FuzzRecords

Bump for the boys. 

I'm not a band but my label/distro is auctioning off a Sleep - Holy Mountain test press. All proceeds will be split between two local funds.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA88_oVJ_oe/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
 

I'm not a band but my label/distro is auctioning off a Sleep - Holy Mountain test press. All proceeds will be split between two local funds.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA88_oVJ_oe/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
 

I'm not a band but my label/distro is auctioning off a Sleep - Holy Mountain test press. All proceeds will be split between two local funds.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA88_oVJ_oe/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
 

My band, Spirits ( http://www.spiritsxxx.bandcamp.com ) released our debut LP back in May and I've been meaning to post a collection of pics showing off the packaging we designed to go with the record.  If you've got a second to scroll please give it a look as we're pretty happy with how everything turned out!
 

 
This is how the LP looks when you first see it/pick it up. In the poly bag its actually kind of difficult to tell that it has a vertical wrap and just looks like a standard white cover with the pencil drawing and the bands name on it.
 

 
As you slide the vertical wrap off of the LP it reveals the record's title: Discontent. Also the next layer below the skin from our sad looking gal on the front cover.
 

 
Next you pull the LP jacket apart diagonally to reveal below the muscle layer... the skull. It is a printed dust-sleeve that houses the actual LP. We really wanted to make something with multiple layers in the artwork and are super happy with how this turned out.  I don't know if I've ever seen packaging with this cut in it. We printed the jackets through Imprint and they were super cool with helping us figure out how to make this cut and with adding the extra tab on the traditional jacket so that all 4 sides of it would be sealed until the cut was made.
 

 
When you flip over the dust jacket it reveals a wall of lyrics and the credits for the album.
 

 
This is the back of the LP jacket that pulls apart diagonally. Song titles that are not visible when the wrap is fully on the LP.
 

 
The two main variants of vinyl are clear with black smoke and clear with red smoke. They turned out really cool and each one is pretty unique. The red LP in the top corner of this picture is the only copy that ended up being a pretty solid clear red throughout so naturally I had to hold onto it.
 

 
This gives a pretty good representation of the variation of the clear vinyl with color smoke added in. Bonus fact... the center labels are 3 dimensional if you look at them with 3D glasses. If you'd like to pick up a copy we have them in our limited run store here: http://www.spiritsxxx.limitedrun.com
 
and you can also download the record for free here: http://www.spiritsxxx.bandcamp.com
 
http://www.spiritshc.com if you'd like to keep up to date with anything we have going on! And last but not least, you can follow us on social media as "spiritsxboston" on instagram, tumblr, twitter, and such! Thanks for checking out the end result of our collective work as a band since the beginning of the year!

Splatter is back up.

http://sige.bigcartel.com/product/sumac-the-deal-re-press-2xlp-pre-order

 

Good luck and godspeed.
Protip: flip your RSD titles
Additional protip: don't let anyone know

Every year DMB makes me hope Saratoga burns to the fucking ground.

http://thequietus.com/articles/15031-record-store-day-2014-problems-distribution-vinyl
good read

I heard MI residents get first crack at preordering.

Bean. 11 years.
 
Not a rescue---unless you count me rescuing him from a woman in Western Pennsylvania who worked at Wal-Mart. 
 
Definitely the best decision I ever made. A bit of a pain in the ass but the good outweighs that tenfold.
 

 

These are my dawgs.
 

 

im in love with all these dogs. i adopted my little bug from a shelter off of petfinder, too.  she was rescued from a puppy mill.
 

 

 
and she sometimes smiles when she sleeps:
 

My dog was a rescue found wondering the streets and begging for food in Tennessee after the hurricanes a couple years ago. I got her via petfinder.com when I was drunk and it was the best drunk decision I've ever made. She's a corgi mixed with some bigger dogs so she got tiny legs with a pretty large body and head.

i love my dog, shes pretty awesome.
 

 
she naps next to my desk while i work w/ her hind paw covering her face

 
sometimes she lays w/ her head draped over the side of couch

 
oh hai

 
she also thinks shes a cat and sits on the side arm of our couch

 
and she hates the rain

I love my dog more than humans

No male with finger nails that long should be trusted.

Conversations about genres are boring. 
Bands have influences and write songs. 
Then other people put genres on them and argue. 

I love all our records the same.
That's like asking a parent to pick their favorite kid.

I made it into some bowls!
 

Breaking: Mid-30s man does not want to play pop-punk to teenagers any more. More to come on this shocking story at 11.

Not to say that there aren't people being assholes out there but please keep in mind these ABSOLUTE FACTS.
 
1. MSRP doesn't really mean shit in the real world. Not only is the MSRP set by the original label/distro but it many times doesn't match up with typical mark ups. For instance for things like $25 or under on the floor the MSRP matches pretty closely with your typical stores mark up. Essentially a 50% mark up (which is really shitty for a retail business by the way.) But when you get in to box sets lets say and the MSRP is like $60 that's essentially saying "yeah you invested $50 in this but you can't get your mark up which would put it at $74.99, so yeah only make $10 on this big investment instead". Which as you can imagine...stings, and isn't going to happen most places.
 
2. These records start out in one distro and then go to others and then others from there. So what may have started out as a $10 wholesale originally once you get down to a third or fourth hand place could end up being $25 wholesale. I have seen this happen first hand as I watch these RSD releases hit the waves of distributors. It gets insane. Especially at a place like Cobraside who essentially were charging the same prices I had out for retail as their wholesale prices. If you ordered from them because you were stuck or didn't know better you'd end up with prices waaaaaay higher than anyone else.
 
Anyway, I just wanted to drop that little bit of knowledge on the subject and say that while I'm sure there are jerks, just because you saw it for more than MSRP doesn't mean someone was trying to get one over on you.

No, I know it is for the quick buck, and also convenience for the customer being all in one that is why I said "educating new listeners"

I don't understand the pissing contest; you all had the money to place bids and make purchases through ebay.

It is not! Sony provided a master they had done for vinyl and the lacquers were cut at Lucky. We heard the reference yesterday and it sounded really good! Not sure what the original sounded like so I cant compare.