RSD 2024 EP The Boy

[quizzaciously]

Brand new MK Bonus tracks says the text on page 1 of this thread

Thank you. I knew one of the links said it's 4 bonus tracks from the upcoming album and were recorded in the sessions for the new album. I'm not making stuff up, remember folks? Tho the fact it's bonus tracks is obvious even without any copy, to be honest

[Love Expresso]

Indeed, remember they made an own extra session for it? If I remember correctly, the two Brass boys would be playing on this one then?

Mr. Solomons Said, this title sounds like a track from Lightnin' Hopkins, like an ancient talking blues.

In Germany in the 80's there was a boxing family on the Fairgrounds called the "Schlüter Truppe". They had two "sons", Schlüter Junior 1 and Schlüter Junior 2 who looked like Elvis, and they were boxing with guys from the audience, drunken ones most of the time and they attracted always the biggest crowds. Loved to watch the whole Show as a kid and still remember the exact place where it all took place. I am very thrilled by this EP. It's am absolute MK-like theme.

LE

[quizzaciously]

Quite a season of steady releases! DS live boxset, charity single, new album & now RSD support with an original EP!
As Quizz has said in the past, most other artists are good at releasing stuff new & old, this is new territory for Knop fans I think.Maybe next Christmas, DS studio outtakes and unreleased gems?

Yeah, it's something new indeed. However, the sloppiness of it is quite reMARKable. Spend 6 years with no releases, then drop everything you've got in 6 months. The thing you can be afraid of here is — does this mean years and years of silence after all this or a beginning of something good, like a new release of stuff each year.

[Love Expresso]

Brand new MK Bonus tracks says the text on page 1 of this thread

Well, to me, this is literally a real bonus. I can understand that MK separated it when really all four tracks are about boxing. It's just natural. Drovers Road was called a bonus song, too, so it's nonsense to judge these songs with terms like "b-sides".

LE

[Dutchessy]

No brass, they were for the beers only

[Love Expresso]

No brass, they were for the beers only

Thank god! 

LE

[quizzaciously]

Indeed, remember they made an own extra session for it? If I remember correctly, the two Brass boys would be playing on this one then?

Mr. Solomons Said, this title sounds like a track from Lightnin' Hopkins, like an ancient talking blues.

In Germany in the 80's there was a boxing family on the Fairgrounds called the "Schlüter Truppe". They had two "sons", Schlüter Junior 1 and Schlüter Junior 2 who looked like Elvis, and they were boxing with guys from the audience, drunken ones most of the time and they attracted always the biggest crowds. Loved to watch the whole Show as a kid and still remember the exact place where it all took place. I am very thrilled by this EP. It's am absolute MK-like theme.

LE

Once you start to read about boxers or watch movies about boxers you realise EXACTLY why Mark is so into that. Interesting lives, drama, entertainment, broken hearts and broken bones, the physical aspect of it. Boxing has everything, and that's why it's one of the topics all writers return to.

[quizzaciously]

Brand new MK Bonus tracks says the text on page 1 of this thread

Well, to me, this is literally a real bonus. I can understand that MK separated it when really all four tracks are about boxing. It's just natural. Drovers Road was called a bonus song, too, so it's nonsense to judge these songs with terms like "b-sides".

LE

It's just a term, like "B-roll" in filmmaking. No matter how good the song is, it's still intended to be an addition to something bigger. To me, the sin of bonus tracks is they are simply destined to be less prominent. Of course, Mark himself can think these songs deserve this fate, but as we all know there are some damn good B-sides.

[Banjo99uk]

Does anyone in the UK know how you order it? My nearest record shop is 25 miles away.

[Love Expresso]

There are different Record Store Day formats. The Boy is an "Exclusive" which means that it ONLY can be bought in record stores. Other formats are intended to be made available afterwards but with Exclusives, it's not. So no order possible. However, this is the official meaning. You can still buy many RSD editions from the last years, not only from 2023, and The Honky Tonk Demos were available from Amazon later. Just keep in mind that vinyl is booming and that RSD 2024 could be increasing in demand compared to other years.

LE

[Banjo99uk]

There are different Record Store Day formats. The Boy is an "Exclusive" which means that it ONLY can be bought in record stores. Other formats are intended to be made available afterwards but with Exclusives, it's not. So no order possible. However, this is the official meaning. You can still buy many RSD editions from the last years, not only from 2023, and The Honky Tonk Demos were available from Amazon later. Just keep in mind that vinyl is booming and that RSD 2024 could be increasing in demand compared to other years.

LE

Thanks LE, looks like I need to order instore and pick up when released.

[Jules]

Well my record player is able to transform the vinyl tracks to digital format 

LE

Are you offering yourself for these tracks and the extra tracks on the box only in vinyl?

 

[dustyvalentino]

There are different Record Store Day formats. The Boy is an "Exclusive" which means that it ONLY can be bought in record stores. Other formats are intended to be made available afterwards but with Exclusives, it's not. So no order possible. However, this is the official meaning. You can still buy many RSD editions from the last years, not only from 2023, and The Honky Tonk Demos were available from Amazon later. Just keep in mind that vinyl is booming and that RSD 2024 could be increasing in demand compared to other years.

LE

Thanks LE, looks like I need to order instore and pick up when released.

I believe you can’t actually order RSD releases…

[Jules]

There are different Record Store Day formats. The Boy is an "Exclusive" which means that it ONLY can be bought in record stores. Other formats are intended to be made available afterwards but with Exclusives, it's not. So no order possible. However, this is the official meaning. You can still buy many RSD editions from the last years, not only from 2023, and The Honky Tonk Demos were available from Amazon later. Just keep in mind that vinyl is booming and that RSD 2024 could be increasing in demand compared to other years.

LE

Thanks LE, looks like I need to order instore and pick up when released.

I believe you can’t actually order RSD releases…

You can order them online from the shops that sells in Amazon or discogs, but just some days after the RSD days.

I bought the previous DS and MK rsd releases that way.

[Rolleyway Man]

There are different Record Store Day formats. The Boy is an "Exclusive" which means that it ONLY can be bought in record stores. Other formats are intended to be made available afterwards but with Exclusives, it's not. So no order possible. However, this is the official meaning. You can still buy many RSD editions from the last years, not only from 2023, and The Honky Tonk Demos were available from Amazon later. Just keep in mind that vinyl is booming and that RSD 2024 could be increasing in demand compared to other years.

LE

Thanks LE, looks like I need to order instore and pick up when released.

I don’t think that’s possible unfortunately. It would defeat the object of the event. You have to go in store and buy Record Store Day releases on the day. You have to be up at sparrow’s fart to get in the queue at your nearest record store and hope they still have the item(s) you want in stock. Inconvenient, I know. Especially when your nearest store is some distance away.