Pre-Order Thread

These are records from the 60s and 70s. Get ready for some dollar bin disco
I heard the first two releases are The Wall and London Calling. $25 for either of those is an alright deal, I think they both average more than that regularly but also, if your diligent, I am sure you could probably find the same pressings for around that price give or take so it kinda begs the question, what’s the point?
 
I heard the first two releases are The Wall and London Calling. $25 for either of those is an alright deal, I think they both average more than that regularly but also, if your diligent, I am sure you could probably find the same pressings for around that price give or take so it kinda begs the question, what’s the point?

Yeah. Not sure who this is for. They're pushing it on the dates, too. London Calling came out in 1980 in the US, but December of '79 in the UK. The Wall was November of '79
 
I heard the first two releases are The Wall and London Calling. $25 for either of those is an alright deal, I think they both average more than that regularly but also, if your diligent, I am sure you could probably find the same pressings for around that price give or take so it kinda begs the question, what’s the point?
It was the Bernie Grundman cut of The Wall, which for $25 is kinda a solid deal. I'm with @Dead C though. Not really sure who this is for...maybe a gift from a lazy Uncle whose niece/nephew just bought a record player and doesn't wanna bother with choosing anything custom?
 
It was the Bernie Grundman cut of The Wall, which for $25 is kinda a solid deal. I'm with @Dead C though. Not really sure who this is for...maybe a gift from a lazy Uncle whose niece/nephew just bought a record player and doesn't wanna bother with choosing anything custom?
I think it has serious Dad vibes, and that “just got a record player (again) after so many years” demo is the same people keeping all those catalog titles in print year over year. This might be a balloon for a larger program (I don’t get that feel though) or it might just be a way to guarantee some sales on catalog titles to fill a contract. Right now I don’t see it representing anything super interesting/industry threatening. Amazon already has the recurring order structure in place so it’s not like they’re investing a lot of resources.
 
I think it has serious Dad vibes, and that “just got a record player (again) after so many years” demo is the same people keeping all those catalog titles in print year over year. This might be a balloon for a larger program (I don’t get that feel though) or it might just be a way to guarantee some sales on catalog titles to fill a contract. Right now I don’t see it representing anything super interesting/industry threatening. Amazon already has the recurring order structure in place so it’s not like they’re investing a lot of resources.
Speaking on behalf of Dads, please don't link this crap record club to us.
 
I think it has serious Dad vibes, and that “just got a record player (again) after so many years” demo is the same people keeping all those catalog titles in print year over year. This might be a balloon for a larger program (I don’t get that feel though) or it might just be a way to guarantee some sales on catalog titles to fill a contract. Right now I don’t see it representing anything super interesting/industry threatening. Amazon already has the recurring order structure in place so it’s not like they’re investing a lot of resources.
Yep that could be it too. I also see it more as them offloading stock vs trying to shake up the industry. I guess at least the pressings are solid it seems so far? Probably dipping their toes into it. I doubt they start doing their own pressings or anything outside of the Target/Walmart color variants.
 
Another Gang of Youths reissue sells out in the middle of the night US time:

But hey, who’s got two thumbs and was forced to stay up working until 1 am last night for no goddamn good reason, so that he was still up when this dropped and was thus able to pay an irresponsible amount of money for a 6-song EP to get shipped across the damn world?
 
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