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Both bands slayed... PONCH was ridiculously loud... Jack should borrow Gui's amp every time. Wow. Oh, and the record is very nice too.

All of the original artwork is long gone. That's the main hitch. We'll see what happens. We would still like to, but it requires a different approach. Ha!

We already ordered more 180's as well as some 210's. More info in a few weeks, when they arrive. No pestering until then.v

Hey Var. Up up an off with their heads shirt on the site. I need one and the fucks never seem to play around me.

it's on the list... or rather THEY are on the list. as in several.

Yea, I just found that on NIR, I'm guessing /187 gray. Or I'll turn some lights on and look for some green, but I doubt it's that one.

Let it pain you that the 23rd pressing will arrive late August. (And please dear god don;t ask any questions about it: we don;t know) I wonder how many copies will be grey? Any bets? Someone should start a pool. Except that gambling is illegal, right kids?

Addressing a few different comments:

"I order basically as much as I can from No Idea because they are my gods"

To badly quote, "What poor gods we make."

But what is up with certain pre-orders only being available with a shirt? There are a ton of pressings I've passed on order just because I don't want to pay for yet another shirt (I have boxes and boxes).

We only did five pre-orders that came with shirts, as I recall (and that includes doing Ampere/Ringers twice). We kept the pre-orders open for a pre-set amount of time and when that time passed, the records became available separately. We have not done any of these combos recently. It can be fun to mix it up. If we did the exact same thing every time, WE would get bored. And we are doing this for ourselves first. We want to make the records WE want, as music dorks. Then it goes from there. But screw it, if it irritates you so much, maybe we'll do it for an entire pressing next time. Ha.

I think everyone else gets it and was excited. Or they waited. It all works out.

OWTH actually wanted us to do that again for FTB, but we simply had no time. And we were slammed already.

Profit margin on shirts is not huge when you do a small run and pay $5 to make them and sell them for $10, giving the band a cut, losing a bite to Credit Card fees . And especially not when you package them together with a record at a lower price. Dunno. Are you speaking in generalities? If so, then you are correct. If you make 5,000 of a shirt (getting a really good price break) and sell it for $20, then cash abounds. But that is a different scenario.

You can order whatever you want along with a pre-order and wait if you want to. Or not. Your call.

I like raisins. Do you like raisins too?

Sure. But does it ever freak you out that they look like little shriveled scrotums?

probably:

21st Pressing: 3 Honey, 39 Gray w/Green, 51 Strawberry Jam, 187 Gray, 220 Purple (7/3/2008)

Frank is correct. Our site is not.

Replay will fix it... AFTER we get all these dang records assembled and shipped. 6,000 pounds of records shipped in one week, already. More to go. NOT COUNTING mailorders. Whoa. (We needed the space, haha... some of these records are now sitting in CO, thanks Virgil.)

mars volta is sticking out like a sore thumb, haha

...and they ordinarily blend right in. Ha!

I think this is the only place / time that any of the Defiance Ohio LPs have been classified by color. The band asked us early on that we not demarcate their records, as to avoid the idea that any copy was more valuable than the other. There is absolutely NO problem with that happening here on VC, but I thought I'd bring up this concept: there are a TON of color variations for all three of their LPs, but we have never posted the breakdowns at No Idea. And we didn't even count them. So this info will NEVER be available. It's not even possible. So... you are free to chase as many colors as you want, but no one will ever know the difference. Not even the label or band. Cool?

-- The only difference between these records and, say, "Axl" is that we counted the variations on those. Does that freak you out? (Oh, and the other difference is that they are different songs by different bands. Ha!)

var thought i was asian. no joke

I also think olives are a fruit.

i remember when Var use to post on the Hows Your Edge messageboard.

I think I posted there like twice. Ha!

hey var, what's happening with the Shook Ones/HOTW split?

I forget. Maybe they need to record?

seriously.

wake me when the 45rpm half-speed master 2xLP hits

I actually want to do that some day with "Fuel for the Hate Game" because it's a pretty long LP. Both that album and "Axl" were recorded digitally, not analog, and at CD sampling rate... so the full fidelity is on the CD... there's not a higher sampling rate source to pull from. No 2" tapes. I think PLANES "Guts" was one of the only records recorded (partially) to analog tape that we put out in years.

sounds interesting. can i be guaranteed a full hour of vinyl entertainment???

No, just waves of unhappiness await you.

-- SOLD OUT --

...But we WILL MAKE MORE... so don't fret... and DON'T SELL OR BUY THEM ON EBAY!! (unless you just can;t control yourself. Which would be silly.)

i love this board.. everyone is so supportive.

I hate you all, that's why we press these records. Ha!

sweet i can't believe my order went through... thanks Var yer a sweety for letting me know!

if anyone bought one for me.. let me know.. i'll pay you for it... i wanna get a copy for eddieruckus...

i love this board.. everyone is so supportive.

All things FLOOD are settled. You are getting 2, we dropped one copy from Justin's order since you got one yourself.

also, who ordered 3? was it FESTER?

-- Yes.

I got one I probably should have got a couple more records I was just to excited.

yeah, I jumped the gun, should of added a few more records and saved on shipping.

still can.

i thought it was out of 100, but he said dont quote him on it, there is also a possibility of a re-press, and later on down the road a press of 210 gram

We will do BOTH. More 180 and some on 210. Why not?

pardon my ignorance, but do we know what this is out of?

100. BUT... we WILL MAKE MORE as soon as we can.

NOTE: anyone ordering 2 might get shafted on the extra copy. They are going fast. We WILL MAKE MORE, so don't get too worked up about it. And FLOOD ordered his own, so the other guy will only get charged for one.

-- The dude that ordered 3 that sells on ebay... what dude will NOT get 3, for reference. We know who you are, we're not stupid. :'(

-- Everyone else rules.

Oh, and by the way, there is a technical reason why the first pressing of a record would sound better than a later pressing. No one will be able to tell the difference, but there it is. Audiophile THAT and smoke it!

presumably because the stamper plates used to press the records would wear down, yes?

anyway, have you listened to the 180g version? got an opinion?

There is that too, but the stampers usually only last for 1000 anyway and they make a new set. No, it's because the first stamper is actually one generation BEFORE the first mother. So the 2nd stamper is technically generation #3. Weird! I never knew that before!

Oh, and by the way, there is a technical reason why the first pressing of a record would sound better than a later pressing. No one will be able to tell the difference, but there it is. Audiophile THAT and smoke it!