Here’s a gentle reminder that the deadline for posting your CDs is fast approaching. So if you have been umming and ahhing between Start or Start Me Up then make your mind up and get burning!
What happens next? We’ll post a series of blog posts – one per group next week with you tagged in them. Then it’s over to the three/four of you to post your blind reviews and exchange pleasantries. End of August we’ll post the tracklistings to the same group posts and you can go dohh or get in!
A quick reminder your CD is a single CD, standard audio rip, 12 tracks without titles and artists. Theme of Beginnings. We have had a discussion on a previous blog post about how to anonymise your tracks, mp3tag appears to do a stand-up job on this, including artwork.
Any questions here or to me or @kid-dynamite.
moseleymoles says
Swop? What was I thinking.
Lemonhope says
I’ve posted mine and received two in return, so all good here 🙂
Vulpes Vulpes says
Two shiny discs of musical marvels received here, and two sent off today in return.
Reviews to follow after the obligatory number of listens.
Remind us – I think we are supposed to send the actual tracklisting in to either you or the kid, is that right?
And then we review the aural abortions, er, I mean the CDs we’ve received, and you match them up to the tracklistings and everyone else laughs their socks off at our ignorant trashings of what are obviously yer actual musical works of utter genius. Is that how it works?
*looks clueless, as more than 3 days have passed since this idea got floated*
*fails to read OP, as more than 3 cans of Old Speckled Hen have passed lips since he read this post*
*plays Mikey track off Spotify once again*
Baron Harkonnen says
I haven’t had any message/notification of who to send my CDs to, so I’m out of this.
Kid Dynamite says
Sorry Baron, do you mean you think you weren’t in the initial match ups, or that your matches haven’t sent you their details?
Ron Cucumber says
That’s odd – I’ve sent two messages to you at @baron-harkonnen !
Locust says
I’ve sent two messages to Jim Moriarty in my group, with no reply. Plus tagging him once in a swap thread. Don’t know if he’s not getting my messages or if he’s changed his mind. The DM for Ralph got through at least. Any suggestions, @Kid-Dynamite or @moseleymoles?
Kid Dynamite says
Might be an issue with the hyphens in the user name? Formatting it like this @count-jim-moriarty has at least given me a blue link in the other posts, so I guess it works. Count?
paulwright says
I’m flagging – sorry. It will get done… just not sure when yet.
Work then holidays getting in the way.
StellarX says
Posted both mine about a fortnight ago. Slightly concerned only one has arrived with its intended recipient. Will re-send if necessary. Have received one back already – have set aside time to listen undisturbed tomorrow! 🙂
Deviant808 says
Undisturbed until after you’ve listened to it! Arf arf.
Did you find enough to drink to be able to face it? 😉
Gatz says
Geacher and I were quite speedy, Retro’s arrived this morning and is playing as I type.
geacher says
@retropath @Gatz retro arrived today also…listening to it tomorrow.
What fun!
Rigid Digit says
Mine were sent last week (week before?), and 2 shiny discs received and listened to and noted.
Pleased to report no duplication of tracks across any of the offerings.
Waiting for the publication of the track listings so I can stop referring to some of them as “Track 3” or “Track 8” and actually find out who it is, and then investigate further (a couple of really fine tracks that have piqued my interest).
Pizon-bros says
I will fix the sending tomorrow. As I am in France, it might go quicker than if I post it in sweden…
Deviant808 says
Mine arrived from you today, thanks.
Will have a listen to that tonight.
Pizon-bros says
Where do I send the track list?
Kid Dynamite says
just send it as a PM to myself and / or moseleymoles
Pizon-bros says
Done
plasticpaddy says
I received one today via an elderly neighbour who had to guess that i must be PlasticPaddy as the sender put the wrong house number on the envelope. Nonetheless, happy to receive and just going to listen now. Spurred me into starting my own shortlist. For a 12 track CD, im down to 58.
plasticpaddy says
Im three songs in to whoever sent me my CD and they’ve done a fine job so far. But it is Saturday, and i am a bit pissed. They might be disappointed with my 12 tracks that have been cut and paste, albeit in good faith, off of ‘Now That’s What I Call Music 3’ though.
kool_aid_wino says
Sorry about the mix up. What number did I put on the envelope?
plasticpaddy says
Two up. My handwriting is shite though so im taking the blame here. Im going to send mine at weekend – apologies for delay.
plasticpaddy says
I’ve just realised i must have emailed it not handwritten it. Twat. Although this was sent very early in the day.
yorkio says
I’m in the same group as you and I got a CD in the post yesterday too, so I’m reckoning that must have been kool_aid_wino’s handiwork. Mine will be going in the post early next week – honest!
kool_aid_wino says
Apologies again, I forgot to mention that the CD was from me. Something to remember for next time! Once the tracklists have been revealed I’ll post the artwork to you both.
Wheldrake says
Posted mine and have received two in return. I have also sent you the tracklisting. Damn I’m organised.
Contraryarticle says
Finally got around to posting mine today so they should be winging their way to their destinations as I type.
Vulpes Vulpes says
Hi there; I’ve had some form of “status update” by email from Explosive Youth, but it doesn’t seem to link anywhere, so I’m replying here as a belt-n-braces response.
I have received my two CD compos from @craig42blue and @wheldrake, and they are really fine and interesting collections of (mostly) actual tunes. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed listening to (most) of their contents, and inevitably feel that my own efforts pale in comparison. I have a lot of comments to offer in return.
So my reviews are written, but only so far in scribbled-down-in-real-time long-hand form, and I’m afraid I’m off to the Emerald Isle today for a little while, which will make transcribing and uploading them (somewhere or other) rather tricky until around mid-August. So the reviews will turn up, but not for about a week and a bit.
retropath2 says
Yes, me too an elusive message linking to Erewhon. I have a page, 2 even, of scribble, but too nervous to publish and post for fear of the draconian AW protocol laws.
Gatz says
Me too. Can we have some clarification please @moseleymoles and @kid-dynamite ? Like others I saw a post which invited me, Retro and Geacher to express our mutual wonder at the riches shared between us, but it disappeared.
Kid Dynamite says
Apologies to everyone tagged last night who is trying to follow a dead link. It seems that the individual posts I put up have been taken down for fear of choking the blog. I will attempt a single post with a comment for each group and then reviews can be nested under each comment. Hopefully that won’t be too unwieldy once we add in all the tracklistings etc. Watch this space.