Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I am still looking for a copy of the KPG cut Under The Bushes Under The Stars. Unfortunately there was a recent non-KPG cut repress but the year is listed as “unknown” in Discogs so when people are trying to sell their copies of the newer repress they keep incorrectly listing it for sale under the KPG reissue as it is the newest reissue on black wax that has the year posted. So I have purchased and returned or canceled multiple orders due to it not being the correct version. I am gonna find a copy one of these days though.

 

[JonnyH]

I would like to get a reissue of Isolation Drills when they get round to it. Ive never picked that one up. But yah, I dont feel the need to upgrade what I've got already.

 

[dbarila]

Someone was saying the new repress wasn’t great.

but the 2007 Kevin Gray cut 180g copy... is slightly better.

I was just being tongue and check. I would care about the quality too if I was looking for GBV vinyl.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I was just being tongue and check. I would care about the quality too if I was looking for GBV vinyl.

Oh, Of course you are. I am being self deprecating because it is a silly thing to care about and yet I still strangely do for some reason.

 

[Bloodlemons]

I have the 2009 Newbury blue starburst pressing of UTBUTS. I can't find any Kevin Gray mastering listed on Discogs. It would be interesting to compare the two.

 

[dhodo]

LOL, I do. I want that 4 track tape hiss to sound just as pristine as it did when Bob played it back for the first time. I am weird.

I feel the same way about getting the ORG There's a Riot Goin' On. I wanted to hear the murkiness and degradation from 46 overdubs as well as I can. At least I got it at list price.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I feel the same way about getting the ORG There's a Riot Goin' On. I wanted to hear the murkiness and degradation from 46 overdubs as well as I can. At least I got it at list price.

Yeah, there are also some early Sonic Youth albums that ORG repressed that are on my want list also.

 

[dhodo]

Yeah, there are also some early Sonic Youth albums that ORG repressed that are on my want list also.

Yeah I am guilty of seeking those out. I have had eBay searches of them for a long time and got good prices on the colored version of EVOL and I think black of Sister, but the EVOL is quite dished and Sister is super noisy without any scratches. They sound great otherwise, but I usually have much better luck than that buying used. I am pretty happy with whatever other standard reissue of Daydream Nation I have.

 

[MadLucas]

Do people who listen to GBV even care about fidelity? I've heard tracks that change sound quality in the middle of the track before.

LOL, I do. I want that 4 track tape hiss to sound just as pristine as it did when Bob played it back for the first time. I am weird.

As long as the songs are good, I really don't care about the fidelity. Some of the best Robert Pollard songs I ever heard were recorded on four tracks or handheld tape recorders, and some of the worst I have ever heard were done in professional studios.

However, the band that he is working with now, now that Doug is back in the band, is unstoppably great and I think rivals if not exceeds the classic lineup of the '90s.

Now that I have ordered a copy of Vampire On Titus, I only need Universal Truths and I will be the owner of every proper studio album they have a recorded! Just wanted to share that win

 

[Bloodlemons]

As long as the songs are good, I really don't care about the fidelity. Some of the best Robert Pollard songs I ever heard were recorded on four tracks or handheld tape recorders, and some of the worst I have ever heard were done in professional studios.

However, the band that he is working with now, now that Doug is back in the band, is unstoppably great and I think rivals if not exceeds the classic lineup of the '90s.

Now that I have ordered a copy of Vampire On Titus, I only need Universal Truths and I will be the owner of every proper studio album they have a recorded! Just wanted to share that win

You have 99 GBV albums? Lordy!

 

[MadLucas]

You have 99 GBV albums? Lordy!

GBV has 30 LP'S, of which I have 29.
Robert Pollard, including GBV and his side projects and solo albums, is where the number 100 comes in.
I have about 70 total, and I do have some white whales.

 

[Ethos99]

Hey so, just got my De Stijl. This thing sounds like a Limewire rip. I mean credit where credit is due this is probably the first time in 3 years as a member that I can say a ROTM is a bad master but this one sucks.

I've got to go back and listen to mine.. I thought it sounded better than my 2010 version. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Mather]

I've got to go back and listen to mine.. I thought it sounded better than my 2010 version. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well I've never heard the 2010 so who knows, it's a lo fi album. Just sounds flat to me.

 

[Ethos99]

The 2010 black pressing is the best I've heard. The VMP pressing was nearly immediately placed into the sell/gift/PIF pile...

Then why are there 155 for sale on discogs starting at $14?

 

[Ethos99]

Well I've never heard the 2010 so who knows, it's a lo fi album. Just sounds flat to me.

I think that's it, Elephant sounds lo-fi to me as well.

 

[Bloodlemons]

Then why are there 155 for sale on discogs starting at $14?

Not sure. I think I got my copy for about $16 in 2015 or so. I am positive that it sounds better than the VMP press, either way.

 

[Bloodlemons]

GBV has 30 LP'S, of which I have 29.
Robert Pollard, including GBV and his side projects and solo albums, is where the number 100 comes in.
I have about 70 total, and I do have some white whales.

Thanks for the clarification! That's still a ton of Pollard/GBV.

 

[dhodo]

Then why are there 155 for sale on discogs starting at $14?

They're still in print.

 

[Ethos99]

They're still in print.

Fair enough.

Wouldn't the same plates then be used for the VMP version?

And perhaps the plates are worn the hell out since they've been stamping since 2010? So a version bought in 2010-2015 would be superior?

Mcgruffed that bitch!

 

[HollywoodJohns]

GBV has 30 LP'S, of which I have 29.
Robert Pollard, including GBV and his side projects and solo albums, is where the number 100 comes in.
I have about 70 total, and I do have some white whales.

This is a staggering achievement!!