| Author | Message | ||
     Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 249 Registered: 05-2005 |
I went to the German Schott publishing site and the price is $25 EU and another $16 EU for shipping Airmail outside Europe. That = $65 US dollars. It's $55 US dollars if I want snail mail so it can arrive by Christmas. I really want this item but was hoping for a cheaper price. Does anyone know if this will be released or available in the US? | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 38 Registered: 07-2005 |
Exchange rate's a b*tch huh? | ||
| AS Member Username: Labelguy Post Number: 37 Registered: 05-2005 |
we will try to find an US distributor for the book soon. | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 250 Registered: 05-2005 |
That would be fantastic! I just don't want to pay $25 dollars for shipping from Germany with EU exchange rate. Please post a U.S. distributor when you have one. Thank you very much! | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 190 Registered: 05-2005 |
Got mine ! Noticed a typo...Monkeys instead of Monkees in The Clock..! | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 254 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wilson where are you located? I'm still waiting for the U.S. distributor. I emailed info@tuition.com but did not get an update. | ||
| Matsrep Member Username: Matsrep Post Number: 62 Registered: 10-2005 |
Got mine too! A fine read, although one cannot help wonder about some things said in the essay. One thing: Klaus Walter writes that River of Money never got played live once. I think that he is wrong: I have heard and seen it twice (London 84, Stockholm 85)!! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 331 Registered: 04-2005 |
I can vouch for having seen 'River of Money' live too : Edinburgh 84/85 ?(support to Aztec Camera at the Caley Palais) | ||
| AS Member Username: Labelguy Post Number: 39 Registered: 05-2005 |
We are still trying to find a company for the US who is interested to distribute and sell the book in the US. Believe me folks, itīs harder than you think it is these days. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1139 Registered: 08-2006 |
I don't doubt that. And frankly, I can't imagine it would sell especially well over here, no disrespect to the book. Be nice if it was available through the GBs online store, though. Although I'm sure there are issues with that, too. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2362 Registered: 05-2005 |
Actually I wonder whether it could be bought/sold online, as a pdf? | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 257 Registered: 05-2005 |
I like both options in this order: 1) Order from U.S. based company, website, etc. (To avoid weak dollar and shipping costs.) 2) Buying PDF (To avoid weak dollar and shipping costs.) Although I'd much prefer bound hard copy, I'm desperate on a budget. | ||
| Adam Gibbs Member Username: Adam_gibbs Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2007 |
I echo Spence's comments above. A PDF version we could purchase would be a great compromise. | ||
| misha Member Username: Michelerui79 Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2007 |
By the way, I have just bought it, and I have to (sadly)admit that I don't know if it's worth the price (if you're a musician or you play the guitar) because the transcriptions are just lame and not precise. Not at all (i.e. the chords to Darlinghurst nights are a laugh). And just to give you an idea: there is almost no transcription for solo guitars in it...How bad is that? A lot, I'd say. The written parts (robert's intro and the article/short bio of the band) are quite good though. But calling it "songbook" may be too strong a word considering the quality of the transcriptions. Just a word of advice. | ||
| AS Member Username: Labelguy Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2005 |
@misha sorry to read your criticism and it probably will not lower your disapointment, but all transcriptions were checked and approved by Robert & Grant | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 194 Registered: 05-2005 |
AS wrote: "all transcriptions were checked and approved by Robert & Grant". As a matter of curiousity, how exactly did they get the late great Grant to check the transcriptions? I'd be very interested to know, I've a few queries for him myself. | ||
| misha Member Username: Michelerui79 Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2007 |
Still, transcriptions are wrong. Examples: I have some doubts that the intro to Bachelor kisses is plain C - D - G - Am chords. Or: Spirit is not A - D..etc, with no capo. But G - C...capoed on 2nd fret, as it was rightly stated by OZMusic. The sound is completely different. And can anybody play as third chord of Darlinghurst Nights xx1323 (after C and Cmaj7)?? I could go on. But please, correct me if I'm wrong. PS Maybe I haven't oulined enought the fact that if some guitarist buys a songbook supposes he'll find in there ALL the guitars tabbed, not only the chords structure (so: riffs should be tabbed, solos should be tabbed, for crying out loud). Otherwise you might as well hit the web if all you want is some chords. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1275 Registered: 10-2004 |
