Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Sorry I just can't stop thinking about this. So everyone complained last time about not knowing the titles upfront (even though we kind of figured them out and then it sold out anyway). Instead of taking that feedback and deciding to announce them this time because, you know, that's what their customers want, they've stuck to their guns and are still not announcing them (and have seemingly made it harder to deduce this time). SO....someone at VMP (probably many people) got together and decided that the surprise element is so important to the Anthology experience that they're sticking with it in spite of the negative feedback from the BN rollout.

My question is...WHY? How is this experience enhanced by NOT knowing what the albums will be? Why is THAT (the surprise) more important than giving your customers what they want (knowing what they're purchasing)??

Because not everyone complained about it? Only a vocal few did?
 
I decided to use the extra income I have coming next month, in time for the credit card payment, on this. The titles I see listed sound good, even though I have Syreeta and Erykah already.
 
1. The first LP by a solo woman in Motown History:
Mary Wells - Bye Bye Baby / I Don't Want To Take A Chance

2. An LP recorded in a single night to capitalize on the title track racing up the charts:
The Marvelletes – Please Mr. Postman OR Martha & The Vandellas - Heat Wave

3. The first mega smash LP at Motown, it was on the charts for more than a year.
The Supremes- Where Did Our Love Go

4. Was the only solo LP the artist ever got to make.
Tammi Terrell - Irrisistable

5. Features a Stevie Wonder co-writer covering the Beatles using a talkbox.
Syreeta - Syreeta

6. By one of the stars of the '20 Feet from Stardom' documentary, a backup singer whose solo LPs are hidden gems.
Tata Vega – Full Speed Ahead or Totally Tata or Try All My Love or Givin’ All My Love

7. Completely self-written and self-produced, a rarity for Motown.
Teena Marie- It Must Be Magic

8. Written after a period of writer's block, it's her most underrated LP.
Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground (or possibly New Amerykah, Pt.1, if you think WU is an EP).

What do I win?
 
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