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.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
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
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
Friday, December 17, 2010
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
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
Monday, August 2, 2010
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...)
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...)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Organum Digital Bootlegging
David Jackman is very distressed to learn that ALL his work - including Valentin (which has only just been released) - has been pirated as digital downloads.
Nothing at all of the David Jackman / Organum catalog has ever been issued as digital downloads.
Nothing.
While the march of the internet is inevitable and unrelenting - we politely request that no-one uses these pirate download services.
The people involved are nothing more than criminal parasites, they do no social good at all and simply undermine everything that true independent artists and labels work so hard to achieve.
No wonder most small indie labels and artists are struggling.
On another matter - the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer release is moving forward - slowly...
But the final product is going to be spectacular (and that is a completely unbiased opinion of course).
Nothing at all of the David Jackman / Organum catalog has ever been issued as digital downloads.
Nothing.
While the march of the internet is inevitable and unrelenting - we politely request that no-one uses these pirate download services.
The people involved are nothing more than criminal parasites, they do no social good at all and simply undermine everything that true independent artists and labels work so hard to achieve.
No wonder most small indie labels and artists are struggling.
On another matter - the Blue Sabbath Black Cheer release is moving forward - slowly...
But the final product is going to be spectacular (and that is a completely unbiased opinion of course).
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Organum "Valentin" - pre-orders now being taken
Ready to go!
After lots of work and stuff we're now ready to take pre-orders for this great addition to the amazing catalog of Organum - a discography that stretches back to 1979...
2 version are available:
Meditiations in Japan will be getting some copies (soon) plus Forced Exposure have copies (they supply almost everyone, everywhere). If you are in California please check Aquarius Records who will be getting copies too (I hope).
Finally, you may think the price is a little high for a 7" single: True - but this item cost a lot to design, master and manufacture - when you see it you'll appreciate why. A worthy addition to the Organum catalog.
After lots of work and stuff we're now ready to take pre-orders for this great addition to the amazing catalog of Organum - a discography that stretches back to 1979...
2 version are available:
- "Standard" version - 233 numbered copies, heavy matte-finish picture sleeve + matching insert.
- Picture Disc version - 81 numbered copies (with same insert as regular edition but no picture sleeve) + PVC pic disc bag.
Meditiations in Japan will be getting some copies (soon) plus Forced Exposure have copies (they supply almost everyone, everywhere). If you are in California please check Aquarius Records who will be getting copies too (I hope).
Finally, you may think the price is a little high for a 7" single: True - but this item cost a lot to design, master and manufacture - when you see it you'll appreciate why. A worthy addition to the Organum catalog.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Organum 7" out on 25th June 2010
The records are all done and look outstanding.
Heavy matte p/s + matching card insert.
Each numbered - 233 copies.
There is a special picture disc version - limited to 81 copies (no sleeve but with the same insert plus a small numbered insert). These will be available only here.
Currently copies will be available via:
Heavy matte p/s + matching card insert.
Each numbered - 233 copies.
There is a special picture disc version - limited to 81 copies (no sleeve but with the same insert plus a small numbered insert). These will be available only here.
Currently copies will be available via:
- Mimaroglu Music Sales (USA)
- Drone Records (Germany)
- Malignant (USA)
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