thieves

it's laser etched

Also Styx - Paradise Theater was an etched record and that came out in 1981

oh yeah, I've seen that one too

a coworker has this split enz record as well

that 'first ever playable etched record' thing is bull

i have a love as laughter 7" (the split with ringfinger) from the mid-90's that also has playable etchings... on both sides! it's a little bit tough to see in the pic, but it's atari logos on this side, stars on the other.

RRR records has release a 7" with 100 locked grooves, a Lp with 500 locked grooves and a Lp with 1000 locked grooves.

i randomly found a first pressing of the 7" with 100 locked grooves (the record that started that whole series) for a couple bucks at a used book store a couple years ago

yeah it's usually just the first shipment or two a store gets when the record is a new release

Pressing infoooooooooooo ?

800 coke bottle clear

200 red w/ black

why isn't the medicine box set on the list?

an etched side would significantly increase the price of pressing because of the additional plating involved. a truly blank side should cost significantly less because plants usually have blank stampers on hand.

a bit of advice on one sided 12"s though... PUT LABELS ON BOTH SIDES. if the one-sided 12" has any problems, they involve the record warping in the shape of a frisbee. labels on both sides help that significantly.

oof

A: You Blew It! - Terry V. Tori

B: The Saddest Landscape - "In Love With The Sound"

there are ~450 of these, pressed on random color recycled vinyl at gotta groove.

the savings i was talking about were with lacquers and stampers. i never count packaging because people pay what they want on that stuff. some folks put out phenomenal records in blank sleeves, other put out shit in a gatefold with two inserts.

(dick joke)

it's just that i've done the numbers, and a one-sided 12" is just plain cheaper and better in most situations

there's a lot of complaining i could do on here that i don't because i don't want to call out any clients (several post here) but the whole cramming tons of music onto a 7" thing is one of my biggest pet peeves.

consider doing a one-sided 12"

a long (anything over 10 minutes, really) 7" is prone to:

-surface noise

-skating

-increased susceptibility to wow/more pronounced warble when and if the record warps

you could be doing a one-sided 12", which at 45, could easily hold 12+ minutes, and could hold almost twice that at 33. you'd only have to pay half the normal cutting/plating costs. the per record pressing price will be higher, but the amount saved on lacquers and stampers should offset that for any run 500 or less. for runs over that many, you just have the increased fidelity of a 12", but i'd say it's well worth it.

yeah we tried forever for that brown/white swirl to work but any more white and it just turned into a khaki beige sort of mess. we also made the poop/jizz jokes, but then also made 'santorum' jokes about that /50

i put cdr's in all of them because who on earth has a record player?!?!?!

i know i posted about this in the last thread about that invitation, but we recorded a 7" together... we danced to the A (a magnetic fields cover) and drunkenly performed the B (an original) on the wedding band's equipment at the end of the night:

not mine (thank god) but making the rounds via reddit/etc:

/100 releases are stupid.

I offered to pay to help release this at a quantity higher but they only wanted to do 100.

So dumb.

Regardless, great record, I bought it.

i think he has a nice little system of breaking even and getting rid of all the copies so more power to him

yeah, his prices are always real reasonable, even collectible stuff

i miss hodad's

i love living in a city that's not a huge market, the records here are so much cheaper than what i see whenever i go to chicago or new york

i still need a proper copy of gathered tones, i just have a test press

oh here's the link: http://www.miemusic.co.uk/releases.html

I slept on that Trouble Books/ McGuire collaboration twice. Really bummed about that.

it's not getting repressed by bark & hiss, keith told me that he's 'done with that record'. there are 500 copies floating around between the first and second pressings, it shouldn't be hard to track down for a decent price.

mie music has gathered tones, united colors, and the endless pool ep. if you're missing any of those, that's the only non-ebay/discogs/gemm/etc place to get any of those titles. i'd jump on any that you don't have, as they never re-press because they do an album at least once a year and pay for it themselves.