Elliott - Songs In A Transit Wind [12", LP]

This Saturday it's Record Store Day again, and this compilation by ELLIOTT was one of last year's special RSD releases. SONGS IN A TRANSIT WIND is a compilation of 3 long out of print 7" singles (In Transit and If They Do on Initial Records, and Will You on Revelation Records) and two tracks that were never released on vinyl before. Orphalese was never before released at all, actually. This RSD pressing is on clear vinyl. RSD pressings are supposed to be very limited and if you look at the small quantity of 700 copies it's of course not a huge number, but the mailorder version on black vinyl (300 made) that came out around the same time, and the grey marbled second pressing (500 made) that came out 2 months later, are still rarer. And that's a bit strange, to say the least.

Label: Simba Recordings
Cat.nr.: Simba 23
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. Waiting While Under Paralysis
02. As Arson
03. The Watermark High
04. Halfway Pretty

SIDE B:
01. Calvary Song
02. Fan And The Bellows
03. Orphalese
04. Lost Instrumental

Elliott - False Cathedrals [12", LP]

What can i say. I totally fell in love with this album, the second by ELLIOTT, when it came out in 2000. They released another album after this (Song In The Air, from 2003) and i saw the band live for the first time shortly after that. It was pretty amazing. But later that same year they sadly called it quits. I had FALSE CATHEDRALS only on CD and it was in my player every now and then. But somewhere around 2008/2009 i probably lost interest, or anyway i can't recall that i've played it since then.
But then, only a few months ago, i discovered that it had been repressed by Revelation last year for the first time in 12 years, since its original release. Only 500 copies were made and i didn't hesitate a moment and ordered one. Luckily it wasn't sold out yet. And since then, spinning rounds on my record player, the magic has come back! Never particularly been into the whole emo thing at the time - but this album, people... this really is an absolute masterpiece.

Label: Revelation Records
Cat.nr.: Revelation:95
Year of release: 2012 (originally: 2000)

SIDE A:
01. Voices
02. Calm Americans
03. Blessed By Your Own Ghost
04. Drive On To Me
05. Calvary Song
06. Lipstick Stigmata

SIDE B:
01. Dying Midwestern
02. Shallow Like Your Breath
03. Superstitions In Travel
04. Carving Oswego
05. Lie Close
06. Speed Of Film