October 11th, 2007

Lumberjack’s top 10 scans of the week

  1. BLACK KEYS THE BIG COME UP
  2. SUCIDAL TENDENCIES SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
  3. SET YOUR GOALS MUTINY
  4. VARIOUS ARTISTS SKA IS DEAD
  5. CHIODOS HEARTLESS CONTRO
  6. AUGUST BURNS RED LOOKS FRAGILE AFTER ALL
  7. SKYLIT DRIVE SHE WATCHED THE SKY
  8. RX BANDITS AND THE BATTLE BEGUN
  9. VARIOUS ARTISTS PLEA FOR PEACE VOL. 2
  10. ALKALINE TRIO GODDAMNIT


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October 11th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-11-07

  1. DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SHADE OF POISON TREES
  2. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  3. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  4. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  5. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
  6. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  7. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
  8. MICHAELSON*INGRID GIRLS & BOYS
  9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
  10. HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

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Written by Virgil Dickerson   |   17 Comments

October 5th, 2007

Lumberjack loses Indecision to Revelation

Just got the following press release, but I had seen an announcement by Revelation that they were going to handle Indecision’s distribution. Speaking of Revelation, I didn’t see any big announcements, but when Koch purchased Navarre, Revelation left to work with Red Eye. I am sure there is a story there because if I am not mistaken Revelation was at one time distributed by Koch.

The press release can be found by clicking the following link:

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October 4th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 10-4-07

  1. METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM
  2. IRON & WINE SHEPHERD’S DOG
  3. DOWN DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER
  4. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  5. HELL RELL FOR THE HELL OF IT
  6. ALL TIME LOW SO WRONG, IT’S RIGHT
  7. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  8. GUCCI MANE TRAP-A-THON
  9. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
  10. EARLE*STEVE WASHINGTON SQUARE SERENADE

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Written by Virgil Dickerson   |   9 Comments

September 30th, 2007

Radiohead Has Changed The Game

In RainbowsIn June of 2006 I wrote a post on my old blog about Radiohead, and how they could potentially shift music business into 2.0 with digital self distribution of an album. It seems that very thing has come to pass.

With very little fanfare, they have launched a site for their next release, In Rainbows. To be made available only by pre-order (as either a box set/ digital or digital only) through this website at first.

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Written by Bill Wilson   |   8 Comments

September 26th, 2007

Lumberjack’s top 10 scans of the week

  1. BLACK KEYS THE BIG COME UP
  2. SKYLIT DRIVE SHE WATCHED THE SKY
  3. NEVEA TEARS RUN WITH THE HUNTED
  4. SET YOUR GOALS MUTINY
  5. WHOLE WHEAT BREAD PUNK LIFE
  6. CHIODOS HEARTLESS CONTROL
  7. RX BANDITS AND THE BATTLE BEGUN
  8. WHOLE WHEAT BREAD MINORITY RULES
  9. LEFTOVER CRACK FUCK WORLD TRADE
  10. VARIOUS ARTISTS SKA IS DEAD


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September 26th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 9-26-07

  1. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK EVEN IF IT KILLS ME
  2. DROPKICK MURPHYS MEANEST OF TIMES
  3. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  4. NEW FOUND GLORY FROM SCREEN TO YOUR STEREO
  5. BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME COLORS
  6. BLACK DAHLIA MURDER NOCTURNAL
  7. CHIODOS BONE PALACE BALLET
  8. YAMIN*ELLIOTT ELLIOTT YAMIN
  9. DONNAS BITCHIN’
  10. ONCE SOUNDTRACK

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September 19th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 9-19-07

  1. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  2. CHIODOS BONE PALACE BALLET
  3. PINBACK AUTUMN OF THE SERAPHS
  4. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE STRAWBERRY JAM
  5. AS I LAY DYING OCEAN BETWEEN US
  6. ONCE SOUNDTRACK
  7. YAMIN*ELLIOTT ELLIOTT YAMIN
  8. ICED EARTH FRAMING ARMAGEDDON:
  9. DJ KHALED WE THE BEST
  10. ALDEAN*JASON RELENTLESS

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Written by Virgil Dickerson   |   19 Comments

September 13th, 2007

Independent Sales Chart 9-13-07

  1. CHIODOS BONE PALACE BALLET
  2. HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK
  3. EVERY TIME I DIE BIG DIRTY
  4. AS I LAY DYING OCEAN BETWEEN US
  5. YAMIN*ELLIOTT ELLIOTT YAMIN
  6. TRITT*TRAVIS STORM
  7. MANU CHAO LA RADIOLINA
  8. DJ KHALED WE THE BEST
  9. ONCE SOUNDTRACK
  10. SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS SCARYY KIDS

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Written by Virgil Dickerson   |   9 Comments

September 12th, 2007

Lumberjack Mordam shuts down California office/warehouse, phases out paper mailers

Lumberjack Mordam announced earlier this week that they were shutting down operations of their Sacremento office/warehouse and consolidating everything to their Toledo office/warehouse. In the same press release, they mentioned that they are going to stop making paper mailers and primarily send out digital mailers to update buyers with new releases. You can read the entire press release below.

I remember going to the Lumberjack Mordam conferences when they announced the merger and thought that they should consider consolidating offices/warehouses as it seemed silly to me to have 2. And I don’t think it is a bad move to move to a paperless mailer. It saves money, creates less waste, and when I get inundated with mailers, I usually just throw them away. Now if they can only work on a better html email format, they should be all set. I hope nothing but good things for LMMG and hope these cost saving efforts help their bottom line. We all have to take ever single expense and scrutinize over them these days as sales continue to shrink. 

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