PO: The Dear Hunter Boxset (Acts I - V + new album "The Fox and the Hunt")

[Matt Danish 160]

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Edited January 13 by Matt Danish

[chamb117 549]

here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating —

• new art for acts I–III
• same art for acts IV–V
• fox and the hunt art as advertised online
• an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely.
• i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it.

pics in my next post.

[perelandra05 0]

8 minutes ago, chamb117 said:

here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating —

• new art for acts I–III
• same art for acts IV–V
• fox and the hunt art as advertised online
• an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely.
• i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it.

pics in my next post.

Agreed. The box set is top notch top to bottom. Casey never disappoints with his aesthetic for all things Dear Hunter.

[chamb117 549]

also, like highfives, i have represses of I–III and originals of IV–V. i will compare once i'm not suffocating under cardboard boxes.

 

casey and company did a great job with art direction. all the colorways match the art extremely well.

 

link to pics of the set:

https://imgur.com/a/ZzN6uUd

[highfives 717]

1 hour ago, chamb117 said:

here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating —

• new art for acts I–III
• same art for acts IV–V
• fox and the hunt art as advertised online
• an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely.
• i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it.

pics in my next post.

Yes, Act VI was advertised to be an empty sleeve in the set.  If and when it is released, box set owners get it at a discount.

[isavedlatin54 1,012]

I feel fucking stupid for sleeping on this

[Billich0986 87]

20 hours ago, perelandra05 said:

I've never heard the originals, only previous on vinyl I have is Amour, so far I've cleaned through all the records and listened to Fox & the Hunt, ACT I, and ACT II. All have quite a bit of surface noise which is a bummer as I've bought them to listen too and not just admire. Amour sounded fantastic by the way. The vinyl came out of the box very filthy so hopefully a play thru and another round of cleaning will fix it but just curious what everyone else's experience has been so far.

I'm cleaning the box set right now and am listening to Act I. I don't have any surface noise, and they sound very clear and crisp. I don't have any of the original presses, so I have nothing to compare to in that regard, but it sounds really good and in line with any other high quality press, so I'm happy.

[highfives 717]

For those who have the box set already, are the jackets gatefold like the original presses?  Or are they single sleeves?

[Fowty Dollaz 1,875]

11 minutes ago, highfives said:

For those who have the box set already, are the jackets gatefold like the original presses?  Or are they single sleeves?

Single sleeves

only part that really bummed me out. It would've been nice to have expanded, new artwork.

[highfives 717]

32 minutes ago, Fowty Dollaz said:

Single sleeves

only part that really bummed me out. It would've been nice to have expanded, new artwork.

Kind of lame considering they were all gatefolds in their last iteration.  What happened to the artwork inside the gatefolds for IV and V?

[Fowty Dollaz 1,875]

2 hours ago, highfives said:

Kind of lame considering they were all gatefolds in their last iteration.  What happened to the artwork inside the gatefolds for IV and V?

*Shrug*

[chamb117 549]

my guess for single sleeve vs gatefold is the single sleeve stack more easily, whereas stacking gatefolders would aesthetically be less pleasing. not saying that's a defensible rationale, although (again, from a purely aesthetic standpoint, which a lot of this is based on) i totally understand it

[_stretts 121]

Received this in the mail last week. Pressing is incredibly quiet and sounds amazing.

[dapeebs 420]

Looks like they put up around ~80 copies of the boxset back up. 

 

Also, looks like they pressed the Fox and the Hunt on its own as well. Seems to be the same pressing that's within the boxset: 

https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/the-fox-and-the-hunt-black-1

[isavedlatin54 1,012]

10 hours ago, dapeebs said:

Looks like they put up around ~80 copies of the boxset back up. 

 

Also, looks like they pressed the Fox and the Hunt on its own as well. Seems to be the same pressing that's within the boxset: 

https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/the-fox-and-the-hunt-black-1

Thanks for the heads up. Did grab.

[isavedlatin54 1,012]

Bump cause this is still up and I don’t want folks to miss out.