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hazmatt · 03-26-2014, 02:46 PM

I got my answer:

hey Matt,
in the early days, the blue label was for the first pressing. the red label was for the second pressing. i recall doing two pressings. the first was 1000 units and the second was 500. so with the additional 500 in red vinyl, there was a total pressing of 2000, but the great majority of the second pressing went directly to the band. 350, i think. i think 200 of the first pressing went to the band, too. that's usually how it worked in the early days. i'd give the band product to sell on the road and keep the proceeds, instead of a sales royalties. most bands were anxious to do it this way, since a royalty may have been $1 for each until sold, while they'd make like 5x that amount (in CASH) if i gave them product to sell on the road instead, which was of course tax-free.

it was a long time ago, but i'm pretty sure that only 100 of that second pressing went out to our main distributor, Important Records, and the remaining 50 were kept in the warehouse and used for mail-order only. that's what i can recall.

love, K

Thanks Bastardofyoung for your efforts!

03-26-2014, 02:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
hazmatt Groupie Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 4	I got my answer: hey Matt, in the early days, the blue label was for the first pressing. the red label was for the second pressing. i recall doing two pressings. the first was 1000 units and the second was 500. so with the additional 500 in red vinyl, there was a total pressing of 2000, but the great majority of the second pressing went directly to the band. 350, i think. i think 200 of the first pressing went to the band, too. that's usually how it worked in the early days. i'd give the band product to sell on the road and keep the proceeds, instead of a sales royalties. most bands were anxious to do it this way, since a royalty may have been $1 for each until sold, while they'd make like 5x that amount (in CASH) if i gave them product to sell on the road instead, which was of course tax-free. it was a long time ago, but i'm pretty sure that only 100 of that second pressing went out to our main distributor, Important Records, and the remaining 50 were kept in the warehouse and used for mail-order only. that's what i can recall. love, K Thanks Bastardofyoung for your efforts!