Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[mitchwagz]

I think it would be slightly lackluster if it was the Stooges, imo. I’d still get it though.

 

[radiodead]

Would be a big turnaround from last month if we got Stooges, Rick Ross and Otis. Top tier

 

[duke86fan]

Would be a big turnaround from last month if we got Stooges, Rick Ross and Otis. Top tier

Well 2 of them are imo

I do agree the Stooges is an essential pick but why the John cale mix and not the original.

Rick Ross is the only real "really they chose that?" Decision but that's more because i don't find it a modern classic

 

[McGlam]

Someone confirmed Stooges on reddit. Very happy with this pick!

 

[wynn72]

Someone confirmed Stooges on reddit. Very happy with this pick!

Yeah pumped for this. Real solid month overall (Love or hate Teflon Don it is a pretty big get)

 

[mdmost]

VMP is also doing the 3 months of Essentials announcements this week.

 

[marshall]

Someone confirmed Stooges on reddit. Very happy with this pick!

Any idea how different the Cale mix is? I have the regular press from 2010 that was supposedly cut from the Cale masters.

 

[AudioAce]

Compared "I Wanna be Your Dog" on Spotify. The John Cale mix just seems to have a lot more character with the fade in of the guitar and drums in the beginning. The JC mix of this song sounds a lot louder too.

 

[Clint Howard]

Well 2 of them are imo

I do agree the Stooges is an essential pick but why the John cale mix and not the original.

Rick Ross is the only real "really they chose that?" Decision but that's more because i don't find it a modern classic

Was Rick Ross confirmed or it's just the most likely guess so far?

 

[TheThinWhiteDuke]

I have to hand it to them- a Stooges essential is pretty great. I was really worried they were going to try and pull a Nat Turner out of the far-more-mined land of punk and I'm glad we are getting something pretty much guaranteed to kick ass.

 

[Ghost]

Hype about classics and essentials this month. SOLID month

 

[duke86fan]

Turns out someone got it and posted it on Instagram

Spoiler: OOPS.AVI

 

[Ghost]

Turns out someone got it and posted it on Instagram

Spoiler: OOPS.AVI

Lmfaoooo what the hell

The color of the vinyl looks black, that’s fun

 

[duke86fan]

Lmfaoooo what the hell

The color of the vinyl looks black, that’s fun

And I found out who the person is


This is an actual real Instagram post this is not shopped

 

[Mather]

Funny I find the opposite. I find the Cale mix feels like a band running through their set for the first time in the studio, a bit unsure of themselves. But also probably because I have been listening to the original probably 30yrs before I heard the Cale version.

That said I remember the Cale mix was interesting as most of the songs were significantly shorter and they were sequenced in a different order. Maybe heard in isolation from the original might make a difference

I think that this is a fantastic curio for Stooges fans to have in their collection, but in terms of members who don't really know The Stooges I think that this is generally a disservice to this album. The Cale mix is tinny and distorted and while it's definitely interesting in terms of the differences between it and the wide release mixing in my opinion it's a much tougher listen than the wide release. It's certainly more raw, it certainly sounds more "punk", but in my opinion it's inferior to the wide release mix. But I also have the Bowie and the Iggy Raw Power Mix along with the Iggy Raw Power Mix/KG remix so this wouldn't be the first duplicate Stooges album in my collection. But seriously, if you don't know this album, I'd suggest checking out the KG remaster before you make the JC mix your go to...

 

[4080]

I'm not that familiar with The Stooges, is this a record fans have been clamoring for for decades? It was rejected by the label and the band right? Serious question: Why is this "essential"?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I'm not that familiar with The Stooges, is this a record fans have been clamoring for for decades? It was rejected by the label and the band right? Serious question: Why is this "essential"?

The original album is essential. The Cale mix is a curio at best.

 

[TheThinWhiteDuke]

I'm not that familiar with The Stooges, is this a record fans have been clamoring for for decades? It was rejected by the label and the band right? Serious question: Why is this "essential"?

If you start going down a rabbit hole of which VMP albums are "Essential" or "Classics" or even "Rap/Hip Hop" then you are going to have a bad time

 

[chill68]

Well I thought the silver lining to my own virus relocation issues was the chance to go home and open and enjoy the vinyl I had been stockpiling from VMP. Opened up my QOTSA delivery to find that a stray centre label was glued to one side rendering that entire side unplayable. Great quality control VMP. This after it took 3 months to deliver one order and then they canceled two of the albums as being out of stock. My VMP days are well and truly over.

 

[mitchwagz]

The original album is essential. The Cale mix is a curio at best.

Agreed. Very odd pick to give us an alternative mix to a classic album. It’s not like the Cale mix is seminal. It’s just different. Any of the three original Stooges albums would have been a great choice, though they all have been reissued to death.