Pre-Order Thread

Lee Newman said:
I’m gonna leave the secondary market but out of this. And it’s not like it’s just Chad - the new revolver set and Anthologies from VMP…. A box set to me should offer some sort of value…. It certainly shouldn’t cost more. At the prices these folks want, I can just pick up the albums I want from a box and not have a box to deal with or a book I’ll at best read once.
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gone are the days where a box set/bundle deal gives you a better deal. but it's been that way for a few years now sadly. maybe it'll change but i'm not holding my breath. all these companies will milk everything for what they can.

chad knows he has the market on this. there aren't really any in print AAA Evans reissues of most of these albums. some, like Waltz for Debby, might not ever have another new AAA cut since the tapes are supposedly wrecked. so he knows your option is to buy it for $900 from him or pay close to $2k on the secondary market. he's pretty forthcoming about the change in price being tied directly to the secondary market prices on it. of course the other option is just not to buy it.

Similar thing with the Beatles box set. Mono is OOP and only in the box set. If you missed out on the mono box and breakout, you're looking at paying $100 for just the mono cut. at least with those beatles boxes, they almost always end up at a 50% discount on the box.

Chad seems to be trying to capitalize on all the vinyl craze at the moment. push prices as high as he can ($150 UHQRs, $900 box sets, etc) and see if people will pay it. Sadly, his plan seems to be working as a lot of this stuff is selling out.
 
MikeH said:
gone are the days where a box set/bundle deal gives you a better deal. but it's been that way for a few years now sadly. maybe it'll change but i'm not holding my breath. all these companies will milk everything for what they can.

chad knows he has the market on this. there aren't really any in print AAA Evans reissues of most of these albums. some, like Waltz for Debby, might not ever have another new AAA cut since the tapes are supposedly wrecked. so he knows your option is to buy it for $900 from him or pay close to $2k on the secondary market. he's pretty forthcoming about the change in price being tied directly to the secondary market prices on it. of course the other option is just not to buy it.

Similar thing with the Beatles box set. Mono is OOP and only in the box set. If you missed out on the mono box and breakout, you're looking at paying $100 for just the mono cut. at least with those beatles boxes, they almost always end up at a 50% discount on the box.

Chad seems to be trying to capitalize on all the vinyl craze at the moment. push prices as high as he can ($150 UHQRs, $900 box sets, etc) and see if people will pay it. Sadly, his plan seems to be working as a lot of this stuff is selling out.
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And we are to blame. I’ll pass, thank you.
 
Lee Newman said:
And we are to blame. I’ll pass, thank you.
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i'm not buying it either. the market will do its thing. it'll sell out and more places will start selling $900 box sets. or it'll sit in a warehouse and they'll only charge $850 next time 😂 lots of people thought VMP would go bankrupt when they raised their prices. instead they have more members than ever. it'll be interesting to see what will happen in the next few years in the vinyl industry.
 
Russ I said:
And I can hear him saying “buy now or cry later.”
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you can hear that because that's exactly what he said every time he has mentioned the Evans box set on any of the AS videos the past year or so. surprised he doesn't have it tattooed somewhere on his body by now (maybe he does...)
 
Lee Newman said:
I’m gonna leave the secondary market but out of this. And it’s not like it’s just Chad - the new revolver set and Anthologies from VMP…. A box set to me should offer some sort of value…. It certainly shouldn’t cost more. At the prices these folks want, I can just pick up the albums I want from a box and not have a box to deal with or a book I’ll at best read once.
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That’s always been my philosophy as well. Box sets should be money savers, but instead they’ve been marketed as luxury items lately with prices accordingly jacked up.
 
bettim84 said:
That’s always been my philosophy as well. Box sets should be money savers, but instead they’ve been marketed as luxury items lately with prices accordingly jacked up.
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A million years ago there was some value to it. Even on CDs, my Pink Floyd “Shine On” box was great (still one of my favorite boxes I own) - numbered, 9CDs with custom cases in a display sleeve, hardcover book, and an album that wasn’t available was in the neighborhood of like $110 at retail.
 
MikeH said:
i'm not buying it either. the market will do its thing. it'll sell out and more places will start selling $900 box sets. or it'll sit in a warehouse and they'll only charge $850 next time 😂 lots of people thought VMP would go bankrupt when they raised their prices. instead they have more members than ever. it'll be interesting to see what will happen in the next few years in the vinyl industry.
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You're not buying it?
But, but, but....It has KPG in the deadwax!
 
e.s. said:
Welp. I didn't expect to be buying a box set of Love singles pretty much ever, but that's 100% a thing I did today. New Land is shaping up to be a pretty awesome label so far. (And thanks @MikeH for pointing this out!)
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I ordered the Mingus from New Land but I think I preordered from Sound of Vinyl. Much cheaper than the $19 or so shipping from the website.
 
Viking Dan said:
This album rules.
I have the Jade Tree 2018 reissue.
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Pedro The Lion - Control

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 Vinyl release of "Control" on Discogs.
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I'll be interested to know if this new RE sounds better.
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Yes it is a great record. I saw him open up for Death Cab For Cutie around this time and became obsessed with Bazan's music. I really like Achilles Heel as well.
I use to variant collect for Pedro the Lion, glad I am not doing that anymore.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Holy shit, that’s already 10 years old?!
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I just had that reaction to this! 20 years!
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Sniper denied parole, 20 years after terrorizing D.C. area

Virginia has denied parole to convicted sniper killer Lee Boyd Malvo, ruling that he is still a risk to the community two decades after he and his partner terrorized the Washington, D.C., region with a series of random shootings. Malvo was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed 10...
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