Whoa, LaserCD.com $2.00 CD Blowout!

[rogerdil]

Yes, received an Order receipt first and then 15 minutes later got a separate e-mail entitled "Shipping update".

[drew512]

I have received no notification that mine has shipped yet... did you?

I got an email from them with the title "Shipping update for order xxxxxx" on the 26th that said it had shipped, but it didn't include a tracking number.

[senecadawg2]

Ah... I just got the same message, I gues it was just a couple days late. Can't wait to get my cd's!

[emblempride]

Picked up nearly everything, some things I didn't have physically such as Entropia and The Rainmaker. Such a friggin steal, about 35 albums (more than just the $2 ones) for only about $90. Thank the Heavens it happened right around b-day time, and I was going to save my money... Silly me.

[Nick]

Prymary - The Tragedy Of Innocence
Marillion - Somewhere Else
Orianthi - Believe
Time Machine - Secret Oceans Part 2*
To-Mera - Delusions
Mullmuzzler - Mullmuzzler 2
Dungeon - Resurrection
Royal Hunt - 2006 Live (2CD)**

*Only got this because, frankly, I likely have the largest physical Time Machine collection in America. Frankly most people have never heard or care about this band, and their Italian with little American distribution.
**Probably have one of the largest Royal Hunt collections as well, so even though I already have the DVD, fuck it.

[kirksnosehair]

Finally got around to placing an order.  I own most of those discs, but there were a few I don't have:



Secret Sphere - Scent Of Human Desire
Amaran's Plight - Voice In The Light
Prymary - The Tragedy Of Innocence
Chrome Shift - Ripples In Time


4 albums for $14 including shipping

[pain of occupation]

...amongst others, picked up an Estradasphere live dvd for $6! 

[T-ski]

Time Machine - Secret Oceans Part 2*


*Only got this because, frankly, I likely have the largest physical Time Machine collection in America. Frankly most people have never heard or care about this band, and their Italian with little American distribution.

I have 4 Time Machine discs.  Maybe I'm in second?

Nice haul.

[Nick]

Probably. Had no clue anyone else here cared about them. I have...

Project: Time Scanning
Dungeons of the Vatican
Act II: Galileo
Shades of Time
Secret Ocean, Part 2
Eternity Ends
Aliger Daemon
Evil
Reviviscence

I think all I need is Hidden Secrets and Secret Ocean, Part 1.

Do you know if these guys are still around and ever plan on doing anything again?

[T-ski]

Probably. Had no clue anyone else here cared about them. I have...

Project: Time Scanning
Dungeons of the Vatican
Act II: Galileo
Shades of Time
Secret Ocean, Part 2
Eternity Ends
Aliger Daemon
Evil
Reviviscence

I think all I need is Hidden Secrets and Secret Ocean, Part 1.

Do you know if these guys are still around and ever plan on doing anything again?

I have:

Act II
Eternity Ends
Evil
Reviviscence

No idea what's up with the band.  Usually I just stumble upon info by accident when they release something.

[Progmetty]

I wanna find something like this that has Dream Theater, I need a new copy of SDOIT.

[kirksnosehair]

Got my CDs on Friday:





The Prymary CD is interesting....almost sounds a little bit "demo-ish" in a few places, but definitely some cool ideas. 


Amaran's Plight is KILLER 


Haven't listened to the others yet

[jingle.boy]

Amaran's Plight is KILLER 

Yes, yes it is. Anyone here who doesn't have it, should. That, is a "supergroup".

[kirksnosehair]

Is it just a one off?  I'd buy more from them at full price. 

[emblempride]

Amaran's Plight is KILLER 

Yes, yes it is. Anyone here who doesn't have it, should. That, is a "supergroup".

I've listened to it a few times, and I thought I'd be really into it if only because of the concept, but I'm always sort of underwhelmed. There are some interesting themes and the soloing is great, but there's nothing super special or really catchy melodies on it of note. Being not only a Prog band, but a supergroup, I feel like I should be wowed. I'm curious to see if I'm alone.

[Nick]

Is it just a one off?  I'd buy more from them at full price. 

