Vinyl Me Please Anthology

wmeugene said:
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?
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I’m very happy that we got Blue Note first and then we will be getting Motown and Stax afterwards!

I’m hoping we get a West End Records Anthology! That would be real funky! I’ve got a Sugar Hill Records box set, but would really like a West End Records box set/Anthology!
 
botherly said:
I feel weirdly offended that they put the podcast up for public consumption, but it's really not a big deal at all.
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I'm mixed on it. I think everyone should be able to listen to the podcast, but as someone who bought the Anthology, it does make me wonder what the added value was beyond the records themselves. <shrug> Me buying the Motown Anthology will be 100% dependent on a drop in the price.
 
botherly said:
Yeah fair enough. I think I'm just still salty from the overall "experience" and all the BS added value hype they failed to deliver.

Hoping the Motown box is reasonably priced. $150 range will probably get me but I reserve the right to be a sucker.
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I seriously think after selling out so quickly on the first one there will not be a price drop. Especially with a Motown box. Motown will have more of a following than Blue Note.
 
dhodo said:
I mean it's because of demand now by people willing to pay tons of money for super high quality reissues of things that are crazy expensive for anything close to an original pressing. I don't think the same can be said for Motown.
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Motown’s appeal is broader but not as deep as Blue Notes. I think Blue Note is the perfect label to charge a high premium, Motown just is not as much of an audiophile obsession. I also think, fair or not, the major part of Motown’s reputation is built on singles and not albums, which I think lessens demand a little bit.

With that being said, a Motown box full of unearthed classics and great AAA audiophile quality presssings could be downright revelatory. But I think $230 for 6 Motown albums would be a tough pill to swallow. My guess is $180 is where this comes in and that’s a tough decision point.
 
wmeugene said:
Motown’s appeal is broader but not as deep as Blue Notes. I think Blue Note is the perfect label to charge a high premium, Motown just is not as much of an audiophile obsession. I also think, fair or not, the major part of Motown’s reputation is built on singles and not albums, which I think lessens demand a little bit.

With that being said, a Motown box full of unearthed classics and great AAA audiophile quality presssings could be downright revelatory. But I think $230 for 6 Motown albums would be a tough pill to swallow. My guess is $180 is where this comes in and that’s a tough decision point.
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Yeah, I think $180 is a good price for 6 Motown exclusive records that are pressed and remastered extremely well!

It definitely shouldn’t be over $200, if we are receiving 6 records of less!

I am soooooooo excited for this one! I just hope they don’t announce until a few weeks time as I’m really broke at the moment 🤐😜
 
NathanRicaud said:
Yeah, I think $180 is a good price for 6 Motown exclusive records that are pressed and remastered extremely well!

It definitely shouldn’t be over $200, if we are receiving 6 records of less!

I am soooooooo excited for this one! I just hope they don’t announce until a few weeks time as I’m really broke at the moment 🤐😜
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Mowtown records tend to not be the most expensive. They sell for around €20. So if we’re looking at that range I think that anything over $150 dollars is an absolute rip off.
 
Joe Mac said:
Mowtown records tend to not be the most expensive. They sell for around €20. So if we’re looking at that range I think that anything over $150 dollars is an absolute rip off.
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mmmmmmm so if we get 6 records/albums in the Anthology box, it should be US$150. That would equate to US$25 per record!

If it is US$180 for 6 records/albums, that would equate to US$30 per record.

So you think US$30 for a Motown VMP exclusive pressing (AAA) is too expensive?
 
NathanRicaud said:
mmmmmmm so if we get 6 records/albums in the Anthology box, it should be US$150. That would equate to US$25 per record!

If it is US$180 for 6 records/albums, that would equate to US$30 per record.

So you think US$30 for a Motown VMP exclusive pressing (AAA) is too expensive?
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Yep. Mowtown aren’t the most expensive records to buy and that has to be taken into account. If they can make money off the classics at $23 a head they still have a margin for the extra shit no one needs at $150.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yep. Mowtown aren’t the most expensive records to buy and that has to be taken into account. If they can make money off the classics at $23 a head they still have a margin for the extra shit no one needs at $150.
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I definitely agree! Fingers crossed it isn’t too expensive. I hate all those extras too! I don’t care at all about the actual box that came with the Blue Note Anthology and the whole podcast thing. It is nice to have it, but I literally just care about the music in the end. I throw out all printed inner sleeves even if they are good-looking, because I just want to clean the vinyl and put them in the best possible inner sleeves that will protect my record from scratches etc

Just give me a high quality pressing of Motown albums that are sleeved in great high quality inner sleeves and inside jackets which make it easy to pull out the record, and I’ll be very happy!
 
NathanRicaud said:
I definitely agree! Fingers crossed it isn’t too expensive. I hate all those extras too! I don’t care at all about the actual box that came with the Blue Note Anthology and the whole podcast thing. It is nice to have it, but I literally just care about the music in the end. I throw out all printed inner sleeves even if they are good-looking, because I just want to clean the vinyl and put them in the best possible inner sleeves that will protect my record from scratches etc

Just give me a high quality pressing of Motown albums that are sleeved in great high quality inner sleeves and inside jackets which make it easy to pull out the record, and I’ll be very happy!
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I mean I won’t be buying it anyway because I think the whole concept of “The Anthology” is a crock of shit concept designed to charge more than it’s worth for stuff in an unneeded box with an undeeded book and podcast. Just sell the albums individually and let me pick the ones I want!
 
I'm the kind of person who had a hard time buying the AAA, some albums available nowhere else, Kinks box at $150, so I don't know if I'll ever be able to pull the trigger immediately after one of these is announced.
 
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