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IF you don't like a band / album......is it really so hard to go on to the next thread.....................................

 

Me, myself.  I will be buying this.  Probably will stop my "completest" collection though.

you don't have to like a band to be able to comment on the inherent cashgrabby-ness of the package

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Thank you.

 

Seriously, how much more are they going to milk this album? And if they were planning on ANOTHER repress, it should have been sold during the IARB tour. 

I contacted the band about this. They told me they tried to, but they didnt contact Doghouse early enough for there to be a pressing before the tour started

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Wait a second... Did anyone catch where it said the "first" 2500 units. Maybe they're pressing a standard non-ridiculously price version of this 

 

 

I just figured that meant the first 2500 orders, and they were pressing a fuck ton.

 

 

But thats the thing. All the pressings for the box set equal 2500. Theres hope 

 

It says the first 2500 copies (all that are for sale) will include the 7". If these sell out fast (which i kinda doubt), then they'll probably press more on black or some other color without the 7" at the same price. It's all a marketing gimmick to make you think you need to order NOW before THEY'RE GONE. 

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How is it a cash grab?  There is a huge demand for this to be repressed.  Even previous represses have been selling for over $100 regularly.  

100 test press bundles, $5-10 higher price point for "limited" packages, four ten inches vs literally anything else ... etc

if this wasn't a cash grab, it would have been a 2xlp with a bonus 7" for the WARB and priced at half of what this costs.

 

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How is it a cash grab?  There is a huge demand for this to be repressed.  Even previous represses have been selling for over $100 regularly.  

 

As I don't have a horse in this race...

 

It's a cash grab because it's a $60 deluxe 10" set available in four different gimmicky colors. It's on four 10"s for no other reason than to create more profit. They could have pressed a double LP for half the production price and sold it for $25, but they didn't. It's really a huge slap in the face to most fans and it's a huge part of what's wrong with the record industry.

 

The people buying the most physical music and keeping labels in business are the people buying vinyl. These shitty vinyl labels are trying to take advantage of the only people giving a shit and eventually more people will figure it out and just stop giving in. There's a minority of people who really like this 4 x 10" stuff, and a bet a lot of them already have the original pressing. The majority of people want to listen to a record on their favorite format and not be raped to have to do so.

 

It's why I'm a fan of how third man does business. Offer a limited, gimmicky-as-fuck edition for people who love that stuff, and offer a no-frills, good sounding, black record at a reasonable price that doesn't go out of print.  

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