As of now, it's the only one sadly.

[kirksnosehair]

That's too bad, I really love DC Cooper's vocals on this and the music is great.    This will definitely get quite a bit of playing time

[T-ski]

Got my CDs on Friday:





The Prymary CD is interesting....almost sounds a little bit "demo-ish" in a few places, but definitely some cool ideas. 


Amaran's Plight is KILLER 


Haven't listened to the others yet

I would have sent you my copy of Chromeshift and $2.  What a disappointment for me.

[senecadawg2]

is it really THAT bad?

[T-ski]

is it really THAT bad?

It was just so over the top and so corny.  It had its moments but ya, it wasn't for me.

[kirksnosehair]

Eh, the lyrics are a bit cheesy, but I listen to Neal Morse and Ayreon fer chrissakes 




Plus:


"all the finest wines, improve with age"


"the smell of stale sweat and shit, steaming through the night"


"let me introduce, mah brutha"


"sucking on his pipe"




I can keep going....


 

[KevShmev]

Amaran's Plight is KILLER 

Yes, yes it is. Anyone here who doesn't have it, should. That, is a "supergroup".

I've listened to it a few times, and I thought I'd be really into it if only because of the concept, but I'm always sort of underwhelmed. There are some interesting themes and the soloing is great, but there's nothing super special or really catchy melodies on it of note. Being not only a Prog band, but a supergroup, I feel like I should be wowed. I'm curious to see if I'm alone.

You're not.  My older brother bought that when it first came out; he is a big NDV, so it was an automatic buy for him.  Anyway, he liked it a lot and burned me a copy, and I gave it numerous listens, but it never did anything for me.  So, I'm with ya. 

[DT2003]

Placed an order earlier today:

Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
Threshold - Hypothetical
Magnitude 9 - Reality In Focus
Enchant - Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10
Flower Kings, The - Space Revolver
Ayreon - Day 11: Love (this one was $3)

6 cds for $21 (including shipping).  Can't beat that!

[kirksnosehair]

Nice haul!  ^^

[DT2003]

Thanks.  Have heard a little bit from those bands and been meaning to check more of their stuff out.  Thanks for posting this.  Really is an incredible deal!

[Nick]

Placed an order earlier today:

Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
Threshold - Hypothetical
Magnitude 9 - Reality In Focus
Enchant - Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10
Flower Kings, The - Space Revolver
Ayreon - Day 11: Love (this one was $3)

6 cds for $21 (including shipping).  Can't beat that!

LOTS of great music cheap, but if I had to pick one amazing grab out of the bunch, it's J9D10.

[emblempride]

I think DC Cooper's voice was what I liked the least, actually. But vocals are always a varied taste, so I didn't let them bother me as much as I would've usually let them. What did was the lyrics. On paper it seems like a really great story, but things like introducing Tommy 3 songs before the album's end really bring it down.

Funny, I actually got 2 copies of the Chrome Shift album by accident, so I gave one to a friend of mine, and the only Progressive anything I've been able to get him into was PoS's Scarsick.... Haven't heard it yet myself, but, hey, I've made worse and more costly choices if it's as you say. I've only managed to hear Voice in the Light and Akphaezya's Anthology II of the albums I got (nearly everything, gonna have to stay away from things that cost money in general), and holy damn is the latter a fantastic breath of fresh air. Wish I had known about it sooner. Could do without the growls, but there aren't a lot, and considering how beautiful the vocalist's voice is and that, from what I've read, her solo career is similar to Tori Amos's, they're not bad, and appear as much as the growls on Haken's Aquarius: two lines and one movement of a song. Tolerable for someone like myself who doesn't like growls in their Prog.

[DT2003]

Placed an order earlier today:

Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
Threshold - Hypothetical
Magnitude 9 - Reality In Focus
Enchant - Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10
Flower Kings, The - Space Revolver
Ayreon - Day 11: Love (this one was $3)

6 cds for $21 (including shipping).  Can't beat that!

Wow I placed my order a little after noon on Tuesday and my cds arrived yesterday.  I definitely will buy from this place again.  Now I just have to figure out what to listen to first.

