Vinyl Me Please Anthology

[johnpisme]

I can't remember where it was, but he posted a cd as a record. The only problem the cd had never been pressed on vinyl.

He would post in the Anthology group and Blue Note Vinyl Spinners at the same time. I'd always see his double posts one right on top of the other which made it extra noticeable. The guy in the anthology group that posted great write ups with every record is pretty cool, though. I follow his IG now. Joe Harley comments on his posts fairly often.

 

[AudiophileFlexi]

Copped the Stax boxset w/ a discount code thx to Reddit. Where does it mention tip-on sleeves on the site? Or am I making that up?

 

[mdmost]

I actually don't see it on the site but Storf mentioned it on Reddit as something this set would have over any later reissue that Stax might do for these records later. None of the other Anthologies had tip-on sleeves. At least I can't think of any that did.
Edit: a few of the Ghostly did.

 

[AndySlash]

Ghostly has no community

probably because

It feels like the Ghostly Anthology was a throw in that they barely cared about. Like the label approached them with some splatter variants and they said 'fuck it' and threw it in a boxset.

it seems pretty obvious that the ghostly box was an afterthought, slapping the anthology label on it to [hopefully] move more product. i was real excited when it was announced and thought it was a cool sign of the potential these sets could be in exploring less celebrated labels/genres/artists going forward, but the subsequent discovery that this was just a packaged set of album reissues that were already coming out and that there was virtually no creative content to go along with it, as well as the suggestion that anthologies will be coming out at a fairly rapid pace (meaning how much time and creativity could actually be expected to be put into these things?) has successfully turned me off the vmp anthology idea going forward. so, way to go vmp, i guess. 'fuck it', indeed.

have to say, though, the socks were an unexpected enticement that, for a brief moment, had me questioning my position.

 

[NathanRicaud]

Hey bud, hope you're well. According to the FAQ, Afterpay is only available for U.S. customers.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thanks so much for the heads up!

That should be OK! Just means I can’t stock up on vouchers that I get for 40% off on my Youfoodz

But I actually think I can use Afterpay with Youfoodz so I’m going to do that and buy like another 4x$100! I’m so cheap lol

I’m going alright though Dumbledore! Hope you’ve been going well!

 

[TCell]

Anyone else notice that Otis is the only one with a clue?

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Oh yea and will someone solve this for me?

That has to be The Soul Album.

And I asked Storf about why this was the only clickable clue and now this one's gone too. Whoops!

So my best guess on the 8 Albums:

Booker T. & The MGs – Soul Dressing (March 1965)
Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Coming (April 1966)
Otis Redding – The Soul Album (April 1966)
Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (July 1967)
Eddie Floyd – I’ve Never Found A Girl (1968)
Johnnie Taylor – Raw Blues (1969)
Albert King – Years Gone By (May 1969)
William Bell – Wow… (1971) or Phases of Reality (1972)

 

[MikeH]

That has to be The Soul Album.

And I asked Storf about why this was the only clickable clue and now this one's gone too. Whoops!

So my best guess on the 8 Albums:

Booker T. & The MGs – Soul Dressing (March 1965)
Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Coming (April 1966)
Otis Redding – The Soul Album (April 1966)
Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (July 1967)
Eddie Floyd – I’ve Never Found A Girl (1968)
Johnnie Taylor – Raw Blues (1969)
Albert King – Years Gone By (May 1969)
William Bell – Wow… (1971) or Phases of Reality (1972)

Not a bad list of albums. I'd potentially go for it if I didn't already have quite a few of these.

 

[Chucktshoes]

This is a hard one for me. I love Stax, I love my city, but I just can’t with VMP anymore.

 

[TCell]

Not a bad list of albums. I'd potentially go for it if I didn't already have quite a few of these.

Same for me. $280 for 8 albums I could do. $280 for 6 albums...not so much.

 

[doncornelius]

It is a good list, and I will probably buy it if is still around after 20th, the cutoff date for the monthly cycle of my credit card. (I have already overspent my music budget this month.)

 

[Ericj32]

There have been a few copies the Blue Note anthology. The prices haven't been totally crazy. I wonder if some people have sold the records individually.

The Story Of Blue Note Records (Vinyl, US, 2019) For Sale | Discogs

Shop the 2019 US Vinyl release of The Story Of Blue Note Records at Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Yes, they have. That is how I got Lou Donaldson’s Natural Soul. I also remember seeing copies of the Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Dexter Gordon selling individually. Sometimes they’ll create a new discogs entry for the album, but many times they’ll just list it under the anthology discogs entry and put in a note that it’s just the one album.

I will say that I do always think of Norah Jones when I think of Blue Note. But I'm a huge Norah Jones fan, though.

I’m pretty sure that the first time I heard about Blue Note records was when her first album was released and won all the grammys.

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I also want to say - not to single anyone out - that I’m a little baffled at how controversial a certain someone is on here. Maybe he overshares about his spending habits and thought processes, but I’ve never seen him disparage anyone else or engage in personal attacks or - wait for it- even deign to respond to personal attacks against him. I think that takes a certain level of maturity.

