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Better looking variants too.

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I had to bite on this bundle. These are pretty and I'm sure they're going to sound great too.
 
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$60 dollars for a 2XLP. Vinyl prices are so stupid.
That's not horrible compared to this album which is $68 before Shipping and is about $75 with the cheapest shipping option that's available.
 
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$60 dollars for a 2XLP. Vinyl prices are so stupid.
Yeah, they rolled this out like a normal record - meaning, some limited variants, a bundle, a standard black - but they haven't changed the price points. Backwoodz did usually charge quite a bit for records, so the price won't be a big surprise to those who have purchased directly from Backwoodz before. The Haram 2LP a couple years back was $55 I believe for black vinyl. There are a lot of rap records that are more money, but also Backwoodz has been pretty elusive about quantity, and they rarely repress, so that creates more intense demand (perhaps influencing the higher price). I'm not saying this justifies the price, but they charged high prices, and the demand was there. But with this Fat Possum release I was hoping the elimination of the mystique factor of the "single unknown quantity pressing" would result in a lower price on the vinyl, but not the case. At minimum, it would be cool if the standard black vinyl wasn't $50
 
Yeah, they rolled this out like a normal record - meaning, some limited variants, a bundle, a standard black - but they haven't changed the price points. Backwoodz did usually charge quite a bit for records, so the price won't be a big surprise to those who have purchased directly from Backwoodz before. The Haram 2LP a couple years back was $55 I believe for black vinyl. There are a lot of rap records that are more money, but also Backwoodz has been pretty elusive about quantity, and they rarely repress, so that creates more intense demand (perhaps influencing the higher price). I'm not saying this justifies the price, but they charged high prices, and the demand was there. But with this Fat Possum release I was hoping the elimination of the mystique factor of the "single unknown quantity pressing" would result in a lower price on the vinyl, but not the case. At minimum, it would be cool if the standard black vinyl wasn't $50

Yeah, this is barely a bump in price for Backwoodz at all. I'm pretty sure Brass (billy woods & Moor Mother's collaborative album) was $50 for a single LP upon release, which I absolutely regret balking on at the time because they're going for $100+ now!
 
One of my absolute grails is being reissued. I almost paid $200 dollars for this at the start of the pandemic but it goes for a whole lot more than that now.

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Yeah, this is barely a bump in price for Backwoodz at all. I'm pretty sure Brass (billy woods & Moor Mother's collaborative album) was $50 for a single LP upon release, which I absolutely regret balking on at the time because they're going for $100+ now!
Brass was $30USD. Sorry if that makes it hurt more! At the time I did hesitate for a minute because it wasn't on streaming so buying it was the only way to hear it. It was the beginning of the price increases because Shrines was $25, then Brass $30, then Haram $40 and on up from there.

But yeah clearly driven by demand since some of the ones that were $25 are going for $300 on discogs. I think it is a great sign of success for some guys that fought for it for a long time underground but a bummer for us consumers.
 
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