VC Custom Compilation Albums

Your song choices * Your song order * Your cover choice * with Your name on it.

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Custom VC Albums are $20.00

Clones of your Custom CD are available
for only $7.00 each.
(Identical copies, including all artwork)

More info about these amazing new
customized albums.

Build and order your own, personal, one-of-a-kind Velvet Chain album.
It will be made individually, to your exact specifications.

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Custom Velvet Chain Albums are made by Freak Records to your exact specifications. These are truly custom made, personalized CDs containing mastered, CD quality recordings, burned at industry standard "Redbook" specs -- these are real, full-blown albums, with very nice artwork. They're like the opposite of some cheezy compilation disc. This product is NICE.

You choose any 14 tracks and put them in any order you want. You can also choose to add a 15th "Mystery Track" if you want to. There are currently 61 Velvet Chain tracks to choose from, including some unreleased and/or out-of-print material.

You also choose the Artwork style you want (from among 10 choices), and You decide what's printed on the cover. Your artwork, titles, and song choices will appear on the cover and on the CD itself.

You have to hold one of these Custom CDs in your hands to really appreciate it. The product is no less than amazing, and so is the product quality. If you get one, you definitely won't be dissappointed. It's like, how can you not like it... it was made to your specs, just for you!

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YOUR ARTWORK CHOICES

YOUR MUSIC CHOICES

Step 1:Your Info
Your Name:

Your Email Address:

The Name on the Credit Card you will be using.
(not applicable for mail orders)

Step 2: Pick a Cover
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Step 3: Name On Album
Type the name(s) you want printed on the cover. The name "John" will appear as: "John's Custom Velvet Chain CD"
(Names can be up to 25 characters):

Optional Title:
Type your own Album Title and/or Message to appear on the cover.
(60 characters max):

(Especially cool for gifts!)

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Step4: Pick Your Tracks

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Track 10:
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Track 13:
Track 14:
Mystery Track :

(The mystery track is a bonus track selected for you based on your other selections.)

When you have completed your artwork and song selections, press the SUBMIT button below

When you are satisfied with your Art, Text, and Song choices above, you're ready to order your Custom CD.
Simply press the SUBMIT button below, and you will be taken directly to the VC Order Page where you can make your purchase via credit card or traditional mail order. You are going to love your custom CD!

Custom VC CDs are $20.00
Clones are $7.00

Shipping per CD is $2.00 USA, $2.50 Canada, and $3.75 everywhere else.

As soon as your order is completed, your personalized CD will be manufactured
and shipped out to you within 2 days.

Note: Make sure you are satisfied with all of your choices in the selection menu before you press the SUBMIT button.
Once you submit your choices, this page will be reset!

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#2 Magic Cover

#3 Closeup Cover

#4 Concert Cover

#5 Fountain Cover

#6 Blue Weird Cover

#7 Tough Cover

#8 Diva Icon Cover

#9 Blue Cover

#10 Sexy Cover

Click on any of the Album Covers above to view them enlarged.

Click on any of the Album Covers above to view them enlarged.

Custom Velvet Chain CD's are unique, one-of-a-kind creations. Artwork includes a CD cover, artwork on the CD itself, and a standardized back cover (tray card). You choose the artwork from among 10 styles.

PLUS, your name (or whatever name you wish) will be incorporated into the artwork design, and you can also have a personalized message and/or album title incorporated right into the cover and onto the CD.

For these reasons, the Custom CD's make extremely cool gifts. They are personalized and designed specifically for one individual and their tastes. It seems pretty unlikely that they're not going to like it!

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Custom VC CD "Clones"

With the Custom VC Album, you can get Clones for only $7.00 each.

A Clone is an exact copy of your Custom CD, artwork and all.

Style 1 :: Desert Cover

Each Custom VC CD shows the date of manufacture, who it was made for, and carries
the Freak Records Label.
Over time, some covers will be "retired" and replaced by new designs.
(Only the first 100 VC CD's have serial numbers)

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The 61 music choices below contain all the Velvet Chain tracks released on Warm, The Buffy EP, Moody Groove Music, and Velvet Chain Live at the Temple Bar. In addition, there are several unreleased, rare, out of print, instrumental, or otherwise "unavailable" tracks to choose from. All tracks are professionally mastered at industry standards.

