Limited Edition Vinyl

Mexican Summer, the new label that will feature only high quality limited vinyl releases has officially launched and provided details about their upcoming releases.  If you have not already noticed, this label is a bit different from other labels.  Besides only offer vinyl packaged with care they will not be taking any orders for their records individually.  You will be required to buy a subscription of vary degree.  First lets talk about the releases.  I already wrote about the Dungen 12″ they are dropping first.  Here is a break down of the full release schedule for the first year.

September 2008

• MEX 001 - Dungen - Satt Att Se (limited to 1000)
• MEX 002 - Nachtmystium - Worldfall (limited to 1000)
• MEX 003 - Headdress - Turquoise (limited to 500)
• MEX 004 - Mexican Summer Gift

November 2008

• MEX 005 - Marissa Nadler - Ballads of Living and Dying (limited to 1000)
• MEX 006 - The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave LP/7” (limited to 500)

December 2008

• MEX 007 - Mexican Summer Special Holiday Release

January 2009

• MEX 008 – The Orkustra (2xLP, limited to 1000)
• MEX 009 – Black Moth Super Rainbow picture disk LP (limited to 1000)

March 2009

• MEX 010 – Valet (limited to 500)
• MEX 011 - TBA

So now we go back to how to get the records.  You can sign up for 3 different subscriptions right now.  The first is for 4 months.  This package includes the first 5 records, a holiday bonus record and “exclusives”. This first subscription will cost you $80 plus $20 for shipping in the USA. Canadians will need to pay $25 for shipping, and international customers need to contact Mexican Summer to work out shipping. Option number 2 is $135 plus $30 for shipping. This includes 9 albums, the holiday bonus records and those exclusives. If your paying attention this option will net you everything that has been announced so far, including the TBA MEX011 release. The final option you have is a full year subscription for $185 dollars plus $40 for shipping. While this seems pretty expensive this option will get you 13 albums (at roughly $17 a piece), multiple holiday bonuses and more exclusives. Something tells me if you drop this much on the new label you’ll get some nice gifts for being so generous. Some of these record have limited colors, like the Dungen release, but no word on who gets what colors, I suspect subscribers who sign up first will get access to those.

As I mentioned, Mexican Summer will not be selling any individual releases directly. Select indie stores will receive copies of each record. If a record store in your area is not carrying the records you do have one online option and that is Insound. For a full list of stores that will be carrying Mexican Summer releases continue reading below.

Music Milennium - Portland, OR
Fingerprints - Long Beach, CA
Newbury Comics - Boston, MA
Waterloo Records - Austin, TX
Park Ave Cds - Orlando, FL
Schoolkids Records - Athens, GA
Earshot - Greenville, SC
Easy Street - Seattle, WA
Twist & Shout - Denver, CO
CD World - Eugene, OR
Atomic Records - Milwaukee, WI
Boo Boo Records - San Luis Obispo, CA
CD Central - Lexington, KY
Criminal Records - Atlanta, GA
Culture Clash - Toledo, OH
End of an Ear - Austin, TX
Good Records - Dallas, TX
Grimey’s - Nashville, TN
Guestroom Records - Norman, OK
Hot Poop - Walla Walla, WA
Jackpot Records - Portland, OR
Landlocked Music - Bloomington, IN
Luna Muisc - Indianapolis, IN
M-Theory - San Diego, CA
Shake It - Cincinnati, OH
Sonic Boom - Seattle, WA
Stink Weeds - Phoenix, AZ
Vintage Vinyl - Fords, NJ
Carrot Top - Chicago, IL
Second Ave. - Portland, OR
Everyday Music - Portland/Seattle
Other Music - New York, NY
Volcom NYC Store
The Record Exchange - Boise, ID
Amoeba - Hollywood, CA