TROUM >> Saiws 7" out now!

Here it is - finally!
E=mc27 ... pic disc by TROUM
$30 each......
Jeeez! That's Expensive? !!! "Bloody Equation price gouging good-for-nothing a**-holes ... etc etc"
Yes --- hands-up in guilt ... it IS expensive BUT I'm still selling at COST (well, I actually LOSE $0.08 per copy to be precise).
The covers cost a FORTUNE to make and ship (plus I got whacked by heavy import duties .... I guess I did my little bit for our national debt crisis...)
Liquid-Gel filled with "sand & sea" filling. Die-cut, printed gatefold.
I certainly know of no other record like this anywhere, it's unique...
179 copies as that's all I could afford to get made!
If you in USA suggest you buy direct from me or if you in Europe suggest you go direct to Drone Records. Aquarius in SF will take a few copies too...



Alan McClelland did an outstanding job on the whole thing -- concept, design and innovation.
The music works PERFECTLY.
More images below....

Troum SAIWS 7"

Not really announced fully but we're doing a superb 7" pic disc by TROUM called SAIWS and is going to be housed in a sleeve you simply will not believe (printed, die-cut liquid gel pack).
This will be E=mc27 and "is a nautical single"
Designed by Alan McClelland -- this will be a genuinely unique item.
We've never seen anything like this before.
It's expensive as each sleeve cost over $15 EACH plus the pic disc record cost too.
We are making 175 copies only and will be selling at cost.
More info later.

Bill

Taming The Outback is out

Took ages but I just announced the official release of this retrospective CD yesterday.
getting some great reviews -- see Record Collector, Rock-a-Rolla, Norman Records and Aquarius.
See the release page (via the Press page and others)

Price of ordinary CD is really low.
Stockists:
me (of course) ...
Drone Records (Germany)
Aquarius (USA)
Midheaven / Revolver (USA)
Beta-lactam Ring (USA)
Amazon.co.uk (via Detour Records)
SouthendPunk.com (ask for Steve)

Cheers

TAMING THE OUTBACK -- CD Out Soon

After a long wait this is almost ready to go --
385 numbered copies is a really REALLY nice thick card LP-style gatefold sleeve with inner sleeve, 2-sided mini-poster and 24-page booklet packed with info and band history etc etc

There is a special boxed-set version of 75 copies containing a copy of the band's debut 1987 7inch plus a load of extras (see the web site for pics).

This is being sold as cheaply as possible and the bloody postage calculator (that just gives me grief) has been "tweaked" to make postage of the standard CD nice and cheap too.
The box set is heavy and ships at the standard LP rate.

Will be released in about 1 weeks from now.

2011 Plans

Current plans for 2011 include the following...

E=mc22
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer LP+7"+CD set (both 1-sided)
Almost done.
Gonna be a beaut...

E=mc24
Taming The Outback "1986-1989" CD.
This long-in-the-making project is almost done. I had some problems with the 24-page booklet (currently being re-printed) but it all looks and sounds great! Comes in a super-thick Stoughton-style gatefold sleeve, a 2-sided mini-poster plus the aforementioned booklet. Initial copies will also come with a great sticker.
There is also going to 75-copy 7" by 7" embossed box-set version featuring 4 badges (buttons), a copy of the band's only 7" and other goodies.

E=mc25
Bad Losers
Plan to press 100-copies of this LP with proper printed labels, booklet and stuff...

E=mc27
Troum "SAIWS" pic disc 7"
We HOPE to have this in a liquid-filled (gel) sleeve. We'll see. Planning to make about 150 of these - all depends on how the sleeve comes along 9and costs!)

E=mc28 ... ????
Right now no plans ... we'll see.
The "music biz" is in a parlous state right now.
Many of my favourite record shops have shut and life is tough for many many artists and labels. We'll persevere though ...
Cheers and happy 2011

Pepe Wismeer LP now finally out.

At last ...
this long-in-the-making LP is complete and available and with 100 copies in total it'll surely make the Xmas #1 in the hot top pop charts...
Seriously - it looks great.
Beta-lactam Ring have copies and Forced Exposure should be getting some copies soon.
The band have some as well.
While the records arrived in August - getting the sleeves and inserts together correctly took much longer than expected.
Comes with a 2-sided card insert, an 8-page stapled booklet and another insert explaining the rather unusual pressing process used to make the record (which cannot be re-pressed!).

I'll be on holiday from 24th Dec to mid-January 2011 - so any orders placed in this period will not be shipped until I get back to EQ-Towers.
Cheers

Pepe Wismeer - 100-copy LP coming soon

Vinyl-fetishists alert.

I have just taken receipt of 100 copies of the new LP by Pepe Wismeer (this is not a person but a duo from France with quite a long pedigree of CDs, CD-Rs and some vinyl).
The LP, titled "musi" contains some sublime music.
For some amazing reason (most probably due to magic fairy dust, this has been confirme3d by real scientists...) the audio on the vinyl sounds SOOO much better than the CD copy.
This is a full-length, coherent LP with full printed labels - each numbered.

We are still working on the cover - but there will be inserts and - I hope - a small stapled booklet (we'll see) - the band are currently on holiday.

This record was pressed on standard 140g vinyl using a new process called a "Father Press" - which eliminates the need of a "Mother" plate BUT means you cannot press any more than 100 copies or so. The only way to re-press is to cut another master. So this is a unique item!
Sound quality is superb.

Cat # is E=mc26 and more details will come when I know myself.
I am hoping to coincide this release with a full re-issue of some earlier Pepe Wismeer CDs by Beta-lactam Ring later this year. Watch this space.

That's it for now - except to say the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer record (E=mc22) is still ongoing - this is a major (sorry, I mean MAJOR) effort by all involved and the final result - if it all goes according to our fiendish plans - will be spectacular (expensive ... but spectacular...)