MISSION STATEMENT:

Norwegian Leather brings you re-releases of some of the best Norwegian Hardcore Punk from the 1980s. We are working with our friends to keep this music which means the world to us away from bootleggers and businessmen.

Norwegian leather is part of HeartFirst records and is located in Germany.

THE PRESENT:

The first release is the re-release of SO MUCH HATE - "How We Feel" LP which originally came out on X-PORT PLATER from Oslo in 1987. The record is out now and there has been a review in the March 2007 issue of MRR which I have not seen yet. I can tell you that the MRR review of the original from 1987 was awesome.

The record looks like the original but the cover is black/white as the original artwork was colored afterwards. The lyric sheet is exactly like the original. The first 1000 copies of the repress come with an 8-page-fanzine with old interviews and liner notes by long time friends of the band.

PRICES:

The LP costs 8 Euro. Unfortunately postage for one LP is very pricey, to Europe it's 4,50 Euros and 8 Euros to the USA, Japan, Australia etc. That includes airmail postage. You might want to add some other junk from the HeartFirst mailorder to your order to make the postage more efficient. Check it out here. You can pay by paypal (5% fee). For more info please get in touch below.

THE FUTURE:

The second release will be a BANNLYST LP with their songs from the split tape with ANGOR WAT and their 7" songs. A total of 24 songs in 44 minutes with some of the best 1980s hardcore punk that ever came out of Europe. This release had been mastered in December 2006 but the test pressings were rejected. After long discussions it was remastered and we are gathering infos and photos for the artwork. The record should be out in the spring of 2008.

Another planned release is a SVART FRAMTID record but the format is still undecided.

To the SO MUCH HATE info

To the BANNLYST info