[G'day Mate]

This multiple artwork and multiple release date stuff does make it a little tricky at times, and I'm never really sure whether Teargarden Theme and Cottonwood Symphony are supposed to be the first or last tracks on each EP either.

Best solution for me was to give the EPs different album names so that at least the different artwork was visible, and to make the bonus songs track 1.

[ShamanO]

yeah that's how I started, but I also have it in one just called TbK too

and dunno if I bothered with the artwork...i'll have to look into that as well again

[CreepyKlutz]

Right now...I have the downloads from the site as one album and the EPs separated. Until I figure out what to do with Teargarden Theme and Cottonwood, they are in their own album with the EP art of each track.

I'll probably change it up later.

[paulandgemm]

theme
sfas
astral
wwmm
stitch
fellowship
freak
tom tom
spangled
cottonwood

seems to work for me...

[gyang333]

[the_farewell_party]

Although I'm putting everything under one album, I'm still using the different album art. It won't be visual in menus, but it is when the song is playing. Here's the art I'm using:

Teargarden Theme (and main cover):
A Song For a Son:
Freak:
Spangled:
Cottonwood Symphony (this one doesn't really fit. It was just on the file when I downloaded it and I decided not to get rid of it.):

I'm trying to make it fit the best I can. I'm pretty anal retentive with music filing and all.

[Deleted Account]

theme
sfas
astral
wwmm
stitch
fellowship
freak
tom tom
spangled
cottonwood

seems to work for me...

Yes, this is the only way to do it.

[Brown_Town]

I always play Cottonwood as an intro to the second EP. Other than that mine is the same as yours.

[G'day Mate]

Where was Cottonwood on the second vinyl, first or last?

[oryann]

I have everything in direct order (Teargarden Theme - Cottonwood) under the same name.. don't separate EPs or anything.. It bugs me to do that because I just want to have everything under one name.. Makes it feel more like a solid album. Different artworks applied though.

[Behived]

@G'day Mate
Cottonwood is one track on the other side

[gyang333]

Although I'm putting everything under one album, I'm still using the different album art. It won't be visual in menus, but it is when the song is playing. Here's the art I'm using:

Teargarden Theme (and main cover):
A Song For a Son:
Freak:
Spangled:
Cottonwood Symphony (this one doesn't really fit. It was just on the file when I downloaded it and I decided not to get rid of it.):

I'm trying to make it fit the best I can. I'm pretty anal retentive with music filing and all.

Maybe I'm not understanding your reasoning, but if you're that anal retentive, how come you have the EP1 artwork for ASFAS and then Spangled gets the EP2 artwork and Cottonwood Symphony's is actually the artwork that accompanied Spangled on SP.com?

And how come Teargarden Theme as no genre?

[the_farewell_party]

I am trying to use both the download and EP covers. Since I can't really use two pictures for one song, I use one picture for the opening song and one picture for the next track. Spangles also cannot have two pictures, so I'm just using the picture on Cottonwood.

And I guess I just forgot to put in a genre for the Teargarden Theme. But genres aren't as important to me in tagging music files, because it's hard to categorize a lot of music into specific genres, anyways.

[G'day Mate]

@G'day Mate
Cottonwood is one track on the other side

Seriously? Hah! Talk about difficult.

[G'day Mate]

Incidentally ...

[the_farewell_party]

I would do that, but I wouldn't want to clutter my iPod menu with 11 different albums when I could make it one.

[dregg419]

good topic....i was wondering what other people were doing myself.....i basically have teargarden theme first, followed by the songs in the order they were released, with cottonwood last......seems to flow well

[guitar3542]

I've got mine like gyang, minus Teargarden Theme and Cottonwood Symphony. Then different artwork for each volume obviously. (Can't wait to have 11! different volumes on my iPod)

This post has been edited by guitar3542: 12 January 2011 - 03:55 PM

[Bulletproofmask]

Does anyone else miss the old days when you just bought a CD/tape/record and listened to it as it was meant to be played?

[guitar3542]

Somewhat...although I think this is a pretty interesting way of doing things. Now, if every band started following this format... I might go from to

[gyang333]

I am trying to use both the download and EP covers. Since I can't really use two pictures for one song, I use one picture for the opening song and one picture for the next track. Spangles also cannot have two pictures, so I'm just using the picture on Cottonwood.

And I guess I just forgot to put in a genre for the Teargarden Theme. But genres aren't as important to me in tagging music files, because it's hard to categorize a lot of music into specific genres, anyways.

I don't know, I feel like that the physical artwork was meant to be displayed on the physical covers and the mp3 covers are just that, for the mp3s.

[JukeboxFuckup]

I don't know, I feel like that the physical artwork was meant to be displayed on the physical covers and the mp3 covers are just that, for the mp3s.

theme
sfas
astral
wwmm
stitch
fellowship
freak
tom tom
spangled

I haven't put Cottonwood in, as it just doesn't fit into the rest properly, IT sounds like a completely different B-side, while Theme actually sounds like the opening piece

I actually put Cottonwood in with the unreleased stuff from my If All Goes Wrong album ( with mama and etc ). Fits a little more there

[JasonEvers]

cottonwood is a b-side, stick in another pile and wait for more b-sides or leave it at the end of EP2

[DrownPumpkin]

cottonwood is a b-side, stick in another pile and wait for more b-sides or leave it at the end of EP2

I've got it in one album, but each EP is set to a different "disc". Hence, the corresponding songs have the right artwork.

