so "Choirs of the Eye" is already on sale online

[Baliset]

at the Laser's Edge a prog/metal distributor.

and its only $13 on their website.

http://www.lasercd.com

 

[xfer]

we are the "dedicated gothic following".

 

[The Dope]

= us.

 

[FuSoYa]

also it'll be available for sale at tomorrow's show.

 

[TheNewChupe]

oh yeah, i forgot about the show.
Break a goth's leg!

 

[FuSoYa]

also, is that legal for them to sell it ahead of the release date? maybe they're not shipping until the 21st?

 

[TheNewChupe]

it could be that is their plan, just not mentioned- kind of how amazon lets you pay for it but doesn't send it til the sale date- they just may omit that part.

but i've known small stores to sell before the release date- a small indie store i knew in chicago would sell stuff as soon as they got it from the distributor/record companies, even weeks before the release date. they'd quietly put it on the shelves, and run out quickly.

 

[The Dope]

I noticed in the ordering section of kayodot.net that trexonline (aka The Record Exchange) is carrying it. I buy a lot of CDs there when I'm at home, because there's one within a half-hour of my house. Unfortunately, the Richmond area doesn't have a Record Exchange, and the closest store would either be the one near my house or maybe the one in Raleigh, NC, both of which would be a two hour drive each way.

I think I'm going to check out the local music store here this weekend to see if they are getting it in on the release date, which is a possibility because they usually carry a wide variety of genres and some more experimental stuff, and I bet they have several Tzadik selections in stock as we speak.

 

[TheNewChupe]

i'm going to try and find it locally before i head to chicago for the weekend friday morning (the 24th, next week)

 

[Baliset]

well technically they bought the copies to sell from Tzadik and seeing as how we are such a small artist i don't think there is anything illegal in what they are doing as long as Tzadik still gets paid. once they have the copies they buy to resell i think they can do what they want with them.

 

[FuSoYa]

oh, so what stops a big store from selling before the release date? Because I remember hearing that it was a BIG no-no.

 

[avi]

only a huge label with clout can stop a store from doing that and that's only by threats. otherwise they'd just have to ship CDs the day of or something.

 

[Baliset]

i think the big No-No about doing it comes more from major label types who want to keep the cds coming out on the same day in every store so as to track first week sales as accurately as possible. Because if some store starts selling the new Beyonce record a week before its release date then when they track her sales for the first week it may be off.

this is all just speculation.

 

[FuSoYa]

that makes sense though, you're probably right.

 

[TheNewChupe]

that would probably also explain why they make deals with Best Buy & Circuit City the first week their out to make new releases priced at $6.99 like that new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club disc. (how is that btw?)

 

[Heart In Pieces]

Good. You have a show tomorrow. Can you tell us the set list? Does any of you intend to record, bootleg this show?

 

[FuSoYa]

does it count as bootlegging if we record our own show?

 

[Heart In Pieces]

Sorry, but I was just curious to know what you will play.

 

[xfer]

bootgregging

 

[Heart In Pieces]

I thought that you never tour. That's why I ask the set list. Sorry anyway.