John Bleasdale wrote:
Hiya, I was fortunate enough to pick up promo copies of the three CD ep's at a record fair in Oxford last Saturday and along with the press releases on the back, the Dog on Wheels EP also says "500 only". Were there only ever 500 CD's or 500 promos? The first seems too few and the latter too many. Any ideas?
Alrighty righty ... here goes: 1st question - who was the press relese from? (Beatwax, Appearing, Jeepster??) The Dog On Wheels EP is NOT limited and there was talk of the vinyl 12" being limited to 500 only when it was first released. This hasn't happened (god knows just how many there are in circulation) but the 5000 thing is basically meaningless. Belle and Sebastian promos are also not worth anything, as there are no differences between the promos and the releases, except for the possibility of a "promo only" sticker over the barcode on the back (along with a beatwax or appearing sticker). when sinister was promo'd, it was given out without the booklet and just stickered "promo only" ... one mail-order retailer was asking £20 for this "promo", and after telling him it wasn't any different and in fact worth less than the actual release he withdrew it from sale. Please don't get sucked in to buying so called UK promo-releases as it will just be the shops making money and you will miss out! There are two rather interesting promos around though, one is a cover mounted cd for the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles and the other an Enclave promo cd containing a couple of their artists. That's all i know of though, except for the different territory releases of sinister (UK, USA, French and Japanese). Ooh, full of info today me! Bydebyebyes, Katrina. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------