Hexagram
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New York

Can someone clarify for me? I downloaded a fairly long album by Spamtron when it was featured on TCTD in December:

http://truechiptilldeath.com/2009/12/spamtron-dpad/

But now I find the album has been taken down. The only thing I can find is a short EP of the same name on Crunchyco with entirely different track names:

http://crunchyco.com/music/spamtron.html

Does someone know what the story is here? Is the album I have now considered deprecated, or better yet, collector's edition? What's the relationship with the new EP?

Ethan

dexter
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southampton, uk
Hexagram wrote:

Can someone clarify for me? I downloaded a fairly long album by Spamtron when it was featured on TCTD in December:

http://truechiptilldeath.com/2009/12/spamtron-dpad/

But now I find the album has been taken down. The only thing I can find is a short EP of the same name on Crunchyco with entirely different track names:

http://crunchyco.com/music/spamtron.html

Does someone know what the story is here? Is the album I have now considered deprecated, or better yet, collector's edition? What's the relationship with the new EP?

Ethan

I am also interested in acquiring this long version!

EmThree
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Vancouver

That's what she said.

But indeed, something seems awry.

Jonnyriddle
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Milton Keynes, England

there was crazy thread all about it on 8bc.
if i remember correctly he was meant to be releasing it on crunchyco as a short ep called d-pad (the one that is on crunchyco now) and another full album with a different title.
then he decided to leave crunchy co and release it all as d-pad without telling anyone at crunchyco about his plans to do so. in the thread which he released it he said he felt as though he had little freedom releasing through crunchyco. he said he had no intentions to sell it and he basicly just bad mouthed the whole crunchyco team.
someone from crunchyco saw the thread on 8bc and replied.
next morning all spamtrons posts had been edited and he said that the album and ep would be released through crunchyco as originally planned.
i believe the official story is that the D-PAD album is an early leak of the album and ep with track titles differing to those that will be on the final releases.

or something along those lines anyways.

Last edited by Jonnyriddle (Jan 16, 2010 7:35 pm)

smiletron
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Nashville, Tennessee

i could mirror it.... but he seems to have resolved his issues with crunchyco at least on a working level. so out of respect for both spamtron and crunchyco and their future releases i wont post it publicly.

if you would like it, get ahold of me.

Last edited by smiletron (Jan 16, 2010 8:03 pm)

akira^8GB
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New York City

I could have used a lot not reading all this drama.

PlainFlavored
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You could always ask Guerin yourself.

Derris-Kharlan
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Melbourne, Australia
PlainFlavored wrote:

You could always ask Guerin yourself.

Trash80
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Los Angeles

Shouldn't they not be *distributing* something with artwork from a commercial artist without permission? Double standard?

Last edited by Trash80 (Jan 17, 2010 1:38 am)

Crystal Labs
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San Luis Obispo, CA

The first album released under the title D-pad is easily one of my favorite albums of last year. If for any reason you guys haven't heard it, you should contact Spamtron and ask him for a copy.