Difference between revisions of "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)"

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Tally Hall signed a recording contract with [[Quack!Media]]'s [[Al McWilliams]] in 2005 and started recording in June of the same year. Al pressured the group to finish the album in about a month, but they needed more time to finish the album. They would also run into budgetary concerns, as the album cost more than triple their original budget.<ref>https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755156/355</ref> After 4 months of recording and mixing, the album would be finished and released.  
Tally Hall signed a recording contract with [[Quack!Media]]'s [[Al McWilliams]] in 2005 and started recording in June of the same year. Al pressured the group to finish the album in about a month, but they needed more time to finish the album. They would also run into budgetary concerns, as the album cost more than triple their original budget.<ref>https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755156/355</ref> After 4 months of recording and mixing, the album would be finished and released.  


Later on, the album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006. The reasons for the re-release were never 100% clear, but this re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(U.S._TV_series) The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson]. This 2006 re-release also fixed some errors with the 2005 release. In the original pressing, he Zubin page in the lyric sheets was colored purple instead of blue and the spine of the CD had a typographical error.  It read: "Marvin's Marvelous Mechan<u>ci</u>al Museum" as opposed to "Mechan<u>ic</u>al". Both of these errors were fixed for the 2006 re-release.<ref name=thepineappletomorrow></ref> The music video for the first single from the album, [[Good Day]], was first shown at two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23rd 2006.
Later on, the album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006. The reasons for the re-release were never 100% clear, but this re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(U.S._TV_series) The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson]. This 2006 re-release also fixed some errors with the 2005 release. In the original pressing, the [[Zubin]] page in the lyric sheets was colored purple instead of blue and the spine of the CD had a typographical error.  It read: "Marvin's Marvelous Mechan<u>ci</u>al Museum" as opposed to "Mechan<u>ic</u>al". Both of these errors were fixed for the 2006 re-release.<ref name=thepineappletomorrow></ref> The music video for the first single from the album, [[Good Day]], was first shown at two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23rd 2006.


Tally Hall was later signed with [[Atlantic Records]] in 2007 and was approved to go back and touch-up '''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''' at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC. During this time the band filmed multiple vlog style videos not unlike [[Boralogue]]s, cataloging the recording of this new version. The first single, Good Day, was released on February 26th, 2008. Another single from the album. [[Welcome To Tally Hall]]. would be released but only as a radio promotional item. The new version of the album was released on April 1st, 2008. This release also included a limited black vinyl LP pressing of the album.
Tally Hall was later signed with [[Atlantic Records]] in 2007 and was approved to go back and touch-up '''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''' at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC with producer [[Chris Shaw]]. During this time the band filmed multiple vlog style videos not unlike [[Boralogue]]s, cataloging the recording of this new version. The first single, Good Day, was released on February 26th, 2008. Another single from the album. [[Welcome To Tally Hall]]. would be released but only as a radio promotional item. The new version of the album was released on April 1st, 2008. This release also included a limited black vinyl LP pressing of the album.


If a person were to buy a Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum CD at a Tally Hall concert around 2008, their copy would include a download code for three bonus tracks. These were [[Mucka Blucka]], [[Dream]], and [[Just A Friend]]. Mucka Blucka and Dream were included with the iTunes release of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum along with the Good Day music video and the first episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]] [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]].
If a person were to buy a Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum CD at a Tally Hall concert around 2008, their copy would include a download code for three bonus tracks. These were [[Mucka Blucka]], [[Dream]], and [[Just A Friend]]. Mucka Blucka and Dream were included with the iTunes release of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum along with the Good Day music video and the first episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]] [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]].