Vinyl Me Please Anthology

[Selaws]

Looks like Bobby Hutcherson's "Montara" is not going to be exclusive to the Blue Note Anthology box. Not that I really expected it, I suppose. New reissue out in Europe if anyone's interested in picking it up that missed out on the box. Fab album!

It is on Elemental which is out of Spain (?), but licensed from Blue Note. Not sure about the mastering and pressing quality. Nothing is mentioned on the Discogs page for this release or any of the other random Elemental titles I looked at.

Edit: It is also available from Amazon.co.uk for about half of what Mr. Bongo Worldwide has it.

Edit2: The Elemental titles are digitally sourced but well pressed. The consensus seems to be that they are better than the Blue Note 75s.

The Blue Note Thread

Pretty sure those are either BN75 or BN80s. Oh yeah, duh. Makes sense.

www.needlesandgrooves.com

I concur. I have a few Elemental records and they sound good for the price (I have a T-Bone Walker, Dexter Gordon Live at Espace Cardin and a few of their Jorge Ben's).

I picked this up from Amazon for £10. Its a superb pressing for the price - on par with the BN80 IMO. Im not familiar with the quality of the VMP one, but unless they did something really special I cant see there being a huge difference in quality.

FYI elemental also have released 'Big John Patton - Oh Baby!'. I picked that up at the same time for the same price. Haven't spun it yet but if its as good as Montara I will be happy.

 

[Ericj32]

... Maybe they just flip a coin or throw something at a dart board.

I'm picturing someone in the VMP office asking another employee whether they should offer a customer store credit or a refund, and the other employee distractedly responding, "I don't know, maybe just flip a coin or throw something at the dart board." So they consider their options and pick up like a stapler, or a shoe, and throw it at the dart board, and it just sadly falls to the ground on its side, and now they're right back where they started. They're confused and don't really know what they expected to happen when they threw the stapler (or shoe) at the dart board - they hadn't taken the time to decide which outcome of throwing the object at the dart board would result in them giving the customer a refund, or store credit, for that matter. And after realizing the futility of trying to make such a complicated decision, they just decide to head out for the rest of the day because they just did NOT sign up for this shit.

 

[mdmost]

So maybe not a Motown Anthology? Seems odd timing.

Motown In Mono (LIMITED EDITION SET)

Checkout powered by The Sound Of Vinyl Celebrate Motown Records' 60th Anniversary with five classic Motown titles remastered in mono! Limited to 2500 sets, this exclusive ‘Motown In Mono’ collection includes a custom turntable slipmat. All five albums were newly remastered from their original...

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[BjorgenFjorgen]

So maybe not a Motown Anthology? Seems odd timing.

Motown In Mono (LIMITED EDITION SET)

Checkout powered by The Sound Of Vinyl Celebrate Motown Records' 60th Anniversary with five classic Motown titles remastered in mono! Limited to 2500 sets, this exclusive ‘Motown In Mono’ collection includes a custom turntable slipmat. All five albums were newly remastered from their original...

thesoundofvinyl.us

Maybe these were five titles offered to VMP that they ultimately didn't choose to go with, like with Blue Note?

 

[MikeH]

So maybe not a Motown Anthology? Seems odd timing.

Motown In Mono (LIMITED EDITION SET)

Checkout powered by The Sound Of Vinyl Celebrate Motown Records' 60th Anniversary with five classic Motown titles remastered in mono! Limited to 2500 sets, this exclusive ‘Motown In Mono’ collection includes a custom turntable slipmat. All five albums were newly remastered from their original...

thesoundofvinyl.us

Somebody on reddit was arguing that this might actually make it MORE likely to be a Motown anthology since Motown is re-releasing some albums now...but I agree that it seems weird to release this right now.

 

[MikeH]

Maybe these were five titles offered to VMP that they ultimately didn't choose to go with, like with Blue Note?

Blue Note didn't repress those other albums that they offered VMP though I don't think. Kinda hope they do...I need more Ambrose Akinmusaire on vinyl!

