Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[TenderLovingKiller®]

You can get the RTI/Bellman Sublime on Amazon right now for $25 shipped.

Also it's Kevin GRAY please do not misspell this site's lord and savior like that

Yeah, I am not gonna lie, as much I I enjoyed that Sublime album, I never looked into purchasing it prior to now. So buying a $46 copy seems like a reach.

 

[Jan]

I’d be more impressed if the 2003 record is actually The Long Winters’ When I Pretend To Fall

That would actually be an instant resub for me. These long winters records need reissues urgently

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

I’ve always preferred Sublime’s first two albums. Mostly because my first exposure to them was the Saw Red single, but honestly, I can’t remember the last time I’ve listened to this band or the self titled. If I have the urge to listen to this genre, I will always listen to other bands.

I will say, Sublime shirts are extremely popular with the moms at my daughters school.

 

[bdrummond]

If Sublime doesn't come with a VMP branded hacky sack (Hacky Me Please), did they really even do this right?

 

[jfitzy]

Pretty disappointing lineup for Essentials. Never cared for Sublime, Texas Flood is a boring pick, and I was REALLY hoping for Fever to Tell instead of Death Cab.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

This months essentials picks are definitely curious to me. Just based purely on existing availability and value to what they would add over the current reissues. Most have already been reissued by top engineers and I don't see these versions being anything other than color variants with thick card stock jackets.

Texas flood has been reissued to death. There is a RKS 45rpm cut from AP.
Transatlanticism has a 10th anniversary edition that is cut by Kevin Grey (Gray) .
Sublime has a remastered version done at Bernie Grundman Mastering as well as a Chris Bellman cut pressed at RTI.

Like WTF VMP.

I feel like this is a problem that VMP doesn’t care to acknowledge and is more than happy to be a pricier Newbury or Turntable Labs.

 

[bdrummond]

Pretty disappointing lineup for Essentials. Never cared for Sublime, Texas Flood is a boring pick, and I was REALLY hoping for Fever to Tell instead of Death Cab.

Hip hop doesn't look to be any better.

Personally, even though I'm not subbing anymore this is the most disappointing lineup I've seen between both tracks for awhile.

 

[jfitzy]

Hip hop doesn't look to be any better.

Personally, even though I'm not subbing anymore this is the most disappointing lineup I've seen between both tracks for awhile.

Agreed. I am still subbed and I'm just chalking it up to a win for my wallet. Outside of Classics and possibly one of the Country picks, nothing is really appealing to me this quarter.

 

[Colonel4Bin]

Texas Flood is a great album, but kinda disappointing pick considering the AP version is already fantastic.

 

[Mather]

Texas Flood is a great album, but kinda disappointing pick considering the AP version is already fantastic.

Not to mention the also currently in print Pure Pleasure (presumably) AAA version.

 

[Djxfactor511]

I'm good with my OG Texas Flood. The other 2

 

[Viking Dan]

This months essentials picks are definitely curious to me. Just based purely on existing availability and value to what they would add over the current reissues. Most have already been reissued by top engineers and I don't see these versions being anything other than color variants with thick card stock jackets.

Texas flood has been reissued to death. There is a RKS 45rpm cut from AP.
Transatlanticism has a 10th anniversary edition that is cut by Kevin Grey (Gray) .
Sublime has a remastered version done at Bernie Grundman Mastering as well as a Chris Bellman cut pressed at RTI.

Like WTF VMP.

Not to mention the also currently in print Pure Pleasure (presumably) AAA version.

I'm good with my OG Texas Flood. The other 2

All of this says to me is that at least with Texas Flood, they actually picked a release we can agree is "Essential".
I don't have Texas Flood yet, so I'm at least interested in seeing VMPs version.

 

[TCell]

So, just to confirm before I sign up for the Columbia House deal...

April: Sublime - Sublime (Easily VMP's worst RotM pick of all time)
May: SRV - Texas Flood (An awesome album I already have)
June: DCFC - Transatlanticism (An album that will sound spectacular with GZ Crackle).

And DCFC is actually from Bellingham, not Seattle, but we'll just add geography to the list of things Storf is not good at.

 

[mitchwagz]

How in the fuk is Sublime’s predominant genre “alternative rock” haha! Yeah not a great pick at all and and I’ll echo the really boring lineup for the next three months. Solid albums but all already have fantastic pressings for a lot cheaper than VMP. Get the Bellman cut of Sublime if you want it. Sounds fantastic and has the original lyric to Doin Time.

 

[Rip_City]

They continue to make it so easy to stay away.

 

[Colonel4Bin]

All of this says to me is that at least with Texas Flood, they actually picked a release we can agree is "Essential".
I don't have Texas Flood yet, so I'm at least interested in seeing VMPs version.

I’m sure it’ll be great, I love the album. It’s certainly “essential.” But not something I need another copy of considering how many times it’s been reissued in high quality formats.

 

[The Voidoid]

So, just to confirm before I sign up for the Columbia House deal...

April: Sublime - Sublime (Easily VMP's worst RotM pick of all time)
May: SRV - Texas Flood (An awesome album I already have)
June: DCFC - Transatlanticism (An album that will sound spectacular with GZ Crackle).

And DCFC is actually from Bellingham, not Seattle, but we'll just add geography to the list of things Storf is not good at.

In VMP's defense, when DCFC plays live, Gibbard actually introduces them, "We're Death Cab For Cutie from Seattle, Washington." But you are correct in principle, and virtually very other aspect of this post.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

How in the fuk is Sublime’s predominant genre “alternative rock” haha! Yeah not a great pick at all and and I’ll echo the really boring lineup for the next three months. Solid albums but all already have fantastic pressings for a lot cheaper than VMP. Get the Bellman cut of Sublime if you want it. Sounds fantastic and has the original lyric to Doin Time.

Some of the ska punk bands were in heavy rotation on the alt rock stations at the time so maybe that’s why VMP screwed that up?

 

[yukbon]

You guys don't remember that sweet period in the 90s where every pop punk band suddenly loved ska? fuckin' no doubt was on the top 10

anyway here's the rest of it

 

[TCell]

In VMP's defense, when DCFC plays live, Gibbard actually introduces them, "We're Death Cab For Cutie from Seattle, Washington." But you are correct in principle, and virtually very other aspect of this post.

Yeah, I'm just being snarky. They moved from Bellingham to Seattle between Airplanes and We Have the Facts. In my defense, I haven't seen Death Cab live since the We have the Facts tour, so...