IT SEEMS THAT MYSTERY 100 LOT OF THE HYDRA HEAD MELVINS A SENILE ANIMAL 4XLP RELEASE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. IT IS LIMITED BLACK VINYL !!
THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD GET ONE WAS IF YOU WERE ON CHEL'S EMAIL LIST AT HYDRA HEAD. HE SENT OUT A NOTICE AND YOU HAD TO SUBMIT A EMAIL TO A SPECIAL MELVINS EMAIL AT HYDRA HEAD AND THEN THEY TOOK ALL THE NAMES THEY RECEIVED OVER THIS LAST WEEKEND(actually the 13th 14th) AND DREW 100 NAMES FORM A HAT. IF YOUR NAME WAS DRAWN YOU HAD A CHANCE TO PURCHASE ONE OF THESE HYPER LIMITED SETS. ONLY 100 MADE!! I BELIEVE THE VINYL BREAKDOWN FOR THIS RELEASE IS AS FOLLOWS.. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG < 3000 TOTAL COPIES> 100 BLACK VINYL, 300 CLEAR/SMOKE VINYL, 600 DARK BLUE/CLEAR VINYL, 1000 PEACH, OLIVE, YELLOW,DARK BLUE VINYL, 1000 YELLOW/BLUE VINYL
why is he cyber-yelling at me, daddy?
Ahh, the anticlimactic 'black' vinyl :?
So wait a minute...the only people eligible to buy this are the people who already bought it the first time around? HELLO!? CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Quote from: Dr.Benway on December 24, 2008, 01:01:08 PM
So wait a minute...the only people eligible to buy this are the people who already bought it the first time around? HELLO!? CAN YOU HEAR ME?
No, you had to send an email to Hydrahead last week, or the week before. Sometime anyway. It's to late now, so it doesn't matter.
sucks I missed out on this
Quote from: jzacs71 on December 24, 2008, 07:32:56 AM
Ahh, the anticlimactic 'black' vinyl :?
:lol:
I ENTERED TO BUY THIS BUT DIDN'T GET CHOSEN.
i mean.. I entered to buy this but didn't get chosen. It felt stupid entering a contest where the prize was getting the priviledge to buy something.
:lol:
I ENTERED TO BUY THIS BUT DIDN'T GET CHOSEN.
i mean.. I entered to buy this but didn't get chosen. It felt stupid entering a contest where the prize was getting the priviledge to buy something.
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Sort of like "winning" on Ebay.
I'm not totally sure how that email list sorta thing went down, all I know is I was sent a email from the mail guy at HydraHead named Chel basically explaining that if you wanted a copy of the 100 black set you had to send a email to melvins@hydrahead dot com requesting your name to be drawn from a hat of names. You had to send the email between the days of sat/sun Dec 13th/14th and the drawing was to be on Monday 15th. I'm not sure how they went about choosing who to send emails to with this information, it only makes since that it would be previous buyers from HydraHead. It's kinda strange though, originally (the time of the 4xLp release) I had bought a multi colored set(peach/olive ect) thinking that the clear dark blue HydraHead exclusive sets were sold out and a week later I reread the Hydra head blog where it said if you wanted a dark blue clear set you had to email Chel directly, I emailed him and sure enough I was able to get a dark blue clear set. I am not sure if it was because I had emailed Chel directly for the dark blue set that I got on his email list or what.. but it seems you had to be on some type of list of emails to even get a chance at getting one of these 100 black sets since they never officially announced this whole thing.. I think I am the first person to discuss this on this board, though I am not sure.. I have not searched the whole board for this subject. I don't think there is discussion of the 100 mystery set. It's weird because it's almost like a secret or something.
also.. I was chosen. It is in the mail.
Strangely, the 100 release was originally discussed in the 'A Senile Animal Animal Vinyl by Hydrahead' thread.
http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=8201.msg205507#msg205507
thanks that would be the place to read about it, somehow I did not see those comments.. if you notice only a handful of people were discussing it. It just seems as if not that many people even new about it .. maybe everyone did know, I just thought there would be a separate post or something with a lot more discussion. I still have not read a post with anyone actually having the record and talking about. Hopefully my copy arrives tomorrow and I can see for myself. I'm stoked! I'll post pics
please do! I'm interested to know if there'll be anything special about the black vinyl. It would be cool if the etching was colored gold or something.
hyper limited?
yeah it's very excited, and not calm. I won't be able to post pics until after the new year since my UPS delivery is now rescheduled on Jan 2 (taking 11 days, it shipped the 23rd) if anyone else has photos of this HYPER limited gem please post.
