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Tally Hall signed a recording contract with [[Quack!Media]]'s [[Al McWilliams]] in 2005 and started recording in June of the same year. Al pressured the group to finish the album in about a month, but they needed more time to finish the album. They would also run into budgetary concerns, as the album cost more than triple their original budget.<ref>https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755156/355</ref> After 4 months of recording and mixing, the album would be finished and released. | Tally Hall signed a recording contract with [[Quack!Media]]'s [[Al McWilliams]] in 2005 and started recording in June of the same year. Al pressured the group to finish the album in about a month, but they needed more time to finish the album. They would also run into budgetary concerns, as the album cost more than triple their original budget.<ref>https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755156/355</ref> After 4 months of recording and mixing, the album would be finished and released. | ||
Later on, the album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006. The reasons for the re-release were never 100% clear, but this re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(U.S._TV_series) The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson]. This 2006 re-release also fixed some errors with the 2005 release. In the original pressing, | Later on, the album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006. The reasons for the re-release were never 100% clear, but this re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(U.S._TV_series) The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson]. This 2006 re-release also fixed some errors with the 2005 release. In the original pressing, the [[Zubin]] page in the lyric sheets was colored purple instead of blue and the spine of the CD had a typographical error. It read: "Marvin's Marvelous Mechan<u>ci</u>al Museum" as opposed to "Mechan<u>ic</u>al". Both of these errors were fixed for the 2006 re-release.<ref name=thepineappletomorrow></ref> The music video for the first single from the album, [[Good Day]], was first shown at two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23rd 2006. | ||
Tally Hall was later signed with [[Atlantic Records]] in 2007 and was approved to go back and touch-up '''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''' at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC. During this time the band filmed multiple vlog style videos not unlike [[Boralogue]]s, cataloging the recording of this new version. The first single, Good Day, was released on February 26th, 2008. Another single from the album. [[Welcome To Tally Hall]]. would be released but only as a radio promotional item. The new version of the album was released on April 1st, 2008. This release also included a limited black vinyl LP pressing of the album. | Tally Hall was later signed with [[Atlantic Records]] in 2007 and was approved to go back and touch-up '''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''' at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC with producer [[Chris Shaw]]. During this time the band filmed multiple vlog style videos not unlike [[Boralogue]]s, cataloging the recording of this new version. The first single, Good Day, was released on February 26th, 2008. Another single from the album. [[Welcome To Tally Hall]]. would be released but only as a radio promotional item. The new version of the album was released on April 1st, 2008. This release also included a limited black vinyl LP pressing of the album. | ||
If a person were to buy a Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum CD at a Tally Hall concert around 2008, their copy would include a download code for three bonus tracks. These were [[Mucka Blucka]], [[Dream]], and [[Just A Friend]]. Mucka Blucka and Dream were included with the iTunes release of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum along with the Good Day music video and the first episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]] [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]. | If a person were to buy a Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum CD at a Tally Hall concert around 2008, their copy would include a download code for three bonus tracks. These were [[Mucka Blucka]], [[Dream]], and [[Just A Friend]]. Mucka Blucka and Dream were included with the iTunes release of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum along with the Good Day music video and the first episode of [[Tally Hall's Internet Show]] [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (T.H.I.S. Episode)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]. | ||