travis

Today is the 7th anniversary of my mom passing away from lung cancer. I made the three hour drive this morning and visited her grave for the first time. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, and this album has helped me feel a little better on the ride home. I am so thankful for this album. 

And Giacchino did a great job I thought with Jurassic World.  Gotta say I was kind of bummed that Desplat isn't doing this anymore but I think it'll be alright. 
 
I just hope Williams can make it through episodes 8 and 9. Then just rides off into the sunset.

There's a LOT of fantastic non-Williams Star Wars scores (mostly video game). IF you want to check any out I'd recommend:
 
Knights of the Old Republic (Jeremy Soule)
KOTOR II: The Sith Lords (Mark Griskey) *my personal favorite
Shadows of the Empire (Joel McNeely) *I mean the novel soundtrack/not the game
Battlefront (2015) (Gordy Haab) *hasn't officially been released, but you can find clips on the interwebz
The Force Unleashed (1 & 2) (Mark Griskey/Jesse Harlin)
Republic Commando (Jesse Harlin)

I would call myself a superfan (whore) so I dug and even bought the clone wars vinyl and rebels pic disc... and lets not talk about John Williams leaving us until we have to. My sister and I went to see the Cleveland Orchestra play a tribute to John Williams last summer and I honestly teared up during the Star Wars medley. They did the entirety of Raiders of The Lost Ark this summer but I was out of town. 

Look, I am not one to tell you how to listen to a record, or live your life... but I am about to tell you how to listen to a record and live your life.  Go to Spotify, or whatever right now and listen to, and enjoy this magical unicorn of a record.

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

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

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...

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...

Nobody should ever like anything. 

In this thread:
People who have absolutely no idea how licensing versus retailing works, yet can squarely identify source audio beyond the shadow of a doubt. 
 
It would behoove many of you to do some research on the MANY steps that take place with audio recording, mixing, mastering, cutting the lacquers, making the stampers and pressing records so that you can see how many opportunities there are to fuck up an LP pressing. Even the purest source audio does nothing if it's not mixed/mastered for vinyl.  From there, if the lacquers aren't cut adequately, it's toast, etc etc. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hot Topic will have "red with white swirl" exclusive vinyl /500 and should be up online on 10/28

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.

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.

My futct vinyl just got here and it honestly doesn't sound as bad as everyone is making it out to be (at least in my opinion), you can hear some static during the last songs on each side which happen to be some of my favorites but it's not enough to ruin the experience for me. 
 
Also, can't wait for the Infinity vinyl. I was hoping to get something like the last repress and this happened which is great!! The streaks of color seem to be shorter/there's more clear space but it still looks awesome, thanks Travis!

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

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

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.

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.