SCORE! ´- or how to celebrate an anniversary big style!

Well, i probably am the last person on earth to pay attention, but i
can't help getting excited about the Merge Records anniversary
subscription project. And boy do i wish 4AD would have done something
similar in 2000 or 2005.

But hey! - considering the slight boost they
received by assimilating Too Pure and Beggars there still is hope for
next year!

SCORE! Merge Records 20th Anniversary Boxed Set
Music August 29th, 2008

This sounds very interesting.

Preorders will begin September 8th for SCORE! Merge Records: The
First 20 Years, a deluxe subscription-only box set with special
artwork and packaging. Quantities will be limited to the number of
subscribers who enroll between the September 8th start date and the
end of 2008.

The first two volumes will kick off a series of 14 custom-curated
compilations spanning our catalog, each featuring the curators'
handpicked Merge selections as well as original artwork. These
compilations and additional content will be delivered only to SCORE!
subscribers throughout Merge's 20th anniversary year of 2009.

The curators of the first volumes will be Peter Buck of R.E.M. and
Phil Morrison, director of Junebug, The Upright Citizens Brigade and
numerous music videos. Curators for future volumes will include Amy
Poehler, David Byrne, author Jonathan Lethem, artist Marcel Dzama,
Momofuku chef David Chang and many more to be announced.

Additionally, the entire SCORE! project will benefit specific
charitable causes handpicked by the curators.



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