At 07:22 AM 2/22/00 -0800, colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> CDNow is listing a "Whenever You See Fit split EP" for release on
>>March 21st, 2000 on Suicide Squeeze records in CD format and it's offering
>>advance orders for $7.49. Anybody know anything about this?
>
>yes, it's just a CD version of the vinyl. the 12" is
>almost out of print, and will go out soon. suicide
>squeeze asked to put it on cd, which Up said okay to.
Good deal. Thanks for the information. I should've just checked the
Suicide Squeeze page before inquiring on the list. Official release date
is March 28th.
>>Maybe Suicide Squeeze is trying to, pardon the pun, squeeze out what
they've >>got of Modest Mouse before the new album is released and all
sorts of legal >>red tape will restrict them?
>
>what legal red tape?
It's my understanding that once in a while when bands are signed to
larger labels, their previous releases on smaller labels are, in one way or
another, blacklisted from re-release. If that were true, it would explain
why Suicide Squeeze was throwing this out just before Modest Mouse's first
release on Epic. It was merely an assumption on my part since the timing
of these re-release is conspicuous.
>> I sure hope so, but in a way, it's annoying. I went through the
>>trouble of encoding the 12" to .mp3 so I could burn it onto a CD.
>
>most sincere apologies.
Not sure if I detect sarcasm or not. Either way, it's a *good*
annoyance. Now I can remake the CD with three CD-quality tracks to replace
the three poppy, hissy, metallic vinyl tracks.
>>Eh. So it goes. The Suicide Squeeze re-release, if factual, will
probably >>sound much better.
>
>depends on whether or not you thought it was the vinyl, or
>the songs/recording that made it sound bad.
I think the songs are amazing, and I think the vinyl sounds fine when
played on a turntable. It just seems that vinyl loses some of its audio
quality when converted to an .mp3 or .wav, which may be more attributed to
my bad encoding skills than the vinyl itself. Besides, I don't have a
turntable player in my car :)
Either which way you look at it, I'm excited about the release.
- Matt
