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(does anyone do this anymore? I DO!)
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Mike Dixon
POB 6240
Olympia, WA 98507


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International and Canadian Multiple Orders:
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Note on Cost of Lathe Cuts - I know these are expensive. They are really fun to do, but are ridiculously expensive to make when you figure the production, labels, and shipping costs from New Zealand, wire transfer fees and the totally weak US dollar in relation to the world market. My general pricing policy on these is to price them just high enough to pay for the costs of the copies that I give to the bands and the few that I keep for my archives. There is NO profit margin on them, and I often lose money on the run. But I really love making them, plan to continue doing so (when/if the dollar improves), and really hope you enjoy listening to them!

PLEASE NOTE! I will be in and out of town all summer long (see front page for dates). Feel free to order, but I will have to fulfill all the orders whenever I blow back into town for a couple days.


Still Available:

 

The Complete PIAPTK - $85 value

One of every single record that is still available! There are only a few of these left, because most of the lathe cuts are down to the last couple of copies!
You get:

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - STSNC Instrumentals 7"
Golden Boots - EV/Coyote Deathbed Surprize LP
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Concern - SQUARE 8.375" Springsteen Tribute
Casper and the Cookies - Optimists Club LP (psychedelic Vinyl)
Norfolk and Western/Graves Collaboration 10" - Fleetwood's Hacks
Southerly - Storyteller & The Gossip Columnist (Blue/Grey Vinyl)
Southerly/Protest Hill Split 7" - Choose Your Color below if you wanna!
Southerly - Best Dressed and Expressionless 2x10 (Clear)
+FREE T-shirt!- Specify color and size!
(Please contact for Candian and Intl shipping)

Only $75!

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25. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - STSNC Instrumentals 7" - $5
Owen Ashworth (CFTPA) was recently commissioned to do the music for an indie film called Stay The Same Never Change. He wrote all the music, including the ringtones for the character's phones. Owen asked PIAPTK to release a very limited 7" with some selections of this score. We were very happy to ablige. These should be available just in time for CFTPA's West coast tour that starts on May 21st. However, they are available for preorder right now! He will also have some copies available at the merch table. There were only 300 of these made, most of the ones left are on dark grey/black marbled vinyl. However, there are a few other weirdo colors that will be slipped in here and there. These will probably sell out extremely quickly, so order soon. Any items ordered with this record will be held until all items are available.
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24. Golden Boots - EV/Coyote Deathbed Surprize - $10

Throw Mutations-era Beck, The Monkees, and Gram Parsons into a blender and you would get something roughly equivalent to Tucson, AZ's The Golden Boots. This is a double EP 12" that is comprised of Coyote Deathbed Surprize tour-only EP, and the EV ep, which was originally intended to be released on the Trust Series. When I received those tracks, I couldn't, in good conscience, allow there to be only 25 copies. I feel that way with a lot of the lathe cuts I release, but this one was just TOO GOOD! So here it is. There are 250 on MINT GREEN vinyl, and 250 Translucent Blue/Black whisps vinyl.

On top of all that this record has a couple of very peculiar qualities:
SIDE A - PLAYS FROM THE INSIDE OUT!
SIDE B - HAS DOUBLE GROOVES that run parallel, meaning that if you put the needle down on the lead-in groove, you will play either the odd or even grooves, and each set of grooves has a different set of songs.


Songs: Side A: Ancient Buried City, West Nile Isle (Dictaphone Buffett Version), Ghost Machine, Days are Night, Slangin Family Ties Dub. Side B: Evil One, Everything, Evil Eye, Everytime.

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19. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Concern - SQUARE 8.375" Collaboration - $8.

One-Sided, 8.375" square vinyl collaboration on tan or brown marble vinyl. Owen Ashworth (CFTPA) and his brother, Gordon (Concern), team up on two Bruce Springsteen classics, Streets of Philadelphia and Born in the USA.
Songs: Born in the USA, Streets of Philadelphia

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17. Norfolk & Western/Graves Present: Fleetwood's Hacks Collaboration 10" - $10

Two bands on loan from Hush Records deliver a 6 song tribute to the 50's/60's Olympia Doo-Wop band, The Fleetwoods. You may or may not know the name, but you will definitely recognize the tunes when you hear them. Norfolk and Western, despite being an amazing band also nightlite as the backing band for M.Ward. Graves are definitely one of my favorite PacNW bands! Comes in hand-letter-pressed covers. Only 490 made! Also available on cd-r in hand letterpressed covers (only 100 made) CD-R is $6ppd.

Songs: Mr. Blue, Graduation, Come Softly to Me, Go Away Little Girl, Tragedy, To Know Her (Is To Love Her))

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13. Casper and the Cookies - The Optimist's Club LP - $10

The long-awaited vinyl LP release for the latest Casper and the Cookies (ex-Of Montreal) album, "The Optimist's Club". These are on amazing, psychedelic swirl vinyl! Contains a bonus track, Stratosphere, not available anywhere else! Comes in hand painted and silkscreened covers (I had carpal-tunnel for weeks after finishing these things!). Only 490 made.

