That last one is Irish Hiphop. I just cant do Irish Hiphop to my earsJyellowl & Rejjie Snow are decent, Versatile are funny in a parody Rubberbandit type way but Irish hiphop just 95% of it is a negative for me. Van Morrison isnt even pressed by them
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I think your right. Nothing like being upfront & honest. I take it your still waiting for a response?I sent them an e-mail opting out and saying how disappointed I was in Moondance as a pick and why.
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that’s me out, already have Moondance and never heard of the other two. Must say I’m hugely disappointed they went with moondance, I mean who that’s interested in van the man doesn’t already own that one!
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I think your right. Nothing like being upfront & honest. I take it your still waiting for a response?
Mahalia sounds interesting - Probably wont pick it up - But that would be the one for me.
I really want to like the picks - I like subscribing to a vinyl club and happy to budget for one. Just want speedier shipping and an Album im happy adding to the collection.
Nothing changes eh !
Mahalia is a new emerging UK artist that's been included in several small size irish festivals.
Mango and Mathman are an acclaimed hip hop duo from Dublin and their album has been celebrated as one of the best of 2019.
I'm sure @Jmcg85 and @PineapplePhantom knows these guys well.
For me the attraction of VMP and Secretly over stuff like this is the absolute guarantee you’re getting exclusives.January Picks
that’s me out, already have Moondance and never heard of the other two. Must say I’m hugely disappointed they went with moondance, I mean who that’s interested in van the man doesn’t already own that one!
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For me the attraction of VMP and Secretly over stuff like this is the absolute guarantee you’re getting exclusives.
selling a version of Moondance you can pick up anywhere just seems to defeat the purpose. For me anyway.
moondance Looks Pretty similar to the recent Rhino reissue
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moondance Looks Pretty similar to the recent Rhino reissue
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No, I’m going off the club concept to be honest. I’m being exposed to so much music without it and I quite like actually picking the stuff I get myself.
Thinking on it - As we have the N&G AOTM - im easy either way on Loves Vinyl. I like i can hop in and out - so will continue to keep abreast of releases. But they are pretty much anonymous as a community. This thread (completely separate to them acutally) started by you is the only small piece of "community".
My first 2 yrs of VMP were the high point for club based curation. Its all gone far of course since those heady days.
The rhino pressing of Moondance is the hoffman / gray analog pressing, and it sounds brilliant so well worth hunting out if you haven’t got it or don’t get this from Loves Vinyl. I would have loved to see them do their own pressing of Poetic Champions Compose instead!
Oh yes, that would have been a great option!! Damn it.Yeah it’s a great master/pressing from Rhino, I have the standard black and it plays like a dream! I was really disappointed because I’d asked them once upon a time to consider pressing Tupelo Honey if they ever did Van lol!