Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[CrazyDiamond84]

Saw someone on cogs saying that VMP CS told them they didn't think it was pressing wide....... c'mon bro, this is pressing wide.

Yep..add me to the shitlist on this one..

 

[NewsFedora]

So I'm spinning Deloused for the second time (no longer working from home means most of my record listening time has been reduced to weekends ) and I think I do hear surface noise at the start of Side A. But... it sounds almost like it's coming in with the music fading in? Like it's intentional?

I'd rather live in ignorant bliss and not compare it with how it sounds on CD. Either way it's something I can live with. The surface noise I have at the END of side A is more annoying but again something I can probably live with unless VMP makes some mass replacement announcement, which I doubt they'll do.


Edit: idk maybe I will reach out to CS about the end of Side A. It's pretty... oof.

 

[wingclipper]

Don’t have the VMP but just spun the new Clouds Hill press. Anyone have a clip of what they are hearing?

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Man my disappointment was tempered greatly by the fact that that my turntable is giving me more headaches recently than records have, so I haven't really been able to even spin mine, but I'm bummed for everyone else.

 

[Mather]

Don’t have the VMP but just spun the new Clouds Hill press. Anyone have a clip of what they are hearing?

Oh it's not subtle. Just non stop right channel fuzz off the top of side A and B. Some worse than others, but almost universally bad .

 

[wingclipper]

Okay yeah I was going to say maybe I was hearing something on Side A but I think that was just part of the music

 

[suzycreamcheese]

Don’t have the VMP but just spun the new Clouds Hill press. Anyone have a clip of what they are hearing?

Oh it's not subtle. Just non stop right channel fuzz off the top of side A and B. Some worse than others, but almost universally bad .

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

 

[NathanRicaud]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Omg, it’s so bad!!!!! That’s freaking awful!

If I have this issue on my copy, I’ll probably try one more copy, and if that replacement copy has the same issue, I’m going to ask for store credit! That noise on your copy is brutal…

I really hope the Essentials Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) pressing doesn’t have any severe pressing issues like this Mars Volta Essentials pressing!

 

[HiFi Guy]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Jesus. I’ve heard Edison cylinders quieter than that. That’s awful.

 

[Mather]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Yep, that's worse than mine but I mean it's all just different levels of garbage. If they try to claim this isn't a pressing wide issue I will be less than pleased.

 

[duke86fan]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Did someone legit put paper in the vinyl?!

Like this is beyond even Gz.. like Gz has had issues but never this loud and intense

 

[Skacel]

To the surprise of absolutely no one I can confirm I have the same surface noise issue on the A / B side. Plus a nice corner ding. I can’t remember the last time I received an order from VMP that didn’t have a ding tbh. I’m just numb to it now.

 

[Mtcvinyl]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Yup that sounds about right…

 

[Diaper Baby Escape Plan]

Has anyone been making dad jokes about this VMP edition being the De Lousy version or some such variation?

I'd like to humbly submit that for consideration.

 

[zdkaiser]

Not sure if this here is worse or better but it's definitely awful:

Thanks for sharing. My copy is similar, but maybe a little less intense than yours. Wondering if this is even worth trying for a replacement at this point.

 

[Skacel]

Thanks for sharing. My copy is similar, but maybe a little less intense than yours. Wondering if this is even worth trying for a replacement at this point.

I would say it’s worth raising your complaint. How they fix it? I don’t know. I’ve asked them to play test any replacement they send out but doubt they will.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I would say it’s worth raising your complaint. How they fix it? I don’t know. I’ve asked them to play test any replacement they send out but doubt they will.

Maybe that is the problem. The Crosley they use needs a stack of quarters to play through all the warps

 

[Joe Mac]

Maybe that is the problem. The Crosley they use needs a stack of quarters to play through all the warps

Perhaps the doobie brothers record speaker that makes one an authority on master tapes magically removes all surface/pressing noise…

 

[Hollywood]

To the surprise of absolutely no one I can confirm I have the same surface noise issue on the A / B side. Plus a nice corner ding. I can’t remember the last time I received an order from VMP that didn’t have a ding tbh. I’m just numb to it now.

I have a big corner ding on mine as well but like you said, I've gotten used to it I guess ‍

 

[Mather]

I have a big corner ding on mine as well but like you said, I've gotten used to it I guess ‍

There's definitely something to be said for different post offices causing different issues. Everything I get is warped, maybe sitting in hot trucks or facilities, but I almost NEVER get corner dings. Like probably less than 10 times ever. Very seldom get seam splits too.