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Today (June 30) is the last day to pick up a cassette if you're interested: https://commontimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/charitapes-vol-3

Urban Outfitters energy. $19 for a cassette is bizarre.

One more week to order a cassette! https://commontimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/charitapes-vol-3

After that the comp will only be available digitally. 100% of proceeds go to Hope For The Day (HFTD.org). 

New Sleeping With Sirens album coming 10/14.

Easter Yellow & Hot Pink Light Side A/B w/ Black Heavy Splatter (/300) Sumerian US Exclusive

Transparent Electric Blue + Opaque Orange Butterfly w/ Black Splatter (/500) Includes signed insert

Black Inside Ultra Clear w/ Canary Yellow + Violet Heavy Splatter (/300) Sumerian International Exclusive

Red In Transparent Yellow w/ Black Splatter (/300) Zia Exclusive

2 singles out so far. "Bloody Knuckles" and "Crosses (feat. Spencer Chamberlain) 

Part 1 of The Summer Set's new 2-part album, "Blossom" coming September 9th.  One vinyl variant available so far, expected mid October. 140G orangish vinyl. https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/259413/the-summer-set-blossom

Not sure if anyone here is interested in this, but figured I'd post it just in case.

1 hour ago, N8TRU said:

Let's see if Merchlater can send people the right variants this time. I got the splatter.

Merchlater 😂

Submissions are gone close May 21st. Email any track you may want included to [email protected] some time before then. Thanks!

CIWWAF finally arrived... aaaaand sounds like absolute shit. I mean, it's almost unlistenable. Sounds wobbly, tinny, fuzzy, and at bass-heavy parts, the vocals are completely washed out. Does anyone else's sound like this? Super bummed, especially considering how long it took to arrive.

EDIT: Just checked some of the comments on Discogs and apparently this is a common problem with this pressing. Holy shit it sounds so awful. 

Just now, KingTacoMunster said:

Got the /1000 easily. Knew it would but not in roughly 3 mins. Also I really like the mock up hopefully it turns out like that

Mockup looks so sick for the blue. I am not a fan of highlighter vinyl. Would rather have black in most cases, but at this point I'll take what I can get. Been waiting for this album for too long.

Loved seeing this note on the page: "Test Press (out of 17) *for band, friends & family only, please don't ask about these*"

Shout out to Triple B for doing that.

2 minutes ago, versusexcalibur said:

/1000 didn't make it through the check out process for me.  Got a /2000.  That had to be under a minute for the /1000 to sell out

 

It was. I clicked submit with all my info (autofilled) at 12:00:26 and got the sold out message.

Holy shit. Not even 20 seconds in all 1,000 of the blue sold out. Was able to secure a yellow though.

I, personally, wouldn't even bother mentioning the intended variants. Just put "random" on the listings when you sell them. Bands have done this in the past, and I like not knowing beforehand. Hawthorne Heights did it when they release "Hope" on vinyl. A Skylit Drive did it when they released "Rise" on vinyl. I didn't hear about any backlash from fans or collectors.

It's that time of the year again, folks. Common Time Tapes is looking for unsigned artists of any genre to contribute a track to our "Charitapes" series. We always have at least one submission from the VC forum included, and the idea for Charitapes was born here, so it only feels right to try and recruit some talent from here. If you don't know what Charitapes is, it's an annual compilation series compiled of submitted songs by unsigned artists, with all proceeds from sales being donated to a specified charity. We're currently scouting for Volume 3, and all proceeds will be going to Hope For The Day. Hope For The Day is a non-profit movement encouraging the conversation around suicide prevention, awareness and education for people of all ages, all over the world. If you, your band, friends, family, etc. would like to contribute to this project, shoot a WAV of the song you want to submit to [email protected]. Cheers!

UPDATE: The comp is out! 19 tracks from some extremely talented groups and individuals. Available digitally, or to pre-order on cassette (through the month of June). 100% of the proceeds benefit Hope For The Day, a non-profit focussing on providing mental health resources and education + spreading suicide prevention/awareness to people of all ages, all around the globe. Read more about their mission at http://HFTD.org

Listen to the comp here: https://commontimetapes.bandcamp.com/album/charitapes-vol-3, and if you like what you hear, consider picking up a tape, or purchasing the comp digitally.

13 hours ago, mitchard said:

I saw someone mention that the Paramore pressing available in the US currently is actually a European pressing. Definitely seems to be the case, as there is only an entry on Discogs for the that version with no mention of the US pressing. Riot had both European and US pressings, so I guess the US one is just feeling the delays. 

Sad. I'm moving and I have to update the mailing address I used through Amazon. Can't though because it needs me to verify the card I used to buy it, which is an Amazon Credit Card, which doesn't have an expiration date aaaand the verification requires an expiration date. I'll probably have to just cancel it.

On 1/28/2022 at 6:34 PM, Skacel said:

Bizarre as you can get them in record stores and on Amazon.

I pre-ordered CIWWAF in August from Amazon. Date was pushed back to 4/22. Will probably continue to get pushed back, as it has for every month since September. It is wild that people have owned these since late December though. Record stores have them on-hand, Paramore as well, so I'm not sure why the online stores are getting screwed here.

UO was definitely the move. Stoked for this album!

Bumping this ancient thread just to say I miss Robbed The Bank. That's all. Carry on.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-julien-baker-laura-jane-grace-portraits-of-her-record-store-day-1297211/

My collection just shows up empty. Not a loss for me though. Was turned off by DF after I placed an order on their march store. They never fulfilled it or answered any emails. Had to go through PayPal to get my money back. Took like two or three months. I always found Discogs more organized and easy to use anyways. I do admit it'd be neat to see a DF comeback though, and I'm happy for those of you who liked to use it.

$23 shipped. Can't be mad about that. Been waiting a while for a repress too.

Came across your page once or twice before. Enjoyed the content. Just dropped a follow.

1 hour ago, N8TRU said:

You can buy it on Walmart, Amazon, or grooves-inc.com . There's probably other stores that have it in stock as well.

Couldn't find it on Walmart, but I do see it on Amazon and grooves-inc. I completely missed when these were pressed. What were they originally selling for? $45 seems steep, even for a 2xLP.

Was hoping this thread bump was for a repress.

9 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

That’s cool and all if that’s a principle artists want to apply to their music, but I’ve found that 99% of them eventually go back on that idea, because money.  Life happens, expenses happen – I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard and artist or label say that there are zero plans to ever repress a certain album, only to see it as a limited drop or RSD exclusive within 2-5 years.

Absolutely. Patience almost pays off. I like bootlegs in the sense of "this is a live recording that's never going to see the light of day otherwise," or "this album is from an underground band that had 300 fans in 2006 and broke up shortly thereafter," but I wouldn't pay upwards of $50 for a MP3-sourced counterfeit copy of an album that I know hi-fi plates exist for. For the right price, maybe. But I'll happily wait for a legitimate repress.