oldschoolkirby
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Same here. It was fun for a while but I’m much pickier nowadays.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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doncornelius
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I was able to get that one (first) and the biggie. Hope VMP does not send me a message telling me that they oversold.
NewsFedora
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Irma Thomas secured. Ready to Die was a tempting add-on to flip in three months but I just am not that kinda fella. I'll just keep spinning the copy I picked up in 2018.
bdrummond
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My wife paid way too much thankfully for a copy like a year and a half ago for my birthday from a flipper on Amazon so didn't have to enter this madness...but there's also the general repress for those who missed out. My local still has copies for $40 CAD.
hahahaha_totally
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Happy to see another Irma Thomas swap here, this is a gem I think. Of course I would have been all over Ready To Die too had a very generous friend and fellow VMP subscriber not already gifted me his copy a few years ago.
oldschoolkirby
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Damn, didn’t get to swaps in time for biggie. Was going to nab it for my kiddo. If anybody got an extra I’d be happy to buy it
bdrummond
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Do you NEED to VMP version? Because there's a newer press out there.
EDIT: Not sure how shipping is to the US, but it's pretty cheap to Canada from here.
Ready to Die
Originally released on 13th September 1994, 'Ready to Die' is the debut studio album from hip-hop legend, The Notorious B.I.G. Upon release, the album was met with widespread critical acclaim, with Pitchfork giving it a 10/10 rating along with various other critics praising it for its brutally...
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oldschoolkirby
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Oh geez, didn’t even realize that
Thanks. Is it essentially the same mastering and everything minus the color?
bdrummond
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Not sure on the mastering tbh, may be worth a look on discogs to see how it stacks up.Oh geez, didn’t even realize that
Another link here, this one's Canada and not entirely sure it ships to the US.
mitchplease
Active Member
Oh geez, didn’t even realize that
There are 2 tracks impacted: Machine Gun Funk & Ready to Die. Personally this album is a classic for me so it's easy to notice the omissions because they make the choruses seem less lively
The original Machine Gun Funk has a sample of some singing and trumpets (0:50 second mark) from Up for the Down Stroke by Fred Wesley:
versus
The original Ready to Die has a sample of a horn section (1:05 mark) from Singing in the Morning by Ohio Players:
versus
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It's a huge difference for me but for others it may not be that huge of a deal
bdrummond
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Got it...for me Machine Gun Funk is a greater crime than Ready to Die. I'm not even sure where this would stack up in my collection for general shittiness:
- MF DOOM "Mm..Food" missing the Sesame Street sample on Kookies.
- A clean version of "Slippin'" on DMX's "The Legacy"
- No Gangsta Boo verse on RTJ 2
Hip hop keeps getting the shaft on vinyl.
NewsFedora
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This is purely speculative on my part, but I fully expect Ready to Die to show up in the VMP store some time after February 1. If you're fine waiting a couple of weeks and paying what I assume is gonna be $40 for a double LP ROTM, that might be your best bet.
oldschoolkirby
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Yeah I was going to probably swap a track for credit anyway, so if it does show up that’ll be cool.
NewsFedora
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The "Waitlist Me Feature" actually seems functional these days so be sure to click on that so you'll get a notification if/when it's back in the store.
Jeff Lerner
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To all the folks who are swapping for Irma Thomas: you won't be disappointed. Spun mine yesterday and it's nice.
Gavaxeman
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Good to know ..that was my swap