Halo Of Flies + Gay Witch Abortion = Ltd. Edition

How does a limited edition of 100 strike you? Panicking yet?

By Fred Mills

There are limited editions, and then there are LIMITED EDITIONS... in the era of jpegs and MP3s, the legendary Minneapolis band Halo of Flies (a/k/a H*O*F) has not only gone above and beyond the call, Ltd. Ed.-wise, by making its new album a run of just 100 copies, every single CD features different artwork.

It's a collaboration with the band Gay Witch Abortion and it's titled, quite sensibly, the Gay Witch Abortion Sessions. One of the sleeves is pictured above.

According to H*O*F's mainman Tom Hazelmyer - also of Amphetamine Reptile Records fame - the idea was to craft a genuine collector's item that would have genuine longterm value, although for fans who simply want the music, he'll be making the tunes. available via digital retailers.

All the CD sleeves are pictured at the Ox-Op site, where we are advised thusly:

What is pictured here are those sleeves. Keep in mind that the picture is of a gatefold CD sleeve. Front and back of the sleeve on the upper 1/2 of the picture, and the inside of the gatefold on the lower 1/2 of the photo. ALSO: These scans are 90% accurate. They we done prior to last rounds of small typeset stamper (see #64 as sample) and final spot coats of gloss varnish, as then they would've been difficult to scan. What is not pictured is that each CD will come with an individual/actual one of a lined Polaroid of the musician types, and a credits insert done on the back of hand cut Aesthetic Apparatus test prints so each one of the inserts is a one of a kind as well. Each CD is numbered, and this 100 will be the entire edition of CD's!!

The folks just after the music, hold tight as you'll be able to get your fix through iTunes, eMusic and others soon.

CENSORSHIP NOTE: The pornographic bits on these sleeves have been pixelated out to protect the OX-OP site from Joe Lieberman shooting at it with a cannon. Rest assured that the actual physical copy of these sleeves will be properly salacious.

Check it out and get your orders in soon via the Ox-Op site (or email rob@ox-op.com), as they appear to be going fast. Incidentally, Hazelmyer's no stranger to limited editions - many of his early AmRep singles were numbered/limited and have since gone on to be huge collector's items.