The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

They wanted to make sure I got mine in time to hit people over the head with it during SXSW.

lol at everyone bitching about the packaging and then admitting everything arrived undamaged

The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

Anyone besides me still waiting for their vinyl to arrive?

yup

Cool.

That photo above is basically what my LP is like. I wrote to the mbv website yesterday about returning damaged goods, but have yet to hear from them.

Still waiting for it to arrive in SF

Got my record! I was one of the lucky ones. Perfect copy. I feel guilty about it weirdly after some of your issues.

got my lp yesterday, perfect shape fortunately, despite the telltale rattling of the package before i opened it.

Barrowlands tomorrow night!

I'm still enjoying this more with earplug headphones and the first mp3s. I listened to my vinyl for the first time today and couldn't get it loud enough. The CD was louder and awesome - so we'll see. It's still wonderful, strange and disorientating.

Oh and I'm seeing them in London next week, so I'm on listening to the album lots as "research".

Ironic cos the cds I have of loveless and isn't anything do nothing for me. But the vinyl versions are amazing, especially through headphones.

Hmm. Well I've not tried that. Will do, thanks.

Just doing my 'civic' duty and reporting that I received my record today! (California)

It is flawless.

Sorry to hear about those who received theirs in less optimal conditions.

Oh I forgot to mention I'm in NJ, if that helps anyone in the proximity.

i know you guys would much rather they had never even bothered with this new record if they were going to be so cavalier in its mailing paraphernalia BUT can i just say, this sounds real fine, & also way more like a my bloody valentine record, on record. nice & way swampier than the digi-files.

like this is so nice

the packaging sounded better on loveless

The mailman came today, delivered a package (an eBay deal gone wrong, incidentally), said "hold on, I have another package for you!", walked down the street, and never came back.

Somewhere in DC a USPS guy is kicking back to Only Tomorrow, I know it.

in this koan the mailman is kevin shields

Either that or they wanted to slam the package on the curb a few more times before the final delivery

Glad to hear the record sounds good, though! Can't wait to put it on the turntable when it arrives.

don't worry, I'm probably going to destroy mine biking home from the office with it.

i don't want to be that guy but the difference is srsly night & day for me. i am not a big audio person & maybe y'all had better headphones for hearing this first time around but it sounds crazy good & the slightly more outré stuff on s2 sounds way more like an actual-next-other-era-of-mbv than it did before now - has a really serene futuristic quality to it, the sustained guitar & the midi programming & the propulsive drumming. really just super rewarding first listen.

i'm just gonna sell old CDs, buy a Visa GC, and buy this thing already (mp3s). clearly it ain't happening in easily available CD format and I'm sick of listening on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5ayNJKKw4&playnext=1&list=PL212213CC7A49F434&feature=results_main

Loveless and isn't anything always sounded like one glorious lump of sound on vinyl. On cd all the channels are separated out which sounds great for Dire Straits and Phil Collins but kills My Bloody Valentine.

I bought the combo intending to keep the cd and give my daughter the lp. I'll make a point to listen to the latter on her record player and assess its lumpengloriosity.

Crazy talk re: CDs as usual.

MBV sounds awesome on CD. It arrived today.

Last night...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8544612672_fa8a408497_z.jpg
My Bloody Valentine @ Barrowlands by Crimson Glow Photography, on Flickr

Sorry to say that I was actually rather underwhelmed by seeing them in the end.

did they play anything off m b v?

krakow, I saw you taking photos on the stairs - we were on the other staircase across from you, but I didn't like to distract you.

I didn't enjoy them as much as the last time either. They did do some stuff off M B V, yes.

Great m b v-lighting on that pic, krakow

I see the setlists now include "wonder 2" as the last song (the ONE thing I wanted to see live and they didnt do it in Aus dammit). Can anyone confirm this does infact mean theyre no longer doing the holocaust note version of YMMR? Cos I was told the time I saw it was the last time they were doing it. Dropping that to fit "wonder 2" in would make sense.

YMMR w/like ten minute noise part still happening, I hear

Old habits die hard. Why not just a slightly longer concert. Reminds me of Dinosaur Jr. on the Rollercoaster tour. They had 45 minutes to play their stuff like the three other bands. They didn't want to drop any songs from their normal set, so they just played their songs 25% faster.

I might have a spare ticket going for Tuesday - my g/f can't come :-(

We are going on Thursday; anyone else?

m b v sounds absolutely delicious on CD. Really falling for it now.

it may be delicious on cd, it's an absolute smörgåsbord on vinyl :-p

I think it sounds best at fast-ripped 96kbps with glitches and snippets of Elvis singing "Hound Dog" interspersed through it.

OK, the LP just arrived here on the west coast. Looks to be in fine shape. LP sleeve is on the cheap size but I like the little cutout pouch for the CD.

I prefer to transfer it to cassette and play it full blast through the datacorder I used to use to load gamrs on my Spectrum 48k

Think my package was lost in the mail. :(

Got mine today. I was tiring a bit of the album and this has totally enlivened it again for me. Percussion really stands out, and the granular bits on Only Tomorrow are occasionally head-rushing. This is a much better album than I initially regarded.

vinyl finally showed up today. very minimal scuffs on the corners of the sleeve--not mint but not as fucked up as what some of you ended up with.

They were so amazing last night. The new stuff is tremendous

Mine showed up yesterday, very minimal scuffs but fairly disappointed in the lazy design considering how much it cost.

If anyone feels hesitant to buy from the band, Soundstage Direct has started carrying the record. I've never had a problem with their shipping.

They're quite loud, aren't they?