Yellowcard Band • Page 205

It's such a dumb outlook on the labels part. Today, in a matter of seconds, 1000 copies were sold of Saves The Day's In Reverie, and 1500 copies of Ocean Avenue. That's more copies sold in an afternoon than both albums probably did in the last two years. Granted, I don't know the first thing about the cost of manufacturing these on vinyl, but I gotta imagine they'd make their money back very quickly.

 

The first order I placed I didn’t think went through - it had both variants. Went back to try again and the yellow was sold out just got black. Ended up getting an email confirmation from field day records for the black. However I received a PayPal notification for both orders. So I have no idea if just one order went through or both.

 

I only got a PayPal email, nothing from FDR.. so I’m not that hopeful it actually worked. Unless I typed in my email wrong in the rush

 

Yeah I’m not sure how long to wait before I should try and reach out and resolve the issue.

 

Same thing happened to me site crashed right during checkout, went back in checked out now have two confirmations. I am sure they will cancel one I would think.

 

Field Day said the release sold out in under 2 mins. So all that time messing with the spinning wheels from 11:02 - 11:30 was pointless.

 

Shit like this makes me sick.

 

To be fair, that is not the version released today but an older press.

 

I thought i had seen somewhere recently (maybe even here) that the audio quality wasn’t as good on the older pressing.

 

I’m referring to the top bar of the screen, which is the ones that were on preorder today for prices of $180+

 

Oh, yes.

 

as I managed to snag a Yellow variant I have the original black pressing from....2011? Discogs says there are some for sale at $200 but if anyone here wants it happy to sell. As @pbueddi said the audio quality isn't the best on that pressing.

 

I remember talking to Butch Walker about this issue probably 6+ years ago and he had basically no hope that he'd ever be able to press his older albums on vinyl because the label just was never going to put in the time. For artists like that, they completely don't care about just leaving the stuff on the shelf forever.

A day like this is a huge show of demand for this kind of stuff. It also makes me feel like things like RSD and Vinyl Me Please could (generally) be choosing records that people want more, but don't.

 

I just don’t why they don’t try and maximize profits as a label. Give the artists rights to their music for things like represses or best of records and take an appropriate agreed upon percentage. Band would probably take on marketing because they are more invested.

Labels can just be lazy and I creative. I guess that’s why so many are in the situation they are in now. It’s too bad hearing stories like Butch’s.

I believe Trever Keith of Fave To Face bought his masters back from the various labels. More labels need to allow that instead of shelving stuff in “cardboard boxes in the damp and musty basement” because they don’t deem it “vault worthy”.

 

Anyone get shipping notifications yet?

 

is that the new strategy now? Release an extremely limited variant, skyrocket demand, get plenty of news cycling about people being pissed, release a second round of variants that will now sell even more

 

Seems to be

 

Don't want to break your heart, but that's an extremely old strategy

 

I can confirm that the OA variant from the box set sounds like shit.

 

I had pressings of OA, L&S, Paper Walls about a decade ago and they were awful.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CMIw24RALjJ/?igshid=f9s3usbp9xmt

I need to get Instagram Reels to embed automatically.

 

I think this solves the remix mystery

 

Is this the pressing peeps are referring to when they say OA sounds like shit?