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  • The best and catchiest song written all year is "Misbehavin'" from The Righteous Gemstones. Give it every end of year award.
    Does anyone have an opinion one way or the other on the DJ Shadow Entroducing Box Set?
    panino
    panino
    @CAPacelli based on what?
    it goes for 21 USD and change on amazon...
    Mather
    Mather
    Thanks guys, I found it for 68 CAD last night and decided to grab it. I think it's one of those gotta have albums and at that price it made sense to snag it. Thanks for the info from y'all...
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    @panino Oh word? I guess it's been a minute since I checked. Good looking out
    Would really love to see the expression on the face of whoever got or stole my Purolator delivery when they opened the package and found it contained a single vinyl record entitled "Emperor Tomato Ketchup".
    I was checking on a local store who have a box set I kinda sorta want. I asked them if I bought the sealed set on Discogs from them would I have any recourse if once I opened it there were scratches or seam splits etc... This was the response:

    "Well, the item is sealed, so there shouldn’t be any seam splits or scratches etc on it"

    I don't even know how to respond. I think a simple "WUT" should suffice.
    Mather
    Mather
    Yeah the funny thing is I've actually returned bad product to this store before, but not the location that has the box set at it, only their second location. We'll see how much hassle I'm willing to put up with...
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    Corycm
    Corycm
    We’ve *seen* how much hassle you’ll put up with and it’s sort of impressive.
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    Mather
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    You spelled "depressing" wrong.
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    LOVE it when Purolator claims to have dropped a package on my front step two hours ago, and the driver signed for it himself, when I've been here all day, and there's nothing at the front door. I'm sure it'll arrive but screw you Purolator, this happens way too often.
    Amazon delivered my clear Stereolab Emperor, except they delivered a Black Emperor. I am now sending it back with Godspeed.

    Also, I have a sneaking suspicion that Amazon does not in fact have any clear copies of this and have mislabeled a box in their warehouse. I hope I am wrong.
    Mather
    Mather
    I mean lets be honest, it's really the only reason anyone is going to like it...
    Renée
    Renée
    I ordered this year's O.R.k. album from Amazon, and they said it was clear. It ended up being black. Black and clear must mean the same thing to them
    Mather
    Mather
    I have no clue sometimes how they get these things wrong. Like. It has a unique SKU on it. How do you screw it up? All I can think is they took a box of black standard copies and accidentally labeled them with the unique Amazon SKU for the clear version. Would also explain why Amazon Canada claims to have 4 of these in stock with more on the way, and no one else in the world has any... again... hope I'm wrong.
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    It's a warpy kind of Friday...

    Oh my VMP shipment arrived, why do you ask?
    Hey, any of you have the Kinks Mono Box? Hows the pressings? I see it's Rainbo...
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    dhodo
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    Yeah maybe, seems weird for KG to cut the lacquer, ship to GZ to make the plates, ship back to Rainbo to press. Either way, haven't heard a bad thing about it!
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    Yeah agreed, that makes like zero sense... but everyone seems to love the set. One of my locals has it for $200 CAD and I've got $60 in credit so... The ONLY thing with that is, it's a lot easier to return to an online retailer if I have any issues.
    marshall
    marshall
    I was just looking at this...
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    Hey you, do you like chill beats with a traditional Japanese tinge to it? Well this needs 74 more buys to be crowdfunded in the next 5 days and it's REALLY DAMN GOOD. And the previous pressing goes for about $80 on cogs so GO GET IT.

    Whoe, who says clear vinyl can't sound good... this Stereolab Dots and Loops on clear is INCREDIBLE.
    Mather
    Mather
    I didn't for the same reason, I figured Dots and Loops might be enough for me. Love it but don't know that I need another 3 discs. I MIGHT get Emperor Tomato Ketchup but the price is up to $50 CAD now so I'm holding off...
    debianlinux
    debianlinux
    Why would clear not sound good? Clear is the color of vinyl before they add things to make it have color.
    Mather
    Mather
    In my experience and from what I've read around vinyl circles, clear pressings tend to be really bad for noise. And this has very much been the case with most clear pressings I've received. Don't know why, just seems to be the case...
    Alright obsessive collectors, who's got the Curtis Mayfield "Keep On Keeping On" boxset and how much do I need it?
    2nd copy of The Downward Spiral has the same crappy disc 2 noise... I have a feeling this is one of those "never gunna find a good one" pressings...
    Corycm
    Corycm
    Latest pressing or OG?
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    The remastered pressing, I've read about issues with both TDS and PHM in terms of noisy second discs and so far I'm two for two on TDS, PHM arrives today so we'll see on that one... TDS seems to be worst on Side 3. Side 4 has some pops but not the steady fuzz and crackle that appears on Side 3 and runs through the whole side. Also pressed off centre, though not terribly...
    I'd just like to say that MusicVaultz are really solid with their replacement policies. In case anyone was wondering... which they probably weren't...
    AnthonyI
    AnthonyI
    All I know is when they have their 50% off Box sets, Free Shipping........and no offence, the currency exchange going my way, it's dangerous. A good dangerous, lol
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    Mather
    Mather
    Hahaha wait YOU guys get free shipping too?? WHAT THE HELL MAN
    AnthonyI
    AnthonyI
    Well, free shipping over $50, which isn't hard to get to ;)
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    Oof, The Downward Spiral disc two is a botch job, and I was having such good luck this month.

    Wait, no I wasn't.
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    folsom_lives
    folsom_lives
    Is this something your Japanese panini press can't fix?
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    Mather
    Mather
    No it's actually a really really noisy second disc, dead silent first disc. I saw some mention of it on Discogs and hoped I'd avoid it. It's Pallas doing the press so I'm surprised it's an issue. But it's really bad on a couple of the quiet tracks. I'm sure I'll get a replacement sent out but it's the kinda thing that could be on every copy I get so, that's not good...
    folsom_lives
    folsom_lives
    Hate to see it.
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    Hey guys, how's the pressing quality on Stones Throw records? From what I recall it's good not great?
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    Mather
    Mather
    How do those Verve Vital Vinyl series sound? I was debating trying the Getz Gilberto since the AP pressing is so pricey right now...
    jamieanderson1968
    jamieanderson1968
    Once you scrape the dog hair off they sound nice and quiet. I would compare them to the BN80. Jeff had them on at under $25 for pre-order. I grabbed the Tyner and MingusX5 and happy with both. Nice printed inner sleeve liner notes.
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    Mather
    Mather
    Yeah that Mingus is the other I've been looking at since there doesn't appear to be a good audiophile press of that one outside of spending about $200...
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