Vinyl Me Please Essentials

TCell said:
My "Best/Worst" concerts were:

1) Courtney Love showing up at an Evan Dando concert in 2001. He was drunk and argued with the audience the whole show which was impressive in its own right. Then Courtney showed up and made him replay "Into Your Arms" (since she missed it earlier), then took his guitar and played Doll Parts and Jennifer's Body, flashed her breasts, told us how she got high with Oasis, and flipped off the audience.

2) Cat Power w/ Dan Bejar opening, also 2001. Dan and Chan both had major tantrums/breakdowns (seemingly both from equipment malfunctions and bad monitor levels) on stage. I love their music, but I left that night thinking that both could be musically transcendent or they both could join the 27 Club. Glad it worked out for the best.
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Cat Power was my worst concert too. It was a free show with Blind Boys of Alabama in NYC. She played 2 songs I think, restarted both multiple times and then stormed off the stage. I had no clue what she was going through personally at the time and I'm also glad that she seems like she is in a better place now.
 
MikeH said:
Cat Power was my worst concert too. It was a free show with Blind Boys of Alabama in NYC. She played 2 songs I think, restarted both multiple times and then stormed off the stage. I had no clue what she was going through personally at the time and I'm also glad that she seems like she is in a better place now.
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LOL, When I saw her she restarted songs a couple times too. It was when she was touring for The Greatest, by that point she had built up quite a rep for being very temperamental and because of this it was one of the quietest Rock concerts I have ever been to. The audience treated her like she was a deer, afraid any loud noises or sudden movements would spook her and she would run off. She played the whole set though and the music was great it just didn’t necessarily feel like a live concert more like a listening party or something.
 
MikeH said:
Cat Power was my worst concert too. It was a free show with Blind Boys of Alabama in NYC. She played 2 songs I think, restarted both multiple times and then stormed off the stage. I had no clue what she was going through personally at the time and I'm also glad that she seems like she is in a better place now.
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I am glad she appears to be in a better place too. It was weird. After her first breakdown, the whole audience got quiet and kind of on edge for the rest of her show.

The one thing with train-wreck concerts though, at least they're memorable. I remember that Cat Power show really well. The Clinic show I went to from around the same time in 2001? I couldn't tell you anything about it other than I think they came out in surgical masks.
 
TCell said:
I am glad she appears to be in a better place too. It was weird. After her first breakdown, the whole audience got quiet and kind of on edge for the rest of her show.

The one thing with train-wreck concerts though, at least they're memorable. I remember that Cat Power show really well. The Clinic show I went to from around the same time in 2001? I couldn't tell you anything about it other than I think they came out in surgical masks.
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MikeH said:
Cat Power was my worst concert too. It was a free show with Blind Boys of Alabama in NYC. She played 2 songs I think, restarted both multiple times and then stormed off the stage. I had no clue what she was going through personally at the time and I'm also glad that she seems like she is in a better place now.
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I would suspect you both have enjoyed this already but I feel like it need to be posted any time a Cat Power Live conversation pops up online…
 
MadLucas said:
I was refused another replacement of Wu and given credit. Wildly disappointed.

I am really hoping for a black 2xLP of this to be released because the parts that are not defective sound fantastic.
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Im sorry but this is fucking ridiculous. They sold you a product, and after just one attempt to produce a non-defective version they say "Live with it"? I don't know how people can defend this fucking company. Paying like $50 for 2 attempts at getting a non defective record, ffs.
 
so...i haven't kept up on the topic and i imagine VMP will announce it at some point (?), but what are the prevailing thoughts on Nov & Dec for Essentials (and if anyone know RHH and Classics, I'd take that info too w/out having to make redundant posts in other threads)?

d/r i see it's on their website
 
DJSJ said:
Im sorry but this is fucking ridiculous. They sold you a product, and after just one attempt to produce a non-defective version they say "Live with it"? I don't know how people can defend this fucking company. Paying like $50 for 2 attempts at getting a non defective record, ffs.
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@MadLucas demand a refund instead of credit. they are making money off of refusing to give people refunds. last time I got two defective copies (I think it was Stankonia where I kept having non-fill), I said i wanted my money back instead of credit and they did it. it's one thing if they offered credit OR a refund but i hate that they don't even ask. they just put money into your account automatically as if everybody wants to keep spending their money there.
 
got a replacement wu yestrday. it's not as bad as the first copy but the consistent fizz loop is still there during bring the mfn ruckus. I'll live with it just because I can't be bothered screwing with these jokers anymore. I'm still waiting on resolution for Outkast. never got a replacement there, no refund, anyone know anything?
 
MikeH said:
@MadLucas they are making money off of refusing to give people refunds.
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More than that, they're promising big albums, consistently delivering defects and QC issues, making no attempt at resolving said problems, and then refusing to fix it for you, only offering credit to perpetuate the cycle.

You have an entire subreddit who after 3 straight months of insane issues on HUGE titles STILL aren't convinced VMP is anything less than amazing. Sometimes I feel like im the crazy one.
 
shinyteeth said:
Confessions would be great. Another possibility could be Brandy-Afrodisiac. Her fourth album and not repressed since 2004. I am not familiar with that album, but judging from the production credits (mainly Timbaland plus Old Kanye and Organized Noise) it could be a great ROTM.
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Afrodisiac is my favorite Brandy album. I have the OG pressing but it wouldn’t hurt to have VMP do an exclusive pressing of it and the rest of Brandy’s albums, especially Full Moon.
 
I LOVE Cat Power, but was probably the worst show of Pitchfork Fest just recently. Probably not her fault though as Flying Lotus was playing at the same time, and the base from his show was just overpowering anything she was doing. We watched the first like 15 min of Flying Lotus before going over to Cat Power, but wished we would have stayed cause Flylo was killing it. I felt like squidward here, looking over my shoulder at all the people having fun at the flylo show while Cat Power was just quietly strumming away..
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jaycee said:
got a replacement wu yestrday. it's not as bad as the first copy but the consistent fizz loop is still there during bring the mfn ruckus. I'll live with it just because I can't be bothered screwing with these jokers anymore. I'm still waiting on resolution for Outkast. never got a replacement there, no refund, anyone know anything?
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They didn't replace my Outkast at first either, but when pressed they did...& also revealed they are apparently "likely" only repressing sides C/D to offer to affected members:
oldjollymon said:
CS immediately ordered replacements for Wu and PE, but told me the vague stuff re: "adding me to the list" for a future resolution on Outkast & "be on the lookout for news on that," etc. -- so when I pressed them on what the hell that meant exactly, they said they are "likely" doing a repress of sides C/D of ATLiens and "sending it out to everyone who was affected". I reminded them that all 4 sides of my ATLiens were fucked, so that wouldn't really resolve it for me, so yeah now a replacement for that is otw too. But sounds like that might be the most they've divulged re: repress plans, right? They also said "no timeline from the label or pressing plant just yet".
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