Here for this too!

 

Never heard the b-sides, do they’re all new for me.

Also a big hoo-ha on another forum about Holly Valance in which the following happened:

 

- The creator asked about/gauged interest in Holly Valance vinyl presses

- Saw that the reaction was largely negative due to her political stance

- Agreed with the negative reactions

- Said the ones who were interested made his stomach churn.

 

Oh yeah, this annoyed me. Fair enough that he's trying to gauge interest in potential releases and realising that it's unfeasable due to Holly's lack of popularity, but he didn't need to pretend that he wasn't potentially interested in doing it in the first place. He could've just said that he thought Footprints and State of Mind are good albums, but that public reaction to Holly's political stances means it's not something that can realistically be printed. Essentially saying that those that were interested are horrible people is like, no.

 

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Andddddd of course, they have the vinyls.

 

But at least there is a (currently) confirmed shipping date.

I mean I can't speak for anyone else's experience but I've ordered the Nicola and Sophie Ellis-Bextor vinyls that Plastic Pop has done before and I've not had any major issues, save for being sent two copies of one of the Sophie vinyls (I think it was two of "Shoot From The Hip" when it was just meant to be one of that and one of "Trip The Light Fantastic").

 

But that was just a small human error - hey, who of us can say we're perfect? - and he was so lovely and sent me a return slip so I didn't have to pay to send the duplicate one back and he got the correct vinyl out within a couple of days.

 

From what I gather he runs it all himself, and that's a lot to take on by yourself, particularly as it's a boutique record label. There are things in my job that I do better than others, but I do them anyway because otherwise the rest of my job can't be done.

 

And as for the Holly Valance saga highlighted above, people have different views on things. I can't say I care for some of her political leanings but if you can detach that from the music, should it really matter?

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It’s okay to have views but what it isn’t okay to do is tout for potential business and then slate the people that would have actually purchased said item!

It’s okay to have views but what it isn’t okay to do is tout for potential business and then slate the people that would have actually purchased said item!

 

To me that's just a really weird thing to do, I can't make sense of it.

 

Here's a round up of the different formats. It seems all of these physicals are shipping in August. If they're all released in the same week I wonder if she has a chance of managing to chart with it?

 

CD - Signed - £20 - https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/music/never-or...ble-cd---signed (23 tracks)

Vinyl - Orange - £35 - https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/music/never-or-now-orange-vinyl (20 tracks - omitting the three remixes)

Vinyl - Purple - £35 - https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/music/never-or-now-purple-vinyl (20 tracks - omitting the three remixes)

Cassette - Purple - £12.50 - https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/music/never-or-now-cassette (13 tracks - original Never or Now track listing only)

 

Two t-shirts: https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/merch

Bundles: https://www.plasticpop.co.uk/bundles-1 (unfortunately all with t-shirts included)

 

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Have any of you ordered anything, or do you intend to? I don't think I'm in a rush. Confession: I've never actually heard the album in full! So I need to get on with that! I'll see if nearer the time I'm tempted to order anything. Honestly I've been ordering way too much this month, I need to slow down! :lol:

Do plastic pop releases count towards the official chart?

They didn't initially, but by the time the Nicola Roberts vinyl formats were released, they counted! #8 in the vinyl chart: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl...art/20220701/9/

Confession: I've never actually heard the album in full! So I need to get on with that!

 

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They didn't initially, but by the time the Nicola Roberts vinyl formats were released, they counted! #8 in the vinyl chart: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl...art/20220701/9/

Thanks for the info, with a few formats available it might manage to make the top 100 but i wouldnt be hugely confident but best of luck to her, im not a huge fan of the album myself and probably wont be buying a copy but i wish her all the best with it, im delighted for her fans of the album aswell.

I didnt mind her version of U Sure Do.

Yeah I need to buy this !

iTunes now says 18th August 2023 instead of 31st March 2023, which makes more sense considering the physical shipment date is "August" (presumably it'll be in the week of the 18th August though). That's just under 25 weeks from now.

Probably for the best. Get all those sales in one week.

It would be ideal for it all to come out in one go!

To be fair, if it’s slightly more than an independent release, PP will have no choice but to commit to a date and stick to it!

Hopefully it comes out all in one go to maximize sales.

Thanks for the explanations!

 

I don’t know wether to order this one or not