Hyper Regular...
hyper lame
I agree
What do you mean you agree? That makes no sense, considering you bought it.
Quote from: MeddlingCrybaby on December 27, 2008, 02:36:27 PM
What do you mean you agree? That makes no sense, considering you bought it.
maybe he found out that it was hyper lame when he got it? black vinyl? what was i thinking?!
Oh Fester youre just jealous like me lol
Buzz's blood was dripped into the black vinyl while it was being produced
Quote from: change&suffocation on December 27, 2008, 03:02:37 PM
Oh Fester youre just jealous like me lol
Buzz's blood was dripped into the black vinyl while it was being produced
The album has Buzz Blood and Dale Sperm. I'm going to rub the album on my mum and see what pops out.
uncle fester.
no I meant that I agreed with the fact that the term "hyper" was lame when used in describing a very limited release. I'm pretty sure the only place I have seen that term used was from Haze at Amrep.. in describing something limited to 100 copies or less. I would have to write him to get his exact description of "hyper limited"... but I am definitely not saying that Haze is lame, he is super rad!.. that is just where I probably picked that up from and he most likely applies it to something like 50 or less... not sure if Fester was referring to the use of the word hyper when he said "hyper lame" or that the fact that this thing is limited to 100 and on black vinyl.. which is kinda lame/ironic but totally something the Melvins would do... or those dudes at Hydra head, not sure who's idea it was. Anyhow, I am very excited to get one of these sets for sure.. it has not arrived yet so I still have not seen one (I am tracking it via Ups, arrives the 2nd due to the storm out west). I was hoping someone would post pics or write about it by now. I am planning on putting up some pics when I get it. I like the idea that the etchings might be highlighted somehow.. probably wont be though also I have a dark blue clear mint set that I am willing to part with when this new one arrives.
The black version is black. Hydrahead wrapped it in a box, inside a box. I'm not sure pictures are necessary.
true.. I will post em if there is something unique about them I was thinking a photo of the etchings in the right light would look cool
There might be more than 100 'BLACK' records...
http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-5669
Quote from: jzacs71 on January 03, 2009, 08:55:51 AM
There might be more than 100 'BLACK' records...
http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-5669
I don't get it. That isn't black vinyl?
I didn't see 'colored vinyl' in the listing so I assumed it was regular black.
you know what they say when you assume, you make an ASS of U and ME 8)
yeah...
so what color/set is that on All Thats Heavy?
I ordered 12 sets in case its black.
Quote from: jzacs71 on January 05, 2009, 05:02:50 PM
so what color/set is that on All Thats Heavy?
i was just looking at that and thinking the same thing. Probably blue/yellow.
alright so there was nothing very particular about the black vinyl version except for the fact that the etchings really pop on black vinyl.. they look great. Chel at Hydrahead wrote me back stating that it was a group decision between the Melvins and Hydrahead to do the most limited on black... all in reverse of most limited releases. Chel also noted that super audiophiles swear by black vinyl as being the best sounding though he said he did not necessarily believe that. Anyhow here a couple of pics..
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Not looking to be redundant here, but does the black come with the comic or belt buckle being that it is the most hyper special ultra limited rare pressing?
Pretty clear (no pun intended!) that all the extras come only on set #1 (clear). Being that black is the "most rare" and limited, it seems like they may have done the extras there too. Looking at the pics it doesn't appear to include the box all the shit came in. Please confirm.
Black only came by itself. Priced at $49 plus shipping. The box set cost..89? 99? Belt buckle, $20, and comic, $6, although someone is selling their copy on ebay for $1.99 right now.
hydrahead is fucking stupid. they should have all been on black vinyl and they should have made 10 000.
they doled them out like a childs allowance.
we are babies
(http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gamestar/objects/115022_main.jpg)
if anyone is interested Hydrahead has the 600 press HH exclusive dark blue clear set available right now http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/product_info.php?products_id=2817&cPath=4_137&store=0
they keep slipping out more and more batches of the various color sets.. they sell out for a month then more batches appear I think the dark blue clear is the coolest looking color.. that is my personal favorite
Quote from: cottoncrown on January 06, 2009, 06:33:06 PM
hydrahead is fucking stupid. they should have all been on black vinyl and they should have made 10 000.
they doled them out like a childs allowance.
we are babies
On the flipside, a lot of collectors cry that they're never able to get limited releases. HH released 5000 (an incredible amount) copies of an album that had been released two years prior, and they stacked the release so that practically everyone was able to order a copy. It would have been easier on them to just release everything at once.
