Chris Trottier

Burning this Yellow Fang album to gold disc, because I know that I'll never ever be able to buy an official version.

It really is the greatest album of the '10s -- and I'll probably never be able to have it.

https://www.discogs.com/release/6767656-Yellow-Fang-The-Greatest

Yellow Fang - The Greatest

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2014 CD release of "The Greatest" on Discogs.

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Dec 23, 2022 at 7:20amWeb
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022
Can't believe I'm opening this up. These things are getting expensive!
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022

One thing that makes me happy about these Verbatim discs is that at least they're full size cases instead of slim.

Now I need to make some artwork so that this looks semi-official.

Show threadfhaedraDec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet What is it? Why semi and not o for official?🪶
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022

@fhaedra So here's the story. Back in 2014, one of the best rock albums of all time dropped.

It was by a trio of Thai girls called Yellow Fang.

It only came out on CD, and was only ever available in Thailand. It was never re-released in any physical format again.

The last time it was sold on the Internet was in 2020. It hasn't been available since.

Because I'm probably never going to have the real CD, I bought a gold archival CD-R just so I could burn the WAV files and make my own bootleg.

Show threadfhaedraDec 23, 2022

@atomicpoet Unique! Yellow Fang obviously had impact…which means now I have to go seek out their tracks.

Thanks for responding to my questions. 🎶🪶

Show threadanggiar Dec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet Yes. It's a retro stuff dude. Classic.
Show threadSi DownesDec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet is this what you’re referring to? On #applemusic in lossless https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-greatest/803332861
The Greatest by Yellow Fang

Album · 2014 · 11 Songs

Apple Music
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022

@sidownes That's the album. I already have it on lossless.

But what I want is the real McCoy -- which hasn't been available for years.

Show threadKarsten™️Dec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet Never say never - looks like the band sold a run of limited edition cassettes of this back in 2019. Maybe they'll do something like that again someday. And exclusive physical media is outdated AF. As long as you bought the tracks from their Bandcamp, I think your CD is just as valid as one that they burned in 2014. I'm going to check them out!
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022
@karstenbondy Never tell me that exclusive physical media is outdated 😆
Show threadKarsten™️Dec 23, 2022

@atomicpoet You should get an MP3-to-cassette recorder and make a tape, too. You can pretend you have one of their exclusive 650 cassettes.

I like Yellow Fang! Their stuff sounds to me like a cross between The Breeders and Belly, two bands from the 90s Boston scene that I love, and Fazerdaze, a really cool New Zealand shoegaze rocker. You might like her first album Morningside, which I have been obsessed with for 5 years:
https://fazerdaze.bandcamp.com/album/morningside

And while I was looking for that link, I found out that she has a new EP. Cool! She hadn't recorded anything since Morningside in 2017, and I was worried that she had given up. So you have given me two cool things to listen to tonight. Thanks! I owe you!

#YellowFang #Breeders #Belly #Fazerdaze #GirlGroups

Morningside, by Fazerdaze

10 track album

Fazerdaze
Show threadChris TrottierDec 23, 2022

@karstenbondy I have a cassette recorder. Multiple, in fact.

I don't know. Certain albums strike me as "CD" albums and others strike me as "cassette" albums.

This one at least deserved the gold disc treatment.

Show threadZuperkoleopteraDec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet Great tip, never heard them before!!
Show threadHarold AsmisDec 23, 2022
@atomicpoet Ah yes, 10 years from now, you'll be looking for cd-rom player. Just yesterday, I was tearing the house apart looking for the 'fat' mini usb connector.