Vinyl Me Please Anthology

JonnyH said:
Is it unfair though?
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That's my opinion, yeah. I mean I get they can't win with certain people on here. They do an all-female Anthology and it's offensive or pandering and some mythical checkmark they've done so now they won't bother with anymore female artists. They don't do any female artists in the Stax Anthology and they're bad even though they've done a female artist from Stax before as a Classics ROTM.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
That is a weak-ass answer from Storf. He's the main guy curating and is the editorial director; he has a say in how things end up.
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Agreed. "Wasn't an intentional thing to do all men, just ended up that way. " is the reason why the world and the music industry is the way that it is. If you aren't intentional in your actions of inclusion, you're going to end up excluding huge groups of people.
 
mdmost said:
That's my opinion, yeah. I mean I get they can't win with certain people on here. They do an all-female Anthology and it's offensive or pandering and some mythical checkmark they've done so now they won't bother with anymore female artists. They don't do any female artists in the Stax Anthology and they're bad even though they've done a female artist from Stax before as a Classics ROTM.
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Sure, but I was speaking specifically about Anthologys. Sure, I agree they've released music by women in other places. I don't know what barring that has on the anthology curation exactly.
 
Teeeee said:
I'm going to also give the benefit of the doubt to the point of this question.

I'm not in the record issuing business, so I'm not hugely versed on this. I would hope that the people that are in the record issuing business actually do some research on this. Because a very very quick internet search of this revealed the following list from the first hit I visited. And I know this list is not exhaustive. So it seems with very little effort, someone issuing albums would be able to support women.

Amateur Pop, Inc.
Ambrosia
Arbutus Records
Arrowhawk Records
B4 Sounds
Bayonet Records
Beyond is Beyond is Beyond
Bikini Kill Records
Bitchwave
Bubble Bath Records
Buffet Tapes
Chatterbot Records
City Slang Records
Club Queen Records
Cultivated Sound
Danse Noire
Decemberism
Deep Sea Records
Dero Arcade
Dove Cove Records
Earth Libraries
Ethereal Beatbox
Etruscan Gold Ltd.
Eye Vybe Records
Fake Accent
Father Daughter Records
Feel Trip
Femme Culture
Fixture Records
Future Audio Graphics
Get Better Records
Grimalkin Records
Grind Ethos
Heavy Blossom
Hospital Productions
Infinite Weed
Jacktone Records
Lazy Tapes
London Field Recordings
LV Music
Knife Play – Curating from Hell
Knock Em Dead
Merge Records
Midwest Action
Mindrider Records
Minimal Wave
Mom + Pop
Mount Analog
Mutual Aid Records
Naive
Never Normal Records
New York Trax
Nicey Music
No Rent Records
No-Tech BK
The Nothing Song
Objects Limited
OK Tapes
Paralaxe Editions
Peach House Records
Plan B Recordings
Rice is Nice
Righteous Babe
Sargent House
Sister Polygon Records
Sleep Well Records
Soap Library
Spinster Sounds
Spirit House
Stay Tropical
Sub Pop
Substitute Scene
Swamp Circle
Thrill Jockey
Trans Trenderz
Trouble in Mind Records
Unheard Records
Vain Mina Records
Wild Flesh Productions
Yesmissolga
Zhe Rocks
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HOLY COW, you did that with a simple search and LINKED all of the webstores? imagine all the women artists one could discover that makes awesome, great music. I'm sure there's even others.

Teeeee, thank you for bestowing this list upon us. <3 You are great and I like you very much.
 
mdmost said:
Price is $280. So $250 with the $30 code.
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I have not ordered a single anthology, nor do I think I will and this has nothing to do specifically with VMP... but the idea that I'm going to be pay $30+ per album for a boxset is just absurd to me. Generally, or my experience has been - boxsets are a cheaper way of getting a bunch of albums all at once (usually themed of some sort), rather than paying a premium for each title in it.

Again, just my two cents but one of the things that has completely mystified me about how VMP handles their boxsets
 
Clint Howard said:
I have not ordered a single anthology, nor do I think I will and this has nothing to do specifically with VMP... but the idea that I'm going to be pay $30+ per album for a boxset is just absurd to me. Generally, or my experience has been - boxsets are a cheaper way of getting a bunch of albums all at once (usually themed of some sort), rather than paying a premium for each title in it.

Again, just my two cents but one of the things that has completely mystified me about how VMP handles their boxsets
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It seems counter-intuitive to me personally but, in practice, the exclusivity and the high cost of entry seem to be a significant part of the value. If these were exactly the same, quality wise, but the price was $140 and they weren't limited, I'm curious whether their target market's customer experience would be improved or diminished.
 
TCell said:
BYO Stax Anthology (via Amazon.com):

Robert Gordon - Respect Yourself (Book) ($12.50)
Otis Redding - Definitive Studio Albums 7LP Box Set ($99.99)
Sam & Dave - Hold On I'm Coming (Music on Vinyl) ($23.99)
Bar-Kays - Gotta Groove ($22.99)
Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions ($14.99)
Albert King - Lovejoy ($15.66)
William Bell - Bound to Happen ($18.99)
Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love ($22.99)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul ($17.35)

Grand Total = $249.47

Ask questions about Stax here on N&G for community.
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Great recommendations and that Otis Redding is dope for the price. But you're also including grey market shitty copies to get to that $249 price tag so it feels a bit disingenuous. One could get a mix of used and new albums though for cheaper especially with that Otis box set. Sourcing does matter especially with vinyl and labels like Wax Time often use CDs as the masters.
 
I can't remember who was saying they missed the community aspect but I saw they're bringing back a Facebook community option. I know, I know, boo it's Facebook.

Gain access to exclusive content, bonus podcast episodes, and private Facebook community.
 
mdmost said:
I can't remember who was saying they missed the community aspect but I saw they're bringing back a Facebook community option. I know, I know, boo it's Facebook.

Gain access to exclusive content, bonus podcast episodes, and private Facebook community.
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I must urge people. do not sign up for this expecting a "community" aspect. buy it for the records if you want and maybe even the podcast extras (although those seem to get put up elsewhere for anybody to listen to later on...) But the community aspect has been awful so far and should not be factored into the price at ALL.
 
MikeH said:
Great recommendations and that Otis Redding is dope for the price. But you're also including grey market shitty copies to get to that $249 price tag so it feels a bit disingenuous. One could get a mix of used and new albums though for cheaper especially with that Otis box set.
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You consider Music on Vinyl grey market? You could swap it for Soul Men or Double Dynamite then, I was just trying to match up with the VMP Anthology.
 
swamp jazz box set said:
It seems counter-intuitive to me personally but, in practice, the exclusivity and the high cost of entry seem to be a significant part of the value. If these were exactly the same, quality wise, but the price was $140 and they weren't limited, I'm curious whether their target market's customer experience would be improved or diminished.
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I can't speak for their target market at all but I would have bought 3 of the 4 boxsets at $140.
 
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