Dome get the limited edition vinyl boxset treatment from eMego this December. Dome. Dome 2, Dome 3, Will You Speak This Word and Yclept are all includede alongside posters, photos, sleevenotes etc. Check out the eMego site for full details from my press release.
That is pricey. I've got all the music and I don't have a good enough turntable to benefit from the remastered Vinyl. I'll stick with my old Mute two-fers and my WMO CD of Yclept (which I guess will become something of a collectable one day).
However, I hope this means Mego will release Dome catalogue as downloads (which it currently isn't) and be made available for a wider audience who haven't heard it. I'm a firm believer that everything should be 'in catalogue' digitally otherwise you only have yerselves to blame if someone just downloads it illegally.
I believe 1000 copies are being pressed up. There is talk of releasing the albums as seperate items later, without all the added goodies included in the box
no major difference. same songs, same artwork. the japanese versions additionally have obi strip and 12" x 12" insert, both in japanese. and the cover looks a bit more glossy than in the uk versions (but being a 30 years old record i can't really tell anymore whether the jap. ones are just in better shape than the uk ones). audio quality of the jap. version sounds a bit better to my ears, though. there's no particular reason to have both versions, of course. i just happen to have bought both many many years ago, when they were not as as expensive as they are today.
I am aware of Dome 2 being issued in Japan. The back cover being different from UK release. If anyone can scan the back cover of Dome 3 (if it's different from UK) then please email me for its inclusion in the ever growing all-singing-dancing discography. thanks
can't recall whether the back cover of Dome 3 JPN is different from the one of Dome 3 UK. not at home for the next days so can't check. will take a look in a few days and if different i'll try so send it via mail. not sure i can do a scan of the cover though, it's too big for my scanner. i can take a picture of it.
Good review of the Dome Box in the December 2011 edition of The Wire. "....Dome rise from the English mud as a disjointed monster of rhythm and noise gurgling a strange tune."
I am reliably informed that the completed boxes will be shipped to Kudos Distribution the first week of December. Orders made direct with editions Mego will shipped the same time.