Vinyl Me Please Anthology

mdmost said:
Box arrived with some bumps but everything inside looks great. A very beautiful box and the first set of records look great. Don't know if I'll have time to get through the first episode today.
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Glad your box is okay. My shipping box was banged up pretty good, but the contents were pristine. One funny thing I noticed with the new outer box is the little stripe at the top of the spine with the catalog number is thicker than the Blue Note Anthology one. Storf made it a point to mention that design element as being important to the continuity of the series, but they look a little silly next to one another on the shelf, IMO.
 
I can't make the live unboxing tonight so I'm ripping them open this afternoon. Also did anyone notice episode 3 of the podcast randomly appeared in the old feed? Someone at VMP needs to figure out how to do private podcast feeds with passwords if they care about that.
 
Unwrapped and spun the next two albums... really fantastic.

Syreeta is probably my favorite so far but the Tammi is maybe a close second. I just love the Stevie Wonder keyboard all over the Syreeta, their working relationship (and actual relationship) is super evident in this. I also might frame the Tammi picture on the album liner notes... best picture of the group! The rest are mostly meh, unfortunately.
 
Clue for the next anthology from the unboxing Livestream: it includes three compilation albums for a very specific reason.

So a label with a ton of singles? Or an entire smaller genre, like No Wave or something? Artist with lots of singles but few actual albums?
 
botherly said:
Clue for the next anthology from the unboxing Livestream: it includes three compilation albums for a very specific reason.

So a label with a ton of singles? Or an entire smaller genre, like No Wave or something? Artist with lots of singles but few actual albums?
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Garage rock makes sense after the first two. A Nuggets-style anthology with Warner/Rhino maybe?
 
botherly said:
Clue for the next anthology from the unboxing Livestream: it includes three compilation albums for a very specific reason.

So a label with a ton of singles? Or an entire smaller genre, like No Wave or something? Artist with lots of singles but few actual albums?
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This smells a LOT like Sub Pop for two reasons:

1. I cannot imagine Discord getting involved with VMP or anyone else, even though when I think "compilation albums" Discord is exactly the first that comes to mind (Flex Your Head, The Year in Seven Inches,...)
2. Nevermind all the comps from the early years of Sub Pop, I distinctly remember a reissue series with Sub Pop a bit ago with Sebadoh, Sleater-Kinney, and Foals. In hindsight, that now seems like water-testing.
 
MadLucas said:
This smells a LOT like Sub Pop for two reasons:

1. I cannot imagine Discord getting involved with VMP or anyone else, even though when I think "compilation albums" Discord is exactly the first that comes to mind (Flex Your Head, The Year in Seven Inches,...)
2. Nevermind all the comps from the early years of Sub Pop, I distinctly remember a reissue series with Sub Pop a bit ago with Sebadoh, Sleater-Kinney, and Foals. In hindsight, that now seems like water-testing.
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Sub Pop just isn’t afraid to say no to money. I’m pretty sure that comic book store is going to reissue their entire catalog eventually.

Subpop comps could be the original Bruce Pavitt zine comps. But I don’t imagine finding masters would be the easiest for that. You could do a comp of each of the first three 45 subscription series. Something like that.
 
I’m hoping the next VMP Anthology series is Stax. I’m really happy with the Motown Anthology Box! I love the selections, the sound quality and the consistency. I’m sure the Stax Anthology box will be just as good or even better! 😇

If it’s Sub Pop, it will be a pass for me as I’m not into most of their catalogue. It’s not my preferred genre/style. From the label, I really like Shabazz Palaces’ “Black Up” and “Lese Majesty”, THEEsatisfaction’s “awE naturalE” and The Evil Tambourines’ “Library Nation”. But that’s pretty much all their left-field hip-hop discography!

I’m looking really forward to seeing what the next VMP Anthology box is! 🤔🥳🙇‍♂️
 
NathanRicaud said:
I’m hoping the next VMP Anthology series is Stax. I’m really happy with the Motown Anthology Box! I love the selections, the sound quality and the consistency. I’m sure the Stax Anthology box will be just as good or even better! 😇

If it’s Sub Pop, it will be a pass for me as I’m not into most of their catalogue. It’s not my preferred genre/style. From the label, I really like Shabazz Palaces’ “Black Up” and “Lese Majesty”, THEEsatisfaction’s “awE naturalE” and The Evil Tambourines’ “Library Nation”. But that’s pretty much all their left-field hip-hop discography!

I’m looking really forward to seeing what the next VMP Anthology box is! 🤔🥳🙇‍♂️
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HAve you checked out Clipping. ?
 
A walk through Sup Pop history would have to have Nirvana, but which one(s)?
Mudhoney, The Shins, The Postal Service, Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Rogue Wave, Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Foals, Father John Misty
This could be a huge box!
 
My issue with a Sub Pop box is most of the heaters in their back catalog have remained in print. Besides the occasional bad pressings via Erika Records, they’ve been well made, frequently in high-quality jackets, largely well mastered by reputable engineers like Kevin Gray, Golden or John Gold, and very affordable. A premium box of their stuff would feel very pointless to me especially when you consider 99.9% of their catalog to be digitally sourced, there’s way less of a value-prop.

I’d rather see Stax.
 
cul8er said:
A walk through Sup Pop history would have to have Nirvana, but which one(s)?
Mudhoney, The Shins, The Postal Service, Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Rogue Wave, Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Foals, Father John Misty
This could be a huge box!
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Bleach was the only Nirvana album released by sub pop.

Green River was the first ever sub pop release, and mudhoney are probably the most essential sub pop band for the label’s entire history.

Flight of the Conchords won the label’s only Grammy.

Modest Mouse were not on sub pop. Sleater Kinney was only on it recently(for the Woods and No Cities To Love).
 
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