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New WPC release on Madame Zuzus. “Candide- Live at Zuzu’s 2.8.2015”. I was semi-interested when I got the email yesterday, but it’s an improvisational synth track, so I’m probably out for $90 (or $225 signed). Candide’ by Voltaire: A captivating improvisational synthesizer soundtrack by William Patrick Corgan. A true collector's piece! Experience the best moments from the historic live synthesizer show at Madame ZuZu’s (February 8, 2015). Now on a stunning aquamarine green vinyl. Limited Edition of 2000 in Aquamarine Vinyl Ships within 2 weeks ALL SALES ARE FINAL https://madamezuzus.com/collections/candide?omnisendContactID=60b31455bac16e11df073d10&utm_campaign=campaign%3A++Candide+email+blast+(64d516ce91cf41ce883322ed)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=omnisend

Vault #1 for me here, as well.

Haha, out of all of the records I’ve bought from them, I think those are the only 2 that have ever had any issues. But, they were super quick to send replacements and get everything corrected, so I’d say it was a positive from a customer service angle. Everything else has been good quality. They are definitely overpriced though. I don’t usually buy from them if it’s just a unique color of a new record that’s available everywhere else, because it’s usually more than $10 cheaper everywhere else. But I’ve bought a lot of their record of the month releases, and I’ve always been pretty impressed (though those are also overpriced).

I'm interested to see how it goes. I've almost always received really good sounding records from VMP, while Mondo didn't have the best track record for that. So, I'm hoping that it'll be the good parts of Mondo (cool album art) with the good parts of VMP (pretty good sounding records). Unfortunately, both companies have always been pretty overpriced, so I expect that will continue.

Kind of the same here. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to it so I’ll have to give it another listen, but I remember being so excited for this when it was first announced, being a big fan of everyone’s previous work, but then it never quite clicked for me or lived up to the expectations of how good I thought it should be. But, I probably had unfair expectations of it.

From their Twitter: “The response to this record has been really overwhelming, we are gonna go ahead with a second pressing of 500. Same as always mailing list will get first crack at it.”

I’m seeing them tomorrow night in Salt Lake and I’m super excited for it. I’m pumped to hear the good reviews.

Nice, I’m looking forward to this one (but not looking forward to the price).

I’d be interested in checking this out. I’ve never really listened to his ‘70s albums, so I’ll have to do a deep dive and check them out.

I actually thought First Ditch Effort was pretty decent, as far as new NOFX music goes. But neither Single or Double Album really did anything for me.

I got in the NOFX - Double Album with the slipcase the other day, and it's a lot nicer than I was expecting. I was half expecting it to be a thin cardboard slipcase, like the Face To Face set of their early Fat Wreck albums. But, it's a pretty solid, heavy boxset case. The music, on the other hand, is a bit underwhelming. But at least I expected that.

Yeah, I wonder if they'll be releasing one for each show. I'd have a hard time not buying a bunch of them. I wish they'd release all of the tour dates for this tour already. I'm sure it won't come to Salt Lake, but I'd like to see my options for closest city to me before I commit to any of them.

That’s a sweet collection!

Yeah, I received mine a couple months back.

Robert Smith posted on Twitter (in his original all caps): “1 OF 2: THIS MORNING 6 SHOWS WERE PREMATURELY ACTIVATED FOR FACE VALUE EXCHANGE PRIOR TO FACE VALUE PRICE RESTRICTIONS BEING PUT IN PLACE. THE PROBLEM WAS IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED. HOWEVER, ABOUT 900 TICKETS WERE PURCHASED ABOVE FACE VALUE... 2 OF 2: ALL OF THESE BUYERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONTACTED AND WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED TO FACE VALUE THE FOLLOWING TWEET HAS BEEN POSTED BY TM 3 OF 2(?): "MISTAKEN PREMATURE ACTIVATION FOR FACE VALUE EXCHANGE" HAPPENED IN CLEVELAND, BOSTON, COLUMBIA, ATLANTA, TAMPA AND MIAMI X“ https://twitter.com/RobertSmith/status/1636786302728241153?s=20

Ugh...I'm still waitlisted, waiting to get a code.

Waitlisted here too, but I had a friend get an access code for the Salt Lake date.

As someone who’s never really listened to these albums before, how different were the originals compared to what’s now on streaming? Just a few clips missing, like the Eddie Murphy clip mentioned, or are the songs very different now because they’re using different samples?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

From their Instagram: BOTCH ANNOUNCES MORE US TOUR DATES - 2023 Tickets on sale this FRIDAY, February 17th - 10AM Local time Links in @botch_band bio BOTCH LIVE 2023 5 Oct Portland, OR - Revolution Hall 6 Oct Portland, OR - Revolution Hall 7 Oct Portland, OR - Revolution Hall 13 Oct Chicago, IL - Metro 14 Oct Chicago, IL - Metro 19 Oct Austin, TX - Emo’s 21 Oct Denver, CO - Summit Musichall 11 Nov New York, NY - Webster Hall 14 Nov Baltimore, MD - Soundstage 15 Nov Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 17 Nov Boston, MA - Roadrunner 8 Dec Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theater 9 Dec Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory 12 Dec San Francisco, CA - The Regency #botch #botchband #sargenthouse * MORE SHOWS MAY BE ADDED IN OTHER PLACES AT SOME POINT, OR NOT. * DO NOT BUY TICKETS FROM UNOFFICIAL LINKS * DO NOT POST COMMENTS HERE ABOUT TICKETS FOR SALE * DO NOT FALL FOR SCAMMERS SAYING THEY HAVE TICKETS https://www.instagram.com/p/CouxDfepBLw/

Links to different variants: Black - strictly no capital letter (UK) sncl.collective-zine.co.uk Clear - Chumpire Records: [email protected] Green - Killer Tofu Records : killertofurecs.storenvy.com/products/36352798-king-slender-gold-days Red - Tor Johnson Records : www.torjohnsonrecords.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=21&products_id=1759 I checked out a few songs and thought it was cool, so I clicked on a couple of the links to check out the different colors, and the LP is only $12!? I felt like I must have been reading something wrong because I haven’t ordered a record for that cheap in years.

https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/taita-20th-anniversary-revisited-12-vinyl-ultra-clear "Ultra Clear" version now up on the band's website.

I like the new song. I wasn’t crazy about the last album, to the point where I was wondering if I was just becoming kind of bored with the National, but the new song has my hopes a bit higher.

Awesome, I’m looking forward to hearing this.

https://deathwishinc.com/collections/all/products/elder-innate-passage Deathwish exclusive variant on red vinyl. Out of 300.