JonnyH
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I'm there right now and even i know its a terrible price.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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displayname
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I don't think I've gotten a single VMP exclusive since pre-COVID, and they are making it very easy to continue that trend. I haven't been impressed with the selections or the pricing. I'm getting to the point where I might not even open the emails.
A ton of hifi companies have been able to cash in with people sitting at home with their stereos. But VMP is is pricing gouging at the wrong time.
As much as I'd love to say it's going to bite them, I'm not sure it will. They just keep selling out of stuff, even at these insane prices.
A ton of hifi companies have been able to cash in with people sitting at home with their stereos. But VMP is is pricing gouging at the wrong time.
As much as I'd love to say it's going to bite them, I'm not sure it will. They just keep selling out of stuff, even at these insane prices.
MMJ
Member
You can get the Kool and the Gang right from RealMusic for $18. Color is listed as "creamy"
Kool and the Gang Kool and the Gang LP
The 1970 debut album from Kool and the Gang scored a couple of hits with 'The Gangs Back Again' and the title cut, but more importantly, it heralded the arrival of what was to become a juggernaut on the R&B scene. This all-instrumental record is years away from the commercial successes of...
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yukbon
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This is known as "Damning with faint praise"
Mather
Unknown Member
So it's a 250% mark up for "Chocolate Buttermilk" colored vinyl instead of "Creamy".You can get the Kool and the Gang right from RealMusic for $18. Color is listed as "creamy"
Kool and the Gang Kool and the Gang LP
The 1970 debut album from Kool and the Gang scored a couple of hits with 'The Gangs Back Again' and the title cut, but more importantly, it heralded the arrival of what was to become a juggernaut on the R&B scene. This all-instrumental record is years away from the commercial successes of...
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Crabbers
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So it's a 250% mark up for "Chocolate Buttermilk" colored vinyl instead of "Creamy".
cacao is expensive these days 
Well...it is chocolate buttermilk
cacao is expensive these days 
Ponman2003
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Damn, I've gotten 20 exclusives since then :/ I've been pretty happy with all of them except 'What Kinda Music' was too expensive. FOMO got me there.
On the other hand, the only one I'd give a 10 to so far is 'Catching a Wave'. The rest are 7s or 8s.
| Title | Cost |
| Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music | $40 |
| Cowboy Bebop OST | $40 |
| Local Natives - Gorilla Manor | $34 |
| Art Blakey - Just Coolin | $29 |
| Oliver Nelson - Skull Session | $29 |
| Big Bill Broonzy - The Midnight Special | $29 |
| Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds | $29 |
| Chet Baker Trio - Mr. B | $28 |
| Rexx Life Raj - Father Figure 3 | $27 |
| Idles - Ultra Mono | $27 |
| Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan | $27 |
| Various - Afro Peruvian Classics | $27 |
| Al Green - Gets Next to You | $27 |
| Los Amigos Invisibles - Arepa 3000 | $26 |
| Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most | $25 |
| Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders | $25 |
| Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo | $23 |
| James Booker - Classified | $23 |
| Steve & Teresa - Catching a Wave | $23 |
| Anjimile - Giver Taker | $21 |
MMJ
Member
If anyone is interested, I also noticed that RealGone has the Merry Clayton LP that VMP sold an exclusive of a couple years back. The color is pretty much the same too if that's your thing. Great album - definitely recommend it.You can get the Kool and the Gang right from RealMusic for $18. Color is listed as "creamy"
Kool and the Gang Kool and the Gang LP
The 1970 debut album from Kool and the Gang scored a couple of hits with 'The Gangs Back Again' and the title cut, but more importantly, it heralded the arrival of what was to become a juggernaut on the R&B scene. This all-instrumental record is years away from the commercial successes of...
Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter LP
As the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda Ronstadt to Neil...
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displayname
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We actually had some others ordered, but we ended up cancelling most of them before they even shipped.
