Vinyl Me Please Essentials

MikeH said:
yea the swap prices have gone up now but so have non-member prices i think. if you're looking to get a single ROTM as a non-member, the pricing is wild now + $10 shipping in the US. obviously they incentivize it so you become a member but many people don't want to subscribe for longer terms.
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Yeah I think they’d find more people subscribing for longer if they had more voices involved in picking the AoTMs. There was a time when even I could pick one a month, it’s taken me 15 months to find three to resub for. They make some odd choices even within the artists they pick.

PS. Just looked add on for us is $36 which I’m guessing is the same you for you? I don’t know why that would be more?

PPS. Which is much cheaper than main track which last time was $163.59 for three months with the referral code discount. That’s almost $55 a record discounted. Without the referral discount it would be $195ish or approx $65 a record.
 
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Joe Mac said:
Yeah I think they’d find more people subscribing for longer if they had more voices involved in picking the AoTMs. There was a time when even I could pick one a month, it’s taken me 15 months to find three to resub for. They make some odd choices even within the artists they pick.

PS. Just looked add on for us is $36 which I’m guessing is the same you for you? I don’t know why that would be more?

PPS. Which is much cheaper than main track which last time was $163.59 for three months with the referral code discount. That’s almost $55 a record discounted.
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Plus $36 for an add on track I think.

i was more open to take chances on stuff when the add on tracks were $23 or whatever. But I rarely do now unless it’s an album I really like. So im not unlike you except I like jazz so have a few more options haha. Some of the true store exclusives lately have been more my speed. The sly, Ninas, Elton, etc. so I’ve been fine with swapping for credit to pick up some of those when there isn’t a ROTM I want.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah I think they’d find more people subscribing for longer if they had more voices involved in picking the AoTMs. There was a time when even I could pick one a month, it’s taken me 15 months to find three to resub for. They make some odd choices even within the artists they pick.

PS. Just looked add on for us is $36 which I’m guessing is the same you for you? I don’t know why that would be more?

PPS. Which is much cheaper than main track which last time was $163.59 for three months with the referral code discount. That’s almost $55 a record discounted. Without the referral discount it would be $195ish or approx $65 a record.
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Totally agree
I subbed up for 12 months - For 8 freebies last December. I did ok at the time but bugger all in the store now. Literally 50% of the stock I’ve not a clue what it is. I swapped for Comedy box set and sold on eBay not for huge mark up but to offset cost and make me feel happy choice wasn’t a disaster. Now I’ve swapped February for credit and likely the same next month Unless I find something in swaps new. I could continue finding something saleable but would rather just get a record I want. Hoping next quarter will be of more appeal.
 
ByersVinyl said:
Totally agree
I subbed up for 12 months - For 8 freebies last December. I did ok at the time but bugger all in the store now. Literally 50% of the stock I’ve not a clue what it is. I swapped for Comedy box set and sold on eBay not for huge mark up but to offset cost and make me feel happy choice wasn’t a disaster. Now I’ve swapped February for credit and likely the same next month Unless I find something in swaps new. I could continue finding something saleable but would rather just get a record I want. Hoping next quarter will be of more appeal.
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I’m out next quarter. Had Springsteen free and Dylan, Sly and Nina this quarter.

Next quarter I’d get Little Richard, which I’d like, Nilsson’s album that was clearly more fun to make wasted with Lennon than it is to listen to and then a load of old stuff I’ve not heard of and don’t trust them to investigate.

I’ll just sit on the $99 referral credit I have until they get a good run or it expires.
 
Joe Mac said:
I’m out next quarter. Had Springsteen free and Dylan, Sly and Nina this quarter.

Next quarter I’d get Little Richard, which I’d like, Nilsson’s album that was clearly more fun to make wasted with Lennon than it is to listen to and then a load of old stuff I’ve not heard of and don’t trust them to investigate.

I’ll just sit on the $99 referral credit I have until they get a good run or it expires.
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You could use that $99 credit in the store too Joe. With the LOVE40 it would give you the equivalent of $165 of spending.
 
Murfocakes said:
You could use that $99 credit in the store too Joe. With the LOVE40 it would give you the equivalent of $165 of spending.
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Cheers I wasn’t sure how that worked.

I’ll have a look, but last time I already owned some version of whatever looked interesting. I really think that me and them have diverged hugely the last 4 or 5 years. The pickings are slim if you’re not into jazz.

I’m sure it won’t come to that though, they usually pull out 2 or 3 a year I’d get, might just have to play the waiting game until they add up to enough to resub for.
 
duke86fan said:
Pussy cats is very much a storf choice.. I like the album mostly because I'm a minor Beatles nerd but I understand the unsureness

Rumor is in July is going to be Joni Mitchell but not one of the 3 unanimously agreed classics (blue, Court & spark, hejira)
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Murfocakes said:
Hissing Of Summer Lawns is an absolute classic too.
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As is for the roses.
 
Joe Mac said:
Dunno I don’t go near that discord place. Night Ride Home would be an interesting choice and I really loved the Both Sides Now album from around the turn of the millennium for another.

Hopefully not 80s Joni though, I have it all because I love Joni but it isn’t her finest hour.
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Man, I wish there was only an hour of '80s Joni. But in all seriousness, Turbulent Indigo would be an outstanding choice for Essentials. And, based on Discogs, never before on vinyl.
 
gcowgill said:
Man, I wish there was only an hour of '80s Joni. But in all seriousness, Turbulent Indigo would be an outstanding choice for Essentials. And, based on Discogs, never before on vinyl.
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No Night Ride Home was the last of hers to have an initial vinyl run. It’s pretty rare too though. Everything between it and shine, which wasn’t initially but craft reissued, was only ever on cd.
 
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