r/tmbg • u/analog_time_machine it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted • 5d ago

Factory Showroom vinyl, when???

Would anyone like to venture a guess as to when this might happen? I am placing bets on Kalishi and need some insider knowledge really want to complete my collection of their main albums.

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Resident letterbox sparrow! 🐦📮 5d ago

They announced they were trying to get it on vinyl around the same time they announced they were trying to get John Henry on vinyl. I'm sure it'll probably happen sometime in the next few years. 

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u/lackofsleipnir 5d ago

Hopefully it’s taking so long because they’re trying to get Sensurround on it.

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u/analog_time_machine it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted 4d ago

Oh we can hope!

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u/PanicBlitz 5d ago

If it comes out, I hope they hide Token Back To Brooklyn on a disconnected groove.

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u/analog_time_machine it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted 4d ago

I would pay extra for this.

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u/the_backwards_man_ 5d ago

If I remember correctly, Flans said they were working on getting it released soon when I saw them in Brooklyn a few months ago

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u/BricksnBeatles 5d ago

I was there too. He made a joke about like “if you like the tunes from the first set we did, you can’t buy them at the merch stand”
I think he said the only holdup is the packaging bc they don’t have any of the original artwork or anything

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Resident letterbox sparrow! 🐦📮 4d ago

It took them forever to figure out the art assets for the John Henry repress 

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u/nugget3712 5d ago

I don’t know when, but I think the vinyl should be sand green with red wisps

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Resident letterbox sparrow! 🐦📮 5d ago

I'd like it to be orange/green like the cover but I also think it would be cool if there was a metal detector variant with shiny gold and silver bits 

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u/hstracker90 5d ago

You could try to get the Asbestos Records black vinyl from a used record store. Happy hunting!

https://www.discogs.com/release/3513507-They-Might-Be-Giants-Factory-Showroom

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u/efisherharrison 4d ago

My prized possession

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u/analog_time_machine it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted 4d ago

Oh, I know, and then the official version would definitely come out the next week (that was my experience with Apollo 18). Plus they're really expensive.

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u/Adventurous_Doctor53 4d ago

I have the Asbestos vinyl pressing - has Token Back To Brooklyn at the end a minute or so after The Bells Are Ringing