Guess the record store day release of the 12 inch should be coming up soon.
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postpunkmonk wrote:My store is closed with curbside pickup only. They will take orders at 10:00 am by phone/email/FaceBoot Messenger/ The phone line will be hard to get, and I have nothing to do with FaceBoot, so I've pinned my hopes on an email I have pre-drafted and ready to go. I'll still need to phone in my card infor so we'll see.
postpunkmonk wrote:I had the most enjoyable RSD experience on Saturday. Two weeks ago I was wondering what my local emporium would be doing for the first drop since they are closed. They are selling remotely by phone and web and offer curbside pickup. So I emailed the store indicating my interest in "Sleepwalk" and "Roxy Music;" both Steven Wilson mixes of classic material. One of the owners got back to me saying they had not yet decided how to proceed. I'd heard of some pretty obnoxious schemes to sell RSD product in the pandemic [lotteries, etc.] that manages to make what was already a bad situation, even worse.
On Friday I found out that the store was selling remotely. Buyers were encouraged to phone/email/FaceBoot Message at 10:00 on Saturday if they wanted any particular title and pay remotely, with pickup offered for in-town buyers. They could sell to out of town buyers by 1:00 as per the RSD "rules."
I don't FaceBoot, and don't use a cell phone. I have an ipod touch which is a computer in wi-fi and was at the shop getting an oil change/tire rotation in the morning, so I had an email ready to send in drafts indicating the 2 titles I wanted. At 10:00 I hit "send" and by 10:24 I had a response with payment instructions via Paypal. By 10:45 I left the shop and was picking up my records. The kindest, gentlest RSD experience ever.
Pressing quality was great on the Ultravox release. As mentioned, the high quality anti-static sleeve was a real treat. Print quality of the sleeve was impeccable. They obviously sourced the images from photographer Brian Griffin. I've never seen so much tone in the shots. And the card stock used came as close as imaginable to that of the original, which used the reverse, textured side of the card stock for an interesting effect. The new sleeve has the same woolly texture.
I digitized it last night. I was hoping for a DL code, but that ship has mostly sailed, though I did get one in the new John Foxx + The Maths album this month! The Wilson mixes are subtle for "Sleepwalk." It seems dryer with less reverb. Neither decidedly inferior nor superior for the A-side. "Waiting" was another thing entirely. More liberties were taken in the mix and I found that I was liking the difference. The synth swooshes and white noise explosions were gone, and since they were already used as hooks in the A-side, this made some sense to me. New aspects of the synths were brought to the foreground. The long atmospheric fade was very different. I am leaning towards preferring the Wilson mix of "Waiting." So; not bad. Not bad at all. I was thrilled to get the two records I wanted in such a pleasant manner. Nice to actually buy a record without costly shipping.
discoginfo wrote:I was credited in the Box for video restoration, hehe. The people responsible must have been stressed out...
/Jonas Warstad
http://www.discog.info/ultravox.html
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