[kirksnosehair]

The Laser's Edge is great and Ken (the owner) is a solid dude.   

[KevShmev]

I like that site, but Roine Stolt had an interesting message about it back in June on the TFK yahoo mailing list:

It is more complicated than that -
> Because - as some of you know - Ken has his own record label - Lasers Edge.
> he release lot's of stuff - among those, self-financed albums by some of my own new favourite bands - UK's "Haken" and American band "District 97".
> Much or all of what is on Ken's label are bands with regular daytime jobs that live the prog'n roll dream on free time and need not see revenue
> back from their albums.
>
> When he press his edition of these I'm sure he get a good manufacturing price in the USA and get them shipped to his door.
> The deals he have with these bands are pretty standard - meaning the bands won't see much revenue, unless they sell
> between 25'000 to 50'000 copies - and unfortunately they don't - as most relatively "unknown" bands sell between 500 - 1500 copies.
> So it is a much loved hobby for most - and for some a dream they keep on dreaming - to be as big as Rush or DT.
>
> Anyway, Ken keep his prices low - he can sell for low prices because his own costs are low and he moves quantity.
>
> However when Ken wants to buy albums from Sweden , like Anekdoten, MoonSafari or things from Reingold Records or me he need to "compete"
> with his own low prices for US manufactured product - meaning that albums that we initially pay more to manufacture over here and then need to ship to the USA will be
> "too damn expensive" for Ken to deal with . Or we need to lower the prices to the point where we earn little or nothing.
>
> We do NOT make money on touring so for TFK it is crucial to see money back from record sales - or there will be no more albums or no more
> touring.
>
> My intention is to keep going - so it is easy I cannot recommend buying cheaper versions of the album - buying from us is always the best coice
> and coming to our shows will garantee a future for TFK.
>
> Ken does nothing wrong really - he is a good guy - he does what every businessman would do - but unfortunately a dis-service for bands
> like The Flower Kings, Agents Of Mercy, IQ or even Spocks Beard.
>
> Thanx for staying this little lecture....
> Roine.

Basically, it sounds like Roine says that Ken keeping his prices so low takes away any profit bands like TFK would see from sales.

[kirksnosehair]

Er, I don't see how Roine is obligated to work with Ken?   


No bands make a lot of profit from CD sales because kids don't buy CDs any more, they download.


Welcome to life in the music business circa 2012


I don't see how this is Ken's fault.

[jmplayer]

LaserCD.com's catalog has some steals for me besides the two dollar albums (Operation Mindcrime with a live CD for $10 (the single CD is $6), or A Matter of Life and Death (imported) $7), though most of the $2 albums I bought are awesome (especially Juggle 9 and Dropping 10, Space Revolver); a few of the other albums need time to grow on me. I find it awesome to find prices on CDs lower than ordering them from iTunes.

[Nick]

Er, I don't see how Roine is obligated to work with Ken?   


No bands make a lot of profit from CD sales because kids don't buy CDs any more, they download.


Welcome to life in the music business circa 2012


I don't see how this is Ken's fault.

Yeah, I really don't see any fault with Ken either. Frankly most bands can't expect to make much if anything on record sales today. You could make your CD $20 and make more on each, but at that point you're pricing yourself outside the reach of more casual fans. I generally have a rule that including shipping I will not spend more than $15 on a new release. I will go to whatever retailer (usually Amazon) who can do that price for me. Each unit purchased is helping to grease the wheels to keep things going, at the end of the day bands who have higher prices are just going for higher margins over higher sales numbers. I can respect both sides of things, but sadly in today's world at the end of the day there is just little to no money in things for anyone.

[pain of occupation]

got my haul today. most of it was gifts for friends (stuff i already owned). personally picked up Estradasphere DVD, Akphaezya, Enchant, and the new District 97. Estradasphere have, errrr, interesting stage presence. also, i didnt know any of the songs, but was on there sounded mostly good.
also watched the District 97 bonus dvd; cool stuff from them prog nerds. the version of Termites owned, pwned even.

[Cedar redaC]

This is a question that may or may not have been asked, but is the Chrome Shift disc any good?