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Press First Impressions

yes, please

wow, this album is insanely good. thanks for the link!!!

vacation vinyl has an exclusive pink/cream swirl up (/100)

http://vacationvinyl.bigcartel.com/product/ges-the-bridge-lp

anyone know when the preorders are shipping?

EDIT: the /100 apparently already sold out. within minutes...

I just ordered one now FYI so there were still some more.

yeah, it looks to be back up. was temporarily sold out for a few minutes. maybe they cancelled some orders or limited quantity for a few. anyway, if anyone wants this they better grab it now

vacation vinyl has an exclusive pink/cream swirl up (/100)

http://vacationvinyl.bigcartel.com/product/ges-the-bridge-lp

anyone know when the preorders are shipping?

EDIT: the /100 apparently already sold out. within minutes...

For some reason I'm getting this messages when looking at the LP Collector's box:

An Error has Occurred:

This product is on backorder. Expect Delays in Shipping!

This product is on backorder. Expect Delays in Shipping!

Could it be that it sold out already or ppl just added thousands to their cart and it backfired? (I go with the second option)

I got the same. I think they all say that. grabbed the black deluxe. looks like a great package for the price. are the shipping dates correct on this (apr 26)??? seems super early

They're pressed!

sweet! they look awesome. can't wait

Because they don't need advance money to press their records and nobody likes pre-orders.

I like pre-orders because they are much easier than staying up all night refreshing hoping to get a copy of an LP.

I don't think the lack of pre-order was the issue. They could have just as easily messed that up, and the same thing would have happened, only a few weeks ago.

I don't think the lack of pre-order was the issue. They could have just as easily messed that up, and the same thing would have happened, only a few weeks ago.

nothing guilty about these. decent rock albums. damn, needed to curb album buying, but gotta grab this one.

We are going to be announcing the repress info later on this afternoon, but wanted to let you guys have a head's up.

The pre-order for the repress will happen on Thursday, 4/19 (two weeks from today) at the Science of Silence webstore. We have two new variants to offer and a new bundle package as well. First variant is a Bone/Bronze mix, similar to the band tour edition. The second is a Color-in-Color with Milky Clear & Swamp Green. The bundle option is going to be a 12"x12" screen print of the album artwork.

These orders will be fulfilled MUCH faster than the first pressing. They actually might start shipping the week following the pre-order since the turn around time was so much faster for the repress.

sounds awesome!!!

My free cd arrived today. Awesome.

nice, did they send you a shipping email, or did it just show up?

nice, thanks!

hahahahah slipknot is 50 cents

lol. overpriced.

any idea if any US distro's will have the self titled? i've been listening to it a lot, i really like it.

I'm curious about this too. I dig the album. Not really liking the vocals much, but at least they are limited to just a few tracks.

The SJ5 boxset is beautiful

indeed. the local shop had a few laying around last year collecting dust. score

damn. nice score. i wanted to grab this, but hated paying the shipping, and sat around too long.

lol, a funny joke, but i would consider buying. would spin right after my Story of Star Wars record

We did however place the order for the repress this week. Once the first orders are taken care of we will announce all the pressing & pre-order info.

We are very sorry about the delay, but there was nothing we could do about any of this. Even if we could, we wouldn't sacrifice the quality of the release just to get it out faster.

woot! looking forward to this

well, it appeared that all my emails bounced back, but I guess they still got them. Got a response today asking for shipping address!! Thanks for posting about this, andi.

holy shit, that looks good!!!

damn. I guess I'll try to resend later. Don't even think my email made it to them.

just tried sending a message to the email you posted, and it bounced back. Were you able to get through to them? Would love a physical copy of this.

sigh, I wasn't getting worked up, not sure what the fuss was about. I was just quoted for stuff I didn't even say. Also, sorry for using words with too many letters : I'll try to misspell stuff to be cool.

Anyway, I disagree that 200 tests is an "awesome way to find errors." Sure it means you have more ears on it, but it also means that you have 200 people with a potentially faulty product.

ok, example. the painkiller guy ordered 200 tests of the iron age 7" intended to use for their tour and a few to test sample quality. he found a pop and had to have 5 or 6 more tests made to correct the error before going to press with large batch. but it was already too late and they had to have something to sell on tour. hence the rest were sold as tour presses. by your odd sense of equation, none of them were tests because of the quantity and that they were being sold. even though a few were used as such. do you see where i'm going with this? just because a few were used as intended, it doesn't make the rest of them any different than the couple that were rejected. they all had the same pop. (which is annoying by the way). but they were just sold under a different moniker.

as far as your ideology of tests being made in large quantities and being sold as such for monetary value. i agree, it's shitty. but not all labels and bands do it for that reason. most do it for kitchey variant purposes at cost and others do it out of last minute necessity only (see above). usually both. but rarely seldom to do i find out about labels i buy from selling tons of tests for cash to make a profit. just my 2 cents.

I really don't care what the quantity is, my point is that they aren't being used as TESTS. If 200 people are sitting there listening for issues to get back to the band/label, so be it. I hardly think that is a good way to test a product though.

I don't see how my arguing they aren't used for testing purposes is as you say "an odd sense of equation"

This is mostly an academic debate, as it is obvious that bands/labels use "test presses" a variety of ways, many of which aren't to test the product for quality control.

Also, at no point did I even mention ANYTHING about monetary value or how they are sold. Perhaps you are confusing my comments with someone else's. My only comments were on the nomenclature and function of test presses.

I agree with the original post here. By name, test press should be to test the sound and quality of the record - A quality control step before the press run goes full steam.

If you want to do a small variant run, fine, but calling them "test presses" is just incorrect.

what's the difference if it's 5 or 100. they're all tests technically. because that's how you order them before the original run. saying they are variants instead just because volume is just semantics.

It isn't just semantics, it's function. Are these 100 test presses being reviewed for problems with the press? i.e., being tested? No. They are a small run being sold or given away under the name "test"

I agree with the original post here. By name, test press should be to test the sound and quality of the record - A quality control step before the press run goes full steam.

If you want to do a small variant run, fine, but calling them "test presses" is just incorrect.