Death Waltz Recording Co.
 

Well I'm a big vinyl fan and I happened upon 5 vinyls in my local store the other day released by DEATH WALTZ RECORDS; As soon as I saw them I could not resist buying! (although my wallet tried to stop me!). They seem to release about 2 a month which is fairly prolific for a small Indie label so I figured they deserved their own thread :) On top of that they have just signed a deal with Hammer... surely music to anyone's ears! :heh:

Here is the current and upcoming release schedule (Most releases seem to be available on standard black vinyl as well as a more limited run of coloured vinyl and all come with a large swanky poster of the cover art, generally designed by renowned artists such as Graham Humphries etc):-

DW000 = HALLOWEEN 3 flexi-disc single of Silver Shamrock theme
DW001 = ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (FABIO FRIZZI)
DW002 = ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (CARPENTER/HOWARTH)
DW003 = LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (SODERQVIST)
DW004 = DONNIE DARKO (ANDREWS)
DW005 = LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE (SORGINI)
DW006 = PRINCE OF DARKNESS (CARPENTER/HOWARTH)
DW007 = HALLOWEEN 2 (CARPENTER/HOWARTH)
DW008 = HALLOWEEN 3 (CARPENTER/HOWARTH)
? = THEY LIVE = december
? = THE DEVILS BUSINESS = december
? = HOUSE BY THE CEM = jan '13
? = CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD = jan
? = SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK = feb
? = HOUSE OF THE DEVIL = ?
? = THE INNKEEPERS = ?
? = THE DEVIL RIDES OUT = ?
? = TWINS OF EVIL = ?

Here's the most important bit:-

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Glad to see this label getting more widespread recognition - they are terrific. I've got ZFE, Halloween 3 and Let the right one in - I'd recommend adding this last one to your list oaxaca, as it really is beautiful.

And I really, really cannot wait for Seven Notes in Black. The mp3 has served me well, but I cannot wait to listen to it on vinyl.

I have the Halloween III one. I'd have preferred a slightly more recognisable image on the front cover. It's cool that it comes with a poster, but it doesn't look that great on the wall to be honest. the Halloween II cover is much better. I love the orange vinyl though. Looking forward to seeing their Hammer titles!

What they should really do is offer a free mp3 download with each purchase, so you don't have to worry about whether to play them or not. It would also encourage people to buy these who don't even have a record player!

Death Waltz has been one of the best new companies I've come across this year. Spencer (the owner) clearly has a great passion for horror soundtracks and has years of experience in the record business (I believe he was a manager at Rough Trade for years.)

The records really are a joy to behold. I'm a big vinyl fan and have been a subscriber since the first subscription became available. For £150 you get six releases in subscriber exclusive colour vinyl, lithograph prints, posters each individually numbered with your subscriber no. At the end of each subscription you get a box to house the records in plus some extras (Halloween 3 flexidisc, Death Waltz t-shirt etc). All in all a great package for fans.

I always play all my vinyl (don't see the point in not playing it) but MP3 files would be good. They did actually provide an MP3 download for the Zombie Flesh Eaters release but nothing after that has been offered on MP3 too.

Here's the collection so far. Really looking forward to what they have in store for the future.

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That blue circle seems like a waste of space to me...
Great selection of titles, anyway.

Thanks for the recommendation :) I haven't actually seen LET THE RIGHT ONE IN yet so that's why I didn't buy that record, but I guess the current availability of that vinyl is a good incentive to watch the film ASAP and see whether I like it. Think I'll pick the BD up, only £4 in cex

Currently I own the following from Death Waltz: ZFE, Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, Escape from New York, Halloween 2 and Halloween 3, all black vinyl, though I wish I'd picked up the coloured editions as they look incredible.

Yeah I think they are phasing that out, the 2 Halloweens are the latest releases and have full-cover artwork which is great. Also, They Live released in December has fulll cover art too so that seems to be the way they are going

Yeah, they (quite rightly in my opinion) did away with that sleeve design after the first 6 releases. I know what they were aiming at (ie having a distinct "house sleeve") but really you want the whole sleeve to be the art work. At least they do listen to their customers.

It's a superb film; I have to admit I did not appreciate the greatness of the film or the wonderful soundtrack until the second watch. Death Waltz's release inspired me to give it another go and I'm glad I did.

Check out the track "Eli's theme" on youtube; it's a beautiful piece.

And I think Candice Tripp did a lovely job with the artwork on this.

Here are some of the subscriber colour editions:

Zombie Flesh Eaters

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Escape From New York

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Let The Right One In

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Donnie Darko

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Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue

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Prince Of Darkness

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Those coloured editions look incredible...

By the way Death Waltz are soon to be releasing the following which are available to pre-order on their site...

