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15 hours ago, ryanw said:

Hey Travis- because HT has be repressing some Fall Out Boy records, I was wondering if you know if there's gonna be any repressing of some of the HT exclusive panic! vinyl? 

There's a thread on here about all the Panic reissues coming and it's all over this thread as well.

All 4 albums being repressed in Oct on black vinyl and Hot Topic will be the only place to get the colored vinyl for them. 

13 hours ago, zombiesforlunch said:

Hey Travis,

I was just wondering if you had anymore details on the Bring Me The Horizon stuff you mentioned you were working on back in June?? Thanks!

Last I heard they were still coming 10/21

Suicide Season on exclusive red/white swirl

There Is A Hell on exclusive black/white swirl

HT will also be carrying the Edge of Your Seat 12" and Count Your Blessings on non-exclusive black vinyl also set for 10/21

11 minutes ago, clocascio said:

Is there any difference between these new Universal pressings and the Hot Topic ones (other than color?) Do we even know yet?

I have no idea

Universal is selling these all individually and in the box

6 hours ago, jeffthomas84 said:

Travis, anymore info on the Suicide Squad Exclusive release date?

Looks like the vinyl will be out 11/25

Pretty sure they're doing black vinyl but Hot Topic should have the only colored vinyl...."Joker purple"

The album's definitely a grower. Wasn't sure what to think of it at first, sort of still don't know what to think of it. Starting to like it more as I hear it more though.

It's just VERY mellow compared to their other stuff. This song Spinning is probably my favorite song on the album. Also probably the "heaviest" song on the album.

2 hours ago, Claw1400 said:

Hey Travis - was wondering, is Yellowcard's new self-titled record going to have a Hot Topic exclusive? Haven't seen you post anything, but also didn't look too much. Thanks!

Nope, nothing exclusive but HT should have gray vinyl online on street date.

3 minutes ago, clerk3745 said:

Kevin Kiner does all the music for The Clone Wars and Rebels does a nice job. I honestly barely notice its not John Williams. I love Williams but we've got a lot of Stars Wars in store for us and *knock on wood* John Williams IS 84.

Yea I knew someone else did The Clone Wars stuff but I never got into any of that stuff.

I'm going to be super bummed the day we lose that guy, not expecting him to be around to finish all these current SW films that are already planned for but hopefully he just lives forever.

3 minutes ago, clerk3745 said:

Kevin Kiner does all the music for The Clone Wars and Rebels does a nice job. I honestly barely notice its not John Williams. I love Williams but we've got a lot of Stars Wars in store for us and *knock on wood* John Williams IS 84.

Yea I knew someone else did The Clone Wars stuff but I never got into any of that stuff.

I'm going to be super bummed the day we lose that guy, not expecting him to be around to finish all these current SW films that are already planned for but hopefully he just lives forever.

I still wish John Williams was doing the score for all the Star Wars stories films. It's going to be weird listening to a non-Williams Star Wars score.

51 minutes ago, Dave Grohl said:

And you guys are cheaper than TBS' store by $1.10. Nice. What's the run size on it? I've always dug the blobs that HT has done, specifically the Superheaven and Turnover blobs. So I'll probably grab this over the other blob via TBS' store.

There's 500 of them. I agree, I like the "color in color" vinyl in general.

I didn't pick any of the colors on the records you mentioned but they all came out looking really nice.

My deluxe is out for delivery today, cant wait to see this in person. The album is absolutely phenomenal. This band never disappoints.

Hot Topic variant is up http://www.hottopic.com/product/taking-back-sunday---tidal-wave-vinyl-lp-hot-topic-exclusive/10756411.html?cgid=band-merch-vinyl#start=3

The actual color of the vinyl does not come out well in any pictures, I tried taking my own earlier this week and it just looks like normal blue like on the website. In person it looks much better, way more turquoise than royal blue. Really happy with the how the color came out on this.

51 minutes ago, corey. said:

When is the hot topic variant gonna go up? Also, curious to know if it's transparent or opaque green?

