Once again I am stunned by the production qualities that Bill achieves from his home studio.
Even listening on tiny computer speakers the clips sound so vibrant with all the elements beautifully melded together.
Great stuff.
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Decided to jump the gun, while waiting, and get the Bandcamp The Jewel. 😊
Interesting, Alec. Sounds like a good name for a somber rock band.
Regret I cant visit the frogs. It will be some time before we are allowed
to head for the hills.
Stay safe !
Well the blue crabs lay mostly squished on the road. Didnt see many masks on mortal remains.
Well....just download it from Bancamp and very happy and grateful indeed !!!
The Burito (formerly pony) Express just aint working to Panama these days.
Cant wait to have a listen in my car when the quarantine permit allows. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday between 1630 and 1830.
Cheers Bill !!!!! (...sorry...no cheers here due to booze prohibition along with the stay at home law decree)
I'd be happy to pre-order right now, as I have for previous projects. Since I don't pop over the pond to get to Merry Olde England, I hope that there is still an opportunity for an autograph. That should drive up physical sales! Or it could be a way to lessen inventory. Buy 3, get one signed.
The option to pre-order my CD albums enables accurate pressings to be made by Burning Shed, something that couldn't be done with the old SOS system. This way, if the pre-orders come to, say 650, Burning Shed can press up that amount and know that they won't have stock sitting unsold.
With regard to 'The Jewel', the pre-orders only warranted a pressing of 500 copies, so that was what was manufactured. However, the album has also been issued as a digital download on Bandcamp, so that those who prefer a download to a physical CD could get the album, and anyone who didn't pre-order the physical CD for whatever reason could at least get the download and not miss out. It's a much better, more flexible system.
But, if you do prefer a physical CD, (as do I,) then the answer is to put in a pre-order prior to release and secure your copy that way. Just check this site regularly for announcements or sign up for the Dreamsville newsletters to get advance notice of releases. Hope that helps...
Wow, I didn't realize the digital download would be available the same day as the physical release. I'm a BN completist in terms of his music but not necessarily the physical CDs. I would have gladly given up my CD to someone who missed out had I known this was immediately available. Actually it's available now while my CD is somewhere over the Atlantic! Perhaps I should have known about the simultaneous release but I haven't been following the forum as often as I had been. Regardless, I'm looking forward to the music. Per samples it sounds like a laid-back soundtrack for a quiet C-19 afternoon indoors.
Gotta say that I enjoying knowing that the album is coming. Having a new album from Bill arrive would be a very nice boost during these awful days....
Sorry you’ve missed out... There were THREE email notifications sent out, detailing that CDs would be pressed according to the number of pre-orders received by Burning Shed. There were only 4 hundred and something orders, so the manufacturing run was set to 500...simple as that. There are still unsold albums from previous 1000 edition runs sitting on the shelves at Burning Shed, some of them many years old. The Jewel will be available as a digital download from Bandcamp on release day (17th April). Bill’s original intention was that The Jewel would be a download only release, so those 500 physical copies should be viewed as bonus copies. In the future, if you want to secure a physical copy, follow the advice sent out in the newsletters and pre-order the album before it goes to be manufactured. Hope that explains things.
The latest email from Burning Shed says that this one will only be a pressing of just 500 copies. Now, I've already ordered my copy but - in case anyone has been becoming very relaxed about ordering now that Burning Shed are pressing more than was the case - this one is a return to the 'blink-and-you-missed it' releases that we were used to for several years. I assume that Bandcamp will be the only back-up. Order now, if you are able.
Well I hope Dame Diana Rigg signs up a few, as you teased us with her photos from yesteryear.