The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta (September 16, 2022) Album • Page 10

I’ve got all of those and of my Amazon order for the box set is fulfilled, I’d consider selling them to you.

 

This is just typical. I finally picked up de-loused gold variant and Frances the mute black for £120 each. Still going to try and buy the box set though. Haha. What do we think these will be going for on discogs/eBay? Haha

 

Well, I was on the fence about picking up the box set since I already have deloused and Frances. However, I checked banquet records just to see if they were carrying it and they were. There was only one left so it was meant to be. Haha.

 

Yeah I actually went with Bull Moose. They were in left accepting 5 preorders but I was first through. Total came out to be $469 even. Pretty pleased.

 

The Mars Volta - "La Realidad De Los Sueños" – Clouds Hill Recordings

 

very nice little interview, it's so entirely on brand for Omar to have NEVER listened to these albums since release until now, lol

 

cannot justify paying for this but it's got me spinning their discog for the first time in... honestly ages

first two albums are untouchable

 

yes

genuinely their best song maybe

 

Nice one. Mine came to £397.99. At least this way I don’t pay extortionate amount on postage and customs either.

 

Sucks that it’s apparently not in the box set. The whispers part of the song gives me chills

 

really? well now I don't want the boxset, smh

 

there’s some relatively cheap copies of the single on Discogs fyi - I just picked one for $35 the other day

 

Why wasn’t Frances The Mute included on the album?

 

I don't think we know for sure if it's part of the Frances vinyl or not, right?

 

it’s not part of the original pressing

as to why? I just think to fuck with people

 

I always thought the title track felt like a b-side, TBH. I don't like it as much as any of the songs on the album.

 

didn't they want a double album but Universal vetoed that so they had to cut something? not sure how they landed on the t/t and not the five minutes of frog noises but that's TMV for ya

 

hahaha

 

"The album was initially slated to have six songs, however the title track "Frances the Mute" (which was going to be the first song) was left out due to time constraints. The lyrics for the title track still appeared on the inside of the CD jewel case tray, while the song itself was released on "The Widow" single. The ending of "Frances the Mute" reprises the album's bookend, "Sarcophagi" filtered through radio static."

 

IIRC there was some contract fuckery from Universal too. Which I believe had to do with why Cassandra Gemini was split into sections...or else Universal argued it would be an EP and wouldn't fulfil the album requirement in the contract

 

lol Universal fucked up so much huh

"Frances" going straight into "Cygnus" would have been unbelievably good jesus

 

Choose your fighter: 5 min of frogs vs 4 minutes of clanking/bells

 

Yeah that's definitely what happened with the CD release, it was broken into arbitrary sections because they would get paid different royalties if it was an album versus an EP, and that was soley based on number of tracks. Prettty dumb.

 

Clouds Hill teasing another announcement tomorrow

 

oh lord, too many teasesss