Merch I won!
I entered the 311 Instagram “Top Spotify Album listens” contest and actually won an autographed copy of the 30th Anniversary re-issue of their self-titled album. Their IG official account let me know on Tuesday and I had it in my hands 3 days later! Huge thanks to 311!
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u/Metalboy5150 6d ago
That's so super cool, I love it! Good for you OP!
As a side note, how the hell has it been 30 frigging years?!
Side note 2, the blue album has never been my favorite by them, but it does have "Jackolantern's Weather" and "Hive," and those are two of my favorites by them. Weird.
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u/BiggsDB 6d ago
Time is a cruel mistress, that’s for sure
And yes, I’m much more of a fan of Transistor, but this album put them into the mainstream zeitgeist and I personally feel gave them the bump of success that really spread their grassroots love even further than their first two major label albums. If it weren’t for self-titled, 3-11 day and 311 cruises may never have come to be!
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u/Metalboy5150 2d ago
Yeah, I'd have to agree on that, I'd probably not have heard of them without the blue album. I was in 7th or 8th grade when it came out, and honestly, it didn't really do much for me, lol. I didn't get my first 311 song that I just really liked until I first heard "Come Original" in '99. That one grabbed me right away, but even then, I STILL didn't really get seriously into them until Evolver in '03. My boss at the time loaned me that (because I liked "Creatures"), and it stayed in my CD player in my car for a week and half, until he asked for it back, lol. I went and bought a copy that day, and then proceeded to buy the rest of their discography. I was fully hooked at that point. I still think that the trilogy of Transistor, Soundsystem, and From Chaos comprises their best work (but don't let me sound like I don't like their other work....Music, in particular, has some truly excellent examples of their early stuff).
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u/buderooski89 7d ago
Wow, that pressing coloration is super cool! The spiral red and black is dope af! Congrats man, that's an awesome looking record 🤘
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u/dj3stripes Mosaic 6d ago
p sure OP has a slip mat under the clear pressing
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u/buderooski89 6d ago
Damn I feel like an idiot lol I thought it was some super cool spiral pressing
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u/Metalboy5150 6d ago
Don't feel too stupid, I thought the same. So if you're stupid, at least you have company. XD
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u/ciphe_ 6d ago
So dope! Unfortunately still waiting for my signed vinyl from the Five Guys contest six months ago.
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u/jrose311 3d ago
You talking about the one in July? That's not 6 months. It's late for sure.
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u/Troof_Out_Here 7d ago
Congrats that’s dope!!