I thought that this would be a better time than any to update this topic for several reasons. The first of which is that through sheer luck and chance I've came into possession of a large amount old/vintage vinyl records and singles, ranging in genre and age, the collection is huge, I have no idea of exact (or even rough) numbers but lets just say that I'm going to have a lot to look through and listen too in the coming months. I've been assured that collection includes some rare little gems for me to discover along the way, so I'll gradually be posting anything that I may come across. The second reason is that I've been doing some sorting out of my own collection I've came across some odd finds that I hadn't really thought about before now that I'd like to share!
Gallows 7" singles;
Abandon ship 7" with etched B side. (Part one of a two part set)
This 7" set came as a promotional offer from HMV when gallows debut album "Orchestra of wolves" was first released, I think it might have had something to do with me pre-ordering it several weeks previous. In any case it was a bugger to get hold of, the store that I purchased the CD album from said that they did'nt keep them in thier branch, luckly I found myself in Norwich a few weeks later and decided to try my luck at thier branch, by some miraclous stroke of luck they had one left, although at first the cashier didn't seem to have a clue what I was talking about, and it took about 15 minutes and two senior staff to actually find it in some corner of a stock room, presumebly. Worth it in the end though, I'm never one to pass up anything free!
This single is the first part of a two part single release, both singles come together in a neat little sleeve with the iconic 'octopus' artwork by Dan Mumford (who's artwork I'm a big fan of by the way) , the second single in the sleeve is two sided single containing the tracks "Belly of a shark" on side A and the much lesser known B side track "Nervous breakdown", which if I'm not mistaken, is a Black Flag cover (It's actually spectacularly good and would have made a cracking album filler, alas). When the two singles are laid out flat next to each other they look something like this;
Which, I think you'll agree, is pretty awesome. And when the presentation sleeve for the singles is laid flat it looks something like this;
Outer spread:
Inner spread:
Before now I hadn't really considered how common or rare these were, after doing a little bit of research there doesn't seem to be many of them around, I can't find exact print numbers anywhere on the internet or the sleeve or inner sleeve's, neither can I find anywhere on the internet that sells them, either as a pair in the way I have them, or individually. In fact, apart from my copy they seem to not exist at all, interesting.
