copies and on a great green color vinyl! I  had never seen this pressing before and got it for under half of what the black original press would have cost.  This is one of the best versions I could hope to have. 

G.B.H.: Charged Original 7"

Strange story on this one. I would walk my dog down the block every day passed this Saab that had been sitting in a carport forever.  Finally, I saw the guy sitting outside of his house, smoking and I thought to ask him about the car.  Long story short, he was moving and had lost his licence a while back and the car had been sitting.  So, I worked out a deal with him and bought the car with my girlfriend.  Now, when we were in his mostly vacant house filling out the paperwork, I spotted a small stack of 7" records and asked him about them.  There were a couple of classic rock, 2 Bauhaus and this G.B.H. record.  I asked him what he was doing with them and he said he was just going to pitch them in the trash.  Said that if I wanted them, I had to take them all.  So, in the end we made out with the car and this great 7" along with a few other fun ones!  You never know where you will find cool records, I guess.