These Are Not Records

From Sumi To Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:01:00 +0000

We're so psyched to have this finished! Finally! I can't say anything here that I haven't already mentioned over on the news section of our website. Below are some extended photos of From Sumi To Japan that show off all the nooks 'n crannies. Feast your eyes on the record that took us 6 months to complete.

See With Your Eyes Not With Your Hands

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:44:00 +0000

The Demander test pressings arrived. They sound good and have been approved. We should have the final records in a few weeks. Cool...

The Record Fairy

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:03:00 +0000

It's time again for the essential WFMU Record Fair! I look forward to this weekend every year. Where else can you rub elbows with hipsters, punk rock girls and super nerds all searching for their "holy grail". I know many collectors prefer the anonymity of Ebay but this is one record fair worth heading to the surface for. The only drawback to this event is the lovely whopper-like stench that takes the room by late Saturday afternoon. Maybe they'll have that Robert Wyatt record I'm looking for....

By the way, if you aren't already aware, you should check out LP Cover Lover. A great collection of obscure and bizarre record covers from the golden age of vinyl. And, they have a table at this year's record fair.

World's Largest Record Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:45:00 +0000

Sorta sad but awesome. Check it out.
View here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHLETTEfx4

http://www.thevine.com.au/tv/music/the-archive.aspx

Over the years Paul Mawhinney has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection. This is his story.

Elf Power - Venus and Mercury 10"

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:18:00 +0000

The Elf Power records arrived last week and we numbered them over the weekend. We're really excited because they look and sound great! A nice end to a very long road. This was definitely the most difficult release, production-wise, that we’ve dealt with so far. It took much longer than we expected because the overseas pressing plant we use was inundated with orders due to an announcement that they were raising their prices. You can blame the current performance of the US dollar on that one. So, of course, every label who uses them was rushing to get their orders in before the price jump. Think "end of the world" panic. I don’t want to sound like we’re complaining too much but we have to talk about something on here...check out some pictures:

Heads Ain't Ready - Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32:00 +0000

• Doug Mosurock of Dusted Magazine has some nice things to say about "Heads Ain't Ready" in his latest Still Single column.
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/757

• Athens, GA cultural magazine Flagpole included a review of the "Heads Ain't Ready 7" in it's Singularity column. Check it out:
http://flagpole.com/Music/Singularity

• Music blog Raven Sings The Blues has a nice little review of our Oneida 7" in their singles club column. Check it out here.

Elf Power Test Pressings!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +0000

Finally...the Elf Power test pressings just came in. It's our first 10"! For those who care there are a total of 10 test pressings. We took a picture so it would last longer...

PS: Has anyone heard the new My Morning Jacket? Hate to be this guy but it sorta sucks. And speaking of sucking, we were talking about random crap this morning and long story short Clapton sucks too...he is not God. Check this out:

Oneida 7"

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:09:00 +0000

We put together and hand numbered the Oneida records this past weekend, always a nerdy good time. The records came out great; we're psyched! Head over to our releases section and pick one up. We want to thank Amy Bracco for her penmanship skills. Her two's are legendary. Check out some pics:

Feist // Constantines

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:00 +0000

Got into work this morning to find a package from Insound. My Feist and Constantines split 7" just showed up. They cover "Islands In The Stream" written by the Bee Gees and made famous by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. The B-side is a song called "Trans Canada". I have yet to listen to it because I just got it but so far...it's pretty sweet. Put out by Arts & Crafts on marble brown vinyl. Check it out.

School Of Seven Bells 7"

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:56:00 +0000

I picked up the new School Of Seven Bells 7" at Other Music last week. Pressed on translucent green vinyl and brought to you by Seattle label Suicide Squeeze as part of their 2008 limited-edition 7" series. It features a brand new song called "Silent Grips" and a cover of Wire's "Used To" which the band has made their own. Both tracks continue down the ethereal pysch-rock path the band established on last years Face To Face In High Places EP (a noteworthy record itself...but that's another post) I was bummed when I originally found out that Benjamin Curtis had left Secret Machines but not anymore. Both tracks are currently streaming on their MySpace page so do yourself a favor and take a listen.

Elliot Smith Re-Issues // Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:57:00 +0000

Over the past few years out of print Elliott Smith vinyl has sold for well over $100 on ebay, sometimes over $200 so of course it was time for re-issues. In comes Plain Recordings. They’ve done a bunch of re-issues lately. Anyway, the first two Elliott Smith re-issues are XO and Figure 8. I was very excited about these, especially if you ordered them through Aural Exploits because they had the exclusive numbered color vinyl editions. I was able to snag the regular black versions of XO and Figure 8 and a limited version of XO. I was too late for the limited Figure 8 (don’t worry, I paid triple the original price and got one on ebay). So I started with XO. Why? Because it’s one record as opposed to Figure 8’s two records and I was going to be cooking dinner shortly and didn’t want to constantly change sides. So I start with the black vinyl version because while color is cooler we all know it doesn’t sound as good. So I dropped the needle on it and I have to admit I was a little disappointed. There was a lot of surface noise. I didn’t let it get me too down though because this record is awesome. I’ll keep you updated on Figure 8...