seeirwin
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I have the Fiona Apple and I do not believe I was a member. I could be wrong though.
Has enough time surpassed for the classics to have been released by the labels? I didn't say available right away. Heck, they've even repressed stuff themselves (which is a gigantic fuck you to their members). So where is the incentive to freak out about FOMO?
And don't get me started on the Ready to Die and how they wouldn't answer questions about the samples. But you're right - there are probably some hip hop ones I'm not familiar with.
Of all the "exclusives" and AOTMs, you've named 2 essentials and several classics. The odds still favor waiting.
I'm not trying to dissuade anyone, and I plan on purchasing this anthology myself (despite agreeing that it is probably overpriced), but I would caution anyone against purchasing this for the exclusivity of the content. Montara, one of the albums in the Blue Note Anthology, is already being reissued in Europe (and those are obviously obtainable for people in other parts of the world).