Cities of Darkscorch: Board game

It’s not the first band-based board game (a Motorhead themed trivia game was available for the 2013 holidays) but Numero Group does it again; producing an original game based on the label's 48th release; Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles. 

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You can read about this game on Numero’s website here:

http://www.numerogroup.com/products/cities-of-darkscorch-board-game

Let’s talk about the construction and quality of Cities of Darkscorch;

* The board and setup box were constructed of strong 2.5mm chip. 2.5mm is approximately a 100pt chip, a rather substantial thickness. The lid is turned edge wrapped and film laminated with a luxurious matte finish.

* The game board is also 2.5mm chip, wrapped with a nice black textured book wrap and the litho printed game surface is mounted on top. Its die scored/cut/folded into a traditional quarter panel game board.

* The bingo style cards include those little red plastic sliders, 16 per card.

* Player pieces were constructed of wood, printed on one side and also function as 45rpm adapters; game also includes three custom shaped dies.

* Don’t forget the cheeky player cards (100 each of two sets)

* 6 cavity thermoformed tray

* 2 LPs included

* Slipcase CD

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Remembering Captain Beyond

Captain Beyond was an American/British rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971.

The original line-up for Captain Beyond was:

* singer - Rod Evans (ex-Deep Purple),

* drummer - Bobby Caldwell (ex-Johnny Winter)

* guitarist - Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (ex-Iron Butterfly)

* bassist - Lee Dorman (ex-Iron Butterfly)

* keyboardist - Lewie Gold. Gold left before the debut album was recorded. 

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The remaining line-up recorded the self-titled debut album, which was released in 1972.

Reinhardt and Dorman have since passed away.

We just completed another black velvet special edition jacket and the labels just can't get enough of this luxurious material and elegant craftsmanship. The feel is unlike any jacket you have handled.

A super deluxe edition of this landmark space rock album presented in a gorgeous black velvet gatefold jacket with silver foil stamping on the front and back cover. Inside you’ll find a four color wrap over the gatefold. A 180 gram clear vinyl with remastered audio specifically for this edition! This limited edition includes a numbered card. Now available from Cleopatra Records!

 

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From Geoff Barton of Classic Rock Magazine: the story of Captain Beyond

Available through your local record store or from the label here:

Buy Captain Beyond limited edition here

Fabric wrapped Clamshell box

Secretly Canadian has joined our growing customer base with a deluxe box set of rare recordings from artist Jason Molina. Secretly Canadian will release Journey On: Collected Singles on Record Store Day 2014.

Jason Andrew Molina (December 30, 1973 – March 16, 2013) was an American musician and singer-songwriter, originally from Lorain, Ohio. He came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, (1996-2002) both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians. Since 2003, he had recorded either under his own name or with a stable line-up of band members as the Magnolia Electric Co.

Excerpts from Secretly Canadian:

Gathered within Journey On: Collected Singles are the charming, haunting and elegantly disparate moments lost in the void of limited pressings and merch tables across Songs: Ohia's six year course. With this set of thoughtfully resurrected tokens listeners will have something tangible by which to remember a great artist gone too soon as well as these cherished moments.

This set of nine 7" vinyls is packaged in a clothbound, foil-stamped clamshell box, accompanied by a 24-page booklet, and a CD containing all the tracks. A custom 7" turntable adapter with the iconic Songs: Ohia crossbow logo is lazer-etched in wood. The clamshell is turned edge construction.

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