Notes about the Song Catalog:
The instrumental versions are typically not "traditional" instrumentals, where the vocal melody is played by a horn or a string section or something like that. These instrumentals are essentially mastered mixes without the lead vocal track. The descriptions under "Style" are there to provide a rough idea for each song. The term "Rock" indicates that the song has a harder edge to it, particularly in the area of guitar. The term "Pop" indicates that the song probably does not have heavy guitars in it, but other than that, could mean anything. The term "Trip" generally indicates that the song has some weirdness going on and is likely to be a bit more "modern" sonically and/or more "experimental" in terms of instrumentation, arrangements, etc.

You can hear an excerpt of every track in either RealAudio or MP3 format. The song excerpts vary from 30 to 60 seconds in length.

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MUSIC

TRK #	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
1	Al l Your Cash				Bluesy Groove Pop	3:32	J.Stacy	This is the orginal version. A completely different version appears on the "Asteroid Belt" album, and is called, "Cash." It's the same composition, however.
2	Angel Theme			Unreleased	Groove Pop	3:18	J.Stacy	A much requested track from the Buffy crowd. Was almost the theme to the Angel TV show (which ultimately went to a song by the cool band, Darling Violetta).
3	Beyond Time				Retro Groove Pop	3:39	J.Stacy	About the Heaven's Gate group, and going on that Hale Bop space rendevous thing they did... and how they had nothing to lose, and how, you never know...maybe they made it.
4	Beyond Time (Inst.)			Unreleased	Retro Groove Pop	3:39	J.Stacy
5	Buffy (She'sthe Slayer)				Moody Groove Rock	5:19	J.Stacy,E. Amato (With help from the Bronzers)	VC's kitschy Buffy theme, made up after the band 's experience being on the show, and being on the Buffy Posting Board (online) with "the Bronzers. "Also, Seth Green "Oz" plays some guitar on it.
6	Can't Stay Away				Mellow Dark Pop	2:55	J.Stacy,E. Amato	A VC sleeper. Quietly popular. Recorded in one day at a rogue recording session set up on the fly.
7	Can't Stay Away (Inst.)			Unreleased	Mellow Dark Pop	2:55	J.Stacy,E. Amato
8	Come to Me				Trip Groove Funk Rock	5:39	J.Stacy	Classic, much requested VC. Very much the VC vibe.
9	Come to Me - Live				Trip Groove Funk Rock	6:18	J.Stacy	Classic VC Live. (Erika likes the Live versions.)
10	Come to Me - Lounge				Trip Groove Funk Rock	6:06	J.Stacy	Semi-acoustic version. (Jeff likes the lounge versions.)
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TRK#	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
11	Don't Leave A Diva				Trip-Hop	3:33	J.Stacy,J. Brucker	An enduring and endearing one. Spoken-word with fun chourses.
12	Don't Leave A Diva (Inst.)			Unreleased	Trip-Hop	3:33	J.Stacy
13	Don't Leave A Diva - Live				Trip-Hop FunkRock	6:39	J.Stacy,J. Brucker	A much different version. (Erika loves this one.)
14	Emily				Dark Pop	4:51	J.Stacy	A long time fave of many VC fans. High on the list.
15	Fall Away				Mellow Pop	3:54	J.Stacy,A. Calamusa	A beauty. If you like the pretty stuff, pick this one.
16	Fall Away (Inst.)			Unreleased	Mellow Pop	3:54	J.Stacy,A. Calamusa	Very nice guitars.
17	Frenchie				Techno Trip Groove	4:00	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Most radio play of any VC song, and one of the weirdest ones.
18	Frenchie - Extended Club Mix				Techno Trip Groove	8:43	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Made by Jeff Stacy for the Buffy EP.
19	Frenchie - Live				TripFunk Rock	5:24	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Much different than album version. Heavier. Crazy guitars.
20	Frenchie - Idea Version			Unreleased	Trip-Hop	2:33	J.Stacy,E. Amato	It all started with a message on Jeff's answering machine... Erika leaving a message with some wack French accent.
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TRK#	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
21	Groovy Side				Country Groove Whatever	3:15	J.Stacy	This is an oddball song, even for Velvet Chain. A lot of people say they like it, but the band is somewhat skeptical on this one.
22	I Don't Care				Dark Trip Pop	6:51	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Recorded in the living room, and put on the Buffy EP. Another quietly popular song. It's a good choice.
23	Little Sugar				Groove Funk Rock	3:51	J.Stacy	Many people have stated the opinion that this song is Velvet Chain's "big "hit." Who the hell knows... If it sounds good, turn it up.
24	Little Sugar (Inst.)			Unreleased	Groove Funk Rock	3:51	J.Stacy
25	Little Sugar - Lounge				Groove Funk Rock	4:31	J.Stacy	Sexier, with acoustic guitars. Could be the best "recording" on theLiveAlbum.
26	Lovin' Ain't So Easy				Jazzy,Trip-Hop Pop	4:50	J.Stacy	First recorded Velvet Chain song and first VC song on the radio. It's definitely in the top 10 VC songs ever, at least according to me, and I'm writing this thing.
27	Medicine Man				GroovePop	4:16	J.Stacy,S. Storey	A cruiser - probably one of VC's best-written songs.
