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Post by tangerinesun on Feb 5, 2018 20:22:53 GMT -5
There you have it, Alive! in Osaka will be released this spring in two markets, Japan and Other. Not including AU/NZ I guess, where they have Valve for this kind of thing. Everything about the look of the covers says DIY. Twelve years since a comparable live recording ( Live in Osaka, 2006) but no hint of the fan-friendly deluxe production you'd commonly get from a major label. They don't anticipate the kind of sales that would justify that, I suppose. It's the 2018 version of the cardboard sleeve for the earlier live CD. Not really that far from cutting out photocopies with scissors to stuff into cassettes at the kitchen table.  March 14 release in Japan on P-Vine May 4 release in UK, EU and NARecorded during the December 22 show at Juso Fandango. Tracklist (21 songs!) 01. Pop Tune 02. Super Group 03. BANANA CHIPS 04. Twist Barbie 05. GANBARE BISON 06. Bad Luck Song 07. Green Tangerine 08. Move On 09. Jump Into The New World 10. Rock'n'roll T -Shirt 11. Cruel To Be Kind *12. All You Can Eat 13. SUSHI BAR SONG 14. Wasabi 15. Ramen Rock 16. ROKKETO NI NOTTE 17. Buttercup (I'm A Super Girl) 18. Pyramid Power 19. ANTONIO BAKA GAI 20. It's A New Find 21. BBQ Party * Nick Lowe cover Titles all in caps are Japanese, probably sung that way. From the newsfeed on the HP: www.shonenknife.net/news.html〜〜〜〜〜 Good Charamel is handling the release in the Western hemisphere... ...but not their UK tour. For that, PR and promotion are with Reybee, as at times in the past. Who's acting as ground control for the British Isles… still a mystery. www.reybee.com/about-us/ |
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Post by thegl0r on Feb 7, 2018 10:36:50 GMT -5
Everything about the look of the covers says DIY. Twelve years since a comparable live recording ( Live in Osaka, 2006) but no hint of the fan-friendly deluxe production you'd commonly get from a major label. They don't anticipate the kind of sales that would justify that, I suppose. It's the 2018 version of the cardboard sleeve for the earlier live CD. Not really that far from cutting out photocopies with scissors to stuff into cassettes at the kitchen table. Woo-hoo! A bad computer translation from amass says of this new release... Not too sure that I love Nick Lowe, but I'm sure I'll love SK's version of Cruel To Be Kind. The urge to pre-order is upon me, but cdjapan hasn't got this listed yet and I can't remember if I've ever managed to order anything direct from P-VINE. But I'm sure that cdjapan will be on the case to save me too much stress, or I could wait and surely be able to buy a copy from Naoko's own fair hands.  Some years ago, I vaguely remember asking Naoko about the possibility of SK doing another live DVD. I don't remember her exact words, but it was something along the lines of, "Expensive to make and in no time it would get ripped and uploaded to YouTube which would kill the DVD's sales." Perhaps that explains the DIY packaging. As for who in the UK is helping to organise this years tour, dunno. In the past, George Damnably has said that without new product to promote for a tour, it doesn't make financial sense for him to bring Shonen Knife over to the UK. If Damnably haven't got a slice of the "ALIVE! in Osaka" cake, perhaps that explains why there's no word from the label about the forthcoming tour. |
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Post by tangerinesun on Feb 7, 2018 17:39:06 GMT -5
A bad computer translation from amass says of this new release... The amass.jp article basically restates Tomato Head's press release.
They say,
Hatsu ohirome to naru, min'na daisukina NIKKU RŌ no "Cruel To Be Kind"
no KAVU~Ā mo ureshii!
"We're also pleased [ to announce ] that a cover of everyone's favorite
'Cruel To Be Kind' from Nick Lowe will be released for the first time."
Shoot your software, Google Translate is awfully close on this one. The urge to pre-order is upon me, or I could wait and surely be able to buy a copy from Naoko's own fair hands. Naoko will presumably have the Good Charamel release in her fair
hands, for UK. Which is surely the most artist-friendly way to go.
If you can't live without P-Vine's edition, Amazon.co.jp
is taking overseas preorders for March 14 today.
￥2700 + S&Hhttps://www.amazon.co.jp/アライヴ-異次元への飛翔-少年ナイフ/dp/B079L7LGFH/?ie=UTF8&qid=1518041020&sr=8-1#productPromotionsSome years ago, I vaguely remember asking Naoko about the possibility of SK doing another live DVD. I don't remember her exact words, but it was something along the lines of, "Expensive to make and in no time it would get ripped and uploaded to YouTube which would kill the DVD's sales." Perhaps that explains the DIY packaging. Sounds sensible, but I'm afraid that is also a clincher argument
for never releasing an audio CD again. There is a better approach
to YouTube and to video in general. Other bands know about this
stuff and they are cranking on video all day every day, DVDs too.
One way to deal with unauthorized free streams, beside taxing
them or shutting them off, is to add so much value to your lavish
physical package that the fans will line up just to get the exclusives.
Fetish appeal. It's the real explanation for the vinyl boom that was
supposed to save music.
