tvham
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I haven't done a side by side yet but have played the 20th a handful of times and it sounds wonderful. I'm also reconsidering keeping the AP (but I probably will because I'm me)
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Oldwhitelincoln11
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The only AP I’m missing is Not Too Late. Prob need to grab that at some point.
tvham
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I'm just missing Little Broken Hearts.
When AP dropped the box set like 10 or so years ago I got an Amazon accideal for like $30 for the entire set. It never shipped and just sat in my account pending for like a year until they finally cancelled it.
Oldwhitelincoln11
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TheThinWhiteDuke
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For amazon's Prime Day fiasco keep an eye out for an email if you are an AMEX customer- got an offer for 40% off entire order if I used AMEX reward points. I had exactly .95 in rewards points- pulled $40 off my order lol
To add to this
I side by sided these a little bit back. I think it's fair to say the 20th is close to the AP. I think pound for pound it is slightly lesser but I'd never recommend that someone who has neither pay $75 for the AP when you can get the 20th for under 30 at retail and possibly less with sales, it's not a $50 difference...
Unless you don't like how the 20th mastered it.
Kevin Gray for the AP at least compared to the original Blue Note pressings and other sources, played it pretty straight. It got punched up in spots (specifically vocal/bass) and added some depth but it is the "Come Away With Me" you know and love/hate/are sick of through and thorough. For songs that rely on Jones' vocals it stands out. The 20th is substantially more guitar forward. If AP is Norah in the jazz club at night, the 20th is Norah in the coffee shop by day. I almost think of the two as complementary pieces to each other at this point (I'm selling my Blue Note because the AP just flat outclasses it) and keeping them both for when a particular mood/vibe arises.
I gave a bit more detail here
I need to do a play through of the frankenbox (compiled from a lot of different places) Norah AP Box Set again. I remember Little Broken Hearts really being a new listen to me whereas the other four main release albums felt more like how they should be as opposed to anything revelatory. The bonus covers album in there is a real treat, I wish they sold that one separately too but then yeah that's the teaser for the box I guess.
debar22
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I had a similar offer on my Discover card. 30% off ($30 max, so $100 order) if you use any Discover reward points (as little as 1 cent) as payment. No email, just showed up as an offer on items sold & shipped by Amazon.
Also, not record-related at all, but if you're an Amazon Prime member, you get a free year of Grubhub+ now.
Hemotep
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Had to get a little snarky with Curious Collections today over email. They tried to ship both my orders in one box even though I paid for Priority Shipping on each so that they would be insured. They make a huge deal about insuring orders because it's so hot in Texas. So I told them I assumed this meant they were refunding me the extra shipping charge and assuming responsibility for the extra insurance. They didn't reply to my question but 15 minutes later they sent me two new tracking numbers instead of the one they sent in an email with both order numbers. Shady.
At this point I’m invested to see what happens with this.
Hemotep
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They just wrote me back and asked if it was ok if they did it in one box if they paid to insure the full value. I said I was fine with that. But I bet if I hadn't asked they'd have just pocketed the extra $13.
So now I've received four different tracking numbers, lol.
Rip_City
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1) Shuga Records
2) Port of Sound
3) Curious Collections
Add those all to the list of what I'd call MusicMilleniumCore (brick & mortar record stores to avoid ordering online from).
For those who don't know Music Millennium, it is arguably the most well-known and certainly the oldest record store here in Portland. Some scummy business practices, as a few have documented here:
2) Port of Sound
3) Curious Collections
Add those all to the list of what I'd call MusicMilleniumCore (brick & mortar record stores to avoid ordering online from).
For those who don't know Music Millennium, it is arguably the most well-known and certainly the oldest record store here in Portland. Some scummy business practices, as a few have documented here:
Anyone ever win a contest from Music Millennium? I won a test pressing and then they told me afterwards I had to be a local which it def. didn't say on the form where I also entered my non-local address. Not a huge deal and I get it being for locals but kind of weak they didn't put that on the contest page that's available world wide on there website and asks for your address ahead of time.
sonic pharmacist
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Twentytwo
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Not to self, never pay full price for most RSD titles. This place is like 20 minutes from my work.
Oldwhitelincoln11
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Port of Sounds are super fucking asshats.
zomgbear
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Mmmm Proof of Youth for 13 bucks!
spilledleche
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Glad to see Shuga at their rightful spot on top of this trash heap
hatfieldpdx
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Thanks! I picked up Linda Martell for under $11. I was reluctant to over-extend on RSD day, but was meaning to pick it up at some point. Have heard really good things, seems as though folks might be sleeping on this one...60% off remaining RSD titles, have a few good titles left
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Corycm
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FWIW, “Bleeding Hearts” was the last project by Bob Stinson and for 13 bucks or whatever is nice if you’re a Mats fan.60% off remaining RSD titles, have a few good titles left
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