Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

[bdm105]

I think this will be good. Nobody to blame but themselves and it's in their backyard so would hope it means a better set of eyes on QC and shipping.

 

[Twentytwo]

Having David Rawlings on board should help, they could definitely put someone worse in charge, that is for sure.

 

[KenKaniff]

At least they won't have anyone else to blame!

 

[displayname]

VMP Announces New Audiophile-Grade Vinyl Pressing Plant

As VMP approaches a decade of creating transcendent, tangible experiences with music, we are thrilled to announce that we will be opening a new audiophile-grade pressing plant in Denver. The new plant is scheduled to open by the end of 2022 for production, tours and special events.

www.vinylmeplease.com

I figured this would already be the talk of the town. Won’t increase the number of VMP releases I get, but I have to say this is the most interesting thing they’ve done in a long time.

It’ll also be interesting to see if these remain exclusive to “the club” for awhile or if they start supporting wider presses right away.

Given my personal history with VMP, I expect United level quality until constantly proven otherwise.

 

[Jeff Lerner]

Encouraged by Dave Rawlings' involvement. Chief Groove Officer sounds like a dumb, made up position, but Dave and Gillian seem to have extremely high standards when pressing their own music, so hopefully he brings that same attention to detail to VMP.

Curious what they will actually be pressing? Just the 4 main tracks? Store exclusives? I assumed that all versions of new releases (black plus color variants) get pressed at one plant, and when VMP does an exclusive that same plant presses VMP's color, but I don't know if that's correct.

 

[NewsFedora]

At least they won't have anyone else to blame!

Exactly what I was thinking. And yeah, more pressing plants is better. Cautiously optimistic at what we can expect to see from it.

 

[scotthilk]

I hope it allows them some more creativity on color ways, pressing numbers, accessibility to labels, etc.

 

[bdrummond]

I'm a little curious as to who's footing the bill for this new plant. Will that $52USD International monthly sub breach $60?

 

[AndySlash]

there's no way they don't press outside material, the demand for plant space will still be incredibly high and they'd be fools not to if they have the capacity.

definitely an interesting and intriguing development. still, it's vmp, so the trust level that this endeavor bears ripe fruit is pretty low going in.

 

[Twentytwo]

I'm a little curious as to who's footing the bill for this new plant. Will that $52USD International monthly sub breach $60?

VMP has to have some investors somewhere. No way they are doing this strictly out of pocket.

 

[TCell]

Salstrom and Rawlings are names that make me optimistic this will be a good thing with high standards.

Less optimistic when I notice more square footage has been assigned to the bar than the QC room though.

 

[Mather]

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Salstrom and Rawlings are names that make me optimistic this will be a good thing with high standards.

Less optimistic when I notice more square footage has been assigned to the bar than the QC room though.

That's.... that's a broom closet.

 

[bdrummond]

VMP has to have some investors somewhere. No way they are doing this strictly out of pocket.

Those investors could also ask VMP to increase the cost to cover this venture, so I'm not entirely optimistic that price isn't going to rise in the next year or two.

 

[Jeff Lerner]

more square footage has been assigned to the bar than the QC room

At least they're on opposite sides of the building, will make it harder to do shots before qc'ing

 

[snoops]

Agreed, more plants isn't a bad thing. If they hire the right people to run it then hey, who knows. It's certainly intriguing to say the least.

Gary Salstrom was the plant manager at QRP and David Rawlings is a analog audiophile. They are bringing in the top talent it looks like.

 

[KenKaniff]

SEC FORM D

www.sec.gov

I'm not a financial guy, but maybe this has something to do with it?

 

[bdrummond]

Pauly seems convinced that there'll be no cost increase and that the plant is fully funded. That second part is interesting-ish.

 

[bdm105]

there's no way they don't press outside material, the demand for plant space will still be incredibly high and they'd be fools not to if they have the capacity.

definitely an interesting and intriguing development. still, it's vmp, so the trust level that this endeavor bears ripe fruit is pretty low going in.

Pauly seems convinced that there'll be no cost increase and that the plant is fully funded. That second part is interesting-ish.

I would imagine that pressing all the tracks in house is a long term money saver which would allow prices to stay the same.

 

[TheThinWhiteDuke]

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Salstrom and Rawlings are names that make me optimistic this will be a good thing with high standards.

Less optimistic when I notice more square footage has been assigned to the bar than the QC room though.

I don't see any space allotted to Storf's ego

 

[bdrummond]

I would imagine that pressing all the tracks in house is a long term money saver which would allow prices to stay the same.

Would that plant even have the capacity to press all tracks you think? That seems like a massive undertaking to yank all production away from GZ.