Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Maybe i'm incredibly thick but i've been looking at all their stuff, I only found Ghostly Swim + Shigeto's first LP is in the box. What else do we know so far?
 
zomgbear said:
Maybe i'm incredibly thick but i've been looking at all their stuff, I only found Ghostly Swim + Shigeto's first LP is in the box. What else do we know so far?
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It seems way too convenient that six albums have the same preorder dates (11/16) on Rough Trade, and probably other sites, in black vinyl from Ghostly, and we know that three of them (and logically a fourth based on a hint) are in the box. Feels safe to assume that the other two are the ones we don't know yet.
 
siremobunny said:
It seems way too convenient that six albums have the same preorder dates (11/16) on Rough Trade, and probably other sites, in black vinyl from Ghostly, and we know that three of them (and logically a fourth based on a hint) are in the box. Feels safe to assume that the other two are the ones we don't know yet.
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what is the 3rd?
 
siremobunny said:
Shigeto - Full Circle, along with the two Ghostly Swim comps
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Ah gotcha. Well... if they are being released on the same date in black - I dont see why I'm ordering this... I love Ghostly but i don't need collectable box sets (especially if they're available separately)
 
The price difference is $60 if you buy them all on black (assuming those 6 listed are the same 6 in the box; at least 3 are, probably 4). So now you have to consider if the extras, the color, and the box are worth the difference (assuming the 10% discount). I would've said yes if I didn't feel like VMP was being shady again for no real reason.
 
siremobunny said:
That said, their slow reveal prob just got blown
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Thinking i'm most likely going to cancel my pre-order then. But think about how brilliantly Rough Trades blew up their spot. Not only will they get the ppl who passed on the set who came across it. But those who pre-ordered will be pissed and will be convinced to pre-order from them since the link is there. Brilliant. Heck, i'm thinking of cancelling and picking up Ghostly + Shigeto from them.
 
zomgbear said:
Thinking i'm most likely going to cancel my pre-order then. But think about how brilliantly Rough Trades blew up their spot. Not only will they get the ppl who passed on the set who came across it. But those who pre-ordered will be pissed and will be convinced to pre-order from them since the link is there. Brilliant. Heck, i'm thinking of cancelling and picking up Ghostly + Shigeto from them.
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A quick googling confirms that Bull Moose is selling these as well, if that's more anyone's flavor.
 
zomgbear said:
Thinking i'm most likely going to cancel my pre-order then. But think about how brilliantly Rough Trades blew up their spot. Not only will they get the ppl who passed on the set who came across it. But those who pre-ordered will be pissed and will be convinced to pre-order from them since the link is there. Brilliant. Heck, i'm thinking of cancelling and picking up Ghostly + Shigeto from them.
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I'm on the fence. I really like the anthology stuff. I legitimately enjoy it and would've been fine if they had been straightforward about the box. I want to be a completionist about the anthologies for some reason.

But now I'm thinking I might cancel and just pick up a few that interest me and wait for antho 4... coming in like a month.

I don't know. I'm disappointed. Was it dumb to think they were exclusive?
 
botherly said:
I'm on the fence. I really like the anthology stuff. I legitimately enjoy it and would've been fine if they had been straightforward about the box. I want to be a completionist about the anthologies for some reason.

But now I'm thinking I might cancel and just pick up a few that interest me and wait for antho 4... coming in like a month.

I don't know. I'm disappointed. Was it dumb to think they were exclusive?
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Not dumb at all, I think they played it off like that because that's what I expected as well.

I'm cool with extras and all that but in the end - all that really matters are the records. I was thinking of keeping the box as well as I'm a fan of Ghostly and would like to support them - but if they're not straightforward about the product we're getting, why support that behavior. I'm still a fan but this puts a bad taste in my mouth for sure.

edit side note: I kinda understand when others are saying they don't like the idea of the Anthology. Probably for reasons like this. Not that I'm saying anything about your choice of collecting them of course @botherly - you do what you enjoy.
 
botherly said:
I'm on the fence. I really like the anthology stuff. I legitimately enjoy it and would've been fine if they had been straightforward about the box. I want to be a completionist about the anthologies for some reason.

But now I'm thinking I might cancel and just pick up a few that interest me and wait for antho 4... coming in like a month.

I don't know. I'm disappointed. Was it dumb to think they were exclusive?
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I'm still on the fence as well, leaning towards cancelling. Meanwhile, reddit has linked to Ghostly's response to my tweet as confirmation that this is basically a variant box... lol. I feel a little bad because I like the label.

Another funny thing is that the slow reveal was sold as a perk, but what it basically amounts to is getting most of the albums in the box a week or two after street date of the standard releases. Awesome perk.

edit: I guess this isn't actually true... the description says the box ships with all six albums, but they are put in episodic secrecy sleeves so you can open them on the suggested schedule, based on the release of AMAs and podcasts....they didn't do this with the other anthologies, did they?
 
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First Anthology was separate shipments for each episode and was a mess. Motown was all albums shipped together with the episodes in the secrecy sleeves. Makes a lot more sense and you only adhere to that if you wish to. It's just a outer cover that you tear off to reveal the albums inside. It was an enjoyable way to do the Motown set, even though the titles were pretty much known.

I don't really care about the standard black versions being offered in addition. I like the box set so I'll stick with it. I like vinyl variants. Vinyl spending is my only real vice as an adult so paying more to not get standard black is fine with me.
 
I knew this Ghostly International Anthology Box wouldn’t interest me at all. And I also had a feeling it wouldn’t be anything special! 🙅‍♂️

I’m just so keen to know what Anthology Series 4 is! Fingers crossed it’s soul/jazz or funk/disco or rap/hip-hop box! Still hoping it’s Stax 🤞
 
zomgbear said:
Not dumb at all, I think they played it off like that because that's what I expected as well.

I'm cool with extras and all that but in the end - all that really matters are the records. I was thinking of keeping the box as well as I'm a fan of Ghostly and would like to support them - but if they're not straightforward about the product we're getting, why support that behavior. I'm still a fan but this puts a bad taste in my mouth for sure.

edit side note: I kinda understand when others are saying they don't like the idea of the Anthology. Probably for reasons like this. Not that I'm saying anything about your choice of collecting them of course @botherly - you do what you enjoy.
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VMP can be a hard (very hard) company to love. Having a nice box and limited color variants is worth a bit extra. A lot of reissue box sets are sold this way. Why hide the fact that lps are being newly reissued in other variants? Much better to be up front from the start about what is in the box and then up-sell the features that make ur version special. Still it looks nice. Maybe Ghostly should have done their own box and cut out the middleman. :-).

Lots of awesome electronic music coming out lately. WXAXRXP Box set Ships next month.
 
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