Teargarden Theme first, Cottonwood last.

[Duhze]

[gyang333]

I'm thinking that the purple-ish tinged mp3 artwork is the correct one. they really fucked this EP's artwork up :|

when freak came out, it was just a cropped version from the flash player. Freak iTunes single had a slightly better one, they had a larger sized one on their facebook and now i've noticed that they have a new purple tinged artwork that is sized the same as the EP1 mp3 artwork.

[jaggedjunkie21]

I have that track order, but I use the physical EP artwork as the album art.

But it doesn't matter since "Freak" is the only song I listen to anyways.

[Melack]

I have the B-sides filed under "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope: B-sides" and the EPs seperate.

Then I have a playlist where I put it all together.

[G'day Mate]

Duhze - you have two number 5s

[Duhze]

Duhze - you have two number 5s

Thanks for catching that

[whywontyoulisten]

Does anyone else miss the old days when you just bought a CD/tape/record and listened to it as it was meant to be played?

Imagine if all the great paintings of the world were re-released as backgrounds with sticker sets.

[standing]

you gotta factor in for all the different versions of tbk that there will be by the end. I just dump everything into my itunes and let it fall how it will. THEN i organize it all in the form of playlists. I do 1) free download mix; 2) EP mix; and EP plus vinyl mix. For the download mix, I use the ACTUAL downloads. For the EP mix I use cd rips. And for the mix including vinyl, I add vinyl rips of the vinyl-exclusive songs. Here's how it goes.

Download mix:
Song for a son
Widow
Stitch
Astral
Freak
Spangled
Tom Tom
Fellowship


EP mix:
SFAS
Astral
Widow (extended of course)
Stitch
Fellowship
Freak
Tom Tom
Spangled


Vinyl mix:
TBK Theme (vinyl)
SFAS
Astral
Widow (extended of course)
Stitch
Fellowship
Freak
Tom Tom
Spangled
Cottonwood (vinyl).

[Julian]

I think this thread exhibits the beauty in the whole idea of the format this "album is being released, because we can pick and choose the order of the songs ourselves, and we the audience become part of the actual process of the album by dictating it to our tastes.

As for myself, I have organised the songs in such a way that they are not included in any of my media player's libraries, because I hate all of them.

[frosty]

^ post of the day

[gyang333]

you gotta factor in for all the different versions of tbk that there will be by the end. I just dump everything into my itunes and let it fall how it will. THEN i organize it all in the form of playlists. I do 1) free download mix; 2) EP mix; and EP plus vinyl mix. For the download mix, I use the ACTUAL downloads. For the EP mix I use cd rips. And for the mix including vinyl, I add vinyl rips of the vinyl-exclusive songs. Here's how it goes.

Download mix:
Song for a son
Widow
Stitch
Astral
Freak
Spangled
Tom Tom
Fellowship
EP mix:
SFAS
Astral
Widow (extended of course)
Stitch
Fellowship
Freak
Tom Tom
Spangled
Vinyl mix:
TBK Theme (vinyl)
SFAS
Astral
Widow (extended of course)
Stitch
Fellowship
Freak
Tom Tom
Spangled
Cottonwood (vinyl).

i think i saw somewhere that astral planes is extended on the vinyl released on record store day?

would be great to hear this.

[standing]

i think i saw somewhere that astral planes is extended on the vinyl released on record store day?

would be great to hear this.

I heard that was a sham. I tried to track it down and appearantly no one is even sharing it because the extension is SO insignificant.

[gyang333]

I heard that was a sham. I tried to track it down and appearantly no one is even sharing it because the extension is SO insignificant.

ohhhhh gotcha

fucking hoarders...

[hummer17]

G'day mate i like your name

[whywontyoulisten]

I think this thread exhibits the beauty in the whole idea of the format this "album is being released, because we can pick and choose the order of the songs ourselves, and we the audience become part of the actual process of the album by dictating it to our tastes.

As for myself, I have organised the songs in such a way that they are not included in any of my media player's libraries, because I hate all of them.

Um. Could whoever deleted my reply to this please pm me? I'd like to find out why... It was meant as dry and humorous, and not altogether serious, so I hope it wasn't considered "excessive negativity". There was certainly no "hate" in it.

[Julian]

I'd like to see the reply too

[standing]

Um. Could whoever deleted my reply to this please pm me? I'd like to find out why... It was meant as dry and humorous, and not altogether serious, so I hope it wasn't considered "excessive negativity". There was certainly no "hate" in it.

ha. welcome to the sp board. may as well start keeping your thoughts to yourself now.

[davidp2007]

I organize it by EP tracklisting now and just tack the vinyl bonus tracks at the end of each EP. I do have an alternate playlist for the tracks in order of release--well sans the b-sides.

[Simon Belmont]

I have the EPs separated in my albums, but then I have a running Teargarden playlist that I add each new song to as they come out.

Theme
SFAS
WWMM
Stitch
Astral
Cottonwood
Freak
Spangled
Fellowship
Tom Tom

(Lonely is the name in a separate "Teargarden Demos" album.)

[paulandgemm]

current playlist

teargarden theme
wwmm
astral planes
freak
stitch
cottonwood
fellowship
tom tom
spangled
sfas

works great,. widow and astral never sounded so good!!

think of cottonwood as a little interlude.