Outlaw News!
"I am waiting for a record to arrive to pleasure."
|
Updated:
So the first Outlaw Recordings release in a while came out this year, we got the BATTLETORN & MGT "No Mercy Attack!" split Japan Tour 45 out! We took all our copies to Japan and sold them on the tour, so we're totally out of them. But the band MGT from Japan may still have a few copies, so if you search them out and contact them through their web site you may be able to get one from them. The Japan tour was amazing, many details, photos, things posted on the different BATTLETORN web sites!
The next release planned is a one sided 12" by MACH II, which is a Cleveland hard rock/heavy metal band featuring members of BOULDER and MIDNIGHT. It smokes. They have a web site up so you can check them out if you like. Keep your ear to the ground on that! 12/31/07 Wow, 2007 came and went eh!?!? This marks the first year since the label's inception that nothing came out. There have been a lot of other things happening, so I guess it is what it is, but the label is not done... just dormant for a while! There is a release coming out first thing next year- I just sent in the masters to get the vinyls made today, it is a split 45 featuring the band I play in, BATTLETORN and MGT from Japan. BATTLETORN is going over to Japan for 6 shows in March of 2008, and this limited tour single with MGT (who set up the tour) will be released to coincide with it. There will be 200 copies, it should be cool, so drop a line if interested in one! Have a great new years, and until then......... 6/16/07
Outlaw Recordings is moving to a new town next week! The new HQ are in glorious Nashville, TN!!! Have to get settled in and will get back on track getting some new releases together in the future. I know I've had a lot of things on deck and simmering for a while, but once we get down south I hope to get some of these things out finally!
2/16/07 Wow.. after a 5 year delay in finishing the inserts for the last 25 copies of this, the last of the correct pressings of the BANG picture disc LPs are done! It took me a whole day of printing and for the 25 inserts that came out right, there were 25 that had to be tossed- but at least it's DONE at long last! Get 'em while they last- see catalog page for ordering info!
1/19/07 Happy new years to all! The test pressing picture discs are sold out, as are a couple more titles... hopefully in 2007 I can get a few things out to fill out the list of stuff available for ordering again! 12/14/06 Just was in the 'vault' looking at some stuff that had accumulated, and found these boxes of test pressings I'd had here for almost 4 years... back when I had these made in Fall of 2002 I had planned on making silkscreened bags for all my pic disc test pressings- but the ink you have to use is this toxic stuff which you have to wear a mask to print... to make a long story short here we are 4 years later and it never got printed so I just printed some paper inserts for them- and am putting them out there if anyone wants one. There were 10 copies of each made, they are blank white picture discs for the VYNDYKATOR and BAD WIZARD albums I released, and come with #'ed inserts. I've never sold off test pressings of anything I've done on this site, so as far as pricing we'll say $15 each because they were expensive to have made back when I had it done! But they're pretty cool if you've never seen a pic disc test. Besides that I'll sign off for the year- happy holidays to everyone and hope all is well! later, 11/27/06 Been a long time since the last update, sorry about that! A lot has happened- life keeps going and there hasn't been as much time for label stuff these days! The only release that is still in the works and will definitely be out at some point soon is the JACKIE BODIMEAD "Don't Believe In Love" reissue CD- which at this point will probably be out early next year. Last week we lost of one of our friends and members of a group that released a record on this label- Rob Oriani from VYNDYKATOR passed away. Our respects to his family and friends, he was a killer metal guitarist and will be missed. Crank up your VYNDYKATOR vinyl in his honor. In strangely timed and related news, I got back a few copies of a couple of out of print and long sold out from the label titles from the distributor- which included a few copies of the VYNDYKATOR black vinyl version of the 'HSFH' album. Also in there were a few copies of the BOULDER 'Unleashed in the Midwest' LP. So if anyone out there never got these two items, drop me a line- you have a second chance. 3/1/06 Well, once again, time flew by, almost five freakin' months since the last update! What can I say? A lot going on in other areas of life... BATTLETORN is moving along, we stripped down to a two piece and have recorded a new record. Plus, we're going to the UK for a week long tour next month! That's gonna rule! But, what you're here for is music, OUTLAW RECORDINGS style, and I'm VERY happy to announce that the THOR "Mutant" CD is FINALLY ready!!! Yes, it's taken a few years to get this baby together.. it's gone through many stages of development and such, but the end result is a package I hope you all will dig! It's a very unique one, basically what we've assembled is a CD housed in an LP cover (a-la the DEATH SS "Horror Music" set that came out in Italy a few years back). So all you CD buyers will get to experience the LP sleeve, and inside wll be a CD version of this album featuring 4 more unreleased bonus tracks from the vault and an rare radio interview from 1984! It comes in the original "Mutant" gatefold LP sleeve with a new insert featuring liner notes on the new songs, and there are only 500 #'ed copies! These are all on a pro-printed silver studio-CDRs, I went back to my roots of having small run CDs made by a studio uptown like I did for a few early releases! They are well done, silver with a screened title on top, and came out great! Since it's not a big run CD, we can afford to put these out at an even cheaper cost than usual CDs, and are listing this one at just $8!!