Quote from: cottoncrown on January 06, 2009, 06:33:06 PM
hydrahead is fucking stupid. they should have all been on black vinyl and they should have made 10 000.
they doled them out like a childs allowance.
we are babies
Wow.....Speak for yourself.
I think Hydra head is a great label & is doing a great job of putting out awesome bands & awesome vinyl.
Seems to me they doled them out so every one could get one or two sets at the regular retail price instead
of being at the mercy of ebay.
yeah at least you can still get them from HH and for only 50$ instead of people on ebay trying to get like 200 buy now price with all the wrong limited number info
everyone assumed they were all sold out after HH's first big batch went sold out.. all you had to do was check back there randomly and you would see that they have had all 3 color ways on their site quite a bit (not clear/black)
so most people have had a chance to get a least one color variant
Quote from: jzacs71 on January 06, 2009, 08:25:42 PM
Quote from: cottoncrown on January 06, 2009, 06:33:06 PM
hydrahead is fucking stupid. they should have all been on black vinyl and they should have made 10 000.
they doled them out like a childs allowance.
we are babies
Wow.....Speak for yourself.
I think Hydra head is a great label & is doing a great job of putting out awesome bands & awesome vinyl.
Seems to me they doled them out so every one could get one or two sets at the regular retail price instead
of being at the mercy of ebay.
also - if they put out 10 000 why would anyone want to buy it? This is clearly collector's vinyl and most collectors thrive on limited edition stuff like this. And the black looks GREAT.
Quote from: cara on January 06, 2009, 10:36:02 PM
Quote from: jzacs71 on January 06, 2009, 08:25:42 PM
Quote from: cottoncrown on January 06, 2009, 06:33:06 PM
hydrahead is fucking stupid. they should have all been on black vinyl and they should have made 10 000.
they doled them out like a childs allowance.
we are babies
Wow.....Speak for yourself.
I think Hydra head is a great label & is doing a great job of putting out awesome bands & awesome vinyl.
Seems to me they doled them out so every one could get one or two sets at the regular retail price instead
of being at the mercy of ebay.
also - if they put out 10 000 why would anyone want to buy it? This is clearly collector's vinyl and most collectors thrive on limited edition stuff like this. And the black looks GREAT.
that record isn't even selling for much on ebay. there are buy it nows for 70$ that people aren't even buying (hydrahead charged 50).
if you make a collectors record then it becomes a collectors item and ends up being traded for more than it cost to buy originally.
seems stupid to me to keep tricking everyone into thinking it's sold out, and then releasing more, over and over.
just sell them or don't. make them limited or don't. who cares what people are doing with them.
it's pretty annoying that they wouldn't tell anyone the pressing numbers either. fuck, if i'd known, i would have prefered the black
to the blue that i have. i hate coloured vinyl.
anyway i'll trade that blue monster for another melvins lp if anyone in vancouver wants to
vancouver, bc? or vancouver untied states?
vancouver bc!
I heard that hydrahead are putting out 25 on wax cylinders......colored wax.
But I'm waiting for the 2" analog tape 'easter basket' set(Ltd.Ed. of 13) :P
Quote from: cottoncrown on January 07, 2009, 01:22:51 AM
vancouver bc!
woo hoo! its about time. post in the ecumenical and show off your cool as fuck vancouver personality.
Speaking of hydrahead and the box set and everything, looks like the comic book by Tom Neely is back in stock.
In case anyone's interested in still getting one:
http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/product_info.php?products_id=2919&cPath=4_141&store=0
Lots of people from Vancouver here! Anyone who wants the Blue/yellow or the 4 colour vinyl, I have them for sale in my record shop (Neptoon Records). Come on by!
Personally I managed to get all 5 versions. I'm a happy boy.
I applaud Hydrahead for how they released these.
1) Awesome packaging.
2) Limited colored vinyl and no one knew which edition was more limited. Basically everything us Melvins fan love about a Melvins release.
3) They made sure that the hoarders/ebayers couldn't snag them all. That way everyone could get a fair shot at getting one.
Look at "The End" or the "Star Spangled Banner". Both sold out instantly. Both selling on ebay for 4x or more what they sold for originally. I hope they do more Melvins releases.