Archive for "package"

Making The Disc-Packaging Decision For Your Album

By Pandie Suicide | July 4, 2011

Do you get the traditional jewel case, or the thin jewel case? Do you choose a digipak with multiple full-color panels, or do you just chuck it in a paper sleeve and go the simple route?

Obscura Give Their Latest Album A Second Birth With A Tab Book

By Alex Gilbert | December 21, 2009

Upon announcement of Obscura’s full US tour with The Black Dahlia Murder, Augury, and Hatesphere, the band will also be releasing an official tablature book this January 5th to their critically acclaimed Relapse Records release, Cosmogenesis.

CD-Vinyl: Innovation Or Perversion?

By Andrew Apanov | October 25, 2009

The thingy in question is a new single by French hip-hop producer Wax Tailor, released in a format aptly titled CD-Vinyl – which can be played in a CD player as well as on a turntable.

Cheap Trick: The Kings Of 8-Track

By Andrew Apanov | October 22, 2009

As Wired properly noticed, you’d doubtfully surprise anyone with releasing an album on an 8-track tape. In the ’70s. But in 2009, the idea looks like an effective marketing move. So, who’s done that? Cheap Trick, crazy veteran rockers from Illinois.