Bull Moose

To pull this back on topic, I'm starting to plan the traditional RSD unboxing video. What are some of the releases you most want me to cover? I usually only have time for around 100 of the 400 titles. I'll try to work in the ones people most want to see. Thanks.

If I remember correctly, the quantity is high enough that you shouldn't have trouble finding this at a store on or right after RSD. Although, obviously, support the band if you can. Hopefully, this one isn't too hard for real fans to find.

Yes, we still have some left. At $15, it's kind of only for the diehards. We have extras of Blue Light in case anybody missed out.

Sounds good. I'll start a thread the next time we have something exciting to announce. Thanks for the advice. Chris

Thank you! Good point. I'll be careful not to talk about things before we are supposed to. That sounds good. Do you think I should start the thread or would it look better if somebody else did? Thanks for the advice there. I will make sure to respect our hosts, SRC. Nice! Thanks!

It's definitely the time of the year for pre-orders. No, unfortunately, we haven't heard anything since we were told the Bjork reissues were on their way here. I think MOMA gets first shot at them and then indie stores get whatever they don't need. There is supposed to be a second pressing after that. Early preorders are a big help. They let us know how many to order and makes it a lot more likely we can get enough for people who didn't preorder. That's how we end up with extra copies of things like the clear Sufjan Stevens that will be released Tuesday. Quick question. We have been reluctant to mention pre-orders here and just hope another forum member notices them. Would you all like me to post things that may be of interest? I'd prefer not to spam. This forum has been good to us and I want to find the line between making sure people know what's coming out vs. being spammy. What does everybody think?

Just trying to stay ahead of you all!

For those who don't know, the vinyl will be available a week before the CD and digital.

Me five minutes ago. "Hey, look at all the Sparta pre-orders. I wonder if somebody's talking about it on Vinyl Collective."

Oh well.

You should be fine. We've been able to confirm how many we will receive and we will be able to take care of everybody who preordered so far. We probably will have to stop within the next few days. Of course, I'm assuming that there are no manufacturing or shipping problems.

The release date for music next week is Monday instead of Tuesday, so we will ship to get your records there on Monday. When they actually will go in the mail will depend on how far you live from us. Thanks!

Hopefully today.

Is there a way to tag a user so we'll see it when people ask questions? We were told the box will be available to us but they haven't said when. That's all we know right now.

Thanks for the feedback. We forgot about that when we lowered the price. We just thought it would be cool to drop the price for the first week or preorders. People who preordered for $27.97 should get an email soon saying they will be charged $24.97.

I see it on the RSD site but not on any of the internal lists. I don't think we were even solicited for this one so I don't have any info to share. Sorry about that. In general, the Limited Run/Regional Focus designation doesn't mean that RSD is limited distribution to a specific region. The purpose is to let you know that not many are being made, often because the artist only has regional fame. It's not that stores outside an artist's home territory won't have it. They can order if if they think they can sell it. Releases that are truly limited to a certain area don't make the list.

As far as I know, the 5/5 release is just a normal release and prefect for people who miss out on the RSD version or don't have an extra $10 to spend on all the extras. Both are 180gram 2LP sets. Quick question for everybody. Do you think this should have been classified by as an RSD First release or does the paper bag, special jacket, lyric book, sticker sheet and patch make this special enough?

Oh yes, absolutely. Just last night somebody asked me about doing something the weekend before RSD and I said "Nope, I have to do the Record Store Day video that weekend." Thanks!

Somebody else from Bull Moose actually started this account but we haven't done much with it. I plan to be a bit more present here than in the past. Thanks. Glad to hear it! Thanks

Items that are exclusive to only one store, like this one, don't make the list. If so, the list would be filled with local releases most stores could never order. For example, a Maine band named Tall Horse is releasing a single on VHS on 4/18 this year. You probably don't that cluttering up the list. There will be a black vinyl version of the Elvis later in the year. Sorry about that. We have that info up now. It's a 4/28 release. You know, we actually get good enough details on most releases most of the time. Certainly not always, and there are always surprises, but stores that sell a good amount of new music should be able to come pretty close. Maybe not every music buyer has heard of every artist Victory and Sundazed will release, but they should know generally whether or not their customers like hardcore or obscure old rock/psych/country. There actually was some push back behind the scenes against more expensive 7"s this year. A few stores give advice on the releases and I remember several people asking "why does this 7" need to be more than $10?" I think we even turned down some 7"s because they were too expensive. More info on the process is here, for those who are interested in how the US list was made. We were told it really is 10,000. That seems about right to me considering the historical value of the material and the $9 price. Yes. See my comment above about expensive 7"s. Chris

That would be great. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to do that without getting in everybody's business in a very unpleasant Big Brother way. Thoughts, anybody?

Yes, it's definitely better. Our final allotment is somewhat in question, but we'll take care of people in the order they ordered. It was great to see how many people deciphered our cryptic Tweet about the presale.

We will have a pre-order as soon as it is confirmed. You'll hear about it. Thanks

Just so you know, we are out of this record and do not expect to see one again. We had a good run with it. Sorry you missed out.

Unfortunately, that's more-or-less true. There's also more credit card fraud with international orders. We learned this the hard way with our old website years ago. Of course, it's not just one order. It would be thousands of orders, so all the little things that international orders require become a huge project. There's a lot to it. We apologize to all the people who are frustrated that we don't ship outside the US. We will get you the full Bull Moose experience some day, but we need to take care of a bunch of things first.