yarostino Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 hey guys, so how should i start this thread? first off if you dont know Fair To Midland: theyre an amazing "progressive metal" band (i really wouldnt want to label them) from somewhere in texas. theyve got four albums out, two of them being completely out of print and highly sought after, one pressed on vinyl. if you dont know them and you like prog-rock-metal-whatever you should definitely check them out! you can stream their latest album "Arrows & Anchors" over here: http://www.radiometal.com/en/article/preview-fair-to-midland-hits-the-target,36702 so heres the main reason for this thread: Arrows & Anchors was supposed to be released on cd and vinyl. literally one day before the release of the album (mid-july if i remember correctly) their label sent around an email saying: FROM STEVE SEABURY AT eOne:Hey all! As I'm sure you know... Fair to Midland's new record Arrows & Anchors is available tomorrow, July 12 (July 11 in Europe/Australia). We are super excited to be releasing such a great record by such a special band. We wanted to thank you for your pre-orders of the new Arrows & Anchors vinyl. Unfortunately, at no fault of the band, we have had to make a tough and last minute decision to not manufacture vinyl for this album. With digital downloads hurting physical sales of albums there just weren't enough orders of vinyl records to justify the manufacturing cost. That being said, Fair to Midland will be reaching out today to figure out how best to remedy the missing vinyl in your packages. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope that this does not tarnish your image of FTM in any way. They truly care for their fans and friends and will do everything in their power to fix this issue as soon as possible. Thanks for listening. yeah, right... digital downloads are hurting physical sales. obviously people were pretty pissed off by the labels decision. my question is: since there are a shitload of labels here on the forums, is there anybody who would be interested of pressing that record. right now i could really just see a positive outcome: the band really isnt huge but their fanbase is pretty dedicated and willing to spend quite some money on FTM-stuff (example: their first album which is oop for a few years now recently went on ebay for $400! ... yes, a cd... $400...) somebody could do a small run of something like 200 or 300 copies, put the price up a bit and make some nice profit. if you want to read a bit further into the vinyl-situation heres the thread at the FTM-board: http://ftmband.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3743 would anybody be interested in making that happen? its a long shot but i love that band and i figured its worth a shot asking around here... -yaro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipmyreeds Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Just stopping by to say - as someone who pre-ordered Arrows & Anchors - I'd love to see this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 never heard this band but this is a bullshit move by the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 never heard this band but this is a bullshit move by the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopdog Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 "With digital downloads hurting physical sales of albums there just weren't enough orders of vinyl records to justify the manufacturing cost." Then why did you do a pre-order? Wow less like a label and more like a pile of shit. I don't even know this band but any label that does pre-orders and doesn't deliver based on cash is probably not in the right financial situation to be releasing records in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipmyreeds Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 By the way, the band sent refunds or new t-shirts to make up for the issue (a download of the album was included prior). Classy move by a great band. No idea why this "label" did what it did. Dreaming of a vinyl press someday that sounds better than the CD...Joe's House of Compression compressed this one too much for my tastes. Clipping like a mofo. Shame too because the songs are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Would love to see this on vinyl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 highly sought after not "seeked after". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbubblegum Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Would love to see this happen as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarostino Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 im glad theres a positive reaction towards A&A being pressed on vinyl. i just wish somebody could make our dreams actually happen, haha highly sought after not "seeked after". whoops, thanks! even after all this years my english still isnt perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 im glad theres a positive reaction towards A&A being pressed on vinyl. i just wish somebody could make our dreams actually happen, hahahighly sought after not "seeked after". whoops, thanks! even after all this years my english still isnt perfect no biggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markovianprocess Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I really don't see anyone stepping up to press this if they couldn't get enough orders in the first place to justify the cost. Set up a Kickstarter, and you might get lucky. This is one of the few situations where I could see a benefit in using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamason56 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 this band is awesome but they aren't even that well known here in Texas so I don't really see this happening even though they are badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipmyreeds Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 this band is awesome but they aren't even that well known here in Texas so I don't really see this happening even though they are badass I'd consider them at least as well known as plenty of other artists/bands around here. Dance of the Manatee off their first album got alternative radio play and that album had a vinyl issue. It's unusual that this one does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopdog Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 A kickstrarter I think would be a badass idea get a rough estimate and set up those higher tiers carefully and I bet this could be pretty solid the people on that board sound pretty upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarostino Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 thats a pretty good idea!! i think im gonna contact the band about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr15a113n Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I tried to find a thread for the album, Arrows and Anchors and found nothing. There is an indie release of the album that looks to be coming out on October 23rd. If you google around you can find it. I’m not sure if the band was/is planning on announcing it or anything. swallowtales 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swallowtales Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Chr15a113n said: I tried to find a thread for the album, Arrows and Anchors and found nothing. There is an indie release of the album that looks to be coming out on October 23rd. If you google around you can find it. I’m not sure if the band was/is planning on announcing it or anything. had a lil look and managed to find it at one place, hoping more comes out about it though as it's gonna be expensive to get to NZ if it isn't stocked many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindphaser Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Hey guys, 'Fables..' repress is coming in February, details here: https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/fair-to-midland/fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-is-true A few pre-order links are up (I'm sure plenty of others if you look around): https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times/hnum/10816248 https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-882228 https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/fair-to-midland/fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-is-true https://www.horizonsmusic.co.uk/products/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-3-times-is-true-2lp-black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swallowtales Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, mindphaser said: Hey guys, 'Fables..' repress is coming in February, details here: https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/fair-to-midland/fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-is-true A few pre-order links are up (I'm sure plenty of others if you look around): https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times/hnum/10816248 https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-882228 https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/fair-to-midland/fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-three-times-is-true https://www.horizonsmusic.co.uk/products/fair-to-midland-fables-from-a-mayfly-what-i-tell-you-3-times-is-true-2lp-black Holy shit, didn't think this would happen. Awesome to finally get this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindphaser Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 13 hours ago, swallowtales said: Holy shit, didn't think this would happen. Awesome to finally get this. I will admit I was pretty stoked to see this too - particularly considering the price of an original pressing these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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