Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Well we're either complain about their Essentials not being "essential" — or about them being widely available as great sounding pressings already.

From a macro standpoint these are excellent choices from a Micro (me, personally) standpoint these are unnecessary and not better than what I already have.

 

[bdrummond]

All I know is it sounds excellent and The Beastie Boys seem like people that respect the vinyl format.

The Hello Nasty I picked up from AS is one of the most fantastic sounding hip hop albums in my collection.

 

[hlaveta]

Not sure. The Hype doesn’t specify…
View attachment 151464
All I know is it sounds excellent and The Beastie Boys seem like people that respect the vinyl format. The VMP version might sound as good but I would be surprised if it surpasses it.

Well it does say "faithfully restored"

Regardless, it does sound fantastic!

 

[jfitzy]

Alright, I’m in for all three Essentials. These details are pretty great and all three albums are great. I already have Blonde on Blonde but it isn’t AAA

 

[bdrummond]

Alright, I’m in for all three Essentials. These details are pretty great and all three albums are great. I already have Blonde on Blonde but it isn’t AAA

Same. Also in for Dilla, Miles and Yusef.
I'm torn on War Report and will likely opt out when it comes around.

 

[TCell]

From a macro standpoint these are excellent choices from a Micro (me, personally) standpoint these are unnecessary and not better than what I already have.

Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.

 

[The Voidoid]

Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.

On that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.

 

[NewsFedora]

On that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.

Sleater-Kinney maybe? That album certainly would be reason enough for them to swear off ever doing a new release for Essentials ever again.

 

[jfitzy]

On that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.

I think Caroline Rose back in 2020. Not a bad album actually either, but not worth the price of a subscription IMO

 

[The Voidoid]

Sleater-Kinney maybe? That album certainly would be reason enough for them to swear off ever doing a new release for Essentials ever again.

Yeah, that and Caroline Rose did not go over well if I recall. From a quick bit of sleuthing, it seems Rose was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of new release essentials.

 

[Viking Dan]

Yeah, that and Caroline Rose did not go over well if I recall. From a quick bit of sleuthing, it seems Rose was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of new release essentials.

Tennis should have been the one to incur the Ban-hammer on new releases.

 

[The Voidoid]

I'm sure that was a tough pill to swallow for a lot of subscribers. I was quite dubious myself, but unexpectedly ended up liking that one a lot.

 

[hlaveta]

Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.

Weren't some of those RotM before they started labeling the sub "Essentials"?

Regardless, I like to think of the "essential" aspect of the Morby record as its being produced by Richard Swift.

 

[The Voidoid]

Weren't some of those RotM before they started labeling the sub "Essentials"?

Regardless, I like to think of the "essential" aspect of the Morby record as its being produced by Richard Swift.

Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.

 

[hlaveta]

Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.

I believe Sleater-Kinney was as well. I could be wrong about that.

 

[Joe Mac]

Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.

Mitski was too. That was a good one.

Pretty sure Moses Sumney as well and that’s a monster album.

 

[The Voidoid]

I believe Sleater-Kinney was as well. I could be wrong about that.

Yeah, seems like there was quite a bit of "essential artist but not an essential album" chatter about that one now that we're talking about it.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.

I listen to Tennis and Morby more than I do Nebraska or Blonde on Blonde.

 

[hlaveta]

Mitski was too. That was a good one.

Pretty sure Moses Sumney as well and that’s a monster album.

I think Moses was pre-Essentials label... but, yeah, that's a great record! That St. Vincent record was a new release RotM, too.

 

[Joe Mac]

Mitski was too. That was a good one.

Pretty sure Moses Sumney as well and that’s a monster album.

Yeah you’re right. I think the first release with the fauxbi saying essentials was Arctic Monkeys about 4 or 5 months later.