The Vool Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 For some reason I thought this was a 7"... What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 My favorite one thus far in The Hobby has been Deadhorse/HHH 7" which is listed as "Orange-Red" and came out YELLOW - I even emailed the poor dude at the label to confirm that my red-green color deficiency hadn't taken a sudden turn for the worse "That's the way they came out at the plant when they mixed the orange and red," he said the plant told him Reminds of when we built our house and the daughter's room was supposed to be painted PINK, and when we were doing the daily walk through, noticed it was Mint Green, pretty, but not Pink. So, the wife's eye is twitching pretty hard (at least the 10th time this sort of thing happened already), so I called the builder who said ... "I know, I know, but we had this leftover Green and thought - "why not paint the room Green and see if they like it!" Needless to say, they had to put 3 coats of PINK with the wife supervising every paint brush - no caving in. I can't understand why when the Yellow DH/HHH arrived, they didn't send it back - except for: 1. Deadline 2. Maybe the plant gave it to them free and the label just ditched the advertised color, thinking 'so what, who cares?' And deal with all the emails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 My favorite one thus far in The Hobby has been Deadhorse/HHH 7" which is listed as "Orange-Red" and came out YELLOW - I even emailed the poor dude at the label to confirm that my red-green color deficiency hadn't taken a sudden turn for the worse "That's the way they came out at the plant when they mixed the orange and red," he said the plant told him I can't understand why when the Yellow DH/HHH arrived, they didn't send it back - except for: 1. Deadline 2. Maybe the plant gave it to them free and the label just ditched the advertised color, thinking 'so what, who cares?' And deal with all the emails. As somebody pointed out a few posts back, unless you're doing a simple single or split color, you're putting yourself at the mercy of the guy mixing colors at the plant. Once the color pellets are loaded in the press, your whole run is locked in. Unless there was a legitimate problem (ie. audio quality), I can't imagine any plant would agree to repress for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 As somebody pointed out a few posts back, unless you're doing a simple single or split color, you're putting yourself at the mercy of the guy mixing colors at the plant. Once the color pellets are loaded in the press, your whole run is locked in. Unless there was a legitimate problem (ie. audio quality), I can't imagine any plant would agree to repress for free. Yep, my understanding is there aren't many pressing plants so they're on the power play, but the are not the only show in town. Getting the wrong color from what you ordered is a 'legitimate problem' in most any business - heck, Sherwin-Williams fed me and kept me alive (my Dad worked for them for 25 years). I'd like to see them try this business model. Just because an order might be small in the vinyl ordering world doesn't give the fat cat pressing plants the right to give them the finger, though that's most likely what happens. And the labels aren't as anal about the color - is it 'puke' gold or 'translucent gold' - as the collectors. And with 'legitimate problems' like audio quality, that's quite a bit more subjective than getting Yellow vs Orange-Red! We all have albums with sound quality issues, and some pretty serious (thinking 1st press Caspian Tertia) -- unless, of course, we only own Denovali releases. But then, that's what Test Presses are for, right? I think you're grasping since lexdev linked up, but whatever, it's The Hobby . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindovermatter Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've definitely gotten the wrong color more than once. They just don't care at the plant level. I assure you that the mess-ups are never free and that they will send you another stab at your color variant...if you pay for ANOTHER pressing. In my case, I just stopped using those plants for future pressings, but it is very exhausting looking for new pressing plants each time - because they all do the same thing! Ha! drds89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 For those of you who haven't picked this up yet, GoHastings has it for $9.18 PPD http://www.gohastings.com/product/POPMUSIC/Hymn-for-the-Greatest-Generation/sku/293139237.uts# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I couldn't care less whether or not my records look like they do in a mock up. Didn't know people cared so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Getting the wrong color from what you ordered is a 'legitimate problem' in most any business - heck, Sherwin-Williams fed me and kept me alive (my Dad worked for them for 25 years). I'd like to see them try this business model. I think you're grasping since lexdev linked up, but whatever, it's The Hobby . Sherwin Williams is in the business of color. Record color is important to a bunch of obsessed hobbyists, but it's not the main business of record pressing plants. Would it be nice if everything came out perfectly? Sure, but right now it's not realistic. As to grasping, yes Pirates, Gotta Grove, United, etc have sample mockups on their sites. But you were talking about the Deadhorse split mockup, which was done by the label;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 alright, soldier, I'm going back to coin collecting so as not derail this thread any further - but it has been educational! I sure hope my /250 Brown looks as good as the White Euro (anxioulsy wringing hands) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deletedunknown Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 My brown's completely opaque. Almost the same shade of the dark values of the cover, so looks okay