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Getting Clips and RZA, even though i got an OG pressing of Bob Digi. Looking forward to both having issues because they're pressed at GZ.

Supreme Being Diaper Baby said:
Yup...I'm all for RZAs production but I find the album as a whole to be mediocre.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned already but I'm assuming the RHH release of Fear of A Black Planet almost certainly means there's an Essentials release of Nation of Millions in the pipeline... as a curator, if you have access to the PE catalogue you'd never choose Black Planet over Nation of Millions unless you had other plans for the latter... there's never been a US 2xLP pressing of Nation of Millions so it would seem a prime candidate for the VMP treatment... fingers crossed
 
dwgshaker said:
Not sure if it's been mentioned already but I'm assuming the RHH release of Fear of A Black Planet almost certainly means there's an Essentials release of Nation of Millions in the pipeline... as a curator, if you have access to the PE catalogue you'd never choose Black Planet over Nation of Millions unless you had other plans for the latter... there's never been a US 2xLP pressing of Nation of Millions so it would seem a prime candidate for the VMP treatment... fingers crossed
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This is what I thought straight away! There’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back would be a tremendous Essentials ROTM! Like a lot of people, I’ve got the single LP pressing and would love the album to be reissued as a 2xLP pressing! The album is so compressed being on a single disc! 💯🗑

If the VMP 2xLP pressing of Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) sounds much better than previous pressings, with all the previous pressings being in a single LP format, then I’d love It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back to receive the 2xLP VMP treatment!!! 🙏
 
bdrummond said:
Lately the "VMP treatment" is not the magically musical journey that it should be...
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They’ve been riddled with issues and muddled for years now. Perhaps more frequent now than ever though, seems like every month there are major quality control issues. And for the prices they are charging, especially for a one month subscription, it’s bordering on ridiculous and apathetic.
 
How actually clogged up are the tracks? I got shipping notice on my Wu today and was actually going to change my primary over to RHH from Essentials in advance of October in case I ultimately end up deciding to stay on for this next 3 month stretch we are guessing. However, every track is still with the standby message besides Country and IIRC it wasn't that easy to jump tracks through the last quarter either.

In some way they may save me from spending money as if I can't get the track to switch to RHH it'll make that decision very easy as I'm not paying them in advance just to try and swap into RHH every single month lol.

I'm half excited and half nervous to get any pressing plant details for the Oct-Dec records.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
They’ve been riddled with issues and muddled for years now. Perhaps more frequent now than ever though, seems like every month there are major quality control issues. And for the prices they are charging, especially for a one month subscription, it’s bordering on ridiculous and apathetic.
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I had to terminate my lease unexpectedly and am in a weird transition state where I won't be able to move into my next place until November. With that being said, my turntable has been in storage since I only have my essentials in the bedroom I've been living in at my family's place and I'm deathly afraid to listen to my copies of ATLiens, Enter the Wu, and FOAB. After hearing what happened with ATLiens, I still need to make a trip to a friend's place that has a turntable so I can see if my copy has the surface noise issue that everyone else has... I just don't want to miss out on being able to get a replacement because I'm sure there are going to be issues 😪
 
mitchplease said:
I had to terminate my lease and am in a weird transition state where I won't be able to move into my next place until November. With that being said, my turntable has been in storage since I only have my essentials in the bedroom I've been living in at my family's place and I'm deathly afraid to listen to my copies of ATLiens, Enter the Wu, and FOAB. After hearing what happened with ATLiens, I still need to make a trip to a friend's place that has a turntable so I can see if my copy has the surface noise issue that everyone else has... I just don't want to miss out on being able to get a replacement because I'm sure there are going to be issues 😪
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For what it's worth I have not seen a single person who doesn't have noise on ATliens. So just assume you have it.
 
mitchplease said:
I had to terminate my lease unexpectedly and am in a weird transition state where I won't be able to move into my next place until November. With that being said, my turntable has been in storage since I only have my essentials in the bedroom I've been living in at my family's place and I'm deathly afraid to listen to my copies of ATLiens, Enter the Wu, and FOAB. After hearing what happened with ATLiens, I still need to make a trip to a friend's place that has a turntable so I can see if my copy has the surface noise issue that everyone else has... I just don't want to miss out on being able to get a replacement because I'm sure there are going to be issues 😪
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ATLiens you will most likely have surface noise. Enter the Wu I'd say is about 50/50. FOAB I've had some very slight surface noise at the start of side a, but nothing too detrimental or worth logging a CS ticket for me.
 
It's not like every Gz pressings even sounds bad,

It's that vmp are giving them a sharp mandate and asking them to make 40K at least copies which means they just have to spam the automatic pressers and who knows how many they do per plate
 
duke86fan said:
It's not like every Gz pressings even sounds bad,

It's that vmp are giving them a sharp mandate and asking them to make 40K at least copies which means they just have to spam the automatic pressers and who knows how many they do per plate
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As I mentioned in the Essentials thread. It doesn't sound BAD, but I think I was expecting more out of it. Like if this was an essay, I'd give it a solid B+ and tell them to do better next time.

EDIT for clarity:
Wu sounds better than the OG, and they did the best they could with the source. Surface noise is a definite downer here.
PE sounds "okay". It's super quiet and when I crank it I notice some inconsistencies in the sound and it lacks the oomph I was hoping for out of it.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Initially I thought mine was free of the defect too but upon a closer listen it’s still there, it’s just on the quiet side and I have to be really listening for it to notice it. I mean I wish it wasn’t there but it also doesn’t hamper my enjoyment of the LP.
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That's always a possibility with me, I very rarely listen to vinyl through headphones, for example. I feel like if I did, I'd hear flaws in just about every record in my collection and go insane as a result.

But on some semi-nice speakers with the volume turned up to a respectable level, ATLiens sounds just peachy to my ears.
 
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