Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[bdrummond]

Grizzly Bear outside of about a minute of side a, and the entirety of side b sounds fantastic, to the point where I was on the fence about grabbing it, but now I'm a fan...which makes it so disappointing that those two sections are filled with noise. There are albums where the noise is potentially drowned out by the music itself, but there's a quietness to the album which makes the noise so much more prominent.

I'm definitely going to put in for a replacement and hope I get one of those clean copies people are saying exist.

 

[wmeugene]

My Grizzly Bear has extremely sporadic surface noise, so it's literally a few moments here and there over the 4 sides. Overall it sounds great and doesn't really detract since chronicling it would be more of a hassle than it is worth

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Finally getting around to spinning my replacement De-Loused and so far it sounds the same as the first. Apologies if this has been covered at all, but has there any been any official communication about a re-press or anything?

 

[Mather]

Finally getting around to spinning my replacement De-Loused and so far it sounds the same as the first. Apologies if this has been covered at all, but has there any been any official communication about a re-press or anything?

Yes, apparently late October. So... probably like next August.

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

Yes, apparently late October. So... probably like next August.

Great, thanks.

 

[bdm105]

So either my system is not picking it up (fluance rt-85 with the regular ortofon 2m blue) or I've continued my luck streak because I don't have any crackling on the beginning of the A-side right now. I do have a giant fucking warp though so I'll have to ask for a replacement regardless.

 

[4080]

3rd Wu Tang record and to know ones surprise, SAME ISSUE!! Is the club experience the ability to build your own clubhouse with all the shitty records?

 

[displayname]

Finally spinning Wu Tang. The album general has a pretty rough recording, but the regular blips on side A still cut right through it. B hasn’t been as bad yet. At this rate I probably won’t return it, but this does reaffirm my current stance on VMP.

 

[displayname]

Finally spinning Wu Tang. The album general has a pretty rough recording, but the regular blips on side A still cut right through it. B hasn’t been as bad yet. At this rate I probably won’t return it, but this does reaffirm my current stance on VMP.

Follow up: the second LP was better overall. Side A probably could warrant a replacement, but I don’t think I want to deal with the process. Night listen to Grizzly Bear later today and then I’ll only have one more backed up VMP album, lol

 

[The Denmarkian Wonder]

Looks like i'll be getting replacement 36 Chambers tomorrow. Probably no difference from the first copy.

 

[bdrummond]

Some dude on reddit is kicking himself because he spent $500 on a copy of Usher. I don't even know what to say, that's ludicrous.

Buddy of mine spent like $200 on a copy of Watch the Throne and I thought that was a bit nuts.

 

[avecigrec]

Some dude on reddit is kicking himself because he spent $500 on a copy of Usher. I don't even know what to say, that's ludicrous.

Buddy of mine spent like $200 on a copy of Watch the Throne and I thought that was a bit nuts.

That's madness.

 

[bdrummond]

That's madness.

I don't even think I'd play a $500 album. I'd just encase it in glass like it was a museum exhibit and cry watching it's value drop over the years. Also, it's fucking Usher! That dude treated it like some rare Beatles pressing or some shit.

 

[Mather]

Some dude on reddit is kicking himself because he spent $500 on a copy of Usher. I don't even know what to say, that's ludicrous.

Buddy of mine spent like $200 on a copy of Watch the Throne and I thought that was a bit nuts.

If you spent $500 on an Usher record I'm pretty sure you've got a whole slew of other dubious and potentially much worse decisions in your life to feel bad about.

 

[avecigrec]

spent $500 on a copy of Usher.

...i can't even justify $500 on copies of original non-repressed Sun Ra records that had print runs in the low hundreds, or less.

 

[debar22]

Some dude on reddit is kicking himself because he spent $500 on a copy of Usher. I don't even know what to say, that's ludicrous.

More like Ludacris. Yeah!

So what's the most you have and/or would be willing to spend on a record (let's say non-boxset)?

 

[SpinningSince85]

Well, received my second copy of Wu. It has almost no surface noise, but wonderful distortion on the right channel.
First try:


Second (hard to record distortion but you get the idea):


This sucks, I just want a good sounding record without having to try over and over again. I know I am beating a dead horse but the right channel distortion thing is new to me.

 

[bdrummond]

More like Ludacris. Yeah!

So what's the most you have and/or would be willing to spend on a record (let's say non-boxset)?

For a single album, non boxed set about a hundo max unless it's like white whale territory. Maybe a bit more. Got the VMP ready to die for about 90 which is about as much as I was comfortable to spend. I do have a bunch of albums people would likely be WILLING to spend hundreds on, but doesn't mean I paid that much.

 

[avecigrec]

More like Ludacris. Yeah!

So what's the most you have and/or would be willing to spend on a record (let's say non-boxset)?

I topped out at $100 + shipping for one of the wife's white whales last year when I was making better money.
For myself, I'm pretty sure the ceiling's been about $80 after shipping and exchange.

 

[debar22]

For a single album, non boxed set about a hundo max unless it's like white whale territory. Maybe a bit more. Got the VMP ready to die for about 90 which is about as much as I was comfortable to spend. I do have a bunch of albums people would likely be WILLING to spend hundreds on, but doesn't mean I paid that much.

I topped out at $100 + shipping for one of the wife's white whales last year when I was making better money.
For myself, I'm pretty sure the ceiling's been about $80 after shipping and exchange.

That's about my limit too, taxes & shipping included. Looking back, most I've spent was $130 in 2007. Until the last couple of years, that was by far the most expensive. I've bought 4 other records over $100 all within the last couple of years where I've had extra spending money during the pandemic. I kinda regret 2 of those. I can't imagine spending $500!