Orange Grapes

Nah, Sum 41 famously created the concept of palm muting in the intro to In Too Deep and everyone else that palm mutes anything is copying Sum 41.

Wouldn't be the first time something labeled "indie exclusive" somewhere was also sold by the label and/or the artist.
 
I'm just saying it smells -- to me, at this time -- like bullmoose/banquet/loma vista/sophie's bandcamp are going to end up being the same version.

Apparently you were lucky to get one as I wasn’t able to get any for my store at all. I’m very disheartened by the “allocation” processes over the last few years. Especially with releases like the Phish LP this year. I ordered multiple copies for my store and was only able to get one. I was turning people away all day, yet Plaid Room has almost 300 copies to sell online the next day. I mean, why get up and get in line at my store next year when I probably won’t have what you want and you can just get up the next day and order it in your pajamas. Defeats the entire point. Granted I have a very small store and probably could have only sold 20 copies or so but that is 20 copies that would have been sold at an actual record store.  

Definitely not a shop owner, but my local struggles to keep up with demand every year. They regularly say, every RSD, "we always order many times what we receive." There have been times where they have a fair amount of big ticket items, but I've seen as low as 1 (or none) of pretty widely available/ sought after releases.
When I go, I usually go VERY early/ night before and "camp." When I look back to the end of the line, by opening, I wonder what those folks are going to buy. Seems ridiculous that 300 of an item could be allocated to one store while others get zilch.

Allocation is always a pain I've worked in stores with multiple locations in the past that got much larger fills and as mentioned later in the thread I agree it seems the more you order throughout the year the higher fill you get which isn't really fair and an ugly side of capitalism. I feel the burn on a regular basis from distros and BF sucked I ordered from distros that didn't even deliver product until that afternoon after the crowds died., not to mention the titles we got allocated 0, I really only got the 1 Patsy because we are in a record store coalition and have our own distro that had the third man titles 

Apparently you were lucky to get one as I wasn’t able to get any for my store at all. I’m very disheartened by the “allocation” processes over the last few years. Especially with releases like the Phish LP this year. I ordered multiple copies for my store and was only able to get one. I was turning people away all day, yet Plaid Room has almost 300 copies to sell online the next day. I mean, why get up and get in line at my store next year when I probably won’t have what you want and you can just get up the next day and order it in your pajamas. Defeats the entire point. Granted I have a very small store and probably could have only sold 20 copies or so but that is 20 copies that would have been sold at an actual record store.  

There is a special place in heaven for shop owners who sell RSD leftovers on Discogs at list price. Got Pearl Jam. 

As a store owner myself I disagree that larger stores should be serviced at the expense of smaller stores. It basically sets a dynamic that keeps the bigger stores bigger and the smaller ones smaller. If that was in place my shop wouldn't be anywhere near as successful as we are because everything would just go to Amoeba and we'd be left with ones and twos. This Plaid Room thing is plain weird. That is way more copies than anyone should receive in any situation barring the band playing there or something crazy like that and I intend to ask what the story is with the RSD folks

Apparently you were lucky to get one as I wasn’t able to get any for my store at all. I’m very disheartened by the “allocation” processes over the last few years. Especially with releases like the Phish LP this year. I ordered multiple copies for my store and was only able to get one. I was turning people away all day, yet Plaid Room has almost 300 copies to sell online the next day. I mean, why get up and get in line at my store next year when I probably won’t have what you want and you can just get up the next day and order it in your pajamas. Defeats the entire point. Granted I have a very small store and probably could have only sold 20 copies or so but that is 20 copies that would have been sold at an actual record store.  

That's true of everyone and still would not account for a haul that large. Not only are they supposed to communicate but even across the handful of distributors combined they should not have been able to amass that many if allocation was happening correctly.

For sure.  As someone on the consumer side, it’s just as frustrating.  Yes, I ended up with everything I wanted, but to see Plaid room with 19 leftover Claypools the next day and I couldn’t get one locally when I was 10th in line doesn’t really add up either.  I also didn’t realize different distributors would carry the same titles.  I would’ve thought there would be some sort of exclusivity that the distributors would leverage to try to make ordering through them more appealing.  

Apparently you were lucky to get one as I wasn’t able to get any for my store at all. I’m very disheartened by the “allocation” processes over the last few years. Especially with releases like the Phish LP this year. I ordered multiple copies for my store and was only able to get one. I was turning people away all day, yet Plaid Room has almost 300 copies to sell online the next day. I mean, why get up and get in line at my store next year when I probably won’t have what you want and you can just get up the next day and order it in your pajamas. Defeats the entire point. Granted I have a very small store and probably could have only sold 20 copies or so but that is 20 copies that would have been sold at an actual record store.  

Snagged the box set 😁

Hope y'all that aren't interested in The Soft Bulletin already own it. Such a great record.

Let's fight. Abbey Road is wayyyy better.

I just....i just wanted to check if a release date was announced, guys.   *runs back out*. 

bumping the old thread since the new thread got locked instead of just permabanning the obvious one single user who is the problem.

Hey, welcome back.
Now fuck off forever.  Thanks man.

Super glad we have two threads for tool jokes now.

Got my bundle today, so stoked to listen to this! Can't wait to get my Wave Notation 1 from LITA sometime.

I need this.

You’re reading comprehension skills are shit man. 

You’re reading comprehension skills are shit man.