Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

jbcalc said:
Sound quality-wise, should I go Donny, Billie, Bog Boi or Redman? I’m leaning Billie, but could be convinced otherwise since I’m sure I’ll enjoy any of them.
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The Big Boi and Redman are great sounding hip hop presses in my opinion! It’s not as impressive as the Billie Holiday and Donny Hathaway pressings; which sound sublime - but to have great sounding hip hop pressings for albums you really like is always awesome!

You can’t lose with whichever one you go, as all four are excellent ROTM’s! If I had to choose one, I’d go with Billie Holiday! The colour is really nice and the pressing sounds stunning!
 
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NathanRicaud said:
The Big Boi and Redman are great sounding hip hop presses in my opinion! It’s not as impressive as the Billie Holiday and Donny Hathaway pressings; which sound sublime - but to have great sounding hip hop pressings for albums you really like is always awesome!

You can’t loose with whichever one you go, as all four are excellent ROTM’s! If I had to choose one, I’d go with Billie Holiday! The colour is really nice and the pressing sounds stunning!
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The Billie is a great album too. It's one of those that when spinning it I kept thinking 'why don't I already own this?'. A great essentials pick for me.
 
Not sure how I missed this, but does anyone have the Dadawah- Peace and Love release? Looking to pick it up but not sure if I should go with VMP or the Dug Out release.
 
Out of interest what day do people tend to get their store credit from the swap option? I want to use if towards a Jazz Dispensary record and I'm hoping they don't sell out in the meantime. Its the Leon Spencer that I am hoping to get so if anyone has any info on how many are left that would be appreciated.
 
Selaws said:
Out of interest what day do people tend to get their store credit from the swap option? I want to use if towards a Jazz Dispensary record and I'm hoping they don't sell out in the meantime. Its the Leon Spencer that I am hoping to get so if anyone has any info on how many are left that would be appreciated.
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I believe it is the 1st or 2nd of the month (after all swaps are closed).
 
Selaws said:
Out of interest what day do people tend to get their store credit from the swap option? I want to use if towards a Jazz Dispensary record and I'm hoping they don't sell out in the meantime. Its the Leon Spencer that I am hoping to get so if anyone has any info on how many are left that would be appreciated.
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At last check a week or so ago Leon Spencer had around 200 copies left, you should be fine.

Idris and Purdie are probably the first two that will sell out, and neither of them have done so yet.
 
NewsFedora said:
At last check a week or so ago Leon Spencer had around 200 copies left, you should be fine.

Idris and Purdie are probably the first two that will sell out, and neither of them have done so yet.
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Thanks for this! I have the Idris already and the Purdie should be shipped to me soon.

Have to say that although the price is high, the quality is really good. When these can be picked up in swaps or on sale it's worth doing.
 
Any thoughts on whether or not the Donny album will still be available for swaps next month? It doesn’t seem to be a very popular choice so I’m thinking it will be, but I could be way off. This month I swapped for credit to pickup the Hooker album exclusive that’s still in stock and I have no interest in picks for the next two months either so I’m hoping to use next month to pick up Donny.

On an unrelated note I really hope they switch up the Classics picks for the following three months and we get something that’s not soul. Some good blues albums, preferably not all covers, would be nice for a change.
 
punchy said:
Any thoughts on whether or not the Donny album will still be available for swaps next month? It doesn’t seem to be a very popular choice so I’m thinking it will be, but I could be way off. This month I swapped for credit to pickup the Hooker album exclusive that’s still in stock and I have no interest in picks for the next two months either so I’m hoping to use next month to pick up Donny.

On an unrelated note I really hope they switch up the Classics picks for the following three months and we get something that’s not soul. Some good blues albums, preferably not all covers, would be nice for a change.
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My guess is Donny will be safe for at least another month. I didn’t see a lot of hype for it, although I know several people swapped for it this month since they swapped for those Jazz Dispensary titles Last month.

I feel you on the Classics picks. I’m always down for some soul music, but I’d rather they spread out the releases so we can get more variety month to month. We NEED a good blues pick. It’s been way too long.
 
duke86fan said:
i'm hoping that getting an ad from VMP promoting MM Food on vinyl was just a complete coincidence and they aren't actually intending to profit off the death of a legend
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Hard to profit if it's out of stock.

I don't know who's in charge of their digital advertising, but they don't seem to pay too much attention to what items are actually being advertised. I got ads for Donald Byrd's Stepping into Tomorrow for months, maybe close to a year after it had sold out.
 
Chris V said:
I’m amazed you were able to find that in the store. If something wasn’t dropped in the past week I have no idea where to find it.
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Yeah they definitely don’t make it easy to browse. I knew about the records so I just search for “hooker” and his three albums pop up.

I ended up swapping for store credit and to my surprise it showed up in my account on the same day swaps closed, where in the past it took a day or two. Also for anyone wondering the swap credit is whatever your monthly rate based on what you paid for your membership, including any discounts that were offered.
 
I’m looking really forward to the store drops this Wednesday! I already miss the usual Wednesday drops! 🤪😍🤣🚨

I would actually love a Madlib related exclusive right now! I’d be so down for a Madlib related exclusive! 🙋‍♂️
 
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