28	Medicine Man (Inst.)			Unreleased	GroovePop	4:16	J.Stacy,S. Storey	Excellent instrumental choice.
29	My One Desire				Alt.Rock	3:12	J.Stacy	This is the only straight-up studio track on the Live Album. Erika tears this one up.
30	My One Desire (Inst.)			Unreleased	Alt.Rock	3:12	J.Stacy	Sweet Baritone guitar.
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TRK#	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
31	Oui Je L'Adore				EuroSwing Pop	3:19	F.Loizeau,S. Ocon	Vocals in French, and a very popular song live - Brian's fave. (Brian plays the sweet Gretsch and Baritone guitars).
32	Oui Je L'Adore (Inst.)			Unreleased	EuroSwing Pop	3:19	F.Loizeau,S. Ocon
33	Sour Times				Alt.Hard Rock	2:40	Portishead	Hardrock cover of the song that put Trip-Hop on the map. This is a strange cover tune on about 15 levels. Also, if most of your song choices arethe softer, easier ones, this track is going to seriously disrupt your vibe.
34	Sour Times (Inst.)			Unreleased	Alt.Hard Rock	2:40	Portishead	Krunchy.
35	Sour Times - Live				Alt.Hard Rock	2:37	Portishead	Faster and harsher.
36	Southwestern				Southwestern Pop	3:04	J.Stacy,E. Amato, D. Fraga, B. Reardon	This song is somewhat insulting to people who have decorated their house in the recently popular "Southwestern" style. Our apologies to those people. We're kind of kidding.
37	Strong (Original Version)				Trip-Hop Pop	4:27	J.Stacy,Erika Amato	Probably the most well-known VC song. It's the one on the Buffy Soundtrack, which sold about 300,000 copies worldwide. So this song has an unfair advantage over the other songs, and because of this, the other songs are pissed.
38	Strong (Warm Version)				Modern Pop	3:20	J.Stacy,Erika Amato	More upbeat, pop-oriented version of "Strong." Especially cool turntables that were actually done by Jeff and Erika -- Jeff on the record and Erikaon the mixer. (And then Jeff in the computer).
39	Strong - Live				Country Swing Pop	3:30	J.Stacy,Erika Amato	A completely different, odd, totally out of left field "Velvet Chain special" version of the song. Brian started it.
40	Sun Setting Sun				Dark Modern Pop	3:41	J.Stacy	A rare, early track, with a lot of vintage VC astmosphere.
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TRK#	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
41	Time and Days				Groove Rock Pop	4:42	J.Stacy	People who like this song seem to really like it a lot. Plans are to record thisone again, sometime in the future.
42	Treason				Dark Pop	4:14	J.Stacy,E. Amato, T. Calzini	One of VC's most popular songs ever - Jeff's best lyrics - vocals recordedin a closet. It sounds like she's in your head, which is what the songis about.
43	Treason (Inst.)			Unreleased	Dark Pop	4:14	J.Stacy,E. Amato, T. Calzini
44	Treason - Euro Mix				Euro Techno Pop	4:39	J.Stacy,E. Amato, T. Calzini	An odd one. You have to really like tweezy techno stuff. Jeff didn't do this mix, except for the end part, which is the best part of the song by far...hehe
45	Treason - Live				Dark Pop	5:06	J.Stacy,E. Amato, T. Calzini	Excellent version of what is arguably VC's best song.
46	Wait for Me				Cruisin' Groove Pop	4:55	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Good driving music. Fun for the band to play.
47	Wait for Me (Inst.)			Unreleased	Cruisin' Groove Pop	4:55	J.Stacy,E. Amato	A favorite instrumental of Jeff's.
48	Walk on Water				Trippy Groove Pop	4:17	J.Stacy,E. Amato	One of Erika's faves - and Jeff's too. Maybe the most "Velvet Chain"songthere is... well... and "Come To Me."
49	Walk on Water (Inst.)			Unreleased	Trippy Groove Pop	4:17	J.Stacy,E. Amato	Very nice - highly recommended instrumental.
50	Warm				Alt. Rock	2:53	J.Stacy	High energy, dirty VC. Features Jeff's patented fuzz bass sound and a blazing vocal by Erika. The song shreds.
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TRK#	AVAILABLE TRACKS	Real Audio	MP3	ALBUM	STYLE	LENGTH	WRITERS	TIP
51	Warm Bad Kitty Mix				Techno Trip-Hop	7:12	J.Stacy	A completely different take on the song using isolated samples from the Warm Turbo Remix. Remixed by a couple friends of Jeff's named Billy and Andy.
52	Warm Turbo Remix				Funky Groove Pop	6:11	J.Stacy	Jeff Stacy's remixed version of Warm. It kicks ass.
53	Warm Turbo Remix (Inst.)			Unreleased	Funky Groove Pop	6:11	J.Stacy
54	Watching You				Trip-Hop Pop	7:34	J.Stacy,A. Costa, E.Amato	Jeff's favorite VC production. This one is a "connected" piece withboth live drums and loops. Features Brian's signature VG8 guitar sound.
55	Watching You (Inst.)			Unreleased	Trip-Hop Pop	7:34	J.Stacy
56	Why Can't You Behave				Jazz Standard	4:35	ColePorter	Erika and Velvet Chain do a jazz standard. It came out super nice.
57	Why Can't You Behave (Inst.)			Unreleased	Jazz Standard	4:35	ColePorter	What the song sounds like without vocals. Ha ha ha..
58	You Got Me				Funky Groove Alt. Pop	3:37	J.Stacy	It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it.
59	You Got Me (Inst.)			Unreleased	Funky Groove Alt. Pop	3:37	J.Stacy	A good one.
60	You Got Me - Live				Funky Groove Alt. Pop	4:46	J.Stacy	Kicks ass.
61	You Got Me - Lounge				Funky Groove Alt. Pop	3:59	J.Stacy	"It's funky 'cause it's slower."

