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

Jeff Lerner said:
fifm (fixed it for me)

my buddies and i get together in January every year to drink bourbon and talk about/listen to our favorite albums of the previous year. this coming Jan we're going to tackle the whole decade so I've been revisiting my top 10 lists from each year. My Woman is likely a top 3 album of the decade for me, with a chance at No. 1 overall.
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I recently joined a standing tradition like this with some friends. It's more focused on songs of the year instead of albums. We do a NCAA style tournament with 64 songs (so we each submit 10-11 songs, there being 6 of us) and then they get randomized into the competition. It leads to a lot of funny and frustrating discussions since the notion of songs competing against one another, especially when they are totally different genres, is challenging. It's a ton of fun to see what other people think are the best tracks of the year though, and to see how many of us have the same tracks. There usually isn't too much overlap actually, since the group has diverse tastes.
 
NewsFedora said:
Comet is Coming’s shipping estimate got pushed back from August to September 🙃
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Joel Ross' - Kingmaker has been pushed back to september now as well. I only found out about that and the Comet is Coming because I saw @NewsFedora post and checked my orders. Nice of VMP to email and let us know...... Worth remembering that Kingmaker should have been available a month ago.
 
Selaws said:
Joel Ross' - Kingmaker has been pushed back to september now as well. I only found out about that and the Comet is Coming because I saw @NewsFedora post and checked my orders. Nice of VMP to email and let us know...... Worth remembering that Kingmaker should have been available a month ago.
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Yeah this is the one that annoys me. Im ok waiting on the TLC bundle, same as I was on Loretta, as its a truly exclusive pressing and I want it to sound as good as possible. Joel is a color variant of the same thing that is already out there already. No reason for these to keep getting delayed...
 
wynn72 said:
Yeah this is the one that annoys me. Im ok waiting on the TLC bundle, same as I was on Loretta, as its a truly exclusive pressing and I want it to sound as good as possible. Joel is a color variant of the same thing that is already out there already. No reason for these to keep getting delayed...
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Djxfactor511 said:
Wonder how this affects those of us that swapped for it.
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I saw Joel Ross live a couple weeks ago and really wanted it so I could get him to sign it. Knew that would be a struggle for VMP to release it near the same general release date.....but September? Embarrassing.
 
Selaws said:
I saw Joel Ross live a couple weeks ago and really wanted it so I could get him to sign it. Knew that would be a struggle for VMP to release it near the same general release date.....but September? Embarrassing.
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Between the delays and all of the distributor issues, we're really seeing the industry buckle under itself this year. I fully expect Black Friday RSD to be the shitshow that other RSD was this year.
 
NathanRicaud said:
That’s good to know they’re taking the sound quality seriously. I’m more than happy to wait a few months more just to make sure this TLC pressing sounds great!
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i mean that's all well and good but, and I'll say it again for the 1,000th time...WHY put reissues on sale months in advance of shipping? they should get the product in hand, listen to it to make sure it sounds right, and THEN put it in the store. not only will this avoid these types of delays, but wouldn't you as the customer be way more psyched to find out that "hey we have an exclusive reissue of TLC and guess what? if you order it today you'll get it next month!"?
 
blenoxsmith said:
I recently joined a standing tradition like this with some friends. It's more focused on songs of the year instead of albums. We do a NCAA style tournament with 64 songs (so we each submit 10-11 songs, there being 6 of us) and then they get randomized into the competition. It leads to a lot of funny and frustrating discussions since the notion of songs competing against one another, especially when they are totally different genres, is challenging. It's a ton of fun to see what other people think are the best tracks of the year though, and to see how many of us have the same tracks. There usually isn't too much overlap actually, since the group has diverse tastes.
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given the competitive nature of my friends, i'm a little embarrassed we didn't think of this on our own. i might just steal this idea for our decade discussion.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
i mean that's all well and good but, and I'll say it again for the 1,000th time...WHY put reissues on sale months in advance of shipping? they should get the product in hand, listen to it to make sure it sounds right, and THEN put it in the store. not only will this avoid these types of delays, but wouldn't you as the customer be way more psyched to find out that "hey we have an exclusive reissue of TLC and guess what? if you order it today you'll get it next month!"?
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Because the pseudo-Ponzi pyramid they’ve probably built to finance their business will fall apart
 
Jeff Lerner said:
i mean that's all well and good but, and I'll say it again for the 1,000th time...WHY put reissues on sale months in advance of shipping? they should get the product in hand, listen to it to make sure it sounds right, and THEN put it in the store. not only will this avoid these types of delays, but wouldn't you as the customer be way more psyched to find out that "hey we have an exclusive reissue of TLC and guess what? if you order it today you'll get it next month!"?
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I agree that for reissues that aren't going up elsewhere this is the way that it should be.

For new releases, however, I want to know as early as possible.
 
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