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

Thats it. Everybody hit the PAUSE. Ask yourself, was I in LOVE with this record prior to it being a store drop today? Is this an absolutely essential piece of music for me? Or is it just good enough to slip into my collection? The Yusef Lateef is cool, great pressing/mastering details sure, but let's be honest, I wouldn't say this is an essential jazz recording, a lot of the songs are pretty forgettable to my ears. If you're going to spend any money on a Yusef Lateef album today, go pick up Eastern Sounds or Blue before you spring $35 for a pretty looking middle of the road album because its selling out fast.
 
Ghost said:
Thats it. Everybody hit the PAUSE. Ask yourself, was I in LOVE with this record prior to it being a store drop today? Is this an absolutely essential piece of music for me? Or is it just good enough to slip into my collection? The Yusef Lateef is cool, great pressing/mastering details sure, but let's be honest, I wouldn't say this is an essential jazz recording, a lot of the songs are pretty forgettable to my ears. If you're going to spend any money on a Yusef Lateef album today, go pick up Eastern Sounds or Blue before you spring $35 for a pretty looking middle of the road album because its selling out fast.
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It’s not an essential jazz album but it’s an amazing jazz album in my opinion! It’s a bit gritty, romantic, chirpy, exotic, energetic and I think it’s a stellar recording overall! I freaking love Before Dawn and I strongly recommend it! ⭐️

And when our expert jazz guru @Selaws already owns an original pressing of this gem of an album, then you know you’re in good hands getting this wonderful release! Especially when it’s AAA, remastered at Sterling by Ryan Smith, pressed at RTI and is 180g! 🏆
 
NathanRicaud said:
It’s not an essential jazz album but it’s an amazing jazz album in my opinion! It’s a bit gritty, romantic, chirpy, exotic, energetic and I think it’s a stellar recording overall! I freaking love Before Dawn and I strongly recommend it! ⭐️

And when our expert jazz guru @Selaws already owns an original pressing of this gem of an album, then you know you’re in good hands getting this wonderful release! Especially when it’s AAA, remastered at Sterling by Ryan Smith, pressed at RTI and is 180g! 🏆
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I agree with @Ghost that it isn't an essential Lateef album, but its certainly a great opportunity to get an AAA pressing at a good price. Honestly, as a big fan of his music (I have most of the big hitters on vinyl) this is a really unique one that allows you to step back from his Eastern music and really appreciate his musical chops with an instrument that can be compared with other musicians. 7 of the 8 tracks were composed by Lateef and really highlights his straight-ahead playing style.
 
Only 485 copies left of the Yusef Lateef! I really hope it doesn’t sell out by the end of the night because I have to wait until tonight when I get my paycheck for the week! My goodness it is so expensive when you’ve moved out, out of home! Money goes so much more quicker! 💨🤪
 
NathanRicaud said:
Only 485 copies left of the Yusef Lateef! I really hope it doesn’t sell out by the end of the night because I have to wait until tonight when I get my paycheck for the week! My goodness it is so expensive when you’ve moved out, out of home! Money goes so much more quicker! 💨🤪
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Oh yeah :/. I frequently wish I would've saved all of my money when I was working on salary living at my mom's house, but I spent it all to build an app LOL. Said app has not yet made me any money, so that's a big ol wamp.
 
Selaws said:
I agree with @Ghost that it isn't an essential Lateef album, but its certainly a great opportunity to get an AAA pressing at a good price. Honestly, as a big fan of his music (I have most of the big hitters on vinyl) this is a really unique one that allows you to step back from his Eastern music and really appreciate his musical chops with an instrument that can be compared with other musicians. 7 of the 8 tracks were composed by Lateef and really highlights his straight-ahead playing style.
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And I think getting an AAA, Ryan Smith remastered pressing will make you appreciate this album even more because it will sound stellar on the turntable; MoFi / Analogue Productions quality wise we’re talking here in regards to audio fidelity; perhaps even a little better with it being AAA !

This definitely isn’t an essential jazz album though! 100%! But I think this is a really, really good exclusive. And I hope VMP do a future Yusef Lateef Classics ROTM!
 
Ghost said:
Oh yeah :/. I frequently wish I would've saved all of my money when I was working on salary living at my mom's house, but I spent it all to build an app LOL. Said app has not yet made me any money, so that's a big ol wamp.
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Oh wow, that’s awesome as!!! 😲👏🔥

What app is it? Can you download it from the App Store?

Good luck and I hope the app takes off in the future! 🤞
 
NathanRicaud said:
Oh wow, that’s awesome as!!! 😲👏🔥

What app is it? Can you download it from the App Store?

Good luck and I hope the app takes off in the future! 🤞
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Unfortunately not at the moment! Currently in a redevelopment phase with a small team of designers/engineers! When I initially launched it, it was a complete failure and financial disaster. It was called Racket Music, it was essentially an Instagram for music with distributed marketing tools and monetization tools for artists. You would join the platform, follow your friends, they would follow you. You all post music and it would populate in a social feed that you could sit back, hit play, and enjoy. You could like it, save it, comment on it, repost the music, even buy it!

In retrospect, it gave me a lot of experience that would in turn go to make me a competitive hire in my current career field, back then it was hard to see a positive result, all I could see was how much time and money I wasted on an idea I had.
 
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