Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[spilledleche]

my wife has been desperately searching for "Honkin' on Bobo"

This is a wild ass sentence

 

[spilledleche]

any thoughts on Acid before swaps open? trust yall more than Discogs or Reddit.

 

[Colonel4Bin]

any thoughts on Acid before swaps open? trust yall more than Discogs or Reddit.

I think it’s worth it, if you dig the album. The packaging and pressing was fantastic. They did a great job with the mastering, too. Just don’t expect an audiophile vocal experience from the original recording. Instruments sound exceptional.

 

[Rowan]

I’m not sure I can use this as I only made it 4 lines into the pamphlet before I had to go and smash my head off a door but for those with more patience with self congratulatory bullshit….. here’s a code

 

[Hemotep]

any thoughts on Acid before swaps open? trust yall more than Discogs or Reddit.

I agree with, @Colonel4Bin. I wasn't particularly excited for it but I'm very happy with it.

 

[Ghost]

any thoughts on Acid before swaps open? trust yall more than Discogs or Reddit.

Happy to own it but it can definitely be a bit sharp on the ears, mainly just the vocals. Instruments are fun but the vocals are like a cheese grater on the ears lol

 

[Colonel4Bin]

Happy to own it but it can definitely be a bit sharp on the ears, mainly just the vocals. Instruments are fun but the vocals are like a cheese grater on the ears lol

I didn’t notice any harshness on the vocals, more just that it doesn’t sound like they’re singing directly into a microphone (it’s more like they’re singing in the room while playing instruments, which they were, and mics are picking that up).

 

[bdrummond]

It's okay VMP: I too forget what month it is half the time.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Just starting this, what is everyone’s problem with the vocals? Sounds like a Cuban band recorded live in a big room. Does something change somewhere along the way?

 

[Hemotep]

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Just starting this, what is everyone’s problem with the vocals? Sounds like a Cuban band recorded live in a big room. Does something change somewhere along the way?

I don't get the problem with the vocals either. It fits the music imo.

 

[Mather]

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Just starting this, what is everyone’s problem with the vocals? Sounds like a Cuban band recorded live in a big room. Does something change somewhere along the way?

It's just people that either don't have their systems set up right, or don't have good carts. It's totally fine.

 

[Nee Lewman]

It's just people that either don't have their systems set up right, or don't have good carts. It's totally fine.

I mean I don’t necessarily think that about folks here which is where I saw the complaints. I’m guessing folks aren’t used to Afro-Cuban music. This sounds like an older recording but right in line with Buena Vista Social Club or Orquesta Akokán.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Not for nothing, but it’s kind of ballsy for VMP to pick this as an essentials record. I’m sure they got an awful lot of complaints. One might think that since the did Buena Vista that it’s not that ballsy but that one had massive exposure and I’m still not sure that their general mark was all about that either. Anyhow kudos. Solid record that’s a lot of fun.

 

[Mather]

I mean I don’t necessarily think that about folks here which is where I saw the complaints. I’m guessing folks aren’t used to Afro-Cuban music. This sounds like an older recording but right in line with Buena Vista Social Club or Orquesta Akokán.

I've only seen some on cogs mentioning it, I mean it's an old not particularly well recorded Fania album, it's not going to sound AMAZING.

 

[avecigrec]

2/3 of the artists are female apparently (depending on how you count them)

and apparently people are going to hate the January one because its probably woman and its in a genre that wont get respect

the current guesses on the discord are Labelle - Nightbirds, Fleetwood Mac - ST (Or ABBA), Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages

Bonnie Raitt would be sweet for one of the '74s

 

[Hemotep]

Bonnie Raitt would be sweet for one of the '74s

Hell yeah it would!

 

[Nee Lewman]

I figure this might be of interest to some around here:
Sofia Coppola on Air

Open Qobuz

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[duke86fan]

Genres: Soul/Disco, Classic Rock, Country

 

[wmeugene]

Genres: Soul/Disco, Classic Rock, Country

So Feb is Heart’s Little Queen and March is Willie Nelson’s Phases and Stages - what’s January?

 

[wmeugene]

So Feb is Heart’s Little Queen and March is Willie Nelson’s Phases and Stages - what’s January?

Actually isn’t Heart in Rock. This is the Fleetwood Mac pick, right?