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01/04/09
Amateur Party - Public Utility 7″ - PRE-ORDER NOW!
Head to the AMATEUR PARTY PRE-ORDER PAGE to order the record. It will be shipping at the end of the month. All the details about the record are over there but here are some highlights:
- DIY Packaging (it looks really sweet and took a lot of time to make)
- Unique Covers (22 different varieties - photos by Chrissy Piper)
- Sweet Color Vinyl
Give “Gun Fever” a listen:
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12/18/08
Amateur Party 7” Pre-Orders About to Begin!
There was a record release show last Friday that went really well! It’s not officially out for mailorder yet but the first 50 copies were created for the show. The show was a benefit for two local organizations helping low income families navigate the benefits system to help heat their homes this winter, among other things.
Photos and details for the pre-order will be coming in the next few days, for now here are some details on the actual record:
- 4 Great Songs!
- 335 Pressed (35 “fest” test press editions on black, 50 more “regular” copies on black, the rest on two different types of colored vinyl)
- Entirely hand-made packaging! Two color screenprinted covers, hand folded, glued, stapled, cut, etc, etc. It takes a lot of work to put these together, but I hope you all find it worthwhile in the end.
- 10 page booklet.
- 22 different cover varieties, each with a different photo of a friend all bundled up.
The only bummer is the record cost a lot to make so I think the single-record mailorder price is going to have to be $6ppd (that’s $4 for the record and $2 for the shipping). I will be confirming this at the post office this week and after I do I will be putting up the pre-order information (which will include a special print as with all previous releases).
One more note - I’m still low on Off Minor records but I do have them - so get them while you can, repress is uncertain.
11/07/08
Amateur Party - Public Utility Complaint - Coming Soon!
Hey Everyone!
Still no update to the mailorder page. Still not sure when I will get around to doing that, though hopefully before the next release comes out.
Speaking of the next release, it will be a 7″ by Amateur Party. As usual, I’m really excited about it. We were down at the Fest in Florida this past weekend and sold out of the 30 test press special editions, so I’m glad that other people seem to be excited as well!
There will be a pressing of 300 on various colors with all hand made DIY packaging akin to the In First Person release. I’m not sure on pricing yet as I have to figure out the mailorder costs for a 7″, but I’ll try to make it as affordable as possible. More info and pre-orders coming soon.
Also the Off Minor LP is almost sold out. I have about 40 left. I’m not sure on the status of a repress so if you definitely want a copy, order one now.
08/06/08
Redesign + Off Minor Stuff + New Release This Fall
The site redesign is up! Thanks so much to Charlie Cottone for designing it.
The mailorder page is up and running, and I will be updating it throughout the week with everything I have in stock. There may be bugs as it gets started - please contact me if you have any problems at all!
On the new releases front, the Amateur Party 7″ is off at Golden for mastering as I write this. I will post up an MP3 and some more information about that in the next couple of weeks.
I am down to about 150 Off Minor LPs, and they are going fast! Various distros across the country will also have them in stock this month. Thanks so much for all the support for this record, everyone involved feels really great about it.
06/30/08
Off Minor Pre-Orders Shipping Now - Album Out Next Week!
Preorders have begun shipping. I am going to continue taking preorders until I ship them all out. Everyone who has ordered so far will be getting a hand screened print with their order, and I will continue to give those out until all preorders have been shipped. I also hope to have the new site up in the next two weeks or so!
Until then, continue to order at paramnesiarecords.com/offminor. Thanks!
06/03/08
Off Minor - Some Blood Pre-Order
I am now taking pre-orders for the new Off Minor LP. You can also download the MP3s of the record for a donation amount of your choice. All the details are up at the pre-order site.
04/02/08
Off Minor LP & Other News
It has been a year since I last updated this news page, but that doesn’t mean Paramnesia has been dead. Mailorder has been steady throughout the year. In fact I only have about a dozen In First Person LPs and about five One AM Radio / Wind-Up Bird LPs left, so if you’d still like one, don’t wait.