Now, after I assemble and FINALLY get this thing out there, there are 3 albums that I hope to have come out pretty soon after this in the spring, those being the DESTRUCTOR, ENEMY SOIL, and NORTHERN LIGHTS albums! At that point, basically everything that I've had in the pipeline will be out, with the exception of a couple long term ideas that will hopefully come to fruition one day too! One more thing real quick, I have about 30 copies of this BANG 's/t' LP picture disc mispressing version sitting here that I am GIVING away with orders (all I ask is you pay the postage), so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you like heavy heavy duty rock then do yourself a favor and ask me for one of these, they're FREE!!! They have a pressing flaw which makes them skip into the first track on side two, and the pixilation on the photo of side two is off, but they sound/look good enough that they don't deserve to be in a land fill, so TAKE THEM OFF MY HANDS and enjoy them! They've been in my kitchen for years, I can't open my fridge because I have too much stuff in here- HELP!!!!! That's the story for now folks, hope you're all doing well and talk to you soon! 10/14/05 Been over two months since I've gotten to update the site! wow... time is flying by! Things are well in NYC, except for the week of non-stop rain! So, a couple of things have come to the surface, the first being that the THOR "Mutant" CD is about to be unleased any day! It's going to be a small custom run CD, and will be housed in an LP cover! Basically, when I got the THOR "Mutant" LPs made, there was some kind of mixup at the plant and they made 500 extra LP covers. They've been sitting in my storage facility waiting for something to happen with them, but I don't plan on doing another pressing of "Mutant" on vinyl... Now, we want to do a CD of this, and so my idea was to house the CD version in the extra covers for the LP! This will make it look way cooler than a regular CD obviously (since LP covers are so much larger and beautiful!), and it will also make it so that I can sell this much cheaper since we already have the sleeves! It will feature some bonus tracks not on the LP version. Expect this to hit the streets on Halloween. That's my goal! Besides that, there are two different "It's A Fuckin' Boot" LPs about to be unleashed, those being the DESTRUCTOR "Cleveland Was MADE For Metal!" album which I believe is from their first live show in 1984, and then the ENEMY SOIL "Nail In The Coffin" LP will follow soon after! Lastly, there is a plan formulating to re-issue the long out of print and hard to find JACKIE BODIMEAD "Don't Believe In Love" album! She has surfaced over in the UK and is in touch with Greg Hart (IF ONLY) and he is setting this thing up! It will feature liner notes, pix, and bonus track(s?) just like the IF ONLY "Destiny"! Very exciting stuff! And, one more Outlaw item hit the graveyard, that being the THEO album which sold out this week! There are a few titles that are sold out through me, but are still available from my distributor for those who may be interested. They are called SCRATCH RECORDS and they still copies of the VYNDYKATOR vinyl, the BOULDER live LP, and the PLACE OF SKULLS album- all of which I've been out of for a while! Click here to get to their site! Scratch Records! 8/10/05 So we're back from the BATTLETORN tour and here's the deal with what's going on at Outlaw. Basically, it goes like this... Outlaw Recordings, which has been a big part of my life for the past 5 years is going to have to take a new spot in the bigger picture. I just finished school in June, and am going to have to pull in the label a bit so that it's at a level that's managable while I do the rest of the things I plan on doing with my life. I'm planning to try and keep the label going forever if possible, putting out at least a release or two a year as time permits. But I'm not going to be able to keep up the pace as it's been going. But, before this happens there are a couple things in the pipeline that I hope to get out, so keep your eyes peeled! Thanks for all your interest and support over the years! It couldn't have happened without ya'll! In the meantime, two more items hit the 'Outlaw Graveyard' this week (meaning they're sold out), those are the DECEASED picture disc and the PLACE OF SKULLS cd-ep. 6/11/05 Wow, has it really been almost 6 weeks since the last update!?!? Well, NOBODY won the contest- but the answer is that the first release on Noise Records, which was originally known as (Total) Noise was BITCH "Be My Slave". Noise was a division of 'Modern Music' company according to the labels of the early releases! PLEASE NOTE!!!!! OUTLAW RECORDINGS WILL BE CLOSED FROM June 17-July 20th!!! This is so we can do the BATTLETORN "Wild, Blind, and Screaming" tour of the US!!! Check our our site for info, come out to a show if you're in one of these towns..click here! BATTLETORN . So I'll talk to you all when we return! Thanks! 4/24/05 Ok, so this contest thing is causing some confusion
and controversy! As I stated below, the first release on Noise
is DEFINITELY not the "Death Metal" compilation LP!!!
I know this because I own two copies of this album (there were
two different sleeves released), and it is NOISE-006! There are
FIVE releases before it! A couple titles entered the "outlaw graveyard" this week, including the BOULDER "Unleashed.." LP. However, my distributor in Canada may still have some, check the Scratch Records page under my links. A couple other titles are about to sell out, the THEO album, the BOULDER cd is almost gone... a few oldies but goodies! 4/21/05 The last of the April 2005 Outlaw blowout arrived today, the BOULDER "Degenerates" singles are in! It came out great, in a nice b/w pic sleeve and all- with a tombstone on the cover, which I would assume subtley symbolizes that these are supposed to be the last recordings by this great band. Please see the ordering page for more info on this release. Also, details about the 7 different insert styles that we used for the BOULDER live album are now detailed on the page for that LP. Also, I've decided to have the FIRST Outlaw Recordings contest! Here's how it'll work- I will award a FREE copy of one of the three new releases (their choice), to the first person to answer the following question: what was the FIRST release on the classic German label Noise Records, which was at the time known as (Total) Noise? This will be interesting to see if ANYONE out there knows this. It's an obscure metal fact... good luck! Contest ends when somebody gives me the right answer! Contest update: thanks to those who have sent in answers, but no winners yet! Many people seem to think it was the "Death Metal" comp, but that was in fact Noise #6. The "Rock From Hell" comp was Noise #3. So, before you guess them- neither of these is the answer! 4/12/05 Man, when it rains it rains METAL! Both the VICTOR GRIFFIN & MIDNIGHT CD's came in today! Both look/sound great, and are available for ordering! Victor CD has 2 bonus tracks not on vinyl version, and MIDNIGHT cd features many unreleased tracks! NEWS ARCHIVE All the rest, the past news in here in the archive! |