Top Ten - All Time
Most Popular Song Choices
For VC Custom Albums

1. Treason 6. Emily

2. Strong (Original Ver.) 7. Treason

3. Fall Away 8. Don't Leave A Diva

4. All Your Cash 9. Sun Setting Sun

5. Watching You 10. Lovin' Ain't So Easy

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Custom VC Album
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When will the tracks from "Asteroid Belt" become available for the Custom Albums? Aiming for March, 2004.

This web page could be improved. We know. We'd just like to say that our main objective was to make this page perfectly functional. We're not trying to win any website design contests. We just want to do this idea, and be the first to do it this way. Inevitably, there will be improvements.

What's with the Mystery Track? The Mystery Track is an optional "bonus" track selected for you based on your other selections.

In the song menus, what does "Random Song (no repeats)" mean? "Random Song (no repeats)" is like song lotto. It means that a song from the VC catalog will be selected at random for that slot, and it won't be a repeat of anything else chosen on your song list. It's different from the "Mystery Track" in that it is selected at complete random, not based on your other selections. It's a wild card, and you can have as many as you want.

What's the deal with all the instrumental tracks?
Mastered Instrumental tracks are very useful for Film and TV, plus, they are great versions of the songs, surprisingly different without the vocal. An interesting and pleasurable listening experience is what we like to say. They are highly recommended.

Can I get more than 15 tracks? It is theoretically possible, but not on this webpage. If you email Jeff Stacy, you can probably talk him into doing it.

I had the menu half filled out, and somehow, my choices got blown out -- what happened?
Well, we've done our best to set up the webpage so that the menu doesn't get blown-out before you press the submit button. However, this can happen with some browsers, etc. It's not supposed to happen though (especially if you don't navagate off the page).

Why is the Custom VC Album more money than the other Velvet Chain CD's?

The production of these customized CD's is extremely time-consuming because each one has to be made individually, and we don't cut any corners on quality. The CD's look and sound incredibly great. In reality, offering a custom-made product like this is very difficult and not entirely practical from a "business" standpoint. We do it anyway though, because we want to.