I used to defend VMP because even if they were slightly higher priced, they had free shipping, no tax, and usually an extra feature or two. But then I started watching the indie exclusive variants or other options coming out. It was becoming pretty consistent that the indie variants were similar (solid color, just different color), I would receive them on release day (not a month or more later), and for less (because VMP keeps creeping up prices AND now charges tax).
It just became a hard sale for me. And that's before I factor in the long history of defects. I've only had to deal with one major defect from a local record store, and they gladly accepted a return without complication. True, I don't have to leave my house for issues with VMP, but I do have to send in pictures, videos, and wait a month. And forget getting your actual money back. VMP is terrible about issuing refunds.
I'm still getting the ROTM because it still makes sense being lock into the old pricing. We might do one more year, but then I think we'll be forced into the higher prices. At that point, I'll probably be done.
CCKrone
Active Member
For you fellow Canuckistanians, the Merry Clayton LP is on Amazon for $47If anyone is interested, I also noticed that RealGone has the Merry Clayton LP that VMP sold an exclusive of a couple years back. The color is pretty much the same too if that's your thing. Great album - definitely recommend it.
Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter LP
As the Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom made abundantly clear, Merry Clayton is one of the greatest and most distinguished female backup singers in rock and soul history, having sung with everybody from Bobby Darin to Ray Charles to Joe Cocker to Linda Ronstadt to Neil...
TCell
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The high price on these VMP x Jazz Dispensary titles has me thinking, what would have been a fair price?
Kevin Gray AAA remastered
RTI pressed
Tip-on Jackets
Colour vinyl
Ltd to 1000
Tone Poets seem to be the benchmark as they are KG remastered, RTI pressed, quality jackets and are $35. That seems reasonable, based on the dozen or so I've bought, but Tone Poets are also standard black vinyl and theoretically unlimited.
Hard to put a price on them being limited to 1000, as we don't know if these are getting a general black reissue and VMP just has a variant as is the case with many of their exclusives?
How much do we value coloured vinyl? An extra $5/record?
If these had been $40 for members would any of us care?
(I'm not considering the bundle, because it makes zero sense unless you love touques.)
Kevin Gray AAA remastered
RTI pressed
Tip-on Jackets
Colour vinyl
Ltd to 1000
Tone Poets seem to be the benchmark as they are KG remastered, RTI pressed, quality jackets and are $35. That seems reasonable, based on the dozen or so I've bought, but Tone Poets are also standard black vinyl and theoretically unlimited.
Hard to put a price on them being limited to 1000, as we don't know if these are getting a general black reissue and VMP just has a variant as is the case with many of their exclusives?
How much do we value coloured vinyl? An extra $5/record?
If these had been $40 for members would any of us care?
(I'm not considering the bundle, because it makes zero sense unless you love touques.)
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Mather
Unknown Member
Kool and the Gang Kool and the Gang LP
This is the exact same pressing on colored vinyl for $18 is it not?
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We should keep in mind that Tone Poet is a major label initiative so there are no licensing costs, and they gain economies of scale by much larger pressing runs, as the unit cost goes down with volume. So I would not consider that a benchmark compared to a reissue label.
$45 a pop for members seems $5 too high though.
I ordered 4. Passed on the Purdie which is pretty lame anyways. The other 4 are killer titles. The Leon Spencer is a rare gem. The Idris slays.
dhodo
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$35, same as Intervention, AP and MoFi titles. Intervention even still has a reasonable 2xLP price, unlike those other two. Exclusive is not a reason to raise prices when we are talking *should* or fair. I don't think at these margins that colored should really factor in. But, that is harder to compare to competitors since it isn't very common with AAA audiophile reissues. Especially since many audiophiles don't like colored vinyl. Wasn't MoFi's blue Weezer the same price? Not sure. Not even a gatefold like most MoFis.
I would not consider paying $40 unless it was a grail that I can't get an original or any good pressing for cheaper.
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ByersVinyl
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That makes a lot of sense.