Vinyl Me Please Essentials

bettim84 said:
At what point in the month do y’all email @info if you still don’t have a shipping notice?
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Once upon a time they promised to have all shipping notices out by the 10th, and said to email by the 15th if you still don't have it.
I email the week of the 11th if I don't have it. I'd say that's about 1/5 times.
 
displayname said:
I'm only on side B, but I generally have to agree. Flat, quiet, well pressed. On physicals issues so far. Knock on wood that it continues that way.
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The whole package is gorgeous as well. Really digging the silver detail on the front cover. The inner sleeves, the prescription information packet, even the art print (which I usually could take or leave), all really well done.
 
Joe Mac said:
How are the dynamics? That my main concern. My plain is flat and quiet but there are zero dynamics 😂
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I don't have any other copies to compare to, so I can't say what it's like compared to music as a whole. I think the recording leaves a lot to be desired in that department unfortunately. It's not upsetting at all, but really feels like they left a lot on the table originally and a mastering engineer can only do so much. It doesn't feel as immaculate as say Panda Bear in the dynamics department. The dynamics feel very typical of recording practices of the era in my opinion.

Bloodlemons said:
The whole package is gorgeous as well. Really digging the silver detail on the front cover. The inner sleeves, the prescription information packet, even the art print (which I usually could take or leave), all really well done.
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The art cover really didn't do it for me personally, but I just have them all stacked up in my office anyway.
 
displayname said:
I don't have any other copies to compare to, so I can't say what it's like compared to music as a whole. I think the recording leaves a lot to be desired in that department unfortunately. It's not upsetting at all, but really feels like they left a lot on the table originally and a mastering engineer can only do so much. It doesn't feel as immaculate as say Panda Bear in the dynamics department. The dynamics feel very typical of recording practices of the era in my opinion.


The art cover really didn't do it for me personally, but I just have them all stacked up in my office anyway.
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I kinda expect that to a degree and that’s fair so instead I’ll ask, are there any dynamics? Cuz there sure as hell aren’t on the plain one!
 
Joe Mac said:
I kinda expect that to a degree and that’s fair so instead I’ll ask, are there any dynamics? Cuz there sure as hell aren’t on the plain one!
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There is certainly some brickwalling happening in the recording.
I just moved from The Individual to Broken Heart.
On Broken Heart you can really tell the recording flaws. It's better than most of the album, has some dynamics movements and little bit of sense of space. The vocals actually sound quite nice. The orchestral parts are building, but not with the authority I would expect them too. Very clearly recorded into a computer, possibly with more affordable or poorly planned mics.

And it helps explain why The Individual sounded the way it does. I wanted to be dizzying soundscape of chaos surrounding me. Instead it kind of felt like being pushed into a single vibrating wall of sound. Everything just bleeding together and coming at you full force. And unfortunately that's a lot of the album. Could be these amazing, dizzying scenes, but instead they just sound like a bunch of instruments trying to play over one another, and everyone ending in a tie as they run into the brick wall... which hits you right in the face, lol.

It's still a great album. But recording quality and dynamics are not anything to showcase.
 
displayname said:
There is certainly some brickwalling happening in the recording.
I just moved from The Individual to Broken Heart.
On Broken Heart you can really tell the recording flaws. It's better than most of the album, has some dynamics movements and little bit of sense of space. The vocals actually sound quite nice. The orchestral parts are building, but not with the authority I would expect them too. Very clearly recorded into a computer, possibly with more affordable or poorly planned mics.

And it helps explain why The Individual sounded the way it does. I wanted to be dizzying soundscape of chaos surrounding me. Instead it kind of felt like being pushed into a single vibrating wall of sound. Everything just bleeding together and coming at you full force. And unfortunately that's a lot of the album. Could be these amazing, dizzying scenes, but instead they just sound like a bunch of instruments trying to play over one another, and everyone ending in a tie as they run into the brick wall... which hits you right in the face, lol.

