Greetings OTR list!
It’s been awhile since I’ve been around and I only wish
there was more time to hang around with folks like you online. I was on the list for a long time in the
nineties, back before Paste really got going. I keep getting friendly notes telling me that Paste is
getting some thrashing here and I wanted to come out from behind the digital
curtain and tell you what’s up. First, we are so impressed with the volume of response Second, let me address two situations: First, as far as orders going out in time: We didn’t have CDs from the band
until the morning of the 18th.
So there wasn’t the week and a half of sitting around the Grey
Ghost packing bubble mailers in advance of shipping day. Nothing started til
that day and nearly 600 orders went out the first day! (No blame on Linford
and Karin here either – they were shoulders to the wheel getting a VERY
large amount of CDs signed – they went as fast as they could). There are a few remaining pre-orders
that are going out THIS week due to the fact that we were waiting on a box of
Downstream Compilations to arrive at our warehouse – the response to the
offer for that CD took us by surprise and we ran out of stock at the warehouse.
New ones should be arriving today
or tomorrow and then the rest of the pre-orders (around the last 100) will go
out. Second, regarding some folks that didn’t get an
autographed copy and thought they were.
Turns out one box of unsigned CDs was accidentally used during the
shipping of pre-orders. An honest mistake, but a bummer nonetheless. We have heard from some of you and are
already working to fix this. Here’s
what’s being done:
I’m not giving all of the details of how to return the
CD or contact us here b/c to keep it organized, we need to hear from each
affected customer individually. Paste is beyond proud to be working with one of our all-time
favorite bands so closely and we hope we can count on your continued support. We think you’ll all be very
interested to read the longest piece ever published in Paste Magazine in our
upcoming issue about a certain If you want to get it before it hits newsstands – just
head to http://www.pastemusic.com/mag
and you can subscribe. That issue
will arrive in mailboxes in late September or right at the first of October. Thanks again, Nick Purdy President PasteMusic.com |