Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[folsom_lives]

It feels like he’s still writing music reviews for his high school newspaper.

His editorials are about as straightforward as a bunch of chickens that have been sitting in a dark coup for decades only to be shown the light by a bunch of scruffy, well-dressed, Peoria born-and-bred, Gen-Xers. Gatefold. Red wax.

 

[bdrummond]

not seeing Frances the Mute as an option, despite the email I received the other day saying it would be. Chose Shotgun Willie and Joshua Judges Ruth instead.

Probably had limited copies and you missed out. Can confirm it was in previews.

 

[Sonicpharmacist]

I logged in immediately, never saw it.

Probably had limited copies and you missed out. Can confirm it was in previews.

 

[bdrummond]

I logged in immediately, never saw it.

I didn't check because I had no desire to swap for anything this month, but they have a habit of opening up swaps 5-10 minutes before they say they will and screw everyone that plays by the rules.

 

[Twentytwo]

I logged in immediately, never saw it.

Reddit says it was gone before 2 minutes till the hour. Some people on reddit confirmed getting it.

 

[bdrummond]

Yeah, my rule of thumb is that if there's something I REALLY want from swaps, start opening the membership page and refresh like crazy 10 minutes before swaps.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I logged in immediately, never saw it.

It was there, for a minute when I logged in about 12:58 PM. I didn’t grab it though.

I swapped HH and Country subs for Bright Eyes and Coltrane. Then I signed up for Classics and swapped for the exclusive Vertigo OST, its AAA Kevin Grey cut and pressed at RTI I imagine it’ll sound great.

 

[bdrummond]

Yeah, my rule of thumb is that if there's something I REALLY want from swaps, start opening the membership page and refresh like crazy 10 minutes before swaps.

Oh, and have the name of what you want prefilled in your browser's "Find" window so when you get to the page, hit find, enter and then add.

 

[Sonicpharmacist]

It was there, for a minute when I logged in about 12:58 PM. I didn’t grab it though.

I swapped HH and Country subs for Bright Eyes and Coltrane. Then I signed up for Classics and swapped for the exclusive Vertigo OST, its AAA Kevin Grey cut and pressed at RTI I imagine it’ll sound great.

Yeah, my rule of thumb is that if there's something I REALLY want from swaps, start opening the membership page and refresh like crazy 10 minutes before swaps.

noted. No worries though, I'm happy with Shotgun Willie and Joshua Judges Ruth. Thought about the Coltrane record until I sampled, and while I like Coltrane, I didn't particularly care for what I heard

 

[Chacap]

Frances the Mute was available very briefly. I logged in ASAP and managed to snag a copy.

 

[zombie.modernist]

So is this Jailbreak AAA or not? Guessing not but they got Kevin to cut it to soften the blow? Crazy how they’re so coy with all these details still after all the years of us bugging them.

 

[wmeugene]

So I think this is my favorite 3 month period in a while. Definitely in for all three and I feel seen by VMP. I get not necessarily for everyone, but for a 39 year old college educated white American male, this is in the wheelhouse.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I feel seen… a 39 year old college educated white American male

This is an oft overlooked portion of society. Glad to know we are not completely ignored.

 

[MikeH]

So is this Jailbreak AAA or not? Guessing not but they got Kevin to cut it to soften the blow? Crazy how they’re so coy with all these details still after all the years of us bugging them.

they usually mention AAA if it is. but i'm more than fine with a digital cut by KG for this one. i have plenty of KG cuts that smoke. i'm sure more details will be up once the album page is fully up.

 

[zombie.modernist]

they usually mention AAA if it is. but i'm more than fine with a digital cut by KG for this one. i have plenty of KG cuts that smoke. i'm sure more details will be up once the album page is fully up.

