runforcover Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Hey there cassette people. We are carrying a bunch of cassettes of our own releases now, as well as other stuff and it's going to be expanding rapidly. I will post new stuff in this thread as we get it. Newer stuff we have is the Camera Shy - S/T, the new Citizen, Turnover and mewithoutYou full lengths, and a few Double Double Whammy releases like Porches and Crying. http://runforcoverrecords.limitedrun.com/categories/cassette-shop chamb117 and radiatorhums 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvv Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 this is all cool stuff also when is teen suicide stuff supposed to go up? russell and Green Tea Papi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Would really like to see Superheaven "Jar" on cassette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikness Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Got the Turnover, mwY and Citizen tapes. Really excited that RFC started doing more cassettes. Any chance of a Further Out cassette release?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specterXmagic Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 further out would be really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Of Time Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 This is cool. Are the RFC cassette releases "limited" at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runforcover Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Depends on what you mean by 'limited', but yes. Further Out and Jar are definitely happening. izpoodave, The Saint, drds89 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Depends on what you mean by 'limited', but yes. Further Out and Jar are definitely happening. Thank you. Looking forward to that Jar release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Everything is "limited", but what are the pressing numbers/colors etc. I have a hard time dropped $8 on a tape that isn't special at all when people like Hot Vodka Records put a ton of effort into theirs and sell them for $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Depends on what you mean by 'limited' 300? 500? 10,000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Of Time Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Everything is "limited", but what are the pressing numbers/colors etc. What I was originally going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I really want that Turnover but $8+shipping for a cassette is poo slushy and Buffbloom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I really want that Turnover but $8+shipping for a cassette is poo Same. slushy and andy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runforcover Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 I will have the pressing numbers added to each RFC cassette release page. I don't think any of them are more than 500 total. Everything is "limited", but what are the pressing numbers/colors etc. I have a hard time dropped $8 on a tape that isn't special at all when people like Hot Vodka Records put a ton of effort into theirs and sell them for $5. Sort of off base to compare the two in my opinion. Hot Vodka maked dubbed / painted / drawn tapes with spray painted j-cards with runs as limited as /25. Ours are full color, professionally duplicated and printed tapes with full color print. Neither is better, they're just completely different. With that said, I will still see if we can drop the price at all. copelandkid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikness Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I don't have a problem paying $8 for a tape I really want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slushy Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 It's funny how tapes started to make a comeback as a cheaper, quick turnaround alternative, usually priced at $1-5, and now they're working their way up to $8. In a year or two they'll be $15-20 and a bunch of the original tape labels will all be complaining that they can't get their tapes manufactured no more cause every other label jumped on the tape wagon too. topshelfsquad, tomfiend, Green Tea Papi and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTDRONES Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 It's funny how tapes started to make a comeback as a cheaper, quick turnaround alternative, usually priced at $1-5, and now they're working their way up to $8. In a year or two they'll be $15-20 and a bunch of the original tape labels will all be complaining that they can't get their tapes manufactured no more cause every other label jumped on the tape wagon too. This already started 1.5 years ago. National Audio used to have a 10 day turnaround... last time that I used them they were 6 weeks + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 It's funny how tapes started to make a comeback as a cheaper, quick turnaround alternative, usually priced at $1-5, and now they're working their way up to $8. In a year or two they'll be $15-20 and a bunch of the original tape labels will all be complaining that they can't get their tapes manufactured no more cause every other label jumped on the tape wagon too. Yep, it is quickly going from a cheap format for low run releases, to "limited" collectors items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 great to see others expanding more into tapes, but im with what everyone else is saying, it should be interesting to see what this all turns into pricewise, and how much people are actually willing to spend on tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Also, if Run For Cover ever wants to distro Flesh and Bone tapes, I'm ready to send over a box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sort of off base to compare the two in my opinion. Hot Vodka maked dubbed / painted / drawn tapes with spray painted j-cards with runs as limited as /25. Ours are full color, professionally duplicated and printed tapes with full color print. Neither is better, they're just completely different. With that said, I will still see if we can drop the price at all. For the record I currently only have 1 release with a j-card and it's not spray painted andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runforcover Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 It's funny how tapes started to make a comeback as a cheaper, quick turnaround alternative, usually priced at $1-5, and now they're working their way up to $8. In a year or two they'll be $15-20 and a bunch of the original tape labels will all be complaining that they can't get their tapes manufactured no more cause every other label jumped on the tape wagon too. They still are a cheaper, quicker turn-around item, but what we're selling is not usually priced at $1-$5. Maybe I am wrong, and there are people out there losing money on every cassette they sell in the name of DIY, but those people are probably not getting cassettes professionally duplicated / printed in the first place. Tape labels that people on this messageboard follow or even own charge $6-$7.50 for 4-6 song EPs on cassettes. $11 or whatever our full length cassettes end up being after shipping is essentially a dollar two at most more than what it costs to download it from iTunes. AND it comes with a download. Also keep in mind we have tons of other expenses to recoup, like the cost of advances, recording costs, radio campaigns, publicists (sometimes multiple per record) pressing 5,000+ LPs, in store marketing, etc. You could say "well the tapes cost you $3 a copy, why can't you sell them for $6 and profit $3." Because after all of our costs, the tapes don't cost $3 anymore. Either way I am going to see if we can get them priced down a bit. Buffbloom, shawnayala90, emacs and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Also keep in mind we have tons of other expenses to recoup, like the cost of advances, recording costs, radio campaigns, publicists (sometimes multiple per record) pressing 5,000+ LPs, in store marketing, etc. You could say "well the tapes cost you $3 a copy, why can't you sell them for $6 and profit $3." Because after all of our costs, the tapes don't cost $3 anymore. Wouldn't the expenses have already been factored in when you did the vinyl release for the albums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanto981 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Mixed Signals on tape please Out Of Time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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