yup the album itself will be worth the $50, knowing how much they go for on Discogs, plus the goodies are a bonus. It'll come when it comes, but it's just annoying that it takes so long. My leash wouldn't be so long if I didn't like them so much.
The price of membership is more than worth the vinyl alone. The stickers etc are cute, but honestly, I don't care much about them. I did really like the setlist book - haven't yet filled it in - but that's because it doesn't have enough pages for my attended shows.
Absolutely, other than they are a year behind on delivering vinyl, I have no complaints. I expect them to raise the price of Cherry Tree at some point soon to be honest.
I got to go to a soundcheck in St. Augustine thanks to Cherry Tree. That was before the club really took off in membership, and it prob could never happen now, or at least not in populous metro areas, but damn, that was pretty freaking special.
What I didn’t get an email at all and I always do
I reached out to them.
Did you ask if volume 5 (for 2022 right? ) is going to be rushed?
Did not
The scarf is my favorite
I use the koozie all the time. I’m using it literally right now.
But, The Capitol Theatre one is up on my wall.
this is true! when I saw them in Portland in 2019 the line for the merch was INSANE. It was also wet and rainy and I didn't want to hold a poster and have it get all rumpled up or wet. Went on CT the next day and got a CT only variant of it which I liked even more than the one at the show. When they came to Vermont this last summer I was so disappointed how poor the design was for the poster that I didn't get either one. The National have had some excellent posters over the years, this one looked like it was for a jam band or something you'd see in a dorm room on the wall. It just didn't fit the vibes for the National IMO.I also like the fact that there are CT only poster variants. I knew I wanted the Port Chester print, but had no interest in holding on to it during the show, so I logged in at 10am the next morning, purchased it, then left my house and drove to Harrisburg
Of course, I have far too many posters sitting in a profolio waiting to be framed, but that's beside the point.
I think my daughter bought the Shelburne print - that was the first show she traveled to and Matt stole her BF's phone and recorded her singing, but yes, I agree that it has that jam band feel to it. I met her and her BF in Portland a couple days later and I was expecting a gorgeous lighthouse print for that show. It had a lighthouse on it, but I was disappointed in the print. Again, I was in no mood to hold it through the show, so I ordered the CT variant the next morning, even though I was unimpressed with the color scheme.
Oh my god yikes
