The future of Stereolab

Nope. But there are more opportunities still to come. Each of the clear vinyl editions of the Elektra reissues will have a scratch card. 2500 clear vinyl x 7 reissues = 17500 scratch cards in total.

Aren’t there only 50 winning cards in total though?

This thread got me to dig out my favourite 'lab album (Mars Audiac Quintet) this morning. Christ, Stereolab were great from Transient... up to Emperor Tomato Ketchup. I like some of the stuff from Dots and Loops onwards, but nowhere near as much.

is there some kind of Stereolab Monopoly game happening?

Yes, some copies of the reissue have a scratch card where you can Super Size any meal deal for free.

based on the web site it seems like the prize will be a pair of their new designer jeans

I'm still waiting on a Transient clear, from Picadilly Records, ordered ages ago.

I'm in the US, so maybe not relevant, but I ordered early on the day they were announced, and just received my records 2 days ago. Got an email saying they were delayed but no reason why.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/arts/music/stereolab-reunion.html

So the tracklists are the same across the different versions of these Transient and MAQ reissues, right? It's just physical bells & whistles that are different? I'm always paranoid I'm gonna miss out on sweet bonus tracks.

tracklists are the same for the albums (with minor differences noted upthread, mostly extended versions) but there's an extra disc of demos & alternates for each of those:

https://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Mars-Audiac-Quintet/release/13597140

https://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Transient-Random-Noise-Bursts-With-Announcements/release/13568005

But the tracks are all identical no matter which reissue you buy

yes, sorry, I misread "version" there

I'm in the US, so maybe not relevant, but I ordered early on the day they were announced, and just received my records 2 days ago. Got an email saying they were delayed but no reason why.

xp thanks sleeve and moodles!

Should "Lock-Groove Lullaby" end with a lock groove? I've never had an actual record of the album before!

So it sounds like there was a screw-up somewhere and more orders were taken than there were obi strips created in the first place.
Not quite. Pikey sez: "25 of the original obi strips became damaged and then destroyed."
Because he doesn't know which numbers they were you get one of a new, super limited edition of 25, lucky you.

Like so:
https://muut.com/u/stereolab/s3/:stereolab:GEuN:img_0492.jpg.jpg

my Transient CD is delayed (by the rando I bought it from on Amazon) and I really want it!

Interesting mix inspired by Stereolab

https://www.mixcloud.com/MindDaze/290/

Because he doesn't know which numbers they were you get one of a new, super limited edition of 25, lucky you.

Finally purchased & dropped the needle on the Transient vinyl last night and can't say enough to echo all the other praise for the remastering job, it really does sound phenomenal. A major improvement over the CD I've been listening to for the least 2 decades, audible even on my less-than-hi-fi living room setup.

woo hoo I won a scratch card! anyone know what the odds are on those?

My local guitar shop has half turned into a vinyl shop. they've got MAQ and Transient Random Noise Outbursts in the window, £25 each. Now waiting for payday.

For those of you who want to get that sweet Tim Gane tone.

Tim’s @stereolabgroop ‘s pedal board - it’ll sound better than it looks. Thanks @chaseblissaudio / Effekt Boutique / @westside_uk pic.twitter.com/T6mhWHVacy

— Stereolab (@stereolabgroop) May 23, 2019

I got a winning scratch card too.

Any idea what a winning card gets you?

https://stereolab.ochre.store/

all winners will receive a limited edition 12" EP

Sweet! Congrats!

further updates:

got the Switched On volumes 1 & 3 today, #1 is black vinyl #3 is clear, no scratch cards or numbers but they still have a sticker and custom PVC outer jacket. still the new remasters, just new pressings it seems.

looking at Discogs it seems the scratch cards were only included in the Transient and MAQ reissues?

Switched On (#1) sounds FANTASTIC, it's probably the one I know the best and "Doubt" in particular has lots of revealed detail

"Contact" sounds goddamn majestic, best I've ever heard

I bought a Too Pure LP version more than a decade ago and it sounded so bad I returned it, these are a joy to hear

I hope the Lo Fi and Space Age Bachelor Pad EP's don't get orphaned here in this reissue program, some all time great tracks on those.

Space Age Bachelor Pad got reissued last year and features liner notes by Tim.

Lo Fi has been unavailable for ages, and has never been available digitally. Hope that changes

Hi dere I rite thing

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/05/24/stereolab-best-albums-guide/

I endorse those picks

fwiw I'm pretty sure that the groove on Metronomic Underground is lifted from a Yoko Ono track on Approximately Infinite Universe and not Can

You're almost certainly right! (I hope I didn't say 'exact sample,' I just meant feel, but you are also correct that Yoko and Can are the gods of the approach.)

I wish I could remember the track name!

hmm searching ILX it seems like ppl think it's "Mind Train" from Fly that was lifted but I swear it was from AIU, slocki also mentioned Gil-Scott Heron?!?!

Stereolab's politics are not "hard-left".

?? seems obvious to me

That banner image is divine.

So are the versions of the Switched Ons on the new CD box set remastered, or is it just the vinyl editions? Would Switched On Vol. 1 on CD sound better than the original CD issue on Too Pure/Slumberland?

Well, the lyrics are pretty much textbook Marxism, are they not? Nowt wrong with that but I wouldn't call Marxism hard-left by any stretch.

xxp

fair, and it also seems they pushed back on that (which I was unaware of):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereolab#Lyrics_and_titles

Band members have resisted attempts to link the group and its music to Marxism.

I'd thought the bass from Metronomic Underground was based on Gil Scott Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", and the bass on the song Emperor Tomato Ketchup was basically Yoko's "Why"

Band members have resisted attempts to link the group and its music to Marxism.

This kinda reads like a band like dc Talk asking people not to link their music to god, I admit.

from the horse's mouth:

The first track, 'Metronomic Underground', originally consisted of about about seven riffs that I wanted to lock together like a big band. I was also obsessed with the riffs and rhythms of Sun Ra, Don Cherry and the Plastic Ono Band circa 'Fly'".

The groove and rhythm are clearly from "Mind Train". The bassline's phrasing is similar to the Gil Scot-Heron riff, except "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" riff never modulates, it stays rooted on a single note.

I agree, but calling Marxism hard-left is still a category error.

xp

xp Thank ya, that is helpful! I may ask for an edit/update!

panned for being hard-left vs. panned hard-left