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    The Official Fat Wreck Preorder Thread

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    If anyone is looking for the fat color copy of strung outs newest ep, I might be selling mine. I've been listening to it over the past few days and I'm not really digging it. I love this band to death but this ep is kinda boring. I don't have my physical copy yet so I'll give it a few more listens until I get it to see if it grows on me. It'll be $20 ppd I paid a little over $19 after shipping and taxes. Let me know if you're interested.

    PO NOW: Senses Fail - If There Is Light, It Will Find You

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    1 hour ago, ejc625 said:

    Looks like this person already has copies of the vinyl for sale and ready to ship. 

     

    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323043780882

     

    $14 for shipping haha

    This is interesting, The person selling these is from Ballston Spa NY, which is located about 20 mins north of Albany, where Merch Now has a it's distro center. I wonder if one of their employees is pulling a fast one? 

    PO: The Matches - Decomposer, Recompser Demos, Signed, /500

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    On 2/3/2018 at 3:02 AM, TheMatches said:

    Hey @thomasj182

    I apologize for the steep price.  Honestly, none of the albums are intended to take any of you for a profit ride.  Sure, like anything being sold, you hope to profit somewhat, but these are never money grabs.  Your comments are all taken with honest respect.  I myself is a collector and buy records not for a flip.  I was lucky to get Brand New Scoence Fiction limited Press/package (pre Jessie scandal) and like us, the care in package is much appreciated and worth the cost.  A Band In Hope was never released on vinyl and like I said, Epitaph has no desire to do any of our releases.  We do all the work in house (I actually pick up the vinyl from the manufacturer, the boxes, labels, etc and ship them on my own.  The most miserable 48 hours you can imagine.  But, the reward of getting the album to those who are excited for it is super rewarding.  again, I’m  a fan and collector as well.  On ABIH, we didn’t want to make anyone wait In a preorder, so turned it around from the day it was put up and shipped within 12 hours.  I can (honestly) say, we have sold 600+ since Tuesday and are so appricative that people still care about us.  The extra album is just a special way to say thank you.  Everyone already have the album in CD or can stream it, so adding something special is just a thank you.  As a music fan, i have always wanted the demos and out takes.  Things that were never available.  Hearing the evolution of the songs is very interesting and an inside look at hownthings came about.  I get that some don’t give a shit too, but we just can’t do 2 runs (one single and one double).  It’s expensive already, so doing that is honestly operating at a loss.  The sleeves inside the album are pretty rad and it’s a nice way to old school experience the album as a audio and tactile experience.  The only releasing the digital versions of the 2nd LP is just a fair way of giving a gift of appreciation.  Usually when we sell out of the vinyl, we make those available, but doing it before that is like offering pre sale tickets to someone and then allowing everyone in for free day of show.  It just would feel like we screwed them over.  I don’t know if that makes sense, but it’s an ethical decision.  I have spoken to Epitaph about it and they just don’t have interest.  Perhaps they will change their mind down the line, but if they do, they don’t even need to ask us as hey own the master.  We also donthis 3rd party license DIY, because we can have quality control over the release.  When other companies license from labels, it’s usually without the bands permission and they don’t earn a dime from the license or sales and the quality control is non existent.  Those companies are usually more concerned with just moving units.  I actually bought Say Anything’s In Defense of the Genre” from one of those 3rd party labels and it honestly sounds like shit.  I can assure you Max Bemis would be bummed.  Any way... I appreciate all your comments and thoughts, i just wanted to know i hear you, I understand your grievances and don’t say my way or the highway... we just have this level of quality control that we want to uphold between Sonics, art and packaging.  So, the price can seem steep.  I was at Barnes and Noble (can you believe that’s actually one of the only places you can find vinyl these days?) and they were selling a single disc of Led Zeppelin III for $39.00... the band sees zero of that mark up at least doing it DIY, we sell directly to our fans and actually take control of our own destiny.  Trust me touring for 6 years, 250+ dates a year and coming home with $500 bucks each, it’s pretty awesome to know 10’ywars later that it all meant something to the people we played for and they are there with the same passion and support for us to keep us doing these special

    things on our terms.  Thanks again for your discussion on this board.

    sincerely,

    Mr. TheMatches 

    Not sending any hate your way at all! Totally understand and support and it's awesome for fans that can afford it. You owe me nor anyone questing the price an explanation.

    PO: Brian Fallon, Sleepwalkers

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    Just now, Tamubro said:

    They have to, right?! There's no way they can announce a "world tour" and have like 7 shows, lol.

    It's probably in their gov't ball contract that they can't announce anything in a certain radius around that time to take away from gov't ball ticket sales. This is very common for bands playing festivals and large tours. I know for sure the warped tour does it which is why a lot of bands don't announce their fall tours until warped has begun or is almost over, especially in smaller markets.  They can't skip the entire side of US and also not have a home show!  There's a shit load of time before June 2nd (Gov't Ball) and July 20th, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce a quick 10-15/20-25 day tour in between those shows.   

    Just now, thomasj182 said:

    It's probably in their gov't ball contract that they can't announce anything in a certain radius around that time to take away from gov't ball ticket sales. This is very common for bands playing festivals and large tours. I know for sure the warped tour does it which is why a lot of bands don't announce their fall tours until warped has begun or is almost over, especially in smaller markets.  They can't skip the entire side of US and also not have a home show!  There's a shit load of time before June 2nd (Gov't Ball) and July 20th, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce a quick 10-15/20-25 day tour in between those shows.   

    However, it's Brian Fallon so what do I really know.

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