Jimmie's Chicken Shack - High EP

I can honestly say that JCS is my favorite band of all time, with that being said this vinyl single is kept in a sealed plastic sleeve, only coming out on the rarest of occasions.  The picture on the cover was actually found in a garbage can, and was also used for the rare Spitburger Lottery album. (which was part of the 2 for 1 album) The vinyl itself is white and beautiful, and differs from the CD single of this song (which I also happen to own) which is red.  The vinyl version also has a side B, which is Bongjam, and the back photo is identical to the one on the ...Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope album.  High

I also have the vinyl single for Do Right, with B side Trash.

88 Fingers Louie EPs

I am going to kill two birds with one stone, and talk about two 45's by the Chicago based band, 88 Fingers Louie.  The first one I am going to talk about was actually their first release from 1993, titled Go Away! It contained 4 tracks such as Intellectual Lover, and In the John, and has the best B side label ever. (see photo below)

The second one I want to talk about is The Teacher Gets It. This one was released in 1997, and I want to say this was after they broke up and got back together, but I am not sure. Dom is still the drummer on this one so it could have been released before one of the big breakups, they broke up and got back together a lot, so if you know for sure, let me know.  This record has 3 song including Under the Covers and Song X, and was released on Fat Wreck Chords. (as was Go Away!)

All of the songs featured on these records (as well as other songs from other EPs) all ended up coming out on a CD compilation called The Dom Years, referring to their drummer Dom Vallone, and after he left, Glenn Porter (from Alkaline Trio) stepped in on the drums. (well, until another breakup, then John Carroll took over, but knowing that is irrelevant when talking about these releases)

John K. Samson - Provincial Road 222

The Weakerthan's frontman released this EP in 2010, and it is his third solo EP.  Shortly after this 7' came out, John released a full length album just titled Provincial.  This record contains three songs including Stop Error and The Last And.  Epitaph Records sold this in black and white vinyl, for some reason, I chose the black.

Offspring - Self Esteem EP

Ah, Self Esteem.....What a great song, this was one of the singles from their breakout album Smash.  The record itself is marbled blue vinyl, side A, of course, being Self Esteem, and side B has Burn it Up, from the Ignition album, and Jennifer Lost the War, from their self titled debut. I could tell you where I got it from, but that's not really important, is it?

NOFX - 7" of the Month Club

In 2005 NOFX started their '7" of the month club,' which lasted 12 months.  Joining the club meant that each month they would send you a limited edition 7" of newly recorded original songs, and some covers. (although over the course of the year the records came out later and later) Each record would contain fan designed art, part of a 24-piece joke, and the back of the cover would be part of a drawing that when you put all 12 together would make a large drawing of the band.  I picked these up at various places, including record stores, interpunk.com, and ebay, but I do not have #6, for some reason that one is the hardest to find.

                                               February 2005:

                                                   March 2005:

                                                  April 2005:

                                                   May 2005:

                                                    June 2005:

 August 2005:

   September 2005:

October 2005:

                                                November 2005:

                                               December 2005:

       January 2006 also came as a picture disc, this is the second pressing:

                         This is side A of #12 (the rare picture disc):

                                                     and side B:

If you put them all together, you get the band photo (keep in mind i do not own #6):

Jackson - All the Way EP

I first heard this song on the Warped Tour 2003 compilation, and it took me 3 years to find their album.  Shortly after I found the CD, I stumbled upon this 7" on interpunk.com.  Not long after they released that album (and this single) their drummer left to join Saves the Day.  Basically the only original member of the band is the lead singer, who also happens to play in other bands such as Foo Fighters, and Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. After the departure of the other two members, they changed their name to Jackson United. (mostly because Jackson was too generic to be noticed, like I said, it took me 3 years to find that album) One quirk about this record is that both sides say All the Way, even though side B is Long Shadow, a song that didn't appear on the 5 song CD.

Alkaline Trio - Time to Waste EP

So I am going to start off by saying that I have no idea where I got this one, but I do know some fun facts about it. Time to Waste was the first single off of the Crimson album, and the 7" (which you see here) had Don't Say You Won't as it's B side, but the CD single had We can never break up, which was from the Master of Horrors soundtrack.  Both of these B sides we also featured on Remains, which was a compilation album that Alkaline Trio put out, and that was featured in a previous blog of mine.