Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Not in the AMA, just my recollection from the old forum, but July's Essentials title is a Brazilian album.

My hope/guess is Jorge Ben - Africa Brasil

My personal hope is they don't do any more good albums, like that one, and I'm never tempted to go back at all.

 

[Hollywood]

"The opportunity to do the 10th anniversary came up after we stopped selling in the store, and the opportunity to do this special version came up, and we took it. Sorry about that!"

Yeah, I don't buy that at all. They got it all arranged, planned, and pressed since February?

Me neither

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

This is Essential??

 

[gouis]

They could have done something really cool with Veckatimest or Merriweather (both came out 10 years ago this year - and both are better albums than WAP). Also, this feels like such a ubiquitous album just like with Arctic Monkeys last year. It furthers my opinion that VMP is backsliding. Now all those gripes aside...I do like this album and don't own it, so I'll probably keep it. Hypocritical? Yeah probably.

But imagine a nice remastered Merriweather on some crazy swirl colored vinyl. I own that album already (and Veckatimest) but VMP could elevate the pressings that are out there.

Yes this is the exact same pick as AM to me. Generic and entirely skippable records.

 

[Enoch]

This is how I expect it to go:

Member: Hey why did you sell this record in the store back in February if you knew that it was gonna be an eventual ROTM in a few months?

Staff:
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Someone should ask if they will get a refund for buying it in the store

 

[Captainfog]

Hard swap. Gonna get Camp Lo instead.

 

[dbarila]

I'm starting to think they shut down the forums because our hopes were getting too high and they didn't want to face the backlash.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

This is Essential??

I mean, to each their own. This is a much more essential pick for my collection than some of the other Essential picks so your milage may vary.

 

[QuickDrawDave]

It's £13.50 on amazon UK

 

[dbarila]

Storf posted a picture on Instagram and the cover is definitely mirrored. The packaging and remaster are what redeems this one for me.

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

I mean, to each their own. This is a much more essential pick for my collection than some of the other Essential picks so your milage may vary.

Have you seen them live?

 

[dbarila]

I mean, to each their own. This is a much more essential pick for my collection than some of the other Essential picks so your milage may vary.

Everyone's definition is different but this was a pretty big album in the indie ald alternative scene when it came out. It might not be my favorite choice but I would say it's Essential.

Plus. Essential is just a marketing term anyway.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

Have you seen them live?

No. I don't think so. Despite all of our years of going to Coachella (and other festivals) I don't think I've ever seen them.

 

[Djxfactor511]

"The opportunity to do the 10th anniversary came up after we stopped selling in the store, and the opportunity to do this special version came up, and we took it. Sorry about that!"

Yeah, I don't buy that at all. They got it all arranged, planned, and pressed since February?

If they did manage to pull that off I'd be worried about warping issues from cooling the records improperly off the press because of the rush.

 

[MikeyP]

Yes this is the exact same pick as AM to me. Generic and entirely skippable records.

Mostly agree, although for me AM had this beat in the skippable generic indie department.

 

[TheThinWhiteDuke]

Honestly I was shocked this whole album was cut to tape. I was figuring there was a DAW involved at some point. Perhaps the final "analog" master is a bump to tape from the DAW, which a lot of artists due to add some tape distortion to the final digital master. This makes me wonder if the OG Euro LP which was cut at the Exchange where the CD master was made was also from this analog tape, or if it's just the CD master cut to wax.

I'll be keeping this as I would take an RKS cut over an WG/NRP cut any day of the week, and the "analog" is a bonus. The mirror board cover looks pretty stupid IMO, but messing with the art has become their MO.

Im also incredibly suspicious of the true nature of this "analog tape"

 

[AudioAce]

AM was a great album and the pressings super good! Arctic Monkeys are an important band for that time.

Phoenix had 2 good singles and an all right album. For that time the album wasn't important in my opinion. This plus selling the album earlier this year was just not a good move. Seems like they were offloading stock of something they already had before getting this version out.

VMP doing a pressing of Merriweather would of been something "essential" for any collection.

 

[Thackeraye]

I have this on CD, and haven’t really listened to it, so I’m probably going to swap. A possible swap later down the track.

 

[wmeugene]

Im also incredibly suspicious of the true nature of this "analog tape"

After all of the prior forum discussions/questions about AAA and people saying they’d pay more for AAA, don’t be surprised if VMP starts claiming Analog in the chain of everything.

 

[Ghost]

VMP's biggest issue is that they are VERY quickly running out of swaptions. I was able to grab one of the last copies of Journey in Satchinanda this time around but looking forward to next month theres not really anything left that I would personally pay $27 for to justify the monthly price. As far as Phoenix goes, I'm happy about it. I can see how it can be an INCREDIBLE pick to many people out there, that album is nostalgia food. Shit it reminds me of being 17 years old sitting on my couch playing Forza Horizon, blissfully ignorant to the joys of being young. :-[.