I also don’t think being semi-hit on is really that scandalous when the context is a basically anonymous online forum where you can only really be objectified based on the words and images you’ve chosen to post. Like what does it really mean if someone says that they think you’re attractive or sexy and they have no idea what you look like or really anything about you other than what music you like and what records you’ve purchased? Yeah, it’s weird, but isn’t that pretty innocuous in the scheme of things? Maybe I’m just too single and desperate to be sensitive to that kind of pain and moral trauma though lol.

Finally, the discussion about women of motown and men of ghostly and blue note and stax for whatever reason made me think of this important PSA because I thought the “Women of Motown” was cringey pandering and I think it should be pretty damn easy to find some kind of middle ground between that and no representation at all:

 

[seeirwin]

Yes, they have. That is how I got Lou Donaldson’s Natural Soul. I also remember seeing copies of the Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Dexter Gordon selling individually. Sometimes they’ll create a new discogs entry for the album, but many times they’ll just list it under the anthology discogs entry and put in a note that it’s just the one album.

I had listed my extra copy of Schizophrenia (for those of you reading this who didn't follow the whole ridiculous saga, everyone got sent a 2nd copy of that record because some people received versions that had the labels on the wrong sides) under the main anthology listing. A few weeks later, I got a notice that my listing was in violation of the terms of service and had been removed because I wasn't selling the whole thing. No problem - I created a listing for just Schizophrenia. A few weeks later, that got flagged and removed because it wasn't an official release on its own!

Anyhow, for anyone looking to buy singletons from the BN Anthology, it has become tough to sell them on discogs, so consider placing a WTB here, on reddit, etc.

 

[Mr Moore]

I had listed my extra copy of Schizophrenia (for those of you reading this who didn't follow the whole ridiculous saga, everyone got sent a 2nd copy of that record because some people received versions that had the labels on the wrong sides) under the main anthology listing. A few weeks later, I got a notice that my listing was in violation of the terms of service and had been removed because I wasn't selling the whole thing. No problem - I created a listing for just Schizophrenia. A few weeks later, that got flagged and removed because it wasn't an official release on its own!

Anyhow, for anyone looking to buy singletons from the BN Anthology, it has become tough to sell them on discogs, so consider placing a WTB here, on reddit, etc.

It’s totally fine to sell under the main anthology listing and just list in the details what exactly you are offering. The price alone will make buyers check the details.

 

[duke86fan]

So no discount price but finally they are getting semi reasonable in prices and not making this 350 dollars

 

[Mr Moore]

So no discount price but finally they are getting semi reasonable in prices and not making this 350 dollars

I actually think this is pretty reasonable too, even for us internationals. The discount code covers the improved $30 shipping and the albums come out about £26 each which for AAA presented records is good IMO. It's about what the retail price is for Pure Pleasure records here in the UK and they don't come with nice tip-on sleeves. They're even less actually if you factor in a tenner for a nice pair of socks.

If I knew what the albums were, I'd be very tempted by this set. As it stands, I have about 30 Stax/Volt/Enterprise albums and I can't justify replicating any as I'm satisfied with all of the pressings I currently own.

 

[duke86fan]

I actually think this is pretty reasonable too, even for us internationals. The discount code covers the improved $30 shipping and the albums come out about £26 each which for AAA presented records is good IMO. It's about what the retail price is for Pure Pleasure records here in the UK and they don't come with nice tip-on sleeves. They're even less actually if you factor in a tenner for a nice pair of socks.

If I knew what the albums were, I'd be very tempted by this set. As it stands, I have about 30 Stax/Volt/Enterprise albums and I can't justify replicating any as I'm satisfied with all of the pressings I currently own.

Yeah not even clues this time

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Have we confirmed that the socks are included?

 

[Mr Moore]

Have we confirmed that the socks are included?

 

[duke86fan]

I just wish I will have a job before they do a label I truly love like say kranky or sub pop.. because 250 for a set is still too much until you actually get a job and have no bills

Then again though you could say ghostly was technically reasonable for digital LP's no half speed mastering probably mastered at Gz they overpriced that paper and cardboard a lot

 

[Joe Mac]

Have we confirmed that the socks are included?

Socks! Socks! Really!

I’ve also got to disagree pretty strongly with the idea that this is a fair price for an 8LP set, even at $280 delivered. That’s $35 per album which is €31.50 delivered. That’s per single LP just above the price I’d pay for a 2LP new release and well over the price of say the AAA’s of Joni Mitchell or Van Morrison’s early albums. That’s not even taking into account the standard reduction in individual unit price for ponying the extra cash up front for the box. The kinks in mono is a gorgeous AAA set of 9 albums over 10LPs for €160. It’s also so far above what good quality represses of Stax and Motown are in store. I also think that putting VMP on a par with an audiophile label is otpimistic at best.

I’m getting increasingly jaded at the acceptance of high cost limited records of standard quality being aggressively sold to collectors who want the next special piece rather than to listen to music. I sometimes want to see the whole thing burn to the ground and start all over again.