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Optic Nerve

CIGARETTES, THE - You Were So Young

"180 gram vinyl; Gatefold sleeve; Includes poster, sticker, and badge. Complete 22-track collection of The Cigarettes entire recorded output. It was at the tail end of what would later be loosely termed "The Seventies", in Lincoln, Merry England, that three teenagers formed -- the consequences of their actions are captured here. You Were So Young consists of everything that The Cigarettes ever recorded in what was their two-year life span. From the very beginnings in the rehearsal room through to tracks recorded for an unreleased third single. It includes the two singles and their flip sides, some tracks that were included on a local compilation album, and their solitary John Peel session along with a handful that never found their way onto a record. Their debut single "They're Back Again, Here They Come", exchanges hands from upwards of £100 and "You Were So Young" has been viewed on YouTube over 1.3 million times. Over the years The Cigarettes have gained a wealth of interest, leaving many to scratch their heads and wonder how they slipped under the radar for so long. Includes an in-depth interview with Rob and Steve, answering pretty much all there is to know about The Cigarettes." - Optic Nerve .

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After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.

This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).

Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.

Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.

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