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Even the bugs want you to open the shrink wrap.

A generous coat of teak oil should settle into the shelves nicely and keep any bugs from nesting inside your records.  Saw a thread about it just the other day.

Oh word?

new user posts on this site are growing more powerful by the day

having a quasi-religious experience here 

 

The album is called "Some Of It Was True" and is out 10/13 according to people who were at their recent shows.

At the show tonight, they said they would be announcing the new LP on Tuesday. Which I assume is when the preorders would start as well.

The EDGING song title now makes sense...

"groove table" implies the existence of groove chairs, groove countertops, groove patio umbrellas, etc

Retail will probably be black as always with the bigger evr releases so don't hold back. Also the half/half is basically perfect.
 
Bv variant white for a whopping 8 more bucks.
https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/products/armor-for-sleep-dream-to-make-believe-lp-limited-edition-only-350-made-opaque-white-vinyl

I have no words to express the gratitude and support from everyone so far. This has been an incredibly difficult and unexpected turn of events and experience. My father had been fighting cancer for two years now...for a second time...and was doing well. But three weeks ago this past Wednesday, he complained that was feeling dizzy and not all balanced. We took him to the ER and eventually was admitted and found that he had multiple small strokes in his head, a brain bleed, and a heart issue. The cancer was in his left lung. In those three weeks, his condition physically and cognitively deteriorated. On that last week, it was worse than ever and it's when doctors advised that nothing else could be done. 
He was taken to hospice on Friday mid-day and passed at 3:00pm or so right as my mother & I arrived to see him as they had notified us he had arrived and was settled in. My brother had to stay home with our dog as she's been having a very hard time with my father's absence up until then. 
It has been a great deal of a struggle so far in not only these past weeks but also due to his passing. He left us without any info on a will or life insurance or anything of the sort. So we're handling all of this on our own as best as we can. We tried to contact a number of attorneys to assist us, but they're all asking for amounts of money we do not have. Thankfully, I have a few friends locally who have been able to guide us through some things as best as they can. But it all still feels very lonely and it's most hard on my mom as she feels all alone. And we don't have family close by who can stop in and hang out and be with us in these times. 
But I am thankful for Jared for not only making this post but also looking out and all of the support and love from all you VC'ers. It's incredibly appreciated and makes me feel less alone in dealing with this. 
We knew that my father would eventually pass but not this fast. But we're comfortable in knowing that he's no longer suffering and passed peacefully and waited to go as soon as we arrived to see him. I am taking comfort in that. 
Again...thank you so much VC. I feel the love and gives me comfort. 
 

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They don’t seem to always put out numbers. According to discogs the first press blue of the Indian summer discography was out of 500. So maybe double that at least for each color? Obviously just a guess but with them being similar enough to have some of the same audience it could be a starting point 

I don't have enough time to listen to all my records, so sometimes I stack them on top of each other on the player so I can spin four or five at once. 

Everytime your mom comes over.

Indie red -  https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/075678617669 
 

not sure why anyone continues to buy from Parting Gift. they put zero effort or quality into their releases or packing their products properly to ship. not shocked the customer service is non existent too

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

Currently available to order on Amazon.  I assume other places and variants will be announced shortly
 
https://a.co/d/8jSXPUB

I love when these discussions come up and everyone wants to chime in without doing the bare minimum research about vinyl and record production.
 
Records are made from PVC. It's naturally colorless.
 
To make black vinyl, carbon is added. In addition to the black coloration, carbon adds strength...because it's carbon.
 
Colored vinyl has added dyes to color it, but no carbon, so it is colorful, has impurities and does not get the added strength black gets from carbon.
 
Clear, being the base form of PVC is technically the purest, but can has two diasadvantages to black vinyl: no added strength from carbon, and it is harder to visually quality check due to the color.
 
To get a solidly white record a lot of dye has to be added to the PVC, making it often more impure and prone to defect.

Looks like I gotta post this again 

iT dOEsN't FIt tHE ShELveS 

There's no way around making offers on multiple records this way. What they need is an actual penalty for not paying.

It blows my mind that they still don't have a cart system that doesn't create an order until someone pays.