SirNarwhal

This whole ordeal really makes me not want to support Mutemath ever again especially after Paul tried to come after me on Twitter yesterday for calling the pricing absurd...

This whole ordeal really makes me not want to support Mutemath ever again especially after Paul tried to come after me on Twitter yesterday for calling the pricing absurd...

Listening to mine and it's yet another direct from CD press. Kind of disappointed and I think I may have to give up on Hot Topic releases as I'm really incredibly sick of this happening time and time again. At least it doesn't sound like the pile of crap that was that From Under The Cork Tree re-release... That said though, I have bootlegs that were mastered for vinyl better than this...

Exactly. Former crack addict and current Scientologist. I'm just going to chalk it up to him not having all the facts.

That doesn't magically make the MOV one a bootleg though.

Not in Europe which is where MOV operates.

This whole ordeal really makes me not want to support Mutemath ever again especially after Paul tried to come after me on Twitter yesterday for calling the pricing absurd...

It wasn't pulled, it sold out. Myself and two others I checked with still have all of our order info and our orders weren't changed at all/cancelled.

Yup. You brought up the main issue. It was a co-release between Sony via Columbia and Equal Vision. Equal Vision still has a stake in everything I'm almost positive of so any release things would have to go through both it seems and as much as Sony wants to just act alone it looks like they can't. Maybe we'll see it next year for its 10th anniversary. Who knows. I'll try to ask Claudio tomorrow at his signing.

Thanks for the clarification. I knew I saw one.

This whole ordeal really makes me not want to support Mutemath ever again especially after Paul tried to come after me on Twitter yesterday for calling the pricing absurd...

Such an amazing album. Really glad to see this get a vinyl release since they're such great guys.

I'm not inherently upset about it or anything, but yeah I've owned this record for damn near 10 years and am looking to start unloading my stuff as I move past records in general, so I would prefer to get top dollar for them.
 
I just checked discogs and it looks like the keyhole cover is holding it's value so that's cool. Also curiously, the represses are in the 70-100 dollar range...so much for not paying ridiculous prices

I don't get what precisely? That it's about the muuuusic??
 
I've been collecting vinyl for almost 15 years, I've gone broke more times than I care to admit buying up records. I've been doing it since before most of you thought it was "Cool"
 
What do I have now? this huge collection of wax and cardboard that's it. Lol, don't try and lecture me on why people buy records, I've never sold a record in my life and now that I'm thinking about getting out of the game I'm somehow bad for wanting to get the best prices? Thanks but no thanks, I love collecting but precisely the reason I barely ever posted on here or other vinyl boards are dessenting opinions like that.

I heard through the grapevine that Travis pressed this personally. He played the album through a discman into a Nokia phone and recorded it with Skype. After it was pressed the guys at Topshelf tried to stop him from releasing it but were too late as their rocket launcher blew up the wrong UPS truck.

this has crazy inner groove distortion, not gonna lie... but i still am psyched to have it in the collection

my copy has some serious pops but only seems to be noticeable in-between tracks. also the end of the B side sounds like garbage. 

I purchased this yesterday. when i got home i listened to it, it sounds awful in my taste. I know i need a new needle for my player, but this was the first record that i played, and could not listen to the whole thing. Does anyone else feel this way? Is it just me or does it sound like static?

These were pressed by Hot Topic with the license from the record label. That's how like 90% of Hot Topic's releases are. It also would make no sense as every instance of a Hot Topic release coming out that isn't directly at the same time as a major label release results in this exact scenario of it being from a CD source and sounding worse than the original pressings.
 
Some quick examples: Original press of From Under the Cork Tree vs Hot Topic release, OG vs repress of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, outside of Fueled By Ramen/Universal releases it's happened with both of Linkin Park's represses verses the originals, and that's just a few in recent memory. The only one I have that is relatively good quality is the recent Panic at the Disco Too Weird To Live, Too Young To Die release, which was very clearly done by the original record label at the same time the original was pressed and on the same presses (I've compared the two, they're identical).

Understood Travis, but isn't it fair to say Hot Topic partners with these labels for exclusive distribution rights? Hot Topic as a whole could either choose to stop doing business with the label if customers are unhappy or provide feedback to improve product quality.
 
I also understand these releases sell out quickly and are extremely profitable for the company. The demand is there and Hot Topic is doing a great job at finding a product that currently correlates with their customer base. 
 
I just think it's fair to say a lot of these exclusive releases aren't intended for true vinyl collectors and audiophiles. The price tag doesn't warrant the product for but I'm also not your target audience. 
 
Just my 2 cents and not a knock on your business practices. Hot Topic obviously knows what they're doing with these releases.

I know you were joking, but in your joke you were poking fun at what I was saying when even you agree that there's some truth to it...
 
Back to the topic at hand though, I'd really like to at least see Universal address the issues with this release, but I don't expect that at all.

Part of the song is literally missing... Of course that ruins the song.

Wow, that would be really sad if they ripped from the iTunes version. I just find it funny because there's multiple versions of the final 3 tracks of the album (including bonus tracks) and they managed to still bork it up.

I know you were joking, but in your joke you were poking fun at what I was saying when even you agree that there's some truth to it...
 
Back to the topic at hand though, I'd really like to at least see Universal address the issues with this release, but I don't expect that at all.

The first like 5 notes are missing.