posted September 2, 2022 #
Way back in January of 2021, I started working with
Beth Cameron to re-issue the second
Forget Cassettes record,
Salt (originally released 2006 by Theory 8 Records). Truth be told, it's my favorite of the FC records and it was the only one remaining that did not exist on vinyl. So, we took to the task. It took
far longer than expected but I am pleased to finally announce that the records are done, in my possession and now
available for sale.
We started by getting the original premaster mixes from Jeremy Ferguson at
Battle Tapes, got John Baldwin at
Infrasonic Sound to master the record (and the b-sides) for vinyl and I reached out to the original packaging artist Nick Butcher at
Sonnenzimmer for advice on how to remaster the artwork from CD scans to LP size. We submitted the project for production in September of 2021 and have been waiting (and waiting and waiting) ever since. The first round of test pressings came in February but they were rejected. The second round was accepted but pushed our production schedule even further out.
All told, the records arrived at the end of August. Almost a full year just to get the records
manufactured and over a year and a half for the project as a whole.
None of that speaks to the creation of the music itself. I've only been involved in getting these wonderful songs from their recorded state into a physical format. Beth and her band - Aaron Ford &
Jay Leo Phillips - did an unspeakably great job with the album. It's sixteen years old now but it packs every bit of punch and raw emotion it did when it was released.
It's been a long trip but I'm happy with the results. I hope you'll consider giving it a listen or pickup up the vinyl
on Bandcamp.
