Popular Post daveyjones Posted February 18, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 on february 17, 1995 cheshire cat was released on grilled cheese/cargo records on both cassette and compact disc. a vinyl release (the "red eyes" edition) would not follow until the summer of 1996. in honor of the album's original release, here are some gems from that time... cargo announced the release with this sheet, mailed to record stores, venues, and show promoters. note that the release date of "17" is handwritten as there were some delays and uncertainty about when the album would be ready. the formats listed are both CD and cassette. this is the first release on the "grilled cheese" imprint for cargo, with a catalog number of GRL-001: the mailing also came with the band's 8x10 promo photo glossy: but the band had been circulating the album as an advance cassette for weeks prior with two different covers xeroxed on goldenrod cardstock, because the tapes were ready before the J-cards were: so the tape inside was just the same as the one released on february 17: there's been confusion over the years regarding the album's release date, because the (P) and (C) are noted as 1994. that's because the album was mastered and pressed before the new year. remember, this is early in the year. so no 182 yet! the band would not make the name change official until august 3, 1995. pressings of cheshire cat carrying the name change were first sold on the good times tour in the fall of that year. the cassette release had a simpler version of the band's thank you notes: the CD had more elaborate artwork featuring photography by kerry key. note that the picture of scott was taken in the studio during the recording of the album: the band was busy playing shows around the time of the album's release, like this one with unwritten law a week before. note the joke that the album will be "available on CD and cassette late february if jeff doesn't screw up anymore," referencing the production delays and uncertainty about the release date: and they played a record release party at SOMA on february 24 opening for strung out. other openers are tiltwheel, rhythm collision and openfast. thanks to board member @Kjblink182 we have scans of pictures taken on the stage that night: in a bit of shameless self-promotion, tom is wearing a blink shirt featuring the blink bunny as drawn by court jones: note tom's ampeg VL-1002 head and slanted cab. he had not yet customized it with the 'blink' placard in place of the lighted ampeg logo. i have no idea how the band played in jeans that night, they must have been burning up. and tom has not one but two t-shirts on. SOMA was hot! note rick devoe sitting on the stage. he had been their manager for four to six months. mark is wearing jeans too! these kids are crazy. you might recognize mark's blue-green hair color here. it's the same as the picture inside cheshire cat. even back then, mark jumped a lot. and landed awkwardly every time: that night, promo posters were handed out celebrating the album release. they could also be found at record stores around the san diego area: and of course, cargo promoted the album by placing advertisements in local skate magazines and other punk outlets: well this concludes our little trip down memory lane to twenty five years before. i would not see blink live until the summer of 1995. i sure wish i had been there myself for the release of cheshire cat. what about you? 15 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Awesome write up @daveyjones! So rad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioactive tomdog Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 any idea what year this version was released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, wannabe corn dog said: any idea what year this version was released? the japanese first CD pressing was released in 1996. although discogs lists the date as september 26, i remember buying it in san diego that summer as an import title. the bonus tracks are zulu and lemmings from the uranus sessions. https://www.discogs.com/Blink-182-Cheshire-Cat/release/3974757 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Awesome thread. I love this kind of stuff. I had never seen the advance cassette covers before! Very cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Thanks davey! Great detail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 fantastic as always davey. your insight and memories are second to none. also, photo/scan restoration skills are underrated! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibaut182 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Massive source of knowledge right there, thanks davey ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 my pants are off, right now 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Incredible stuff!! Thanks Davey. It's fascinating to look back on how savvy they were right from the beginning, even just things like promoting each of the members individually in the press release. I've always thought they were so unique for taking that approach. By the time they were famous even casual fans knew all of their names and what their individual personalities were like, they were almost Beatles-like in that way. Most bands don't do that as much because they don't all have crazy charisma, but Tom and Mark did, and Scott (and later Travis) was the straightman, and they knew to showcase that fact from the beginning. They were really smart with that type of stuff all the way up to the first breakup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBlinks Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 That's funny about Scott's promo pic in the studio. When I was in 5th grade listening to the album I thought it was so lame he "wore" headphones on stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Is the little cube man you @daveyjones? Has always fascinated me. Like what in the hell is that? lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBlinks Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ghent said: Is the little cube man you @daveyjones? Has always fascinated me. Like what in the hell is that? lol always looked like a pad of butter on a pancake lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ghent said: Is the little cube man you @daveyjones? Has always fascinated me. Like what in the hell is that? lol it was a guy named brian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 thanks so much @daveyjones, this was an awesome informative post! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, JarJarBlinks said: always looked like a pad of butter on a pancake lol. i think that was the intention, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeling_This_1 Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 I love that butter pancake guy! I also love the guy at the beginning of Ben Wah Balls talking like a 1920s person or something and then yelling oi-oi or whatever lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I shared the picture of Tom/Rick on stage with Rick Devoe and he was stoked, here is his post: Also interesting in the comments, Michael Halloran recalls being there "after deciding that Wasting Time and M&Ms would be the singles 91xSanDiego would play", to which Rick replied: "You were the FIRST radio station DJ in the WORLD to play Blink!" 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinkstillrules Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Great post @daveyjones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q182 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Great writeup @daveyjones! Love seeing those early photos again, haven't seen them since the sticker strat thread. Always boggles my mind whenever I see that guitar in its earliest form! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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