Hi-Scores (2014 remastered)

Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:47 am

Here's some extra info on the www.skam.co.uk site. (besides what we know from Bleep.com)
I'm really impressed with the remastered mp3s from Bleep, and I can honestly hear the difference and improvement.

The original image on the back of the sleeve will now be in colour. There will be a spot varnish finish on the images & text alongside the usual Skam Braille sticker to give the whole package new depth and a refreshing look and feel.

Pre-orders are now being taken at stores World-wide, the release date is October 13th.

Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:59 pm

For those who pre-ordered on Skam (as I did):

Hello
Many thanks for making your order, the Vinyl and CD of the Boards of Canada – Hi Scores – 2014 Edition, is slightly delayed. Please accept our sincere apologies. It is in transit, and should arrive on Monday. Therefore distributors have asked us to delay the release date until the 20th October. We will ship your items before this date, and hope for it to arrive as soon as possible.
To respect various digital stores, we can not send digital copies until the 20th October.
Please understand this is beyond our control, and once again, you, artists, and labels suffer from the lack of vinyl pressing plants in the world today.

Any other pre-order issues with other sources?

Website · Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:02 pm

It's so tempting... Do I splash a tenner out on this or not? Is the remaster going to be worth it?

Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:22 pm

North by North wrote:For those who pre-ordered on Skam (as I did):

Hello
Many thanks for making your order, the Vinyl and CD of the Boards of Canada – Hi Scores – 2014 Edition, is slightly delayed. Please accept our sincere apologies. It is in transit, and should arrive on Monday. Therefore distributors have asked us to delay the release date until the 20th October. We will ship your items before this date, and hope for it to arrive as soon as possible.
To respect various digital stores, we can not send digital copies until the 20th October.
Please understand this is beyond our control, and once again, you, artists, and labels suffer from the lack of vinyl pressing plants in the world today.

Any other pre-order issues with other sources?

Hah lol, vinyl has never been better...lack of pressing plants? Who's gonna believe this?

Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:36 pm

No emails from bleep, maybe it's will be ok

Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:39 pm

arvy wrote:No emails from bleep, maybe it's will be ok

No bro, check out the Bleep page, they've shifted the release date without telling us.

Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:43 pm

Najlepsiejszy wrote:
arvy wrote:No emails from bleep, maybe it's will be ok

No bro, check out the Bleep page, they've shifted the release date without telling us.

Yeah, see it now, thanks for clearing it up

Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:37 pm

goddamnit this feels like another fiasco waiting to happen

Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:44 pm

Najlepsiejszy wrote:
North by North wrote:For those who pre-ordered on Skam (as I did):

Hello
Many thanks for making your order, the Vinyl and CD of the Boards of Canada – Hi Scores – 2014 Edition, is slightly delayed. Please accept our sincere apologies. It is in transit, and should arrive on Monday. Therefore distributors have asked us to delay the release date until the 20th October. We will ship your items before this date, and hope for it to arrive as soon as possible.
To respect various digital stores, we can not send digital copies until the 20th October.
Please understand this is beyond our control, and once again, you, artists, and labels suffer from the lack of vinyl pressing plants in the world today.

Any other pre-order issues with other sources?

Hah lol, vinyl has never been better...lack of pressing plants? Who's gonna believe this?

What are you talking about?? Pressing plants are a rare animal these days http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/363-vinyl-shortage/

Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:09 pm

ONTHE88 wrote:
Najlepsiejszy wrote:
North by North wrote:For those who pre-ordered on Skam (as I did):

Hello
Many thanks for making your order, the Vinyl and CD of the Boards of Canada – Hi Scores – 2014 Edition, is slightly delayed. Please accept our sincere apologies. It is in transit, and should arrive on Monday. Therefore distributors have asked us to delay the release date until the 20th October. We will ship your items before this date, and hope for it to arrive as soon as possible.
To respect various digital stores, we can not send digital copies until the 20th October.
Please understand this is beyond our control, and once again, you, artists, and labels suffer from the lack of vinyl pressing plants in the world today.

Any other pre-order issues with other sources?

Hah lol, vinyl has never been better...lack of pressing plants? Who's gonna believe this?

What are you talking about?? Pressing plants are a rare animal these days http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/363-vinyl-shortage/

Goddamn free markets. What are the costs of starting a vinyl pressing plant? I'd do it

Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:43 pm

I've always thought running a decent pressing plant in this day and age would be a great, worthwhile thing to do.

Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:49 pm

fujee wrote:I've always thought running a decent pressing plant in this day and age would be a great, worthwhile thing to do.

I turn 18 in May. I'll move to the UK and make some money for us and our enterprise by playing poker online. Deal?

Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:25 pm

The lack of pressing plants is a known issue and real 'thing'.

Although vinyl has made a comeback of late, it's still relatively niche and labour intensive compared to CD, let alone MP3s etc. Even with a premium price-point failing to deter interest from us audiophile consumers, nobody over here in the UK seems willing to invest in new infrastructure.

Ironically, as the demand for vinyl increases, so the leadtime on these projects (and the cost) will increase too so long as these old factories continue to be patched up to rumble along.

Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:39 pm

Najlepsiejszy wrote:
fujee wrote:I've always thought running a decent pressing plant in this day and age would be a great, worthwhile thing to do.

I turn 18 in May. I'll move to the UK and make some money for us and our enterprise by playing poker online. Deal?

Dude, deal.

Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:25 am

I'm sure I read that in America they are opening up more pressing plants.....here

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-fa ... expansion/

Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:33 pm

Hmmm. More Vinyl Factory plants. My cup runneth over... ;-)

Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:44 pm

Don't think there's any new photos here, although I don't recall the open cd shot:

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6d3 ... 887e98788a

Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:40 pm

North by North wrote:Don't think there's any new photos here, although I don't recall the open cd shot:

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6d3 ... 887e98788a

Oh, a digipak? I'm kind of disappointed tbh, I really love CD sleeves like the ones for Hi Scores and TCH

Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:54 pm

Ok, now I'm got every official release on the vinyl, hope this gonna come without huge delay, now's time for a new music

Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:30 pm