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Sweet heavens.

Blame me, don’t blame Drew.

As of late the plan was to manually reproduce the CDs ourselves. Heck, even Mike Georgian did that on his last release. There are drawbacks to that though (many car, DVD etc. players refuse to read them, and the time it takes to produce and quality check each is crazy). After the grand response for preorders (seriously! thanks!) I decided to properly get them pressed. These will be playable on any player, be a regular CD.

Fair enough. So we head off to get them out to the manufacturer, I take a final evening listen through, and WHAM, two weird and extraordinarily loud digital clips near the end of a tune that were there on the master.

So we’re about 18 days out now. 18. sweet heavens.

18.

Sweet heavens.

all our best laid plans and all our typical cd duplicating fears,

-Bruce

A Sick Joke? Nope…

Did you tune into WAIF 88.3FM on Wednesday, September 5, 2001 hoping to hear Smack It Cincinnati?

If so, you were not the butt of a cruel joke. Due to a scheduling snafu, we thought that SMACK IT CINCINNATI would be on, but it was not.

Stay tuned; we’ll be appearing on the air (or on the net!) again soon!

After over 2.5 years in the making, we’re finally ready for pre-orders!Today, Thursday August 9th 2001, we have officially opened the pre-order page for "WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU", the Over The Rhine Tribute CD.For the latest information on this project, and to place your pre-order, click here.

Cincinnati folks will want to tune into SMACK IT CINCINNATI (Bruce & Drew’s radio show) on WAIF 88.3FM next Wednesday, August 8th from 9:00-11:00am.Why?Outside of the normal zaniness that is the trademark of SMACK IT CINCINNATI, Karin & Linford from Over The Rhine will be on!Why are they coming on the show?To support our RELEASE of "WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU", the Over The Rhine Tribute CD!

You read that right — it’ll be out on August 31, 2001! Orders will be shipped within one week of this date. Pre-orders will begin Friday, 10-August-2001 for this 22-song collection.

Stay tuned.

In my hot little hands (well, actually, next to them so I can type) is the first complete Over The Rhine Tribute CD — “What It Takes To Please You”.

The booklet and tray card for the CD are completed and have arrived.

They look GREAT!

We’re really excited now that we’re in the home stretch. Check this site often for updates and ordering information!

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Hello Tribute CD Players and Pals!

This message was originally sent to my distribution list of Tribute CD folks. If you didn’t get it, then I DO NOT have a current email address for you. You need to get that information to me ASAP!

If you haven’t heard, the official name of the project is “What It Takes To Please You — A Tribute To Over The Rhine”. The website, the best source of up-to-date information, is http://www.drewvogel.com/whatittakestopleaseyou.html.

NOW THE NEWS… We’re in the home stretch of the project. Here’s what’s left to do:

And that we’re waiting for the following things to happen:
* Couple more pieces of text need to be written and added to the booklet
* Need to get DAT submissions ripped to CD
* DAT submissions need to be mastered into the project
* Ordering the dual-CD jewel cases
* Finalizing track order (what song goes in what order on what CD)
* Designing the printing that will go on the actual CDs and getting that done
* Complete the printing/binding of the booklet and tray liner
* Paying the royalties

Some of these things are under my control, some under Bruce’s, some are inter-connected.

None of these items are going to be lengthy, time-wise… Assuming that Drew’s schedule and Bruce’s schedule mesh, we’ll be meeting this weekend or early next week to finish these items.

ALSO IN THE NEWS… I need a mailing address for ONE person from each submission. Please send the following information:
* Name of Submitted Track (case-sensitive — the way you type it here is how it will appear on the track listing. For example,)

What I envision happening is this:
* We’ll get our end in order — finish mastering and begin duping the CDs.
* We’ll open for pre-orders to collect money so we can…
* …pay the royalties and…
* …begin shipping product to our eager customers.

Thanks!
Bruce & Drew
(lost & lovely)

(this email is bulk-sent to those that identified themselves as interested in the Over the Rhine Tribute CD project. if you do not wish to receive future mailings, please reply with “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject of your email. you may complain bitterly in the body of your email.)

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