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

I'm working my way through my September box (mostly to document what I'm gonna need replaced from VMP, sighhhh) but I just put on Chocolate Conquistadores and it's fantastic. I've never gotten a VMP secret release before, so I'm absolutely overjoyed that this ended up being the one.

I don't think it's been mentioned but it also includes liner notes from Bobbito Garcia of Fondle 'Em reflecting on his relationship with DOOM and it's tearing me up a little, kind of how I was New Year's Eve when I learned of his passing. DOOM is what got me into hip hop all those years ago. This track is probably his swan song and it's such a thing of beauty. I do genuinely hope it gets a wider release at some point because it belongs on everybody's turntable.

Edit: actually I just noticed this record is dish warped lol. Still sounds fine and a weight mostly fixes the issue. Still though lol fml smh
 
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SO GRIZZLY BEAR GETS A BUNDLE STORE DROP BUT GOD FORBID WE GET ANY WU STORE DROPS.

Cowards. Did we need to explain to them that Wu is "indie" rap before we can get anything?

Semi-serious theory: there's no "pretentious indie rock" track to dump Grizzly Bear drops into so they've got Essentials and nothing else. Wu-Tang and their related releases can be trickled out through RHH (and the occasional Essentials) indefinitely. We've already seen it with the likes of Ghostface, Method Man, and it's looking like RZA is up next.
 
Semi-serious theory: there's no "pretentious indie rock" track to dump Grizzly Bear drops into so they've got Essentials and nothing else. Wu-Tang and their related releases can be trickled out through RHH (and the occasional Essentials) indefinitely. We've already seen it with the likes of Ghostface, Method Man, and it's looking like RZA is up next.
I seem to be in the minority here but in my opinion Veckatimest is one of the few essentials releases that actually deserves the label. This used to be a universally loved album. Not sure where all of this hate is coming from.

Obviously the QC issues lately make a botched pressing seem very possible, but if they manage to get it right this time this looks like itā€™ll be the definitive version of a classic albumā€¦ā€¦to me šŸ˜€
 
I seem to be in the minority here but in my opinion Veckatimest is one of the few essentials releases that actually deserves the label. This used to be a universally loved album. Not sure where all of this hate is coming from.

Obviously the QC issues lately make a botched pressing seem very possible, but if they manage to get it right this time this looks like itā€™ll be the definitive version of a classic albumā€¦ā€¦to me šŸ˜€
Oh yeah, I love this recordā€¦ Not enough to ā€œupgradeā€ my perfectly fine original pressing but if I didnā€™t already own a copy and had faith that VMP could deliver a defect free pressing I would be in on this.
 
Oh yeah, I love this recordā€¦ Not enough to ā€œupgradeā€ my perfectly fine original pressing but if I didnā€™t already own a copy and had faith that VMP could deliver a defect free pressing I would be in on this.
I actually donā€™t have Veckatimest or Shields but I have heard the original copies plenty of times with friends throughout the years. I always thought that Grizzly Bearā€™s albums sounded great on vinyl so yeah Iā€™m not getting the Essentials or the store drops since they probably wonā€™t improve upon the originals. Plus you can get them all for pretty cheap if Iā€™m not mistaken.
 
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