to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Got my solid brown yesterday. I actually dig the color. Sounds fantastic as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseydave77 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 It does sound great. Not as into this as Waking Season though - such a great record. Caspian set the bar really high over the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Looks like the /250 Brown is back in stock at HellMerch for those who missed it first go around... http://hellomerch.com/collections/caspian/products/hymn-for-the-greatest-generation-ep still only $10. you're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyrecords Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Looks like the /250 Brown is back in stock at HellMerch for those who missed it first go around... http://hellomerch.com/collections/caspian/products/hymn-for-the-greatest-generation-ep still only $10. you're welcome you rock got one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbenator Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Looks like the /250 Brown is back in stock at HellMerch for those who missed it first go around... http://hellomerch.com/collections/caspian/products/hymn-for-the-greatest-generation-ep still only $10. you're welcome That didn't last long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 why did it go up again? (not now but as Don pointed out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 why did it go up again? (not now but as Don pointed out) My guess would be for "My corner has a small crease in it. Can I get a replacement?" type situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbenator Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 why did it go up again? (not now but as Don pointed out) I'd assume they held back a number of the stock for replacement orders. In the end, more were held back then items needing replacement. So finally the comfort zone came to part with the rest Requiescat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyrecords Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Wow this got here today. Talk about fast. Listening now. It's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiescat Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 This album has grown on me with each listen. I definitely think the title track is one of the best post-rock songs I've heard in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 My favorite one thus far in The Hobby has been Deadhorse/HHH 7" which is listed as "Orange-Red" and came out YELLOW - I even emailed the poor dude at the label to confirm that my red-green color deficiency hadn't taken a sudden turn for the worse "That's the way they came out at the plant when they mixed the orange and red," he said the plant told him Reminds of when we built our house and the daughter's room was supposed to be painted PINK, and when we were doing the daily walk through, noticed it was Mint Green, pretty, but not Pink. So, the wife's eye is twitching pretty hard (at least the 10th time this sort of thing happened already), so I called the builder who said ... "I know, I know, but we had this leftover Green and thought - "why not paint the room Green and see if they like it!" Needless to say, they had to put 3 coats of PINK with the wife supervising every paint brush - no caving in. I can't understand why when the Yellow DH/HHH arrived, they didn't send it back - except for: 1. Deadline 2. Maybe the plant gave it to them free and the label just ditched the advertised color, thinking 'so what, who cares?' And deal with all the emails. I'm not even sure what happened with those records. We were just told what colors they were going to be, because they were going to match the artwork that Brent had put together for the split. I feel like they were all originally advertised as something that came out completely different. You never really know how crazy color combos are going to turn out, but we just rolled with it, because at the end of the day, what are you really going to do? When we got "We Can Create Our Own World" done, there was a mixup that we had to get changed. Remember the clear green ones with the silkscreen covers? That's what arrived to us first instead of the marbled olive that we requested. Those obviously didn't match the aesthetic of our band whatsoever, but we figured out something we could do with them, and it went over really well. It's all just a roll of the dice I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drds89 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 What I learned from the discussion is who is the real boss in the vinyl production business - not the customer. It's a great attitude to have and resourceful, that when you don't get what you ordered (lemons), you make lemonade, like Deadhorse in the post above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-tess. Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Why is everyone hatin' on the brown variant? I know it isn't exactly what we were all expecting, but all things considered... I like it. Plus, it's what the wax plays... and I think we can all agree that Caspian has done it again. Also, if you can catch them live, it is so worth it. Great live show. Derek™ and forbenator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtragedy Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 received my copy yesterday. goes well with the artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Amazon.com are selling this (got mine today). Depending on whether you have Prime and whether or not you are in the USA, they may well be cheaper than Hello Merch. http://www.amazon.com/Hymn-Greatest-Generation-Caspian/dp/B00FSCLJ4G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445099106&sr=8-1&keywords=caspian+hymn http://hellomerch.com/collections/caspian/products/hymn-for-the-greatest-generation-ep?variant=375621237 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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