Mather
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Dang, I need someone to tell me if this is better than the MOV.
Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop
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The Blue Note Classic edition will be the best of them all and the easiest to get, so why not just grab that one?
Mather
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Honestly, because nearly every single Blue Note classics I've gotten has been a disastrous pressing. It's like a lottery to find a good one. Yes the good ones are awesome, but it's taken me several tries every time.
Yeah that has been my experience as well but if you buy it from Amazon you can make sure you get a good one. As many issues as I’ve had with the BN classics I’d still take Optimal over GZ anyday and I’d take Kevin Gray over the any other engineer as well. So unless that MOV is also a Kevin Gray cut it seems like an easy choice to me. Buuuuuuut that’s just me.
Mather
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It's more down to the fact that I'm almost certain the OG master is digital so it's only going to be so good, and the MOV is pretty good. But meh... we'll see...Yeah that has been my experience as well but if you buy it from Amazon you can make sure you get a good one. As many issues as I’ve had with the BN classics I’d still take Optimal over GZ anyday and I’d take Kevin Gray over the any other engineer as well. So unless that MOV is also a Kevin Gray cut it seems like an easy choice to me. Buuuuuuut that’s just me.
Yeah I get that for sure, but if you are considering grabbing one of the new ones to compare to the MOV, KG has by far the best chance of beating it. But you know all of these things so I’ll stop trying to convince you.
It’s $56 at my local, but Amazon is still at $63. It’ll likely drop significantly in a month or two. One of the other 2LP BN classics that was released not too long ago is down to $45 currently. But if you really want it as soon as possible I guess the VMP might be cheaper now if you get it as an additional track and not your main one.
avecigrec
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Audiopile?
Yes indeed! It’s a great shop.
avecigrec
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Whenever I refer to my semi-local, they are the ones.
Just got a sweet package from them two days ago that included a long and patiently awaited copy of Grant Green's Nigeria Tone Poet!
They are damn fine folks.
Mather
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I mean I'm on the other side of the country and I've even ordered from them several times. They're great.
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bdrummond
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Thanks to this discussion i just placed a decent sized order from them. A lot of good shit a little on the harder to find side in their hip hop section. Thanks for putting me on to them.
avecigrec
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Yeah, I love my local but these guys lean a little harder into my tastes - and seem to have a much better line on some of the "harder to find" stuff. I've also made out like a bandit with their blowout bin since they first introduced it last fall!
bdrummond
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Yeah, I was browsing through the entire hip hop section and saying "ooh yes thank you" as I hit the add to cart button. Not sure if honestly these are TRULY super hard to find (haven't seen many of these at locals and I know the Aesop isn't but time I pulled the trigger on it) but ended up with:
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Vince Staples - S/T
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Souls of Mischief - 93 Till Infinity
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
Pretty happy with that selection. I could've spent a lot more but I don't think hitting the $1000 mark over a month in vinyl would go over well.
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DevonJD
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Legacy recordings website spilled the beans on a few upcoming releases
Vinyl Me Please’s Hip Hop subscribers can look forward to historic albums being featured such as Q-Tip’s Kamaal The Abstract (July), RUN DMC Tougher Than Leather (October), Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary (January 2024), and Wu-Tang The W (April 2024).
Vinyl Me Please’s Hip Hop subscribers can look forward to historic albums being featured such as Q-Tip’s Kamaal The Abstract (July), RUN DMC Tougher Than Leather (October), Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary (January 2024), and Wu-Tang The W (April 2024).
4080
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So they're double dipping on Run DMC, picking a very safe BDP album and the third, and a distant third, best Wu Tang album? Cool I guess?