The Mars Volta – Scabdates
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Gold Standard Laboratories – GSL 118 |
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US |
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Rock |
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Prog Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Abrasions Mount The Timpani | 4:07 | |
| A2 | Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt | 5:56 | |
| A3 | Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt A: A Gust Of Mutts | 2:34 | |
| A4 | Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt B: And Ghosted Pouts | 4:52 | |
| B1 | Caviglia | 2:45 | |
| B2 | Concertina | 4:17 | |
| B3 | Haruspex | 5:23 | |
| B4 | Cicatriz | 8:16 | |
| C1 | Cicatriz A: Part I | 2:33 | |
| C2 | Cicatriz B: Part II | 7:39 | |
| C3 | Cicatriz C: Part III | 4:27 | |
| D1 | Cicatriz D: Part IV | 20:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Mixed At – Sound City Studios
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits
- Art Direction [Art Director] – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
- Assemblage [Assembled By], Mixed By, Producer [Produced By] – Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez*
- Coordinator [Coordinated By] – Kristen Welsh
- Crew [The Mars Volta Group] – Steve Taylor (36)
- Design – Sonny Kay
- Directed By – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
- Engineer – Jonathan Debaun*
- Liner Notes [Record 2, D-side] – Omar*
- Lyrics By – Cedric Bixler-Zavala
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Mastered By [Assistant] – Roger Liam*
- Music By – Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez*
- Performer – The Mars Volta Group*
- Performer [The Mars Volta Group] – Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez*
- Photography By [Photographs] – Danielle Van Ark
Notes
Single sleeve with black inner sleeves, 23" x 9" foldout poster and 8-page folded inlay advertising other releases available.
The credit "The Mars Volta Group" does not distinguish performers and crew on release.
[Record 2, D-side:]
This Album Was Recorded Live On My Mobile Studio [E-Clat] Between May 2004 And May 2005 By Jonathan Debaun, Who Engineered The Entire Project. I Put It Together [Including Some Field Recordings I Made Of The Band On Tour] And Mixed It Under A Strict Time Constraint At Sound City Studios In September 2005. It Was Promptly Sent To Howie Weinberg Who Mastered It At Masterdisk, New York City, With The Assistance Of Roger Liam. Danielle Van Ark Is Responsible For All The Photographs And For Sending Them To Sonny Kay, Who Designed And Laid Out This Record Under The Art Direction Of Cedric And Myself. This Coordination Was Made Possible By Kristen Welsh, The Care Taker Of Monkey Island.
- Omar
The credit "The Mars Volta Group" does not distinguish performers and crew on release.
[Record 2, D-side:]
This Album Was Recorded Live On My Mobile Studio [E-Clat] Between May 2004 And May 2005 By Jonathan Debaun, Who Engineered The Entire Project. I Put It Together [Including Some Field Recordings I Made Of The Band On Tour] And Mixed It Under A Strict Time Constraint At Sound City Studios In September 2005. It Was Promptly Sent To Howie Weinberg Who Mastered It At Masterdisk, New York City, With The Assistance Of Roger Liam. Danielle Van Ark Is Responsible For All The Photographs And For Sending Them To Sonny Kay, Who Designed And Laid Out This Record Under The Art Direction Of Cedric And Myself. This Coordination Was Made Possible By Kristen Welsh, The Care Taker Of Monkey Island.
- Omar
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 1): GSL 118 - A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 1): GSL 118 - B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 1): GSL 118 - C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 1): GSL 118 - D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 2): GSL118- A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 2): GSL118-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 2): GSL-118-C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 2): GSL 118- D
- Barcode (Printed text): 6 1350550118 9
- Barcode (Compact text): 613505501189
Other Versions (5 of 12)
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Scabdates (CD, Album) | Universal Records | UNIVB000564402 | US | 2005 | ||
| Scabdates (CD, Album) | Universal Records | 0602498867884 | Europe | 2005 | |||
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Scabdates (CD, Album) | Universal Music Australia | 9886788 | Australasia | 2005 | ||
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Scabdates (CD, Album) | Gold Standard Laboratories | 9886788 | Mexico | 2005 | ||
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Scabdates (CD, Album) | Gold Standard Laboratories | B0005644-02 | US | 2005 |
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Reviews
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Scabdates is a weird record, but I really love it. Having it on vinyl I think was absolutely the better experience compared to the CD, I think flipping the record sides def helps with how insane of a song Cicatriz is on here, it lates you take a breather and still feel connected to it and I think that is much to its benefit. I was really nervous about the sound quality since its a picture disc but it actually sounds really good. I really recommend this release -
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Bit the bullet and coughed up the cash for one. Original owner must not have played it often. Sound is way better than I expected. No surface noise at all…considering it’s a picture disc, lowered my expectations but the result far exceeded…
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Edited 4 years agohad this about 11 years before I had a chance to listen to it. Needs a good clean because it was super noisy despite having never been taken out and played, dust had somehow gotten in over the years, still a great album to have on record
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Listening to my copy right now. Sound is excellent – not noticing any surface noise even in the (rare) quiet moments. The images used for the picture discs are frankly ugly, but quality to my ears is top-notch.
My jacket got damaged in a flood which is such a bummer because my discs were unharmed, and yet it feels like my package is incomplete. If anybody wants to sell me a jacket in good condition let me know :) -
I've read about Scab Dates on black vinyl.. Apparently, it exists. However, it's not listed here. So was this album actually released on black vinyl or not? The only versions I see here are the picture disk and test pressing.. Just curious. -
The vinyl sound quality itself is pretty good, but the recording itself isn't super hi-fi. Though, it was intended to sound like a high quality bootleg.
For being a picture disc my copy has relatively low surface noise which surprised me. I've played this record a lot over the years and it still sounds good but the glue on this cover (and a few other Omar offerings) has separated.
I personally think this LP is their best. Though the noise collage at the end could have been trimmed down; otherwise it's awesome to hear all these songs with intensity and Cicatriz Pt. 4 has some early s workings on it. -
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