House By the Cemetery (I've just ordered this)
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Twins of Evil (don't think I'll be collecting the Hammer soundtracks due to tight funds but I'm sure they will be brilliant items)
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I also ordered Antoni Maiiovi's YELLOW (a record-store day exclusive and only 6 left when I ordered earlier... it now looks like they've all gone!):
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The Hitchcock/Munsters/Star Trek/Lost In Space EPs seem to have sold out now too.

That's a cool Dr. Freudstein painting :cool: . . .

Yeah its fantastic as is the Maiovvi artwork I think, and both by the great Graham Humphries.

Death Waltz have Maniac (2012) soundtrack lined up soon too...

They're also releasing Twins of Evil on CD for those who haven't got a deck.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but apparently Death Waltz have The Bronx Warriors, The Devil Rides Out, and The New York Ripper soundtracks slated for release this year too! :happy:

An expensive year as far as my vinyl collection is concerned :D

THere's rumours they're doing The Raid as well.

Mondo did The Raid: Redemption (the US / UK score)

DWR are doing the original Indonesian score

Nice, a Hammer Horror soundtrack series will be most welcome :)

I don't buy vinyl anymore, but I love what this label is doing. Wish they included CD versions along with their vinyl the way Cineploit and a lot of the Italian library labels do, however. Still, for vinyl fans Death Waltz rules.

Did anyone here manage to snag either version of DW's The Fog?

Sadly I missed out, although apparently so did a lot of others due to site glitches and the amount of traffic crashing DW's servers.

However, Maniac (2012) is now up for sale in three different versions for those who may be interested:

Metallic silver blood splatter edition

Blood splattered flesh edition

Picture Disc Edition

I'm not happy about missing out on the Fog, one of my favourite scores. Although I do have the CD set, released some time ago, which contains the same tracks I think.

The Fog sale was a total debacle. They physically shipped titles to some record stores too, so you may be lucky and find one that way. I tried one in Greenwich on Saturday, but they didn't have any.

I love the Twins of Evil CD. Best packaging ever.

Spencer has said on twitter that there may be left over copies of the Fog due to go online in the next few days, due to "people manically filling their carts with them".

You could also try Spin the Blackest Circles - the new vinyl forum where you can trade or get a vinyl buddy.

You can expect more of the same when/if they go up on their site though, unfortunately. I'm not keen on their new site layout. Whilst it looks slightly fresher, it's slower, and I don't like how you can't see how much remaining quantity they have of an item anymore.

Luckily, I just managed to snag a copy of The Fog from Discogs for £50 - more than it was original selling for, but definitely worth it.

There's someone selling the black variant on eBay already for over £200... :shocked:

My copy of The Fog arrived. Worth every penny. :)

Well, Death Waltz have just released details of their new subscription offer, but more importantly, have alluded to some forthcoming titles including:

Ms. 45
The New York Ripper
Assault on Precinct 13

Source.

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For anyone who missed out on The Fog, it appears as if Death Waltz will be releasing a limited run re-pressed on 'Gold' vinyl around mid-August time (?)

There are some up on eBay at the moment.

The Fog (Gold Edition) is now up for sale on Death Waltz's site for those who are interested.

I bought one yesterday at Sister Ray in London. They've got a pressing of over 600 this time so it should be easier to get one!

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Release date is 31st October 2013.

Did anyone else buy The Fog gold edition? I found mine to sound rather hissy and scratchy. I took it back to Sister Ray in Soho yesterday and swapped it for another brand new one, which I've also found is rather scratchy. It sounds like I'm playing a 30 year old LP rather than something brand new! They've offered to replace it again, but I'm not sure if its worth it.

Could it be my needle just doesn't like gold vinyl?

Could be... I don't have The Fog LP but my brown marble vinyl of Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Vol 2 was had terrible surface noise on. I'd send a friendly mail to Death Waltz about it, but if it was me I'd probably keep the album, at least it looks fantastic...

Damn I wish I had a turntable again...

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The New York Ripper vinyl is now up for sale on Death Waltz's site.

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Even though it says it's only on sale Friday 27th, it seems to be available to purchase from their site now.

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Loving that E.C style New York Ripper artwork :nod:

Well, I dunno, I'm not gone on this, nice artwork but doesn't seem appropriate for New York Ripper. I'd would have used the European artwork - I know everyone's probably bored with this but I like it....

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Yet another announcement from Death Waltz:

Room 237

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Also available as a pop-up CD.

Had to give the new sub a miss. Just a bit too expensive for me. Don't get me wrong, it's more than worth it but as much as I like soundtracks I can't ignore the fact that I'd be able 13-14 brand new LPs for the price of the sub. Sure it'll be a quality set though.

Also less than impressed with The Fog. Great item no doubt but to sell it as a limited edition and then release another ltd edition after the initial has sold out isn't on for me.

Death Waltz announce Assault on Precinct 13:

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Also available as a pop up CD.

What's a "pop-up CD"?