Bungalow with Stairs album

[lowbit]

DAMN IT. Travelling for a few days and this goes on sale and is already gone. :P

I just want to listen to (legitimate copies of) the music. Why the hell make it so hard to get??

[purlieu]

Because it was for an art exhibition, therefore music listeners and fans of the musician don't really matter. It's about the art, man.

[jap_]

Woohoo! It's on it way, status: posted. Can't wait!

[//\/\/]

uw: well true fans would go to japan and snap this up when it happens.

[negative1]

Originally Posted by lowbit

DAMN IT. Travelling for a few days and this goes on sale and is already gone. :P

I just want to listen to (legitimate copies of) the music. Why the hell make it so hard to get??

i'm just curious, but what do you mean by hard?

did you subscribe to the thread, because then you would have
been notified by email about replies being made..(hopefully you check your email regularly)...

even if you don't check the forums everyday... you could have still
come across this thread if you were interested in it...

not everyone gets a break anytime something is announced or
released... this was a limited release for an installation in japan,
and we (the fans) were lucky they even had extras to sell..

did you see all the complaints about the price,etc, even after
people knew about it? what do you say to them?

yes, its sad they don't have a large amount of copies or other
methods (right now) to release it..

but are you really going to complain about how hard it was to
get this release? especially when plenty of people didn't have
any problems?

as for going on travel and missing out on things, it happens,
but maybe the next time something is announced you'll have
plenty of time to react and be prepared..

later
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[big screen satellite]

jeez, just read through the last few pages of this thread...

here's my opinion...

this album - was and is never going to be available in the 'shops' - it was created to accompany the exhibition - which also had an exclusive catalogue - also only available at the exhibit.

regular CD albums cost £10 / $15 roughly

however its not fair to compare this exclusive package to these prices - and adding postage to the cost does not make the product any more, it is what it is - you live too far away you have to pay the shipping - thats the rules anywhere...whatever you buy... i regularly purchase stuff from the states... its still cheaper if you add the shipping - sometimes ist more but if i want something that I PHYSICALLY CANNOT GET HERE i have to pay for the priviledge

being the former collector of UW items i would have snapped this up regardless of price - its a unique limited edition CD and booklet - which despite what you might think - i believe is probably essential with this purchase (much like the booklet that came with barking)

those of you waiting for the CD without the booklet are not imo getting the full experience of the 'bundle'

some people here are seeing UW as a band who make and sell music in 'hard formats' - they don't - they do much more than that... they are an interactive band who have many projects and outlets

you don't have to buy anything, i don't anymore its too much for me...

that said it doesn't mean i haven't got a 'virtual' copy of this album... i'm still a fan and still want to hear the output, but for me its not about owning a physical item - for many reasons which i've stated previously...

but back in the day £30 would have been a bargain for a super limited edition package...

its available - or was... and only fans will get this beacuse as I opened with its not available anywhere else...

unless you want to wait until is £300 on ebay...

[crank]

what he said.

[ThingInABook]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

unless you want to wait until is £300 on ebay...

DON'T SAY THAT D:

anyway, a catalog from an exhibition is recopilation of it. most of them hardly cover all the aspects of an art show < that being said, i hope all the lucky ones who bought the record get their hands on a wonderful catalog, specially coming from tomato.

[purlieu]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

that said it doesn't mean i haven't got a 'virtual' copy of this album... i'm still a fan and still want to hear the output

That's it, though, this kind of release actively encourages pirating if anything. I just really hate the limited edition exclusive 'for people with money coming out of their ears only' bollocks releases. Fans ARE going to download the disc and listen to it, so why not offer a digital version through the site or a stripped down CD version. Lots of people in this thread alone have said they'd buy it. There's no option, though. There's no stripped down version, there's nothing for people who are struggling, financially (and there are a lot of us about at the moment) or people who were away for a few days. I just think it's a shame, really, as they could provide a nice version of it for cheaper, a thousand more copies in a slimline jewelcase with a link to some images from the gallery online would cost them a few hundred pounds. Sell them for a fiver a pop and they've made a few thousand profit, fans have got a physical copy of a potentially excellent disc... I dunno, that option just seems to benefit everyone.

[negative1]

Originally Posted by purlieu

That's it, though, this kind of release actively encourages pirating if anything..

well, it depends on whether or not you consider this
a normal 'release'... obviously it's not a purely commercial one...
so why would it be promoted or distributed the way
any of their other normal ones were?

how many of these were?
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http://bigscreensatellite.com/otherstuff.htm

do you think the anti-rom was a release? how many
people ended up getting that? or the playstation 2 project?

how much do you think that would have gone for, and how
much of an appeal did they have?

this 'release' doesn't encourage anything anymore than
any other 'release' does... don't you think every other
thing they've put out has been copied and released
with the promos also? what makes you think this
would be any different?

if you really want to find the music you will, and if you
really want to make the effort to pay for it, (when you
can)... as a fan, you'll do that also... but they're not
encouraging anyone in any way or form to just take
their property and distribute it freely.. unless they've
expressly said so...

they've released TONS of music,
projects and videos FOR FREE via their site, and
through other means for the fans.. don't you appreciate
that aspect of their efforts?

later
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