Songs: Krotenwanderung, Kiss A Friend, Barking in the Garden of Ill Repute, Duchamp's Camera, Sid from Central Park, Hey Mr. Superstar, Learn How to Disappear, The Optimist's Credo, Neo Dada Heyday, Sea Fingers, Stratosphere, Things to do Before We Die.

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10. / 12. Southerly - Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist LP- $10 blue marble

Portland Orchestral pop-ists drop their amazing sophomore album. Available two ways:
Regular LP: Ltd Ed of 1000 on beautiful blue/grey marble vinyl.
CD: We have a few copies of the CD version from Greyday Records.

Songs
: Visage Sans Expression, Close to the Crime, Soldiers, A Coarse Design, Taking Stock, For the Speechless Coward, How to be a Dreamer, If We All Forget, Pistols in Paradise, Cold Caller, Dreams That Make Men Free, Breath of My Youth, When We Have to Go, Simple Simon.

Full Run LP - Marble Blue vinyl - $10

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11. Southerly/Protest Hill Split 7" - $4

Two of Portland's finest come together with two unreleased tracks a piece.

Songs:
Southerly: Blue Collar Curse, Building - Protest Hill: We Won't Pretend, Bell's Song

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16. Southerly - Best Dressed and Expressionless 2x10"

Only 50 copies made of this super limited lathe cut double 10" pressing of Southerly's debut album, Best Dressed and Expressionless. Covers are hand-carved block prints by Heidi-Elise Wirz.

Songs: Accidental I, Rise, Harmony, Accidental II, Melissa, Naomi Ruth, Accidental III, Vanishing, Choke, Accidental IV, Ceremony, Goodbye

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PIAPTK T-Shirts

Available in dark blue or slate grey. These are sweatshop/sexual harassment free t-shirts. We are sold out of XLs.
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10. Southerly - Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist LP- Hand Painted Ltd Edition.
Portland Orchestral pop-ists drop their amazing sophomore album.
Ltd Edition Lathe Cut in covers handpainted by Heidi-Elise Wirz! Each one is a work of art! only 50 made!


Songs
: Visage Sans Expression, Close to the Crime, Soldiers, A Coarse Design, Taking Stock, For the Speechless Coward, How to be a Dreamer, If We All Forget, Pistols in Paradise, Cold Caller, Dreams That Make Men Free, Breath of My Youth, When We Have to Go, Simple Simon.

 

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20-23, 26-29. Trust Subscription Series - SEVEN 8"s - $80ppd

We've got a new super-limited lathe cut series. Here is the deal:
You get: SEVEN 8" lathe cut EPs from bands I really love. They all have between 4 and 10 songs.
They come in silkscreened jackets, whose designs were hand drawn by the artists. They will be shipped in three shipments every 2 or 3 months (the turnaround time from New Zealand is about this). The Trust part of the series is basically that noone knows which bands are part of the series, until they receive them. But, if you like the stuff we've released so far, you'll like this stuff. No huge names, just good tunes. Only 25 made!

18. Flaspar - Deep Punk

Las Vegas via Portland Electro band Flaspar coming at you with four live-in-the-studio tracks recorded with No Love For Ned. There were only 35 made, with each one in a hand-letterpressed, snake-skin pattern giftbox with a hand-made collage insert on clear, square lathe cut."

Songs:
Doom Pendulum, Nothing Left But Fire Now, All Them Free, Ardor Arbor


14. Casper and the Cookies/Keith John Adams Split 8" Faux Picture Disc in hand knit covers!!

Early one Sunday morning, Keith John Adams and Casper and the Cookies recorded a couple songs in my home studio in exchange for a place to sleep and some veggie pasta. One mic, in the middle of the room, no retakes/no overdubs. This 8" is PIAPTK's most labor intensive to date. These one-sided 8"s were silkscreened on the flipside and Kay Stanton from CATC HAND KNIT all of the bags! As KJA says "They also make very fetching hats". Ltd edition of 50

Songs
: Power Stupid, Other Side of the Road.

09. Tender Forever and Angelo Spencer on Heart Shaped Vinyl

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 6- Two of France's finest artsts (who luckily live in Olympia) are Krecords ElectroPopster Tender Forever, and Scuzzy Blues Purveyor Angelo Spencer. Covers are a poster that was amazingly detailed hand silkscreened by Angelo's friend Remi.

