psychoriley Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Just got an email......Modern Action has 2 new PO's up and as alway Kool packaging... Smogtown Incest & Pestilence LP Surfwax silk screened mailorder edition clear vinyl /150 http://www.vom.com/radio77/mar015.htm "Has it really been a decade? After a few break ups, a couple hibernation periods along with a few sporadic releases here and there, the Fuhrers of the new wave are finally back with their first full length in l0 years. These twelve brand new unreleased songs, pick up right where domesticviolenceland left off, and are filled to the brim with their patented OC suburbanite beach punk fury. Not much more to say - its SMOGTOWN and the Beach City Butchers are back with a bang!" Neighborhood Brats s/t12" + bonus 7"(The Orphans) screen print covers white vinyl mailorder /150 http://www.vom.com/radio77/mar013.htm "This new San Francisco band fronted by Jenny (The Orphans), and backed by previous members of Roofie and the Nightstalker/Cute Lepers and many more, the NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS are here and are lighting the bay area scene on fire. These 5 songs represent the band’s entire debut recording session and are already blipping the radar for best record of 2011. All songs are catchy, raw and blistering punk rock bringing to mind early eighties LA punk crossed with early SF female fronted bands. Think Black Flag with Avengers/VKTMS vocals. Yes, it really is as good as that sounds. And I’m sure you've heard about the already legendary live shows, right?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thanks for this! MA is probably my favorite label right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The effort and care they put into their packaging is fantastic! That Modern Action LP was my favorite punk rock record last year too. Check out the German P.Trash records too.. that guy and his wife run it and they're awesome.. they put together some really great packaging as well and I think he said he'll be doing the euro version of that MA album pretty soon. http://www.ptrashrecords.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Has anyone got their records yet? Almost three weeks and this wasn't actually supposed to be a pre-order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 MA stuff usually takes a bit. But it's worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Still haven't gotten shit. For something that was not a PO this sucks. I might pass next time Modern Action puts stuff up. Too many other great labels giving better service. I'm looking forward to the Hostage Records rebirth. I heard their first release is a Smogtown 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
706union Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 modern action sent out an email saying the covers got messed up and they had to re-do some...thats why it takes a little longer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 modern action sent out an email saying the covers got messed up and they had to re-do some...thats why it takes a little longer.... Yeah, I got that email over two weeks ago about the covers and they were supposedly shipping that week. The thing is that they specifically posted on their site that they weren't doing pre-orders anymore. They would only sell it when it's ready. If they didn't have the shit ready to go out the door then it's a pre-order, no matter what excuses they give. I paid for this stuff over five weeks ago, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect my records. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Then don't order! More for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoriley Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Me to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 MA stuff usually takes a bit. But it's worth the wait. Yah they always drag but always come thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
706union Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 modern action sent out an email saying the covers got messed up and they had to re-do some...thats why it takes a little longer.... Yeah, I got that email over two weeks ago about the covers and they were supposedly shipping that week. The thing is that they specifically posted on their site that they weren't doing pre-orders anymore. They would only sell it when it's ready. If they didn't have the shit ready to go out the door then it's a pre-order, no matter what excuses they give. I paid for this stuff over five weeks ago, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect my records. : don´t quote em on a week....they sent out an explanation which is way better than many other labels.....also everything´s done DIY etc. so bear with em... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yeah, I got that email over two weeks ago about the covers and they were supposedly shipping that week. The thing is that they specifically posted on their site that they weren't doing pre-orders anymore. They would only sell it when it's ready. If they didn't have the shit ready to go out the door then it's a pre-order, no matter what excuses they give. I paid for this stuff over five weeks ago, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect my records. : don´t quote em on a week....they sent out an explanation which is way better than many other labels.....also everything´s done DIY etc. so bear with em... Yeah, I know compared to other labels/distros they aren't bad. I just wanna listen to Smogtown and the Neighborhood Brats! Maybe today will be the lucky day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 FYI: Email from Modern Action: To all MAR faithful,first off all, thanks for your most recent order and any past orders that youve placed with us....we are well aware (as im sure you all are too) that our shipping performance over the past year has been poor at best. we are somewhat hopeful that our end product has somewhat compensated this deficiency. sometimes its been because of us doing pre-orders, other times its been printing mistakes, pressing errors, etc, other times weve bit off more than we could chew and were overwhelmed and others its been due to just plain laziness (hey it is punk rock after all). not that we want to excuse ourselves, but it does take a lot of time to do things the way we do them and in addition, we have put out a lot more releases much quicker than we originally intended to - which, in the end, is a positive thing. anyways, to make an already long story short, we realize that we cannot continue to operate this way if we wanna keep our loyal customers happy. we enjoy doing this and need you to keep this going....so,(i know, i know, youve heard it before) in the future, WE WILL NOT OFFER ANYTHING FOR SALE UNLESS IT IS SITTING ON OUR SHELVES READY TO SHIP! i know we said this last time, which was partially true, we had the cds, we had the vinyl, we had the regular covers and just had to pick up the silk screened covers which ended up having to be redone...so we were pretty close to being correct, but this just taught us that we cant leave anything to chance.... As for your most current orders - heres the skinny: we did finally get the correct finished silk screened covers about 2 weeks ago....we still had to wax em, assemble em, etc. then package/ship the orders...we have been doing it daily for the last two weeks...every day making post office runs and shipping out a stack of orders....a lot of you have already got your orders...others will be getting them today and others tomorrow....every day weve been shipping out orders....after our post office run this morning, we have finished sending out all outstanding orders, so i repeat, EVERY SINGLE ORDER HAS SHIPPED....once again we apologize and thank you for the patience and the order.....please let us know when your package arrives, so we can now begin to rest easier at nite.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yep, I wrote them before this was sent out and Johnny wrote me back, actually two emails to apologize and let me know what was happening. I really appreciated that. I am glad that they realize there is a problem and that they are moving forward to fix it. This is what it takes to make a good record company great. Looking forward to buying from them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 finally got this stuff yesterday. Not really into all the sex wax on the sleeve but all good records nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Got mine today. My surf wax version is on black vinyl though (thought they were supposed to be clear) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoriley Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 They are supposed to be clear, havn't got mine yet....hope they didn't get them mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I sent an email, so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telefunken Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I got my surf wax copy a few days ago and the vinyl is clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Then don't order! More for me! I left all the black vinyl for you. You're welcome. Mine are both on clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm sure it'll be taken care of. Just thought it was odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoriley Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Never did get my order sent emails to them...responded to my 1st one and heard nothing else. I'm not happy with them at all.....didn't even give me a tracking #. Sent one more email today...hope to get it handled....sure they don't have any extras...but would be nice to at least be refunded or credited towards my next order....IF I order again.....never had problems before though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Weird. They sent me the clear vinyl for my messed up surf wax edition pretty much right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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