Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[Viking Dan]

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.

...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.

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!

Years before the recent reissue, I stumbled across a promotional use copy of Wildflowers.
I negotiated the store owner down to $395 before leaving the store and pulled the trigger.
Because it’s a desert island disc for me and because of how good it sounds- I probably spin it more than any other album in the collection.

It’s the only album I paid three-figures for.
But there’s probably 1 or 2 more I’d splurge on under similar circumstances.

 

[waruv]

I dropped 225 once. That one is a combination of one of my favorite albums ever, with barely any copies pressed, that never really pops up for sale and is very unlikely to be repressed (about 70 owned on Discogs with wants in the 400s). I'm still scared to open it, next was 140 in a very similar situation for the same artist, and I don't think I've gone over 100 for any individual item since (I did spend $120 on a Norah Jones record but that was part of a package with two other records discounted pretty decently to even out) .I love Confessions but 500 for that is a lot and I don't think I'm dropping 100+ on anything else anytime soon.

 

[waruv]

That's madness.

No. That was his confession.

(Sorry had to)

 

[Mather]

Years before the recent reissue, I stumbled across a promotional use copy of Wildflowers.
I negotiated the store owner down to $395 before leaving the store and pulled the trigger.
Because it’s a desert island disc for me and because of how good it sounds- I probably spin it more than any other album in the collection.

It’s the only album I paid three-figures for.
But there’s probably 1 or 2 more I’d splurge on under similar circumstances.

I spent $298 CAD ($240 USD) on a Mint/Mint sealed copy of the 1981 Mobile Fidelity pressing of David Bowie "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" and as far as I'm concerned it was worth every penny.

EDIT- I should add that I opened that fucker immediately and played it. And it sounds SPLENDIFEROUS.

 

[BjorgenFjorgen]

I spent $100 CAD total on the Dylan Oh Mercy MoFi after it had sold out and I still feel kinda icky about it. And that was on a pretty good deal, comparatively!

 

[nicechair]

I paid 375 for a test pressing of The Mars Volta Frances the Mute. Couldn’t do it now but really don’t regret it.

 

[Ericj32]

la la la la la I’m still not spending $200 on a GZ press of Cut Copy’s “In Ghost Colours”.

Maybe there will be a 15th anniversary reissue?

 

[4080]

Soooooooo, anyone else get a shipping notice for the Mars Volta? I only got an email about Outkast could this actually be the re-press!??

 

[Sparks_03]

Soooooooo, anyone else get a shipping notice for the Mars Volta? I only got an email about Outkast could this actually be the re-press!??

Just got one as well!

 

[avecigrec]

Soooooooo, anyone else get a shipping notice for the Mars Volta? I only got an email about Outkast could this actually be the re-press!??

I didn't get shipping yet, but did get an order confirmation for it.

 

[Mather]

I didn't get shipping yet, but did get an order confirmation for it.

I wonder if it's the whole album or just a disk... My disc two on that one is actually clean unlike ATliens PE and WU...

 

[bdrummond]

I wonder if it's the whole album or just a disk... My disc two on that one is actually clean unlike ATliens PE and WU...

From the pic I've seen looks like the entire shebang.

 

[zdkaiser]

Also received an order confirmation for Mars Volta. Crazy. At one point in time everyone was chasing this record. Now I'll have 3 VMP copies. Ha ha

Granted, two are riddled with surface noise.

 

[jbspaulding]

From the pic I've seen looks like the entire shebang.

Agreed. My order confirmation appears to be the entire Mars Volta package.

 

[Mather]

It would be fitting if it's the whole package since that's the only one of every recent ROTM from GZ that I actually don't need the full package. SEND ME A FULL REPRESS OF PE, ATLIENS AND WU PLEASE

 

[bdrummond]

It would be fitting if it's the whole package since that's the only one of every recent ROTM from GZ that I actually don't need the full package. SEND ME A FULL REPRESS OF PE, ATLIENS AND WU PLEASE

I *think* ATLiens will be only disc 2 in Feb.

 

[Mather]

I *think* ATLiens will be only disc 2 in Feb.

Correct.

 

[The Denmarkian Wonder]

Got a replacement 36 Chambers the other day and not only did it also arrive with a top seam split (not as bad as the first copy) but the right channel noise is much worse this time. The first copy has a bit of noise but it stops about 35 sec into Bring The Rukus. The noise on the replacement is louder and is present throughout the entire Side A.

 

[djdavedk]

I would consider $500 for a NM second state butcher cover Y&T. I held one once and regret not splurging.

I wouldn’t even play the record. It would be an investment.

 

[bdrummond]

lol the update in this thread.



Tldr: dude thought he was getting the repress and got random old copies sent to them.