Songs:
Tender Forever: Bushes of Hair, Need Sleep/Need Dream, Lullaby Song, You and the World, Envie De Rire, I Fucked It Up
Angelo Spencer: Avant, Just Avant: They're Gonna Strike Back, Apres, Flashback D'Avant (Hasil Adkins)

08. WIll Johnson (Centro-Matic) on Square Vinyl

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 5 - Centro-Matic has been my favorite Texas band since I moved to Denton, TX for college in 1997. The first Centro-Matic album, Redo the Stacks, which was played completely by Will had just hit the racks, and on my first day there, the record store clerk across from campus INSISTED that I buy it. And I am eternally grateful! This is 2-song single on Square, Clear 8" Lathe-Cut records in hand-stamped burlap bags.

Songs: Blackest Sparrow/Darkest Night, From This I Will Awake

07. Jad Fair with Daisy Cooper on Square Vinyl

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 4 - Jad Fair was touring Europe in the early 2000's with German Band Daisy Cooper. After the tour, they went into the studio to record these three covers. This is an extremely weird record, mostly because it is a Jad Fair record, and isnt weird at all. It has solid musicianship, singing, production value, etc... all things that Jad isn't really known for.

Songs: Blue Moon, Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground), and an Ernest Noyes Brookings poem set to music.

06. Wooden Wand/Clay Ruby Split 8" on Hexagonal Vinyl

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 3 - Wooden Wand and Clay Ruby (Zodiacs/Davenports) both take on songs from The Velvet Underground and Nico on this Hexagonal, clear 8" in hand screenprinted covers.

Songs: Wooden Wand: Run, Run, Run / Clay Ruby: Black Angels Death Song

05. The Poster Children"Lost Songs 1996" by on Triangular Vinyl

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 2 - The Poster Children have LONG been one of my favorite rock bands. They were always on the cutting edge of punk rock and technology. They were keeping tour blogs before most people even had internet access, and were one of the first bands I'd ever heard of to have Enhanced CDs (content created by bass player, Rose). It's been pretty quiet on the Poster Children front for the last couple of years, but as the PC approach their 20th anniversary, Rick was kind enough to dig through the vault and give me these four incredible studio outtakes from 1996. Why they were never released (in any form) is beyond me, but I am ridiculously excited to bring them to the subscribers. On clear triangular vinyl, in heavy duty picture disc sleeves with hand cut stickers.

Songs: Remember Your Name, Everything Must Go, New World Record, Bulletproof

04. The Viking Moses "Lands of the Pink" LP

PIAPTK Limited Edition Suscription Club Vol. 1 - You might have seen Brendon Massei (aka The VIking Moses) anywhere on the planet sometime in the last 6 years. The man hasn't had a permanant residence in that long, and is constantly on the road, bringing his folky weirdness to every basement, VFW Hall, club, bar, and park that will have him. He's played in Devendra Banharts touring band, and toured/opened for a laundry list of indie greats. I asked Brendon if he had a couple of songs that he would contribute to the club and he said "No, I don't have any loose songs, but I have an ALBUM you can have!". I was initially reluctant to do a full 12" for a single artist (as this hadn't been my original plan), but after hearing the first 20 seconds of these 6 epic songs (which total 38 minutes) I was ecstatic to make it the first record of the series. The covers were hand painted and silkscreened and it includes a two-sided screenprinted cardboard lyric insert. On clear vinyl, of course.

Songs: Western Role, Keep Still From Traveling, PArting Halves, Precious Things, Departure Bid, Winter In New England
03. Miniature Manipulator Presidential Alligator - Split Square 8"

A split 8" from Olympia, WA's Miniature And Presidential and Manhattan, KS's Manipulator Alligator. One original and one cover of the others original on both sides. On clear, square, 8" vinyl.
Songs: MA: I Will Lie Down, My Suitcase Friend, Side B: MP My Suitcase Friend, I Will Lie Down
02. Miniature and Presidential "Circumstances and Pseudonyms" 12" LP on Clear Vinyl

The debut Full-Length from Olympia, WA's Miniature and Presidential on clear hand-lathe 12". Includes a cd with 11 bonus tracks. Only 25 made, all with unique hand-made covers cut from maps.

Songs:
My Suitcase Friend, Pullin' Strings, Tickly, Aerosols, Leonard Cohen Cassettes, Picture You Wish, E.E. Cummings, Relocation Baby Blues, Millions If..., Currently Untitled.
Stream some tracks here

01. The Arizona Quints - Clear, Square 8"

Please Excuse the Off-Key Caterwauling - a 4-song, Sqaure 8" from the now defunct Texas Power-Cow-Pop one-man band! Once described by an Austin show-goer as "Camper Van Beethoven, Daniel Johnston, and Neil Young drunkenly driving around a circus stage in the little clown-car" whatever that means. 25 made.

Songs: The Picture You Wish You'd Never Given Me (is Gone), Write Me a Song, The Night Dustin Got Arrested, You Don't Need Another Boyfriend. Stream All Tracks Here