you can check sound clips at rush hour
http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=48615
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Beddow <andrew.bed...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Morphine generally do generous/effectively unlimited pressings so this
> is a bit of a surprise. the 500 copies didn't show up anywhere I
> usually shop, either. A shame.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:14 PM, fran...@thatamazingthing
> <fran...@thatamazingthing.com> wrote:
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > Thanks for the help. I can see you've been rinsing this one with it
> > appearing in 8 shows! Unfortunately only one mix still appears
> > to be available (I presume the presence of a link indicates this) but I
> > can't get that one to go ("Object not found") either.
> >
> > But no worries as there are 2 alternatives for me:
> >
> > 1. The record is available at a shop - in which case I can check clips
> > there
> >
> > 2. It isn't - in which case I probably don't want to hear it as if I do
> > like it I will then get frustrated at not being able to get
> > it and it will join the list of records I want but missed. So transitory
> > has the nature of vinyl become, with people only daring to
> > do small runs, that things get on this list all to easily now. The list is
> > getting big and I find it healthier just to rip it up
> > and not spend daft amounts of time ferreting out things I might want but
> > missed at the time.
> >
> > As it is Shake was kind enough to drop me a line to say that it looks like
> > those copies weren't promos, the label only wanted to do
> > 500, they're gone and that looks like the end of it.
> >
> > The shame is I can totally understand a label doing small runs with
> > seemingly diminishing sales, they've got to keep viable (this
> > isn't meant to ignite a "is vinyl dead?" / "no, indie bands are selling
> > loads of 7s!" debate) but observing how things run at my
> > local shop it's obvious that it works 2 ways and all the limited runs are
> > part responsible for the diminution - sometimes they could
> > sell many times over what they get. I'll go in for a record and it's like
> > "no, you missed that one" when I am right on watching
> > their website for new stuff and live just round the corner.
> >
> > In times past when there wasn't such a through-put of material I reckon a
> > record could be shipped in, sit on the shelf for a while,
> > have people gradually hear it out and about and rate it / hear about how
> > good it was and then it would slowly get picked up - a
> > "sleeper". What chance of that now?
> >
> > Francis
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Duke [mailto:and...@andrew-duke.com]
> > > Sent: 15 April 2009 17:43
> > > To: 313@hyperreal.org
> > > Subject: Re: (313) Shake : Levitate Venice EP on Morphine Records
> > >
> > > fran...@thatamazingthing wrote:
> > > > This came out in Feb?
> > > >
> > > > I didn't hear about it, did I miss it on here?
> > > >
> > > > Somebody tell me about it - maybe including where there might be clips
> > > > and I can buy it from?
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Shakir?
> > > >
> > > Hi, Francis.
> > > Promos have been out for awhile, but it is not officially available till
> > > later this month.
> > > I've been playing the heck out of it on my mixshow (charted it, too)
> > > since I got the promo;
> > > just checked, and it is featured in some of the mixshows that are
> > > *still* available online here:
> > > http://cognitionaudioworks.com/AndrewDukeInTheMix.html
> >
