Vinyl Me Please Essentials

bdrummond said:
ATLiens was a HUGE draw, and if /r/vinylreleases/ on reddit was an indication a ton of people signed up just for it. It would be kind of dumb for them to not realize how big of a seller it would be. Bigger than Stankonia and Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by far.
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I'm not a big R/HH fan and I'm picking it up this month.
 
frodo-pkt said:
Neat trick you can do, after your records lock / your shipment sends you can do an add on and lock in that track. That way you still don't get charged until the first of next month and once the month rolls over you are already locked in with your add on.

I did that for ATLiens in fear it might sell out quick and just dropped the add on once I was good on swapping for it this morning.
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Damn, never thought of trying that. Was always afraid that they would send the current month's add-on
 
frodo-pkt said:
As long as you do it after everything is closed for the current month it will not charge or do anything until the next month. There's a modal after you hit add track that explains what record you will get and when you will be charged before confirming
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Yep, this has been my go to for a few years. I add all 3 main tracks immediately after everything locks in. Then drop or swap as needed when everything goes live at the end of the month.
 
Joe Mac said:
That is over the music then 😂. If every time the sound level drops you’ve got a pile of crackles doesn’t that take you out of the moment entirely?
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My first copy only had crackles during the silent run in on A/B, so I don't consider that "music." My replacement copy that just arrived definitely has static than can be heard over the music.
 
DevonJD said:
My first copy only had crackles during the silent run in on A/B, so I don't consider that "music." My replacement copy that just arrived definitely has static than can be heard over the music.
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Oh sorry I misunderstood you. The opening song is at quite a low level and I can definitely hear it over the first minute of it.
 
At some point the high defect rate is going to force them to do a repress, this has to be costing them a fortune. My second copy was just as bad as my first and I'm in the same boat as many it seems - emailed them yesterday and still haven't received a response of any kind.
 
Sparks_03 said:
Same thing here. My second copy was way better than the first. I’m still not happy with it, but reached out again. Someone a few pages back said they wouldn’t send any more replacements
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I’m asking for store credit. No replacement needed. They gotta do this one over again, and I’m sure they will.

TMV can’t be happy - they were super picky about their represses in the first place. I wonder how these passed quality control.
 
DevonJD said:
Not terrible, but not the quality I expect for the price VMP charges.
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Completely!

In the past, if I had the odd tick on a record I would probably just suck it up but when they raise the prices to a point where it's comparable to high-end audiophile companies then I expect high-end audiophile quality. I've said as much to them before. They used to have a rule (maybe they still do?) for warps where they would only replace if it was big enough to fit a coin under. It shouldn't really matter what you can stick under it if the record and music are affected negatively. I didn't pay for a slightly warped record afterall.
 
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