I have some exciting news. Off Minor is releasing a new full length record, and it will be available in North America and worldwide (minus Europe) from Paramnesia. European distribution will be handled by Seb and PurePainSugar and Flo and Andre at Narshardaa. It will also be available for download digitally on a donation based system (yes, like radiohead). As it stands now, all proceeds from digital downloads will go directly to the band, though I will be handling the process as they are currently embarking on a three month long world tour. It won’t have any hand made packaging like the IFP release but it will have amazing artwork done one of my best friends, Nishat Akhtar.
Also coming out in the next few months is a 7″ from Amateur Party. This one WILL be elaborate hand made packaging type stuff. It will also be a split release with Flo and Andre of Narshardaa. More on that in a little while.
The website will be overhauled a little bit at some point before the release. Pre-orders will also be taken as usual, with something special for those of you interested in doing so. Stay tuned.
I have a lot more to say about all of this, but I figured a short update would suffice for now. Pre-orders will start in the next couple of weeks and there will be many more updates here in that time as well.
Thank you so much to everyone who continues to make this whole thing (record label, diy, punk, life in general) worth doing.
03/27/07
An Update
Hey everyone! I apologize for the lack up updates lately. The reason for the lack of updates is simply a lack of news! Not to say I haven’t been busy - orders are still coming in regularly and I’ve spent a lot of time lately putting records together, booking shows, and I’m also waist deep in the process of buying a house! But I do have some updates and information for you…
The Pyramids LP has sold out and the One AM Radio / Wind-Up Bird split is down to the last 20 or so copies for direct mailorder. Both are still available at various distros which are kept track of on the mailorder page. The In First Person LP is down to it’s last 100 or so copies.
New releases are in the works, namely a full length from philadelphia based Order of Service. I’ve had a rough mix of their songs since early January and can’t express how excited I am to get this record out! Hopefully the wait will not be too much longer. The release that will follow that is a very special project that I’m not quite ready to announce yet… but I am terribly excited to be working with two good friends whom I respect greatly.
In the meantime I’ll be sending out the orders that come in and spending my time preparing the house I am about to buy in West Philadelphia! Life is good right now, and I hope it is treating you kindly as well. If not, remember you can always get to where you want to be. Don’t give up working towards living the life you want to live.
11/29/06
IFP LP/CD Out Now + First Review
My apologies for not updating the main page sooner - the In First Person LP+CD/CD is out now. You can order it by heading over to the mailorder page. I can’t even begin to describe how it feels to have this release out and in peoples’ hands. It has been a very large undertaking. The process for hand assembling each record and cd jacket includes multiple screen prints, folding, cutting, tea-staining, gluing, stickering, fastening, and completely re-bagging. It has taken a lot of time to get it all together but I don’t regret a second of it as I think the end result is well worth all the effort put into it:
Also, the first review of the record is here courtesy of Scene Point Blank. It is very positive and made Benn, Tom, Vanessa and myself feel really good inside.In other sadder news the split between Belegost and Maple Rabbit will no longer be happening. Belegost has come to an end with the departure of their bass player. On the positive side, however, the rest of the band will be continuing along with two new members under a different name.
09/28/06
In First Person LP/CD Pre-Order
I’m really excited to say that the In First Person CD/LP, “Lost Between Hands Held Tight” was sent off to the pressing plant today and will be released on October 24th. This record has been in the works for a long time and I think the end result will prove to be completely worth the wait. You can now pre-order it and it will be shipped to you the week it is released along with some other good stuff.
Photos of the artwork are coming soon. The LP and CD both come in pain stakingly hand screened and hand assembled packaging. The LP version is on clear/black splatter vinyl and contains the CD version inside of it as well. The CD version comes in a stumptown printers Arigato Pack with hand screened artwork. Both come with full lyric booklets (different sizes for each version), and a full paramnesia records insert.
All pre-orders will also come with a limited hand-numbered in first person print. Preview artwork of this print will also be available soon.
You can head over to the mailorder page to place a pre-order.