Sigil 04_: Welcome oblivion

[Deadpool]

Good luck getting the first EP on vinyl - it's out of print and ebay copies are going for $60+

I'm not surprised. CD will have to do for now!

[trollmanen]

With one person in the US getting their preorder, I take it there's no bonus extra in the package?

[sheepdean]

With one person in the US getting their preorder, I take it there's no bonus extra in the package?

Yes, there's a white label CD of the vinyl. And the joy of knowing you helped support a band directly.

[steelnails95]

Yes as i have no way in actually playing the vinyl, i have been waiting for the bonus disk. Worth waiting...

[steelnails95]

Sadly there is a small crack on my white label CD

[sheepdean]

A crack? I'd take a picture and write to modlife, see if they'll send you a non-broken one

[steelnails95]

Yeah not a huge deal as it is not on the Music part, just in the very center... but maybe i should

[sheepdean]

I'm sure one of the crazy people collectors on here would buy an omg!cracked CD off you too.

[steelnails95]

I just emailed them, shit, i would take a shirt for the inconvenience

[butter_hole]

I just emailed them, shit, i would take a shirt for the inconvenience

a $30 shirt to make up for the inconvenience (poor thing!) from a tiny superficial crack on your free, bonus CD?

[trollmanen]

Yes, there's a white label CD of the vinyl. And the joy of knowing you helped support a band directly.

That's not a bonus from the band, those are in every copy of the vinyl, regardless of where you buy it from.

[sheepdean]

That's not a bonus from the band, those are in every copy of the vinyl, regardless of where you buy it from.

It's stilla bonus extra. They said before the preorders were even up that there'd be nothing special extra, so I chose to be facetious.

[sheepdean]

-- How to Destroy Angels: After two EPs, the group's first full-length album,Welcome to Oblivion, bows with 12,000 at No. 30. It also arrives at No. 2 on Dance/Electronic Albums. Their last EP, An Omen, opened with 13,000 on Dec. 1, 2012, but at a lower rank: No. 42.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/article...n-gains-how-to

[ecirb]

FWIW, my vinyl arrived the same day I got the "Shipped" email from modlife.

[DVYDRNS]

where you located at? i'm in LA. I wonder where they ship out of?

[ecirb]

where you located at? i'm in LA. I wonder where they ship out of?

Denver, CO

[screwdriver]

-- How to Destroy Angels: After two EPs, the group's first full-length album,Welcome to Oblivion, bows with 12,000 at No. 30. It also arrives at No. 2 on Dance/Electronic Albums. Their last EP, An Omen, opened with 13,000 on Dec. 1, 2012, but at a lower rank: No. 42.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/article...n-gains-how-to

Hm, wonder what accounts for the drop -- more direct sales? does that number include digital?

[Deepvoid]

Hm, wonder what accounts for the drop -- more direct sales? does that number include digital?

Those are only physical sales.

I'm trying to find digital sales but no luck.
Currently #6 on iTunes Electronic album chart.

[jhulud]

Well Hell. Received the WO vinyl today and guess what? They shorted me one. I ordered two and they only sent one. D'oh!

Already emailed modlife to hopefully make it up.

[Scarlet Siren]

Amazon confirmed I should receive my vinyl copy on Saturday (today if you're in the UK), but since it's being delivered to the office I won't get it until Monday as it's being processed to a business address. Can't freaking wait to get this!

This album has exceed my expectations, it's been playing constantly since I got it on the day of it's release, especially whist I've been working on post-processing photos. Perfect.

[unheard78]

Finally got my confirmation e-mail from modlife so I'm expecting to probably get it Tuesday. Perfectly fine, as I'll have two copies now. Great album, just too bad modlife kinda suck.

[simonn]

Anyone got a favourite track yet? Mine's We Fade Away. So mellow, and the guitar is so simple but sublime.

[BRoswell]

My favorite tracks (that weren't already featured on An Omen): And The Sky Began To Scream, How Long?, Strings and Attractors, and We Fade Away.

[staleincense]

Those are only physical sales.

I'm trying to find digital sales but no luck.
Currently #6 on iTunes Electronic album chart.

Do they really not count digital sales in the year 2013? :/

[Vertigo]

Do they really not count digital sales in the year 2013? :/

I don't think they count sales direct from HTDA's store either.

One of the big problems with calculating digital sales is that a lot of online retailers don't publish their sales figures. I think that's the case with iTunes.

[RJK]

I hate to be the one to burst anyone's bubble but the Billboard 200 counts physical and digital sales and has for quite some time.

If it counts modlife sales is a different story. It should since modlife sells cds from other artists but it might not.

So in summary the Billboard 200 number counts iTunes and Amazon Mp3 but may not count modlife.

[Deepvoid]

Wow... I was expecting a higher number then.

[Merriweather]

My vinyl, which I may never actually listen to showed up this morning.

For the people who are ripping the white label CD to put on their IPods, how are you tagging the album art? Are you replicating the changing artwork, per the official download version, or doing one consistent image for all the tracks?

[sheepdean]

If you're going to manually add album art, you may aswell go the whole hog, and for the two extra tracks just use a couple of the art variations

[screwdriver]

I hate to be the one to burst anyone's bubble but the Billboard 200 counts physical and digital sales and has for quite some time.

If it counts modlife sales is a different story. It should since modlife sells cds from other artists but it might not.

So in summary the Billboard 200 number counts iTunes and Amazon Mp3 but may not count modlife.

another interesting question to me is at what point it would count presale figures for items that haven't shipped yet.