My (admittedly limited) experience with such books is they tend just give basic chord structures. As a result, I just avoid them entirely. Nothing beats just figuring it out by ear. At least for me, anyhow. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2488 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well, which ever way you look at it, Tuition did, no one else ever bothered, I ain't gonna lose sleep over it, I personally know one person who bought it, is now overjoyed at strumming out the good GB's tunes, and he's only 15! What a joy! | ||
| Matsrep Member Username: Matsrep Post Number: 72 Registered: 10-2005 |
I bought it too, but have not started strumming yet (I'm not as fast as yer 15 year old). The Silver Jews album have both basic chord structures and a key to the basic chords themselves. Brilliant I'd say. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2489 Registered: 05-2005 |
I said to my mate's son, with Robert and Grant, you hardly had the most profcient guitarists/musicians in the world, but at the helm lay clever songwriting, more about the feeling and personality of the sound rather than technical ability, I guess that might go someway to explaining any tabs that go slightly tits up. It may never have been proofread either, the tabs may not have been physically doublechecked, such is the times we live in, nowadays my clients (I am a so called designer) never want to pay for proofreading, therefore things get missed, the attention to detail is wavered for rushing things through triple quick etc etc, whereas usually in the past a proofreader would pick up everything from an incorrect margin dimensions to spotting a semi colon that should be a colon! Look at the state of reissue artwork for an example of this, I remember on the Polydor Orange Juice Texas Fever reissue, the tracklists Learner Period rather than Lean period, obviously the reissue project manager popped out for a coffee whilst the job went to press, or, he/she really couldn't give a shit, even on the recent Joy Division reissues I've spotted typographical errors, that wouldn't have been allowed in my day! Mind you, my dyslexic typing style leaves much, much to be desired, and that's putting it kindly to myself! | ||
| Adam Gibbs Member Username: Adam_gibbs Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2007 |
Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but this morning I was greeted with an email from our friends at yep roc saying you can pre order the book now for $29.95. | ||
| AS Member Username: Labelguy Post Number: 41 Registered: 05-2005 |
http://store.yeproc.com/product.php?item _id=13700 copy and paste | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 263 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sucks to be me or anyone else who didn't get it in time... I finally got around to purchasing it and it's not available! Already? Good grief Charlie Brown! From: 11Spot Customer Service [mailto:custserv@elevenspot.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:20 PM To: matthias Subject: RE: Go-Betweens songbook link broken Hey Matt- The book was of a limited release and is no longer available for purchase. I apologize for the confusion this might have caused! Thanks for supporting The Go-Betweens, Dylan 11Spot.com/Yep Roc ________________________________________ From: matthias Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:51 PM To: Customer Service Subject: Go-Betweens songbook link broken There is a broken link when I try to get more information about purchasing the Go-Betweens songbook. Please reply. Best Regards, Matt | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 76 Registered: 06-2005 |
Hi Matt, I got this book delivered for my birthday this week after dropping large hints such as opening the browser page etc It was ordered directly from the Schott website, 25 euro delivered. Here's the link.. http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show, 227791.html For a not very accomplished guitar player who can't read music(maybe I should take it out more than only when a few jars on board)it was great to find the missing chord on "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" riff. Great essay and photos too, a fine book. | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 266 Registered: 05-2005 |
Argh! I cannot believe I missed the opportunity to purchase via the U.S. YepRoc site. With outside Europe shipping it becomes 40,95 which is like $400 U.S. Dollars! I'll never be able to get the darned thing now. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1789 Registered: 03-2005 |
Matthias. Where did you get that crazy conversion? It will be no more than about $60. | ||
| Matthias Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 267 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry sarcasm doesn't really translate in text. 60 dollars = too expensive for a songbook. Especially when shipping alone is 40% of the total cost. Sigh... |