I wish Naoko would just call me back already. As for who in the UK is helping to organise this years tour, dunno. In the past, George Damnably has said that without new product to promote for a tour, it doesn't make financial sense for him to bring Shonen Knife over to the UK. If Damnably haven't got a slice of the "ALIVE! in Osaka" cake, perhaps that explains why there's no word from the label about the forthcoming tour. I hear the voice of a record label. George might have been saying
there's not enough money in it for Damnably to exert itself.
That's one strategy for talking your way out of representing an artist.
Tomato Head might have different interests and a different perspective.
The cause-and-effect can really only run one way. Damnably are parted
from SK and consequently don't have the Alive! release, not vice-versa.
If the original relationship were still viable, then giving distribution in the
Euro-verse to Good Charamel would be a betrayal and probably a breach
of their contract.
I figure Good Charamel for a stop-gap interim solution. I'd be amazed if
Robby &Co. want to do operations from Buffalo NY for UK/EU, but SK must
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Post by thegl0r on Feb 7, 2018 20:04:49 GMT -5
Some years ago, I vaguely remember asking Naoko about the possibility of SK doing another live DVD. I don't remember her exact words, but it was something along the lines of, "Expensive to make and in no time it would get ripped and uploaded to YouTube which would kill the DVD's sales." Perhaps that explains the DIY packaging. Sounds sensible, but I'm afraid that is also a clincher argument
for never releasing an audio CD again. There is a better approach
to YouTube and to video in general. Other bands know about this
stuff and they are cranking on video all day every day, DVDs too.
One way to deal with unauthorized free streams, beside taxing
them or shutting them off, is to add so much value to your lavish
physical package that the fans will line up just to get the exclusives.
Fetish appeal. It's the real explanation for the vinyl boom that was
supposed to save music.
I wish Naoko would just call me back already.As you say, other bands seem to be able to make DVDs and video uploads work for them and some seem to do rather well at it when the quantity and quality of their product out-competes and overwhelms all before it. You are so right about the fans lapping up a lavish physical package. Electronic eye and ear candy can't compete against that extra-special something to hold in your hand and gaze at. There are enough marketing "experts" out there who bang on about a product with added value meaning increased sales and revenue. Surely they all can't be wrong about that. I wish Naoko would call you back... As for who in the UK is helping to organise this years tour, dunno. In the past, George Damnably has said that without new product to promote... I hear the voice of a record label. George might have been saying
there's not enough money in it for Damnably to exert itself.
That's one strategy for talking your way out of representing an artist.
Tomato Head might have different interests and a different perspective...
I guess George is the voice of the record label so...  Last time SK were over in the UK there was one thing that set off alarm bells for me. Camden Market seemed to be awash with large numbers of promo copies of SK's latest album and were selling for something like £1 or £1.50 each. I wonder where those came from and I'm guessing that Naoko may well have seen some. But on a lighter note, I'm hoping lack of Damnably for this tour means that Naoko won't be using that annoying Orange amplifier that Damnably used to supply SK with for their tours. Some of you may remember me complaining about interference coming through on Naoko's guitar sound. At the time, I'd suspected either one of Naoko's pedals was acting up, or there was a miss-match of equipment causing the problem. My final and definitive answer (for now) is that damn Orange amp was to blame the whole time. Not just 'cos the annoying noise happened across a number of SK tours when they were using that amp, but I've since heard the exact same type of intrusive noise coming out of the speakers for other bands who have been using the same type of amp. Not every time I've heard one of those Orange guitar amps, but enough times to make me think that it is a noise which is symptomatic to those amps. |
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Post by tangerinesun on Feb 8, 2018 1:48:51 GMT -5
There are enough marketing "experts" out there who bang on about a product with added value meaning increased sales and revenue. Surely they all can't be wrong about that. The day it stops working is the day bands like
SCANDAL get too expensive for their keep. I wish Naoko would call you back... Probably would get much more agreement
from Risa. I guess George is the voice of the record label so... He can't help it, but he's got to think of the interests
of all the parties, and they can be hard to harmonize.
For the last AU/NZ tour, the sponsor had to cobble up a
never before seen compilation album to feel like its income
potential was where it should be. Who knows if that idea
really worked well.
If SK tours incessantly at home and abroad, but records just
every 12 to 18 months, sometimes they're going to be visiting
important places with only old product in hand. They dodged
that on the US tour with CJ Ramone, but Ramen Adventure
in the States was the same old adventure, *now with ramen!*
You can hear the foreign tour sponsor who has to run most of
the costs of touring through its own books pleading, "When are
you going to give me something I can sell?!"
