Go Back   Sonic Youth Gossip > Sonic Gossip
Reload this Page Anyone else gotten their copy of the Eternal yet?
Register FAQ Members List Mark Forums Read

 
Thread Tools
Old 06.10.2009, 05:39 PM   #121
nancykitten
children of satan
 
nancykitten's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Glasgow, UK
Posts: 316
nancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's asses
So only some of the Battery Park LP's are proper record sleeves, and the rest have just been printed and folded over? Strange that they'd do that.
__________________

 
nancykitten is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 06:02 PM   #122
pokkeherrie
invito al cielo
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 4,289
pokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by nancykitten
So only some of the Battery Park LP's are proper record sleeves, and the rest have just been printed and folded over? Strange that they'd do that.

I think people here just have different interpretations of which sleeves we're talking about.

1. the LP comes in a paper inner sleeve.

2. the actual "cover sleeve" is a fold paper, fold over the inner sleeve.

3. the fold paper "cover sleeve" then comes in your normal clear plastic outer sleeve.


Or maybe I'm wrong and some people really have a proper cardboard cover sleeve.
pokkeherrie is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 06:47 PM   #123
stu666
Super Moderator
 
stu666's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Stowmarket
Posts: 13,498
stu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's assesstu666 kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by swa(y)
all the clocks on the back say its 11:40....mean something? or maybe it was just the time the pics were taken.


awesome stuff...

yeah i was thinking about that too and trying to crack the code.... maybe it is meaningless?
__________________

 



http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/


stu666 is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 07:21 PM   #124
SpectralJulianIsNotDead
invito al cielo
 
SpectralJulianIsNotDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,409
SpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's asses
A reference to the Doomsday clock?

Although the Doomsday clock is always 11:53.


I don't know.

Man I hope my copy gets here tomorrow.
SpectralJulianIsNotDead is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 07:23 PM   #125
jetengine
children of satan
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 399
jetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's assesjetengine kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMartin
Hey, sorry if you were confused, but I feel that we were pretty clear about what was offered. I also feel that we went pretty far and wide with the news about the Buy Early Get Now promotion. Where do you live? What stores are you referring to? In other territories the BEGN promotion is a much newer concept that might not have run as smoothly.
Also Sonic Youth are not on Matador in Japan. They have a separate deal there that we have nothing to do with.


I just got in touch with the record store where I've been doing the majority of my (offline) business for more than 20 years: Fred's Records in St. John's, Newfoundland--the record store in the Atlantic Canadian region of 4 provinces; it's been in business about 40 years. Here's what they had to say about the Eternal/'Live Battery pre-order deal:

"The method that they wanted us to use to get the LPs to the
customer was convoluted and required us to order more product
than we can realistically sell. That borne in mind, the guy who
does the orders decided not to opt into the buy early, get stuff
program. It's a shame really. That being said, The Eternal is their
best work to date, IMHO."

Well, there you have it: Sonic Youth have ascended to musical Nirvana, the folks at Matador feed children to Moloch. Someone please write a sycophantic letter of apology to David Geffen, or otherwise let the bootlegging begin.
jetengine is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 07:28 PM   #126
jennthebenn
expwy. to yr skull
 
jennthebenn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 2,259
jennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's assesjennthebenn kicks all y'all's asses
John 11:40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"

Do you believe in rapture, babe.
__________________
http://jennthebenn.tumblr.com/
jennthebenn is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 07:31 PM   #127
pokkeherrie
invito al cielo
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 4,289
pokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's assespokkeherrie kicks all y'all's asses
I think it's got something to do with dragons fighting lions.
 


That's what I hope anyway.
pokkeherrie is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.10.2009, 11:56 PM   #128
HomelessArtist
little trouble girl
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: MInneapolis
Posts: 49
HomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard suckaHomelessArtist cold hard sucka
11:40
Sonic Youth vibrations turned back the dooms day clock, so that we all have more time!
__________________

 
HomelessArtist is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 11:23 AM   #129
SpectralJulianIsNotDead
invito al cielo
 
SpectralJulianIsNotDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,409
SpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's asses
Man, checked my porch. UPS didn't show up early today. I've got a bad feeling about today. Like it's still not going to show up.
SpectralJulianIsNotDead is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 11:24 AM   #130
DaveMartin
little trouble girl
 
DaveMartin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 30
DaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's assesDaveMartin kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by jetengine
I just got in touch with the record store where I've been doing the majority of my (offline) business for more than 20 years: Fred's Records in St. John's, Newfoundland--the record store in the Atlantic Canadian region of 4 provinces; it's been in business about 40 years. Here's what they had to say about the Eternal/'Live Battery pre-order deal:

"The method that they wanted us to use to get the LPs to the
customer was convoluted and required us to order more product
than we can realistically sell. That borne in mind, the guy who
does the orders decided not to opt into the buy early, get stuff
program. It's a shame really. That being said, The Eternal is their
best work to date, IMHO."