Transparent green and should be up on street date

1 hour ago, jihadpizza said:

So Travis, when should we expect the P!@TD releases to drop? I've been refreshing my bookmark at HT.com like 3 times a day for like two weeks. I'm real excited for those.  

33 minutes ago, Andy the dog said:

I think he said sometime near the end of October. That's what bullmoose is saying on the pretty. odd. black vinyl

Yea those have a street date of 10/28, I believe. They are doing standard black vinyl for everyone and then Hot Topic will have the colored vinyl.

So for now it's 10/28 unless any delays come up but I haven't heard of any so far...

That new song rules and shockingly, at 3:08 long, it's not even the longest song on the album.

That new song rules and shockingly, at 3:08 long, it's not even the longest song on the album.

6 minutes ago, Tedwards_ said:

Not to mention it may end up being the best looking variant anyway! 

Yea I'm not the biggest fan of the clear w/ black swirl vinyl in general. Hopefully the red/white comes out looking real nice.

6 minutes ago, Tedwards_ said:

...Am I the only one who's just holding out for the Hot Topic exclusive? 

 

 

You, me and all the people that end up with canceled pre-orders.

Expecting to see a bunch of cancellations on the clear w/ smoke variant. Most of these places probably have no idea how many copies they're actually getting and most of them are probably just getting a few each.

11 minutes ago, lastvaultboy said:

Does it look noticeably different to the first press or is it identical in every way?

The splatter looks pretty much the same from what I remember the last press looking like. This one appears to have some little black specks in it though if anyone actually cares about that slight difference.

Oh and Infinity on High will have the same bonus tracks as the last pressing

18 minutes ago, cbjornson said:

What color vinyl is IOH this go-round?

 

 

I guess this kinda goes along with my last post. It was supposed to be an opaque blue/black split colored vinyl but it came in on the same clear w/ blue and white splatter as the last pressing. I guess this is good news for anyone who missed out the last time around.

7 hours ago, mattisr1984 said:

Fair enough. Its still an entire pressing that HT chooses to buy at wholesale and resell. Id venture to guess this thing doesnt exist at all if they dont ask for it. So, they could probably choose to push them for a higher quality pressing if they really wanted/cared to (not that i expect them to given the nature of their business - and like i said, i got exactly what i expected from them). Theyre putting their name on it and calling it an exclusive item though so it is a representation of their stores. If this was available in every record store across the country and online - then sure, its squarely on the record label. Unfortunately though, HT exclusive releases are notorious for various blunders that you pretty much dont see anywhere else (pixelated thrice art, finch typos literally everywhere/pixelated art, etc.). Anyway, they got the aesthetic down on a lot of the stuff they do so ill give them that. 

No. There have been a few issues with some HT exclusives but Hot Topic is not a label is Hot Topic is not responsible for the sound quality of a record, that's entirely up to the label pressing the record. Every record where there has been an issue (and all the ones you named) have come from Universal Special Markets. Not everything they've done for HT has had issues but yes, a few have. With these Universal SM exclusives, sometimes I get a test of something before they press it and I'll listen to it and give them notes on things they should fix. I don't always get another test after they "fix" something. I work with a lot of labels on doing exclusive pressings for Hot Topic to sell, and in the case with Universal SM I've spoken to them multiple times about sound quality and they tell me they use the highest quality source they have for the records they press. I don't license out records and go and get them pressed myself. Some labels do a better job than others when it comes to pressing their vinyl. This isn't an overall Hot Topic vinyl problem, this is little issue with one label who I continue to try and get them to improve the overall quality of their releases. I have more input on these than with other labels but at the end of the day, Hot Topic is not the label pressing the vinyl so I can only give so much input into the final product. Hot Topic is a retailer, not quality control for record labels.

On 9/6/2016 at 3:56 PM, jojo123 said:

Do you have an estimated week/date that Infinity will go up for sale? I'm interested in buying another record at the moment but I want to make sure I don't buy that one and then have Infinity go up a day after or something so I can't afford it

Possibly going up tomorrow (or around midnight tonight). It's also possible it goes up in another day or 2.

Based on FUTCT still being available I dont expect this to sell out over night or anything when it does go up for sale.