Meanwhile the band's manager is thinking, "We have to tour
no matter what, or the foreign audience loses interest and our
overseas revenue from the whole catalog dries up..." Last time SK were over in the UK there was one thing that set off alarm bells for me. Camden Market seemed to be awash with large numbers of promo copies of SK's latest album and were selling for something like £1 or £1.50 each. I wonder where those came from and I'm guessing that Naoko may well have seen some. That does sound like a backfire, even if the label's not to blame
for people's total disregard of NOT FOR SALE legends. It's the
best kind of marketing, because a few cartons of disks are cheap
when you're already down for a carload. If the record's good, it's
like a magic bullet that seeks out potential fans and converts them. But on a lighter note, I'm hoping lack of Damnably for this tour means that Naoko won't be using that annoying Orange amplifier that Damnably used to supply SK with for their tours. Some of you may remember me complaining about interference coming through on Naoko's guitar sound. At the time, I'd suspected either one of Naoko's pedals was acting up, or there was a miss-match of equipment causing the problem. My final and definitive answer (for now) is that damn Orange amp was to blame the whole time. Not just 'cos the annoying noise happened across a number of SK tours when they were using that amp, but I've since heard the exact same type of intrusive noise coming out of the speakers for other bands who have been using the same type of amp. Not every time I've heard one of those Orange guitar amps, but enough times to make me think that it is a noise which is symptomatic to those amps. 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Whatever happened to Rule Britannia? 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Wasn't it British engineering that made radar work in the
first place? I have more faith in Orange than that, but
analog preamps can be awesome interference detectors.
They control for that when they design them but the
suppression can be overwhelmed. If the amp's not actually
broken or running ungrounded or on the wrong tubes,
the problem belongs to the house — or to the guy with
the guitar cord from Monoprice. :rolleyes: |
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Post by thegl0r on Feb 9, 2018 12:15:45 GMT -5
...annoying Orange amplifier... 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Whatever happened to Rule Britannia? 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Wasn't it British engineering that made radar work in the
first place? I have more faith in Orange than that, but
analog preamps can be awesome interference detectors.
They control for that when they design them but the
suppression can be overwhelmed. If the amp's not actually
broken or running ungrounded or on the wrong tubes,
the problem belongs to the house — or to the guy with
the guitar cord from Monoprice. :rolleyes:Sure, orange will have designed their amps well and will have tested them out in a wide range of situations and with all sorts of equipment connected to the amp to ensure the design worked how they intended it to. In the factory, they probably tested each valve before fitting it in one of their amps, then tested the amp before boxing it up. But out in the real world amps get used and abused and then get used some more. Thermionic valves are probably the one component in those amps which ages quickest in use and the component which least likes travelling in the back of a van - though I have heard of spring reverbs suffering due to rough handling. I've not touched a valve since the early 80s and then it was for amplification circuits in industrial control systems. Whenever we got new valves in, every one was tested on a rig to make sure it was working within specifications. When an amp came back to the workshop, the first thing we did was to pull the valves and stick them on the test rig to make sure they still were operating within specs. If not they'd get replaced. Perhaps those dodgy amps I've heard just need new valves in them. People tend to forget that valve equipment needs more regular servicing than solid state stuff and even if "the light is on", a valve may not be working optimally. Or it could just be an incompatibility issue. |
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Post by tangerinesun on Feb 9, 2018 13:58:39 GMT -5
...I have heard of spring reverbs suffering due to rough handling... Like when the guitar player gives the box a swift kick to send a shiver through the springs  I've not touched a valve since the early 80s and then it was for amplification circuits in industrial control systems...
Should have kept at least one, just for the touching...  ...Perhaps those dodgy amps I've heard just need new valves in them. Couldn't hurt, but I wonder why the funky ones are always in orange cladding  ...even if "the light is on", a valve may not be working optimally. I thought the fiery glow was why we so tribally like them. I miss my salvaged
HK home stereo amp from the early 1960s with its pecanwood veneer and its
burly 15W/channel... that the cat would lie on top of till the fur began to smoke  Or it could just be an incompatibility issue. Failure to offer the proper sacrifices on the dashboard of the van. If Orange
had a real design problem... they'd probably get rid of it, because who sheds
a tear for their classic amp model that used to not work but now does?
If only Rickenbacker had the same psychology.  |
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Post by tangerinesun on Mar 8, 2018 6:02:41 GMT -5
Shonen Knife: the live album "Alive! in Osaka —Araivu! ijigen e no hishou— "
for release next week 3/14 (Weds) from P-Vine arrived a bit ahead of time!
A ROCK disc packed with the appeal of today's Shonen Knife! Shonen Knife
fans are sure to love it, we want it to reach everybody! I don't write 'em, I just report 'em. 「 Araivu! ijigen e no hishou」= "Alive! Flight to Another Dimension" so you probably want the Japanese edition for the title alone. That's a 19-day moment, more than long enough for airmail from Japan. Besides shipping, the biggest difference between the releases is that you can pre-order the P-Vine release from Amazon JP right now… www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ime_i_5_5?__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=少年ナイフ+dvd&sprefix=少年ナイフ%2Caps%2C235and as for the Good Charamel version, right now I see no way to preorder. I haven't seen any pricing either, so use your imagination. smile.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank?rh=n%3A5174%2Cp_32%3AShonen+Knife&qid=1520499766&sort=date-desc-rankI put in for the Japanese version because I was wanting to pick up the next Who The Bitch CD at the same time. Theirs comes out even later than the Shonen Knife live package, so I won't be the first on the block to possess it, but I'm stingy about air freight.
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