"Vinyl Beards" pre-order mini package deal



So, we (BSBTA Vinyl and A Beard of Snails) are finally very close to releasing this fantastic 12" LP compilation! Hopefully, the actual records will be pressed and delivered to me in about two weeks.

Side A: Sea Zombies "Trapped and Wounded", We Wait for the Snow/throuRoof "The Red is Gone", Cones "Haffu Daffu Waffel", Family Battle Snake/Sarah's Charity "Violet Lotus Vision"

Side B: Donato Epiro/Vanessa Rossetto "A Flower Tried to Eat Me", Shiggajon "Atolla", The End Springs/A Man & A Guitar "Dusty Train", Fabio Orsi/Valerio Cosi "Cold Fusion (in Our Fingers) (Alt. Mix)"


Here's the deal: If you pre-order / pay for this record from June 23 until June 29, you will also get one free A Beard of Snails (or related) release.

Indeed, the price for this mini package deal is the same as what the LP will cost by itself after the 29th: 13 EUR (worldwide shipping included)...

To European standards, this is a quite reasonable price, but for non-Europeans, it currently translates to a bit over $20! So I hope the addition of a CD-R or 7" at no extra cost makes this deal attractive enough to our rest-of-the-World listeners (as well as the, uh, Bourgeois Danois; we rarely get orders from Danish customers, so I don't expect to lose money by opening this offer up to locals too, ha ha. But for residents of Denmark, the price is 100 DKK.)

**I'll get copies to US-based distros/online shops as soon as possible (with our low wholesale prices, I expect the LP will cost $11-$14 stateside)!**


To pre-order the LP and get the bonus item free:

A) Send 13 EUR via PayPal to orders(a)bsbta.com, specifying that you are ordering "Vinyl Beards", and telling me (in the 'comments' field) which free item you would like.

or

B) E-mail orders(a)bsbta.com if you don't have a PayPal account, and either want an electronic invoice (...sent via PayPal - but, as I understand it, you don't need an account, just a credit card), or want to send well-concealed cash (U.S. or Canadian Dollars, Euros, and Danish or Swedish Kroner are accepted. I get around.)

If you're in Copenhagen, and want to pick your items up at BSBTA Headquarters, let me know (jeg snakker også dansk :-))

You may choose one of the following, free (while supplies last!) :
Vlubä "7op" CD-R, Inhibitionists & Rough Ride of Crafts "Wendigo in the Church of Merriment" CD-R, The President's Heart "The End of the World" CD-R, Dead Black Arms / My Love We Found the Skies "Black Visions White Versions" 2CD-R, Monks of the Balhill / A Man & A Guitar "Beyond the Map" CD-R, 6majik9 "Black Sattva" CD-R, Cherry Creepage / Nufenen "Split" CD-R, Conger Eel "Slash of the Knife God" CD-R*, Rough Ride of Crafts & Inhibitionists "Make Lovecraft Not Warcraft" CD-R*, Elektronavn / Exquisite Russian Brides split 7".

* These are not officially out yet, but I expect they'll be ready early next month.

If all goes as planned, I will start shipping the pre-order packages (and the compilation artists' own copies) as soon as I've received the LPs and started stenciling the covers.

- More mind-melting musical collaborateurs will be featured on the "Vinyl Snails" LP, circa late Summer / early Autumn: A.M + Uton, Monks of the Balhill + Pillars of Heaven, (VxPxC), Michael Donnelly (6majik9, Terracid) + ?, Inhibitionists + ?, Claus Haxholm (The Doom Riot, Dead Black Arms) + ?, and perhaps others. (As you can see, a few of the mentioned artistes have not yet confirmed who they'll be collaborating with.)

- Then: BSBTA Vinyl will, as a label entity, no longer exist after the release of "Vinyl Snails". This page will persist, serving as an overview for our vinyl fans, in case such do exist.

- Starting this Fall / Winter, d'Oorhinge l'Orange, will - maybe only temporarily - become a 12"-only label. We are in talks with three bands so far. More news on this later, we hope.

BSBTAVINYL1: Antenne / cryptic scenery
7", 33 rpm, 275 copies, November 2005

- Antenne "Long to Kiss"
- cryptic scenery "Escape"

This first offering from BSBTA Vinyl contains two artists showcasing some of their absolute best songs (according to me... well, and them). Ethereal lo-fi, electronic intimacy, female vocals, male vocals, mindblowing guitar-isms.

Reviews: IndieWorkshop / Smother / Vital Weekly / It's a Trap! / Geiger / Undertoner / Diskant / Tranzistor

Purchase: BSBTA Boutique / cryptic-scenery.de / Drone Records / Korm Plastics / Dandelion Records (Århus) / Moby Disc (Odense) / Route 66 (Copenhagen)