Well, there you have it: Sonic Youth have ascended to musical Nirvana, the folks at Matador feed children to Moloch. Someone please write a sycophantic letter of apology to David Geffen, or otherwise let the bootlegging begin.

Hey sorry about that, either Beggars Canada did not run the BEGN program like we had intended or maybe the store misunderstood how it was supposed to work. We don't always have as much control over those sort of things as we would like, but I will definitely bring this up and figure out if they had run the promotion like we did here in the US. So, once again, sorry that your store and ultimately you felt that this promotion was not worthwhile and hopefully in the future we can work things a bit smoother.
DaveMartin is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 12:09 PM   #131
nancykitten
children of satan
 
nancykitten's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Glasgow, UK
Posts: 316
nancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's assesnancykitten kicks all y'all's asses
Maybe it's because really good, lengthy gigs always end at 11:40pm.
__________________

 
nancykitten is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 01:24 PM   #132
skipvacuum
stalker
 
skipvacuum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: dirtmont,pa
Posts: 487
skipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's assesskipvacuum kicks all y'all's asses
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMartin
Hey, sorry if you were confused, but I feel that we were pretty clear about what was offered. I also feel that we went pretty far and wide with the news about the Buy Early Get Now promotion. Where do you live? What stores are you referring to? In other territories the BEGN promotion is a much newer concept that might not have run as smoothly.
Also Sonic Youth are not on Matador in Japan. They have a separate deal there that we have nothing to do with.

i think it was explained quite clearly.i was kind of unhappy about the price when i signed up...until i got the records..i think the packaging on the LP's
is GREAT !......i do wish the bonus LP was in a nicer sleeve but compared to the Pavement BEGN LP and record store day release...the sleeve is awesome.
Hostess records sucks in my opinion...and anyone who knows me will agree with this statement "MATADOR RULES"
__________________
thank you from the bottom of my sonic addled heart
skipvacuum is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 04:20 PM   #133
pantophobia
expwy. to yr skull
 
pantophobia's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 2,349
pantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's assespantophobia kicks all y'all's asses
ah yes my package has arrived, waiting after work, such niceties
pantophobia is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 04:43 PM   #134
SpectralJulianIsNotDead
invito al cielo
 
SpectralJulianIsNotDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,409
SpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's asses
Mine's scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Alas! I'll get to listen to Live at Battery Park tomorrow!
SpectralJulianIsNotDead is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 06:27 PM   #135
reginald
stalker
 
reginald's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Salt Lake City, presently
Posts: 462
reginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's assesreginald kicks all y'all's asses
I finally got mine (6-10) in the mail one day after advertised 'universal release' and think the cd is great ! My cd didn't quite fit in the "sleeve" it was inserted in, inside the outer cover. More of an observation than a complaint, I'm happy.
__________________

 
reginald is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.11.2009, 09:03 PM   #136
matt g
bad moon rising
 
matt g's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: cimmaron hills
Posts: 171
matt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's assesmatt g kicks all y'all's asses
 

i bought the vinyl today. side 4 totally fucking rules.
matt g is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.12.2009, 02:50 AM   #137
Jeremy
100%
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: The Batcave
Posts: 833
Jeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's assesJeremy kicks all y'all's asses
Went to the local record store earlier and they had early copies of it. Score!

~Jeremy~
__________________

 
Jeremy is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.12.2009, 08:58 PM   #138
banditto1969
empty page
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 14
banditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's assesbanditto1969 kicks all y'all's asses
apparently nobody in Detroit did the pre-order thing because the record store gave me their promotional poster as well as the advertised swag.

So I think I scored bigtime.
banditto1969 is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.13.2009, 09:59 AM   #139
radarmaker
the end of the ugly
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,122
radarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's assesradarmaker kicks all y'all's asses
Managed to pick up the live LP today, but my local indie store still hasn't received their allocation of the album proper. Ho hum.

Least the Battery Park disc is in a proper solid sleeve rather than a foldover whatsit like others have mentioned Looking at the earlier replies, I'm guessing the difference is a US / UK (or Europe?) thing - the rear sleeve of mine has Matador's London address.
radarmaker is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|
Old 06.13.2009, 11:17 AM   #140
SpectralJulianIsNotDead
invito al cielo
 
SpectralJulianIsNotDead's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,409
SpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's assesSpectralJulianIsNotDead kicks all y'all's asses
Got mine yesterday
SpectralJulianIsNotDead is offline   |QUOTE AND REPLY|


Thread Tools

All content ©2006 Sonic Youth