Why aren't other bands doing this?
Perhaps they will soon. Many indie bands don't have enough mastered material for an idea like this to make a lot of sense. You need a reasonable amount of choices, or it's kind of dumb. Plus, setting up a webpage like this is no small task, and fulfilling the orders isn't either. VC has been selling product on the internet for a pretty long time, so we're set up for it, and we're good at it.

The first 100 CD's had individual serial numbers. Why did that stop? We thought it would be cool to have a unique serial number on each CD, but it proved too hard to manage. (We kept screwing up the numbers). Each CD is inherently unique anyway, so the unique serial number is superfluous (not worth the trouble).

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Custom VC Album Suggestions/Ideas

VC Edgy CD	VC Trip CD	VC Party CD	VC Pop CD
1.My One Desire	1.Watching You	1.Oui Je L'Adore	1.Time and Days
2.Sour Times	2.Walk on Water	2.Strong (Warm)	2.Beyond Time
3.Time and Days	3.Come To Me (Live)	3.Little Sugar	3.Don't Leave A Diva
4.Come to Me	4.Frenchie Ext. Club Mix	4.You Got Me	4.Fall Away
5.Warm	5.Strong (Original Version)	5.Frenchie (Warm)	5.Emily
6.Frenchie Live	6.Lovin' Ain't So Easy	6.Warm Turbo Remix	6.Oui Je L'Adore
7.Little Sugar	7.Medicine Man	7.My One Desire	7.Little Sugar (Lounge)
8.Sour Times (Live)	8.You Got Me (Lounge)	8.Sour Times	8.Treason
9.Southwestern	9.Come to Me (Lounge)	9.Don't Leave A Diva (Live)	9.Southwestern
10.You Got Me	10.Walk on Water (Inst.)	10.Wait for Me	10.Why Can't You Behave
11.Don't Leave A Diva (Live)	11.Frenchie	11.Come to Me	11.Medicine Man
12.Warm Turbo Remix	12.Beyond Time	12.Frenchie (Live)	12.Strong (Original Version)
13.Angel Theme	13.I Don't Care	13.Warm	13.Strong (Warm)
14.Buffy (she's the slayer)	14.Warm Bad Kitty Mix	14.Why Can't You Behave	14.Wait for Me

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First 100 Custom VC Albums Ever Produced

Serial#	Owner	From...
1	Dan Bixby	California
2	Jonathan Rissman	California
3	Tamyka Bell	Australia
4	Al Calamusa, Jr.	California
5	Jeff Stacy	California
6	Matheu Bourque	California
7	Michael Eames	California
7	Erika Amato	California
9	Paul Amato	New Jersey
10	Brian Reardon	California
11	Deborah Jelinek	Massachusetts
12	Gene Kirkwood	New Jersey
13	Steve Werbelow	California
14	James Williams	California
15	Howard Brull	Canada
16	Skidz (Mark Waddoups)	U.K.
17	Andrew Hubbard	Florida
18	Bella (Julie Seaman)	Virginia
19	Marc Hoogerwerf	the Netherlands
20	Little Willow (Allie Costa)	California
21	Wax Tadpole (Robert Olsen)	Maryland
22	Stephanie Griffin	California
23	Marc Hoogerwerf	the Netherlands
24	Sarah (from Julie Bartel)	Utah
25	Julie Bartel	Utah
26	Elizabeth Wenzel	Illinois
27	John Schoenberger	California
28	Maranda (from Vaughn Bouchard)	Maine
29	Jena Mays	Texas
30	DeAnna Burnett	Tennessee
31	Karl Partch	California
32	Karl Partch	California
33	Annmaree Shipley	Australia
34	Ben Henderson	England
35	Natalie Bauer	Illinois
36	Natalie Bauer	Illinois
37	Lucas Atmanagara	Australia
38	Holly Phillips	England
39	Alissa Erin Frankovich	California
40	Alissa Erin Frankovich	California
41	Ramon Lambert	Australia
42	Adam Goodfellow	England
43	Jane G. Mak	Arizona
44	Lorri Gums	California
45	Mark Safransky	Virginia
46	Craig Fox	England
47	Andrea Jamison	Illinois
48	Jenni Tetzlaff	Wisconsin
49	Chris (from Amy Bart)	Texas
50	Cosmic Bob (Bob Clinton)	Minnesota
51	Nina Moreland	Canada
52	Kellyn Hoffman	Pennsylvania
53	Lisa Eastham	Nevada
54	Troy Wood	California
55	Lisa Kelly	New York
56	Pedro Zavala Mosqueda	Mexico
57	Paul Walker	England
58	Patrick Murphy	Ireland
59	Michelle Silvestre	England
60	Ally Wobensmith	Pennsylvania
61	Tanya Masters	England
62	Nick Poulsson	Ireland
63	Nick Poulsson	Ireland
64	Nick Poulsson	Ireland
65	Sarah Simmonds	England
66	Cerise Reed	England
67	Thomas McCudden	California
68	Jacqui Napier	England
69	Jeff Libby	Canada
70	Adam Griffin	Maryland
71	Emett Allen Grimes	California
72	Christine R.	Ohio
73	Christine R.	Ohio
74	Julie Seaman	Virginia
75	Julie Seaman	Virginia
76	Tim Fry	England
77	Andrew James	England
78	James Laughland	Canada
79	James Laughland	Canada
80	Brooke Fishman	Ohio
81	Max Knight	New York
82	Ken Gibb (First Picture CD)	Scotland
83	Andrew Fischer	California
84	Eric Kirkhuff	California
85	Mary Beth (from Kelley/Kathy Agee)	Georgia
86	Jim Maloney	Indiana
87	Sarah and Michael Kalla	California
88	Cynthia Lin	New York
89	Christophe Philippe	France
90	Jeff Stacy	California
91	Paulina O'Brien	Mass.
92	Cindy Rivas-Calamusa	California
93	Sophia Bagiatis	Australia
94	Phil Huish	England
95	Yvonne Creamer (for Sammy Jo)	England
96	Sophia Bagiatis	Australia
97	Jennifer Nicholls	England
98	Tracy Shields	Tennessee
99	Nevenka Koprivica	Canada
100	Jeremy Morton	Washington

