Vinyl Me Please Essentials

Enoch said:
I pretty sure I took this photo the second time I saw it because I couldn't unsee the groove and thought I really need to have a record of this
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TheThinWhiteDuke said:
Look this may be my most unpoplular post ever but im going to say it- Phoenix is a decent band but no way in hell im paying $30 for a copy of Wolfgang, nor do I feel it is "essential" in any stretch of the word
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Agreed and it sounds like I like the album more than you do hah. It’s a record you can get for $15. And I don’t even think it’s their best album.
 
MikeH said:
Agreed and it sounds like I like the album more than you do hah. It’s a record you can get for $15. And I don’t even think it’s their best album.
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It’s a good album, but kind of an uninspired choice and not really thinking outside the box. It’s something I’d certainly pay 15 bucks for and may order this month somewhere else.
 
wmeugene said:
It’s a good album, but kind of an uninspired choice and not really thinking outside the box. It’s something I’d certainly pay 15 bucks for and may order this month somewhere else.
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Unrelated.. did you send me that Phosphorescent PIF? Came in yesterday and it sounds good, a record weight actually worked to reduce the warp on it too, so thank you!

As for Phoenix, auto swap for me.
 
I'll keep Phoenix because I like the album and don't yet own it on vinyl. I'll agree that given the clues and all the possibilities earlier in the month, it's a bit disappointing. I don't know how much I'll spin this given I burned myself out on it when it came out. Maybe having it on vinyl will reconnect me with it.
 
MikeH said:
I seem to recall there being a rant on Twitter by a VMP employee about why they don’t include download codes. It boiled down to “if you want to listen to it on digital, then why are you buying the record?” I’m guessing it costs more for VMP as well.

My LNT Floating Points didn’t have one and their label always includes one.
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Well, I did qualify with "usually"
 
MikeH said:
I seem to recall there being a rant on Twitter by a VMP employee about why they don’t include download codes. It boiled down to “if you want to listen to it on digital, then why are you buying the record?” I’m guessing it costs more for VMP as well.

My LNT Floating Points didn’t have one and their label always includes one.
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You sure there wasn't one? The LNT BBNG had one. I haven't opened mine yet to check.
 
mdmost said:
I'll keep Phoenix because I like the album and don't yet own it on vinyl. I'll agree that given the clues and all the possibilities earlier in the month, it's a bit disappointing. I don't know how much I'll spin this given I burned myself out on it when it came out. Maybe having it on vinyl will reconnect me with it.
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I mean, couldn't you just pick up a black vinyl copy for half the price? There is certainly no real remaster that it could benefit from.
 
MikeH said:
I seem to recall there being a rant on Twitter by a VMP employee about why they don’t include download codes. It boiled down to “if you want to listen to it on digital, then why are you buying the record?” I’m guessing it costs more for VMP as well.

My LNT Floating Points didn’t have one and their label always includes one.
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Yeah, the brain geniuses over there didn't seem to understand that wanting to listen to something on vinyl and to have the option to listen to it digitally weren't mutually exclusive. I remember every time the topic came out they were pretty condescending about it.
 
I’ll wait to see what VMP does with it, before I decide on a swap. Does anybody have the current pressing of this album? The reviews on Discogs aren’t positive. Mostly complaints about surface noise, but no mentions of overall audio quality.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
Yeah, the brain geniuses over there didn't seem to understand that wanting to listen to something on vinyl and to have the option to listen to it digitally weren't mutually exclusive. I remember every time the topic came out they were pretty condescending about it.
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I assume it’s up to the labels, not VMP, since they’re the ones who are paying for the bandwidth to provide the files. Most labels would rather encourage folks to stream the album so they can continue to claim royalties. Download codes cost the label, with no additional revenue to cover costs.
 
What's interesting to me and I haven't seen anyone mention it yet is that with the lesser amount of printed ROTMs (many recent picks are 'sold out'), it means that your swaptions are now even more limited.. and basically limited to previous ROTMs that nobody wanted (hyperbole, but you get the point) ... doesn't that scare future subscribers off or people thinking about renewing?
 
Clint Howard said:
What's interesting to me and I haven't seen anyone mention it yet is that with the lesser amount of printed ROTMs (many recent picks are 'sold out'), it means that your swaptions are now even more limited.. and basically limited to previous ROTMs that nobody wanted (hyperbole, but you get the point) ... doesn't that scare future subscribers off or people thinking about renewing?
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It's a concern as well, because the exclusives have been selling out quicker over the past few months as well - though the axing of the forum likely will slow down the sellouts on those items. There was a huge drop in their pressing runs for November/December of last year forward.
 
Jango said:
I assume it’s up to the labels, not VMP, since they’re the ones who are paying for the bandwidth to provide the files. Most labels would rather encourage folks to stream the album so they can continue to claim royalties. Download codes cost the label, with no additional revenue to cover costs.
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Yeah, to be fair they wrote a whole article about how the percentage of people who actually use download codes don’t make the server space worth it for the labels.

I’m not that excited about Phoenix as a choice, but it is also the exact type of album VMP have been criticized for not doing recently
 
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