Pre-Order Thread

Twentytwo said:
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Summer Brings the Sunshine

Don’t let the postcard-generic cover art fool you, Summer Brings The Sunshine stands head and shoulders above nearly any major label country rock album crowding mid-’70s record bins. Next to the hundreds or even thousands of slick productions flowing out of Nashville and Los Angeles, Jimmy...
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Dang I love this album and am glad it’s getting another press. Wasn’t this part of a numero club and they said it would never be pressed again or did I make that up? Either way I’ve had that version in my wantlist and it’s always hovered in the 100+ range.
 
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Tourist 12

Though it was recorded in an assortment of rooms and hotels across California, Nevada, Texas, and Oklahoma, Tourist feels remarkably durable. Abney sees it as a companion piece to his 2020 Familiar Ground LP but there’s a lightness here that was less pronounced previously...
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bettim84 said:
I guess I don’t relate to the concept of “settling” for black vinyl. Especially if it was one of my favorite albums, which makes it unlikely I’d ever want to sell/trade it in.
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Well since its Friday and I don't want to do any work and since you asked:

I have AFTP on Cassette, CD and a digital copy - I don't need a copy of this on vinyl.
I want it but I don't NEED it.

Quite frankly, I don't NEED any vinyl by even my most favorite artist.
The mere fact I can afford to participate in this hobby speaks to how crazy fortunate I am in comparison to the average person.

Being very conscious of the fact that every time I throw $20+ dollars at something so weirdly bourgeois and twee as a vinyl record - and because I can listen to Binky the Doormat in the round on three other separate mediums - I'm not going to grab a copy just to have a copy on vinyl.

If I'm going to throw money that could (should?) be going to my sons' college fund or something of actual and real value - there's going to be some very careful curation before I just hand it over the cash.

Now, lets do a thought exercise: Say I buy the black vinyl reissue, just to have it. One day, I'm going to walk into the record store and an OG/1st Press is going to be on the wall. Its AFTP - I cant just let that just hang there - that has to come home with me. (I know how stupid that is - but at least I can recognize my own pathology). So, knowing that is what is going to happen - I'm not settling for something lesser.

My preference is to exercise some self restraint and patience in favor of carefully curating my collection.

Now, I'm also a realist (and maybe a little bit of a nihilist if I'm being honest) and I know that the OG copy is likely to never fall into my lap - so the next best thing (in my curation model) is a great sounding limited edition pressing. For that reason I try to acquire the most limited colored pressings.

But that's me.
I like a challenge and am too painfully aware of how ridiculous this hobby really is when I put a critical eye on it.
But I'm also the guy that (aside from pre-orders) doesn't: buy on-line, from big box retailers or Amazon.
I buy from the artist, independent record stores, in store and make the occasional PIF acquisition (shout out to the best thread going).

I know that places a significant degree of difficulty on putting together a seriously quality collection of vinyl - but that kind of the point for me.

That's why I'm being snobby - since you asked.

P.S. That and because I'm still butt-hurt that I got F'd on pre-order by Stipe and Co. ;)
 
Viking Dan said:
Well since its Friday and I don't want to do any work and since you asked:

I have AFTP on Cassette, CD and a digital copy - I don't need a copy of this on vinyl.
I want it but I don't NEED it.

Quite frankly, I don't NEED any vinyl by even my most favorite artist.
The mere fact I can afford to participate in this hobby speaks to how crazy fortunate I am in comparison to the average person.

Being very conscious of the fact that every time I throw $20+ dollars at something so weirdly bourgeois and twee as a vinyl record - and because I can listen to Binky the Doormat in the round on three other separate mediums - I'm not going to grab a copy just to have a copy on vinyl.

If I'm going to throw money that could (should?) be going to my sons' college fund or something of actual and real value - there's going to be some very careful curation before I just hand it over the cash.

Now, lets do a thought exercise: Say I buy the black vinyl reissue, just to have it. One day, I'm going to walk into the record store and an OG/1st Press is going to be on the wall. Its AFTP - I cant just let that just hang there - that has to come home with me. (I know how stupid that is - but at least I can recognize my own pathology). So, knowing that is what is going to happen - I'm not settling for something lesser.

My preference is to exercise some self restraint and patience in favor of carefully curating my collection.

Now, I'm also a realist (and maybe a little bit of a nihilist if I'm being honest) and I know that the OG copy is likely to never fall into my lap - so the next best thing (in my curation model) is a great sounding limited edition pressing. For that reason I try to acquire the most limited colored pressings.

But that's me.
I like a challenge and am too painfully aware of how ridiculous this hobby really is when I put a critical eye on it.
But I'm also the guy that (aside from pre-orders) doesn't: buy on-line, from big box retailers or Amazon.
I buy from the artist, independent record stores, in store and make the occasional PIF acquisition (shout out to the best thread going).

I know that places a significant degree of difficulty on putting together a seriously quality collection of vinyl - but that kind of the point for me.

That's why I'm being snobby - since you asked.

P.S. That and because I'm still butt-hurt that I got F'd on pre-order by Stipe and Co. ;)
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I appreciate your explanation. Your restraint is admirable. I’m more of a cheap volume buyer with an appetite for VG records (because $7-$14 is my ideal price point).

I’ve been mostly off the streaming train for a while and still regularly buy blind (especially 50s-70s jazz, which I’m usually only moved by on vinyl for some reason).

As for my other irrational traits, I can’t get myself to sell unwanted records online because I’m too afraid of negative feedback, so instead I just trade them in at my local for 1/3 of their market value. And I’m yet to invest on a cleaning method beyond a brush and some liquid. I’ll see myself out now so people can preorder $45 single LPs!
 
bettim84 said:
As for my other irrational traits, I can’t get myself to sell unwanted records online because I’m too afraid of negative feedback, so instead I just trade them in at my local for 1/3 of their market value.
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The miser in me cant do this.
It hurts more than it does to get really honest with myself and pass on a release I want.

With the PIFthread, I feel like I'm getting full value when I decide a release/pressing has to go because its claim one/PIF one. (Again - shout to the PIF thread - everyone should get over to the PIF thread if you aren't there already).
 
Twentytwo said:
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Exclusive Splatter White Jesus Black Problems Vinyl

This item is a pre-order and expected to ship with the release of White Jesus Black Problems, out June 3rd. Clear Vinyl with a Tangerine Splatter.Tracklist:1. Venomous Dogma2. Highest Bidder3. Mayor of Wasteland4. They Go Low5. Nibbadip6. Oh Betty7. You Don’t Belong Here8. Man With No Name9. You...
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At $50.07 USD to purchase and have shipped to me, I reckon I'm just gonna have to save this picture to my hard drive and pull it up to look at while I stream the album instead.
 
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