Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Indymisanthrope said:
To be fair, the decision to shut down the old forum was almost certainly not Storf's who, out of all the VMP staff members, was the most committed forum member at the time of the shutdown. When the decision was made, he also, out of all the staff members who were online those last 48 hours, fed us no bullshit about it. In fact, he did what many people advised Paul to do, which is shut up and allow Fiedler's words to speak for themselves.

And then a bunch of people said multiple times that VMP staff should probably stay away from the new forum, perhaps indefinitely. And when Storf was invited directly to join, he said he didn't think it would be a good idea right now.

So -- again, I take it at face value that plenty of people here never enjoyed their interactions with Storf on a personal level, but how is it on him that the old forum is gone, and how is it on him that he can't participate in the community anymore? We're gonna crucify him for saying hi in the filename of a picture? It's a shoutout to the people he used to chat with all day, why can't we leave it at that?
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I love/hate your well-thought points, they always make mae think twice about what I thought I was pretty sure about.

I agree, with everything you said, and I don't blame Storf for what happened with the forum, I just think what he's dping is silly and unprofesional. Like I said, I would prefer if he joined the forum. When asked if he would join N+G, he said it was better if they (as a company) let us have our own place and not interfere with it, which I think is a very mature position. Yet, here we have a staff member who stalks the forum he said he wouldn't join. Don't you think is a bit like a toxic ex who stalks on you?
 
Indymisanthrope said:
*shrug* I don't know, man. Who was looking at whose IG in the first place?
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I follow him because I wrote a couple of pieces for him, so the picture appeared on my feed. It's not like I actively went into his profile to see what he's been up to.
I may be ranting too much on this, when in reality is the smallest of issues I have with VMP. It's just that after the very corporate decision of letting us have our own place and not be a part of it, this seems like the complete opposite.
 
NathanRicaud said:
Hey Storf! 🙋‍♂️😊

I miss you heaps and I’m really looking forward to the Motown VMP Anthology Set! I also just want to say that I am still 100% on team Classics and will always stay subscribed to it! I love the Classics sub and am loving how amazing all those records from that sub have been sounding!

I love your updates via Reddit too! I really appreciate all the communication you’ve been giving to us through Reddit! Also, I can’t wait to see what modern hip-hop classic you guys have chosen for September’s R&HH ROTM! 🤣

I’m still waiting on that Playboi Carti - Die Lit VMP pressing. You went to Playboi Carti’s concert last year so I have a feeling you guys might be exclusively pressing the album. Fingers crossed because we need more hip-hop! I’m also hoping you guys have Noname on your good books because we need a VMP pressing of Room 25!

Keep up the good work Storf! Miss you, Nathan! xx

PS - I can imagine you fucking with Megan Thee Stallion’s Fever big time! I just know you love that album! 😈😜
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Die Lit needs a vinyl pressing. I'm actually listening to it as we speak and can confidently say it's one of my favorite albums of all time. I've seen Carti 10 times 🤘🦋
 
agutierrezb said:
I love/hate your well-thought points, they always make mae think twice about what I thought I was pretty sure about.

I agree, with everything you said, and I don't blame Storf for what happened with the forum, I just think what he's dping is silly and unprofesional. Like I said, I would prefer if he joined the forum. When asked if he would join N+G, he said it was better if they (as a company) let us have our own place and not interfere with it, which I think is a very mature position. Yet, here we have a staff member who stalks the forum he said he wouldn't join. Don't you think is a bit like a toxic ex who stalks on you?
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I think the disagreement on my end is the characterization of him as toxic. I don’t think of him that way and will likely never think of him that way.

I don’t want this to blow up into a discussion of him personally tho. Criticize/praise VMP and its content all you want but when it veers personal is where I get uncomfortable with some of the comments I see directed at individual people.
 
mcherry said:
I think the disagreement on my end is the characterization of him as toxic. I don’t think of him that way and will likely never think of him that way.

I don’t want this to blow up into a discussion of him personally tho. Criticize/praise VMP and its content all you want but when it veers personal is where I get uncomfortable with some of the comments I see directed at individual people.
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Fair enough, I'll end it there.

For the record, I do like Storf (or at least I don't dislike him), so my comments weren't directed at him personally, but at his position within VMP. All I'm saying is I don't think this is the way an employee from the company that nuked their community should behave, but that's just me.
 
mcherry said:
I think the disagreement on my end is the characterization of him as toxic. I don’t think of him that way and will likely never think of him that way.

I don’t want this to blow up into a discussion of him personally tho. Criticize/praise VMP and its content all you want but when it veers personal is where I get uncomfortable with some of the comments I see directed at individual people.
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PS: Please don't ban me, I have an awesome record picked for the N&G Record Club and I want to share it with y'all next month lol
 
Mr. Winistorfer is someone who enjoys records. He should be welcomed here just like anyone else who enjoys records. He should be allowed to interact here just like anyone else who enjoys records. And by 'allowed', I don't mean allowed by the site owners and admins, I mean allowed by the forum members. This is the tough part, because I think too many people would treat him as a VMP employee and keep asking him about work stuff.

In my opinion, I do think it is important that this forum avoid allowing VMP to use it as a conduit of information by VMP employees. While other record clubs use it this way in their specific forum threads, they have not proven that they don't deserve to be here. They didn't shut down a similar forum for communication that their companies provided then co-opt a free (to them) resource to continue that same communication.

Does VMP deserve a voice on this forum? In my opinion, absolutely not. Does Mr. Winistorfer - the record collector - deserve a voice on this forum? Absolutely, the same as anyone else. This forum should be a refuge from work, not a place of work.
 
I could potentially get down with a Motown box. The Temptations are one of my all time favs but I somehow don’t own any on vinyl. Same with a lot of Motown stuff besides Marvin and Stevie for some reason.

Do we know if they still plan on not announcing all the albums up front? That’s wack.
 
stpaulbrowns said:
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell United hasn't been reissued in the US since 1967 I believe.

I'd be all over that reissue.
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It’s in the Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2 box.

Also reissued on its own in 2016:
www.discogs.com

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2016 Vinyl release of "United" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com www.discogs.com

Interestingly, the Marvin Gaye reissues are pressed at VMP favourite GZ. Hopefully that wouldn’t be the case for an Anthology.
 
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