Vinyl Me Please Anthology

MikeH said:
As with most things on the internet, you're either REALLY for something or REALLY against it. VMP is no exception. Not many measured takes, especially on reddit. Threads saying VMP sucks followed by threads saying it's amazing and that it definitely does NOT suck.
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I'd like to hereby state my stance of "being seriously against, being for anything". I am unwavering in my beliefs. Do not question me or ye shall bring forth the righteous hellfire of- wait... That would mean I'm seriously for my belief in not being seriously for anything... Okay so hang on I uh... Hmmm... Okay I gotta go back to the drawing board, workshop this a bit...
 
Fremer defended the grateful dead cost with this

I was asked to write a short item for a U.K. business about the high prices of today's new records. I ended up thinking they are not all that high. The Sam Goody's ad from 1973 at the top is for the Led Zeppelin catalog, that at the time consisted of five LPs. The list price was $4.98. The sale price (if you brought in the advertisement) was $3.49. Sounds cheap, no? Well, no.
In today's dollars that $4.98 list price is $29.21. The $3.49 sale price is $20.47. So really today's "average record" prices are comparable and not really high. Consider the prices of Blue Note's "Tone Poet" series or the "Verve/Acoustic Sounds" series that sell for around $34. These are better sourced, pressed and packaged than most 70s era records selling for a comparable price.
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and how since each record was around 37 bucks so compared so its not overpriced... ignoring the obvious sticker shock you might notice when you see 450 dollars for a box set. or the fact that though yeah the price is on par with something like a tone poet, you can still get high quality pressings of either individual audiophile reissues OR original pressings.
 
duke86fan said:
Fremer defended the grateful dead cost with this


and how since each record was around 37 bucks so compared so its not overpriced... ignoring the obvious sticker shock you might notice when you see 450 dollars for a box set. or the fact that though yeah the price is on par with something like a tone poet, you can still get high quality pressings of either individual audiophile reissues OR original pressings.
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That argument also ignores that a box set usually brings *down* the $/record, not increases or matches the individual cost. I bought the Kinks Mono box (from VMP) - 9 albums/10 LPs for $160. Luna's Long Players (5 albums plus a 6th LP of demos/rarities) was $108 with shipping. They can't all work out that well, but this level of inflation isn't justifiable... even with a podcast.
 
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duke86fan said:
Fremer defended the grateful dead cost with this


and how since each record was around 37 bucks so compared so its not overpriced... ignoring the obvious sticker shock you might notice when you see 450 dollars for a box set. or the fact that though yeah the price is on par with something like a tone poet, you can still get high quality pressings of either individual audiophile reissues OR original pressings.
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As an owner of the Grateful Dead box I'm going to stick up for it. Looking past the issues I have the box is a balls out blinder. I've come to appreciate that I've chunked down for a wider package (I.e. The bombproof brick that the albums are packaged in) as well as the overall presentation of the individual albums. Generally, and I don't have the MOFIs, the individual albums sound fan-effing-tastic. The issue I have (and a couple of others) is that there are particular pressing issues with a load of my box which means my experience is to listen to pure gold or pure dog shit. If theyd not screwed the pooch on pressing defects it would probably be the most impressive 'whole' package I own. It looks and feels awesome

It's easy to chuck shit at this one. It's a massive target after all. but having considered it all I'm not disappointed I bought it. I think it's great in theory. I'm disappointed that 8 of my 14 lps are fucked. And once replaced (which VMP are doing) I'll be happy with it and will spin the bollocks out of it.
 
Rowan said:
As an owner of the Grateful Dead box I'm going to stick up for it. Looking past the issues I have the box is a balls out blinder. I've come to appreciate that I've chunked down for a wider package (I.e. The bombproof brick that the albums are packaged in) as well as the overall presentation of the individual albums. Generally, and I don't have the MOFIs, the individual albums sound fan-effing-tastic. The issue I have (and a couple of others) is that there are particular pressing issues with a load of my box which means my experience is to listen to pure gold or pure dog shit. If theyd not screwed the pooch on pressing defects it would probably be the most impressive 'whole' package I own. It looks and feels awesome

It's easy to chuck shit at this one. It's a massive target after all. but having considered it all I'm not disappointed I bought it. I think it's great in theory. I'm disappointed that 8 of my 14 lps are fucked. And once replaced (which VMP are doing) I'll be happy with it and will spin the bollocks out of it.
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Hey @Rowan did you see my post above about the Live Dead jacket? You mind having a look?
 
Rowan said:
Honestly mate. Its a few clean pressings away from being amazing. Cost a bomb but even with flaws it's getting pretty regular use already.
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Thats good to hear, I ordered the Herbie box so im hoping its of a similar standard!
 
duke86fan said:
Fremer defended the grateful dead cost with this


and how since each record was around 37 bucks so compared so its not overpriced... ignoring the obvious sticker shock you might notice when you see 450 dollars for a box set. or the fact that though yeah the price is on par with something like a tone poet, you can still get high quality pressings of either individual audiophile reissues OR original pressings.
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Comparing to historical pricing and adjusting for inflation (while ignoring many other variables) instead of comparing to current going rates is silly. And $29 is not comparable to $37 and neither is $34 really when you are buying that many. I don't have speakers that cost $100k though so my math might be off ;)
 
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