New Zealand Music Month At Re-Store

…yeah, yeah, I know…

…when I had the record shop I used to rail against New Zealand Music Month, claiming that every month was New Zealand Music Month at Too Tone Records…

…but that was then…

…this is now,,,

..since the beginning of processing the accumulation we had been separating the NZ music out…

…can’t remember why exactly…

…but we did…

…and now we have over 13 crates of it…

…all priced up and ready to be delivered to Re-Store early next week…

…(Monday is the first of May so that might be a clue as to exactly when the first drop might be…no promises though)….

…see you there…

…tell your NZ music obsessive friends…

Post My Recent Illness

…before…

…after…

….ignore the sign…

…because….

…Sunday…

…10 a.m….

…Restore, 7 Gordon Street, Dunedin Central…

…10 fresh crates from the accumulation…

….I’m baaa-aaaack.

Process

…receive test pressing of lp in post….

….listen to lp…..

…listen to lp with band….

…say “yes please” to record manufacturer people….

…receive large box of lps….(thank you Holiday Records on so many levels….you guys rock)…..

….open all the boxes…

…mmmm…records….

….make the covers….(we already printed them but “somebody” hadn’t glued ’em up yet)…..

….find booklet you DID prepare earlier…(it’s probably in THAT box)….

…all hand folded and stapled neatly….(sorry no vid’)….

…put them all together….

…oops!…don’t forget to hand stamp the labels (first identifying which side is which)….

…small printing blocks (cheers Tracer) taped together with masking tape may come in handy at this stage…

..place lps in in inners then inners in covers….add booklet…place in outer sleeve…

…and there you have it …

…all ready for the lp release on the 28th September at The Crown Hotel….

…see you there.

Deedrees Rekkid

…celebrated the release of Dee’s new album, “She Shanties For Frank”, a week back…

…wicked gig in a great room (let’s do that again)…didn’t get many (if any) good picks from the back (and under the influence)….but maybe if you know this guy…

…he recorded quite a bit of the gig and took loads of photos….

…anyways….

https://www.tpo8.com/music.html

…hit the address above go to the “music” section and there’s a couple of tunes to listen to….and if you click on the “She Shanties For Frank” image it will take you to band camp where you can download the album…..

….also available on cassette locally….

…and in these covers with a lyric booklet…(cover image and screen printing by Chris…booklet hand drawn/water colour washed by Dee….foldingstaplinggluingtrimming by me…)

…when we receive the round black plastic inserts…huge props to Holiday Records…bringing vinyl production back to NZ for the first time since last century…

….bring the noise.

Damn

Inovation Inovation Inovation

…there are no more lps to put in the recent arrivals bin….

…everything is now filed in the “General Alphabetical” or its respective “Genre” bins……so I’ve invented this……Ladies & Gentlemen I give you the “Recent Removals” bin…stock buried in the stacks…passed over (& over) for the last 18 months or so… destined to be thrown to the Trade Me wolves…but maybe worth one more flick thru…

…de-digit your sphincters….

…only 6 more Too Tone days until the end of reality as I know it.

NZ Music Month Question Mark

…NZ Music Month??….…NZ Music Month??….

….NZ  Music Every Month!!

Destination Destination Destination

…went to the secret location in the weekend….…the weather was Autumn…but I got a feed of field mushrooms……which went well with the two and a half kgs of bacon I had to make disappear after the fridge/freezer malfunction earlier in the week……replaced the stylus on the holiday home stereo and dug into my holiday crate…….mucked about in the sketch book….….did some shonky cider powered math….…and made a (second attempt) passable jig for round-frame things……worked harder than when I’m actually working…….a marvellous break from the shop….…here are some directions to the secret location….

In Absentia

…after taking my cold/man flu out to that gig at the Crown on Thurs’ night I had nothing left in the tank to take part in this….

 

…sorry guys, I know you were relying on my photo journalistic “skills” for promoting the album…

..in lieu of turning up I thought I’d share this pic’ of Callum thinking about what to write down as he listens to the rough mix instore @ Too Tone…

…and this pic’ of Callum writing the stuff he thought of down instore @ Too Tone…

…and this pic’ of Seedy thinking about how many pages of stuff Callum is going to write down whilst he is instore across the road at the New World Supermarket….

 

…and this picture of a starfish because Met’ lives in Invercargill and that is too far to go for a pic’ of him thinking and/or writing stuff down….

….buy this….

….CD avail’ at Too Tone…

…or….

…support the vinyl campaign here…

https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/4058-left-or-right-trippy-gatefold-12-vinyl-fundraiser

…and don’t go out late on a week day if you have a CD release to attend.

Some Staff Members May Contain Traces

…of boredom….

….original stock card from back in the olden days…(how do they end going out with the records?….I’m looking at you , junior members of staff….)….
…anyone recognise the hand writing?….

…flying knox?…is that a real label?….

….really?