I think it’s just the price factor for me. Sure Kevin’s cut some great records from files, no doubt about it, but for damn near $50 after taxes it gives me pause on a pretty common record. For that cost, you could easily get a NM Vertigo OG (likely quieter than a GZ frisbee) and still have money left over for another TL album. Sundazed regularly charges $25-30 for similar packages with digitally sourced ( and sometimes even AAA) KG cuts and colored wax. Don’t want to be Mr. Negative but as prices rise on everything I’ve found myself more critical about the value of these things.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I think it’s just the price factor for me. Sure Kevin’s cut some great records from files, no doubt about it, but for damn near $50 after taxes it gives me pause on a pretty common record. For that cost, you could easily get a NM Vertigo OG (likely quieter than a GZ frisbee) and still have money left over for another TL album. Sundazed regularly charges $25-30 for similar packages with digitally sourced ( and sometimes even AAA) KG cuts and colored wax. Don’t want to be Mr. Negative but as prices rise on everything I’ve found myself more critical about the value of these things.

My thinking exactly. A year ago I probably would have jumped back in for Lizzy and Interpol. Now I am on the fence. If it was AAA then I would grab Jailbreak for sure.

 

[MikeH]

I think it’s just the price factor for me. Sure Kevin’s cut some great records from files, no doubt about it, but for damn near $50 after taxes it gives me pause on a pretty common record. For that cost, you could easily get a NM Vertigo OG (likely quieter than a GZ frisbee) and still have money left over for another TL album. Sundazed regularly charges $25-30 for similar packages with digitally sourced ( and sometimes even AAA) KG cuts and colored wax. Don’t want to be Mr. Negative but as prices rise on everything I’ve found myself more critical about the value of these things.

I guess I’d disagree it’s not all that common of a record (for the best pressings of it at least). I almost never see clean copies in stores near me. Last time I did, it was close to $50 for a NM. Cheapest OG vertigo shipped to the US is a VG+ for around $45 on discogs from what I can see. The GK masterdisk cut is around $35+ for VG+. I agree that VMP membership is a tough pill to swallow especially if you only want one album. I’m mostly signing up because I have a $10 credit so it makes the price more palatable. It does suck that it’s looking like it will be at GZ but I have had better luck with them lately. So maybe ponying up for an OG is a smarter move financially…

I’m a huge fan of this album so I can obviously talk myself into it more. There are many other labels out there I would rather be in charge of this reissue (Intervention, Sundazed, AP, Speakers Corner, etc) and all would have been cheaper or similar price and pressed at better plants. But here we are!

 

[keylime_5]

If they don't claim it's AAA in the little blurb then it's never AAA. You can ask CS but you can bet they're gonna say it was cut from a file.

 

[keylime_5]

I saw this one coming though. They weren't gonna be able to cut from Thin Lizzy tapes at Sterling Sound or Cohearent Audio unless there was a good US tape available. They never cut AAA at AIR studios for VMP in the UK, so a transfer was the only feasible option. It's a shame, but Kevin Gray has cut ADA reissues that sound incredible (Deep purple, Aretha's YG&B, Donald Byrd Fancy Free, Bad Company s/t.– which actually may be AAA I'm not sure)

 

[zombie.modernist]

I guess I’d disagree it’s not all that common of a record (for the best pressings of it at least). I almost never see clean copies in stores near me. Last time I did, it was close to $50 for a NM. Cheapest OG vertigo shipped to the US is a VG+ for around $45 on discogs from what I can see. The GK masterdisk cut is around $35+ for VG+. I agree that VMP membership is a tough pill to swallow especially if you only want one album. I’m mostly signing up because I have a $10 credit so it makes the price more palatable. It does suck that it’s looking like it will be at GZ but I have had better luck with them lately. So maybe ponying up for an OG is a smarter move financially…

I’m a huge fan of this album so I can obviously talk myself into it more. There are many other labels out there I would rather be in charge of this reissue (Intervention, Sundazed, AP, Speakers Corner, etc) and all would have been cheaper or similar price and pressed at better plants. But here we are!

That’s true, it’s not an easy album to find in the wild, but it’s not a case like the Jorge Ben album they had cut digitally by Kevin a few years ago that was much more scare. Honestly I hopped back on for 3 months as the entire roster across tracks was interesting enough but I’ll likely pass on this one just because I have a nice Japanese pressing. If you don’t have a copy at all this would likely be a very good option! I’m really just whining it’s not the definitive release I had hoped for that would justify a double dip for any of us who own older pressings.