It's still a great album. But recording quality and dynamics are not anything to showcase.
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You are just ahead of me on your listen!

I think you are picking up on the recording situation. To be fair, Spiritualized live shows of the era were pretty much "everything all the time" as well (they are more nuanced these days). This is definitely the best this album has ever sounded, original recording quality notwithstanding.

Here's a relevant article:

Classic Tracks: Spiritualized ‘Come Together’

Recording the centrepiece of Spiritualized’s celebrated space rock masterpiece took engineer Darren Allison on a trip into the unexpected.
www.soundonsound.com www.soundonsound.com
 
NathanRicaud said:
Because Big Boi will be the December R&HH ROTM. By the time Sir Lucious Left Foot gets released, Big Boi would of had to of been on an Essentials ROTM (Stankonia), and a Rap & Hip-Hop ROTM (Southernplayalisticadilacmuzik)!

Do you get where I’m coming from? Unless you can prove that Waka Flocka Flame will have been on an Essentials and Rap & Hip-Hop ROTM!

This proves that it won’t be Common for the October Essentials, due to the Rap & Hip-Hop ROTM clue Storf just gave!
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Sit down at the feet of my recliner little whipper snapper. The year was 2000, and Like Water For Chocolate was a BIG deal.
 
JonnyH said:
Sit down at the feet of my recliner little whipper snapper. The year was 2000, and Like Water For Chocolate was a BIG deal.
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Anything for you Johnny! 🙈🙊🤷‍♂️😈

Even though I was too young to know, I could imagine Like Water For Chocolate being a big deal! It’s just such a great album! I’m gonna spin it later today! ♥️
 
NewsFedora said:
So reddit is thinking he might be serious and that instead of it being Lady Sings the Blues it's Velvet Mood, which is a pretty random ass album to pick for Essentials. Like, Miles Davis Sorcerer random ass.
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I think it is still Lady Sings The Blues! I really do think VMP chose that album to be the Essentials ROTM! We’ll have to wait and see I guess when they announce all the ROTM’s!
 
NewsFedora said:
So reddit is thinking he might be serious and that instead of it being Lady Sings the Blues it's Velvet Mood, which is a pretty random ass album to pick for Essentials. Like, Miles Davis Sorcerer random ass.
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I mean, since he literally said favorites on twitter don't mean anything right before that I wouldn't put too much stock in it. If it were Classics, a second tier album would be more likely, for essentials agree that'd be weird. We'll see either way I guess.
 
dhodo said:
I mean, since he literally said favorites on twitter don't mean anything right before that I wouldn't put too much stock in it. If it were Classics, a second tier album would be more likely, for essentials agree that'd be weird. We'll see either way I guess.
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Yes, this! Because it is an Essentials ROTM, I am confident it will be Lady Sings The Blues!

If it was a Classics ROTM, it would be a different story, and I think an album like Velvet Mood would be very likely to be picked!

Last Essentials December ROTM, they did Aretha Franklin’s I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You. This also makes me believe it will be Lady Sings The Blues!

As for Miles Davis’ Sorcerer being an Essentials ROTM pick, it is still a big pick as it is a Miles Davis album. Although it’s not a top 5 Miles Davis album, it’s still an amazing album!
 
Also, I remember in late 2018, VMP had stated that they already have their 2019 December Essentials dream pick (Aretha Franklin’s I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You) lined up! They had that album in the works for a long time!

I imagine it would be no different for the December 2020 Essentials ROTM! Lady Sings The Blues would have been a dream pick for VMP, and they would’ve lined up an amazing Essentials ROTM very well in advance.

I honestly can’t imagine it being Velvet Mood. If you think logically and just take everything into account about VMP, it would be very odd for the December Essentials ROTM to be Velvet Mood. With how far in advance they seem to do the December Essentials ROTM + their 3 month in advance announcement, I am certain it will be Lady Sings The Blues!
 
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