Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[mitchwagz]

I love that xx album but I really got burned out on it early on and haven’t really listened to it much in the last five years or so.

I hope it’s not an indie rock juggernaut type of album though. I already have copies of xx and MPP so it would really have to be something special if it’s either of them. I feel like a lot of people will have similar opinions.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I love that xx album but I really got burned out on it early on and haven’t really listened to it much in the last five years or so.

I hope it’s not an indie rock juggernaut type of album though. I already have copies of xx and MPP so it would really have to be something special if it’s either of them. I feel like a lot of people will have similar opinions.

See this is where the collector in me comes out. I (as most indie rock connoisseurs) own and enjoy both of these albums but they’re current releases are widely available and thus less collectible. I would love for them to do something I don’t already own but if it ends up being xx or MPP I will likely still grab the VMP editions.

 

[MadLucas]

My guess (and I would actually really dig this):

The first self-titled album by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

 

[TCell]

My guess was also The xx. It was also a very popular guess last year? I forget for what month. We probably gave VMP the idea tbh.

Don't worry, Cam will take sole credit for it, just like he did with Experience Unlimited.

 

[djdavedk]

Got tracking info for Aretha.
Unless January has something great, I’m probably out of VMP.

 

[Ethos99]

Can anyone tell me if the VMP ROTM by The National (Boxer) originally came with an OBI strip and an art print?

My copy was a swap and didn't come with either.

Thanks

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Can anyone tell me if the VMP ROTM by The National (Boxer) originally came with an OBI strip and an art print?

My copy was a swap and didn't come with either.

Thanks

Definitely came with an art print, can't remember if they were doing the fauxbis yet.

 

[hlaveta]

Definitely came with an art print, can't remember if they were doing the fauxbis yet.

No obi on this one Kenobi.

 

[Ethos99]

Ok, thank you both!

 

[Waitressboy]

The art print was that guy whose head was a rock and he was smoking, right?

 

[MadLucas]

The art print was that guy whose head was a rock and he was smoking, right?

^ This.

I think he was also holding a tumbler glass.

 

[hlaveta]

The art print was that guy whose head was a rock and he was smoking, right?

^ This.

I think he was also holding a tumbler glass.

This it???

 

[tonythegamer]

This it???

what the fuck

 

[hlaveta]

j/k

 

[MadLucas]

The art print was that guy whose head was a rock and he was smoking, right?

^ This.

I think he was also holding a tumbler glass.

This it???

FOUND IT:

 

[MadLucas]

j/k

Arrrrrrrrrrrr beat me to it!

 

[tonythegamer]

FOUND IT:

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again, what the fuck

 

[djdavedk]

Aretha is here.

Just upon first look. the cover is grainy as hell compared to the original.

 

[mitchwagz]

Aretha is here.

Just upon first look. the cover is grainy as hell compared to the original.

Damn you got that fast

 

[dhodo]

Aretha is here.

Just upon first look. the cover is grainy as hell compared to the original.

Bummer. At their price point, there is really no excuse for how frequently VMP screws up covers. I've never heard of any other reputable reissue company scanning in ringwear, for instance. Low res or weird colors aren't unique to them, but you expect it at a lower price and less frequently. Really seems backwards that they throw a bunch of money at glossy stoughton tip-ons with a sub par image source.