100 Rifles Update

by Lukas Kendall

I was wondering when this would happen to us, and it finally did: we've had a bad CD pressing, namely of 100 Rifles, our new release. We announced the title last Wednesday and hoped to have the discs Thursday to begin shipping to our eager customers; alas, they arrived yesterday, and Jeff Bond and I were horrifed to discover a three-second drop-out on one of the tracks. This is bizarre, as nobody I've talked to has encountered this type of manufacturing defect. (No, it was not on our masters.)

We are repressing the discs immediately and today (Tuesday) will be finding out what went wrong. In the best case scenario, we'll have the corrected discs around this time next; worst case scenario, two or three weeks.

Naturally, this is hugely frustrating, and I don't know what else to do except to tell everybody to brace for this small delay. The good news is that we didn't ship any of the defective discs, so we don't have to deal with replacements... that would have made me really nuts. The other good news is that the packaging and artwork on this disc is fantastic and I think people are going to thrilled.

In the meantime, we are processing orders and credit card charges and getting all the envelopes ready for next week, so that the second the good discs are in, we can send them out. We are processing charges in the order they were received, so early birds will be rewarded when mailing time comes. Also, for people who ordered an existing item(s) plus 100 Rifles, I am sending first whatever we have in stock -- don't worry, you will NOT be charged any extra postage.

Please be patient and thanks for your order! Oh yeah, if you haven't ordered, you might want to consider this disc -- it's a sensational Jerry Goldsmith western score.

A reminder: FSM subscribers, if your address changes, tell me! I've noticed that some readers have asked to have their CDs sent to a different address than their magazines go to, which in some cases is work or another residence. If that's the case, don't do anything. But if you've moved, you have to let me know, because we ship FSM second class, and it won't be automatically forwarded. Thanks!

Finally, my thanks to readers for using our secure-server order form, as well as the order form that comes with FSM. I get mountains of email every day and it is very hard to answer it all -- even without the merchandise orders. Using the automated forms really helps me out. Thanks for being considerate.

Thanks for your patience! I'll update everyone via the site on the progress of 100 Rifles: Take 2.

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