 

[wynn72]

Somebody on reddit was arguing that this might actually make it MORE likely to be a Motown anthology since Motown is re-releasing some albums now...but I agree that it seems weird to release this right now.

Yeah, I would think this makes it more likely. It was rumored and heavily hinted to be Motown for awhile and now Motown is releasing all this Anniversary stuff.

Also this Motown in Mono appears to be a bundle, not a box set. Not a huge difference but not quite as repetitive.

 

[mdmost]

It could just mean more Motown given the anniversary. That's my hope. That's a lot of good stuff and VMP rarely goes towards Mono releases, right?

 

[TCell]

Maybe these were five titles offered to VMP that they ultimately didn't choose to go with, like with Blue Note?

I think it's this. I understand it would be two competing Motown box sets, but Blue Note was flooding the market with BN Review, Music Matters SRX, Tone Poets and the BN80 titles and the Blue Note Anthology still sold out in a day.

On a positive, that Motown Mono box says it's remastered by Kevin Gray, 180g (although not where it's pressed) and Stoughton tip-on jackets so hopefully if Motown is Anthology2 than that would remain. One of my concerns was that VMP would drop the production quality to get to a lower price point.

 

[High Rant District]

So maybe not a Motown Anthology? Seems odd timing.

Motown In Mono (LIMITED EDITION SET)

Checkout powered by The Sound Of Vinyl Celebrate Motown Records' 60th Anniversary with five classic Motown titles remastered in mono! Limited to 2500 sets, this exclusive ‘Motown In Mono’ collection includes a custom turntable slipmat. All five albums were newly remastered from their original...

thesoundofvinyl.us

My understanding is that VMP will be releasing a colored vinyl version of this set, but with ‘STEREO’ emblazoned on the labels.

 

[Teeeee]

My understanding is that VMP will be releasing a colored vinyl version of this set, but with ‘STEREO’ emblazoned on the labels.

And a Xeroxed copy of liner notes will come a few weeks after the album. Not even in an envelope, they'll just fold it up, slap some tape on it and paste that shipping label on the outside.

 

[MikeH]

My understanding is that VMP will be releasing a colored vinyl version of this set, but with ‘STEREO’ emblazoned on the labels.

Don't forget some CD scanned artwork! And a podcast!

 

[Turbo]

And a Xeroxed copy of liner notes will come a few weeks after the album. Not even in an envelope, they'll just fold it up, slap some tape on it and paste that shipping label on the outside.

I think rolling it and wrapping it in packing tape would hold really well.

 

[Teeeee]

I think rolling it and wrapping it in packing tape would hold really well.

What could go wrong? (Except don't try to remove the tape later - you'll only tear the pages. They aren't meant for reading!)

 

[MikeH]

What could go wrong? (Except don't try to remove the tape later - you'll only tear the pages. They aren't meant for reading!)

That's okay...half the pages are blank or repeat pages anyway.

 

[trickyseven]

That's okay...half the pages are blank or repeat pages anyway.

Some of the pages just have the phrase "AROUND YOUR MARROW" 50 times.

 

[swamp]

And some people will log on to the web to say they think all these discrepancies actually add some character and charm and monetary value to the set and that the haters need to cease with their hating. And they will be ruthlessly and swiftly outed as having Colorado IP addresses! ! ! ! And the plot will thicken! ! !

 

[dhodo]

Edit: Sorry I just realized it isn't very clear in this tweet without the Spotify embed, but these are anthology podcasts. I'm assuming each season is a different anthology.

 

[wmeugene]

Edit: Sorry I just realized it isn't very clear in this tweet without the Spotify embed, but these are anthology podcasts. I'm assuming each season is a different anthology.

So season 2 is Motown, and wasn't there some discussion about him researching Stax, so perhaps that is season 4. Thoughts on what Season 3 could be?

 

[bother]

I feel weirdly offended that they put the podcast up for public consumption, but it's really not a big deal at all.