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1. Treason	6. Emily
2. Strong (Original Ver.)	7. Treason
3. Fall Away	8. Don't Leave A Diva
4. All Your Cash	9. Sun Setting Sun
5. Watching You	10. Lovin' Ain't So Easy

When will the tracks from "Asteroid Belt" become available for the Custom Albums?		Aiming for March, 2004.
This web page could be improved.		We know. We'd just like to say that our main objective was to make this page perfectly functional. We're not trying to win any website design contests. We just want to do this idea, and be the first to do it this way. Inevitably, there will be improvements.
What's with the Mystery Track?		The Mystery Track is an optional "bonus" track selected for you based on your other selections.
In the song menus, what does "Random Song (no repeats)" mean?		"Random Song (no repeats)" is like song lotto. It means that a song from the VC catalog will be selected at random for that slot, and it won't be a repeat of anything else chosen on your song list. It's different from the "Mystery Track" in that it is selected at complete random, not based on your other selections. It's a wild card, and you can have as many as you want.
What's the deal with all the instrumental tracks?		Mastered Instrumental tracks are very useful for Film and TV, plus, they are great versions of the songs, surprisingly different without the vocal. An interesting and pleasurable listening experience is what we like to say. They are highly recommended.
Can I get more than 15 tracks?		It is theoretically possible, but not on this webpage. If you email Jeff Stacy, you can probably talk him into doing it.
I had the menu half filled out, and somehow, my choices got blown out -- what happened?		Well, we've done our best to set up the webpage so that the menu doesn't get blown-out before you press the submit button. However, this can happen with some browsers, etc. It's not supposed to happen though (especially if you don't navagate off the page).
Why is the Custom VC Album more money than the other Velvet Chain CD's?		The production of these customized CD's is extremely time-consuming because each one has to be made individually, and we don't cut any corners on quality. The CD's look and sound incredibly great. In reality, offering a custom-made product like this is very difficult and not entirely practical from a "business" standpoint. We do it anyway though, because we want to.
Why aren't other bands doing this?		Perhaps they will soon. Many indie bands don't have enough mastered material for an idea like this to make a lot of sense. You need a reasonable amount of choices, or it's kind of dumb. Plus, setting up a webpage like this is no small task, and fulfilling the orders isn't either. VC has been selling product on the internet for a pretty long time, so we're set up for it, and we're good at it.
The first 100 CD's had individual serial numbers. Why did that stop?		We thought it would be cool to have a unique serial number on each CD, but it proved too hard to manage. (We kept screwing up the numbers). Each CD is inherently unique anyway, so the unique serial number is superfluous (not worth the trouble).

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