Matt M
Santa Extraordinaire
It really is, although I haven't listened to it since I got it. That Sparklehorse would get more plays easily.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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Bloodlemons
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Yeah, the Sparklehorse may end up being AOTY for me. It's just too good. I have never heard these albums sound so perfect.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Alright, I joined back up for one month so I could grab the Sparklehorse Box. I signed up for a one month membership and picked up Quasimoto which brought the box set down to $189 that combined with the $43 membership puts me at $232 and I had $63 in store credit. That put my total at $169 and if you divide the total over the 5 albums (4 in the box + 1 ROTM) that puts it at a $33.80 per album. That is reasonable especially if the quality is as good as I’ve heard.
CrazyDiamond84
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You will be extremely happy with it. Listening to Good Morning Spider right now.
MikeH
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Are there some songs missing or something from the albums? I thought I read about that but wasn’t entirely sure...the box set is real tempting to me...
Bloodlemons
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I have not noticed anything missing... I hope not.
MikeH
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This is what I saw when I looked deeper into it. I guess it compares the original vinyl releases to the VMP. If you had the CDs though don’t think you’re really missing much!
1/ The US (Slow River) of Vivadixie ended with 'Waiting For Nothing' whereas the UK (Parlophone) stopped at 'Gasoline Horseys' - as does the VMP version. I owned both originals and kept the Parlophone pressing (despite the missing song) as the mastering simply blew the Slow River out of the, er.. water! The original CDs also omitted 'Waiting For Nothing'.
2/ The original pressing of Wonderful Life (Devil In The Woods) concluded with 'Maxine' - the 10.33 melancholic atmosphere piece that Mark said was inspired by a Gavin Bryars composition - but the VMP pressing omits this and replaces it with 'Morning Hollow', which was the CD running order. However, VMP also include 'Morning Hollow' on Dreamt For which is true to both the original (Capital, Astralwerks) vinyl and CD running order.
Therefore, with the VMP set - compared to the original vinyl pressings - you lose two songs ('Waiting For Nothing' and 'Maxine') that Mark obviously intended to form part of the running order of the vinyl LPs when he released them. Instead you get - rather pointlessly - 'Morning Hollow' twice. Despite VMP being a VINYL label, they have in effect replicated the CD tracklistings.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Check out the Discogs page for the release. “Superfan” JT did a half page write up. Apparently some tracks were missing and in a different order from the original vinyl releases as the Boxset was based off the CD track listing and not the original vinyl track listing. Which is completely fine with me as I was only familiar with the CD versions of the albums.
This guy also REALLY preferred his original pressings to the VMP box. He also said if anyone disagrees with his opinion they must be “deaf or listening on shoddy equipment”. He finishes off by say, “Be under no illusion: the VMP box set is a pile of shit, replete with High School-level insights in a booklet from Erin Osmon”.
JT seems like a fun dude.
Sparklehorse - Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection" on Discogs.
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Bloodlemons
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I've only even ever had the Plain pressings and whatever version is on Spotify. JT sounds like a barrel of monkeys.Check out the Discogs page for the release. “Superfan” JT did a half page write up. Apparently some tracks were missing and in a different order from the original vinyl releases as the Boxset was based off the CD track listing and not the original vinyl track listing. Which is completely fine with me as I was only familiar with the CD versions of the albums.
This guy also REALLY preferred his original pressings to the VMP box. He also said if anyone disagrees with his opinion they must be “deaf or listening on shoddy equipment”. He finishes off by say, “Be under no illusion: the VMP box set is a pile of shit, replete with High School-level insights in a booklet from Erin Osmon”.
JT seems like a fun dude.
Sparklehorse - Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection" on Discogs.
zdkaiser
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No skips on my blue version of Speaking in Tongues. Clean versions exist. But for once, I got lucky and didn't get a bum copy
MikeH
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Yea I saw someone post about the box set on Reddit but didn’t look into it and then saw that discogs review which made me laugh. Those “missing” tracks wouldn’t bother me a ton especially since I grew up with the CDs too. I still am interested in potentially getting the box so I’ll keep my eye out if it goes on sale or somehow ends up in swaps—in which case I’d probably sign up quickly and swap...Check out the Discogs page for the release. “Superfan” JT did a half page write up. Apparently some tracks were missing and in a different order from the original vinyl releases as the Boxset was based off the CD track listing and not the original vinyl track listing. Which is completely fine with me as I was only familiar with the CD versions of the albums.
This guy also REALLY preferred his original pressings to the VMP box. He also said if anyone disagrees with his opinion they must be “deaf or listening on shoddy equipment”. He finishes off by say, “Be under no illusion: the VMP box set is a pile of shit, replete with High School-level insights in a booklet from Erin Osmon”.
JT seems like a fun dude.
Sparklehorse - Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "Box Of Stars: The Sparklehorse Collection" on Discogs.
blenoxsmith
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I'm a current member and a huge Sparklehorse fan and every time put it in my cart, I take it out again. 7LPs for $189 is so ridiculous. 7LPs for the $239 non-member price is disgusting.
If I'm able to sell my 2001 represses, I might get the courage to buy it, but I would still feel bad giving VMP that much money for something so overpriced.
zdkaiser
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I just want a non-Plain version of It's a Wonderful Life.
bshikari
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NathanRicaud
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There are only 39 copies left for the Bernard Purdie, and 45 copies left for Idris Muhammad! Those are the only two Jazz Dispensary titles that are pretty close to selling out! The other three Jazz Dispensary titles have more than 100 copies left in stock!
56 copies left for the Jazz Dispensary bundle too! Not sure if they’ll split the sold out copies of Purdie and Idris Muhammad though in the future!
NewsFedora
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Oops I forgot to drop the Essentials add on so I guess I’m getting the Strokes some time in the next month and a half.
marshall
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Ha same...
NathanRicaud
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Hey, I'm so so so sorry I forgot to get back to you on this one, especially as the Swaptions are now closed
I can't check the stock on any ROTM, only store exclusives unfortunately, so I couldn't tell you. I think it would be better to keep The Strokes and get Donny Hathaway another time. I have a feeling that Donny Hathaway will stay in stock for at least another 3 months! Whereas with The Strokes, I'm not sure it'll last a month or two!
I'm spinning the Donny Hathaway right now and it sounds incredible and is such a joy to listen to! I'm in love!