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

[MikeH]

Same with the Vince Guaraldi – A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Has anyone got the VMP green copy yet and can comment on quality please?

i'd recommend you go with the new deluxe cut instead. not AAA but sounds fantastic and was cut by KG. someone here favorably compared it to the AP pressing.

ONLY the stereo deluxe is cut by KG I think. It's a 2LP. The others are from the same old cuts that come out every year I think.

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2022 Vinyl release of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[tvham]

According to the swaps preview email Extraordinary Machine will be available in swaps.... Thinking I might jump headfirst into this month's bloodbath...

After two months in a row of swap for credit, I'm definitely hoping to swap for EM this time around!

 

[avecigrec]

100%
Bundled shipping is a myth.

Nobody has actually seen it in the wild.

I had it happen ONCE in my 2.5 years. For real! I got a big brick in the mail.

Every other month I got 1-5 packages.

 

[bdrummond]

I had it happen ONCE in my 2.5 years. For real! I got a big brick in the mail.

Every other month I got 1-5 packages.

I'm pretty sure I'm getting Lee Fields in my ROTM bundle this month. I got Saba and Gene Autry as two separate shipments over the past month. Given the date I think this qualifies as a Christmas miracle.

 

[avecigrec]

I'm pretty sure I'm getting Lee Fields in my ROTM bundle this month. I got Saba and Gene Autry as two separate shipments over the past month. Given the date I think this qualifies as a Christmas miracle.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Whenever I ordered Aretha’s Spirit In The Dark is the only time I have had bundling in about 3 years

 

[MikeH]

FYI, didn't know this was a VMP policy but apparently if the price of something drops between the time you order and the time it ships, send CS a note and they will refund the difference in store credit...

 

[hayema7]

Don't forget to check store prices before you swap. Basically, anything that wasn't a ROTM in November is less than the price of your subscription, even if you're a yearlong member. Swap for credit, skip a month, purchase the record with credit in store and then swap for credit...anything to avoid paying $43 for an album listed under $20.

 

[Joe Mac]

I had it happen ONCE in my 2.5 years. For real! I got a big brick in the mail.

Every other month I got 1-5 packages.

They really are all or nothing! Before they went to shopify as a platform they weren’t able to do individual shippings so you got one shipping a month, for your AoTM, with everything else you bought bundled. 15 was my record in a box but was generally 2-4. There were some people regularly getting monthly shippings over 25 in a monster cube.

 

[Murfocakes]

They really are all or nothing! Before they went to shopify as a platform they weren’t able to do individual shippings so you got one shipping a month, for your AoTM, with everything else you bought bundled. 15 was my record in a box but was generally 2-4. There were some people regularly getting monthly shippings over 25 in a monster cube.

I had a few cubes back then. How they made it through customs….

 

[Joe Mac]

I had a few cubes back then. How they made it through customs….

They used to attach a customs declaration that declared each as $1. A dollar was about 60c back then and you got the first €22 (£20) free so you’d have to order a lot. Since brexit both the uk and eu got rid of the free €22 (£20) and got much stricter in the customs offices in my experience. Also VMP, for the EU at least, got VAT licenced and charges it at source.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Before they went to shopify as a platform they weren’t able to do individual shippings

Don't blame Shopify for VMP's inability to read a manual

 

[Joe Mac]

Don't blame Shopify for VMP's inability to read a manual

I wasn’t. Simply stating there was a weird switcharoo when that happened. When In doubt always assume VMP are to blame…

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I wasn’t. Simply stating there was a weird switcharoo when that happened. When In doubt always assume VMP are to blame…

I believe that is their next brand motto

 

[bdrummond]

I think I may finally bite on that Muddy Waters as a swap for War Report. Nothing else terribly exciting here.

Nevermind, it's a dollar cheaper to buy outright on sale.

 

[bdrummond]

Who's responsible for VMPs new marketing promo background? Shit's awful and hurts the eyes.

 

[Selaws]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but I just stumbled across a video of the actress Alyson Stoner (I know her from Cheaper By The Dozen and Step Up but I think she was a Disney Channel actress?) promoting the VMP 20th Anniversary edition of Missy Elliott - Under Construction. Looks like she was a backing dancer for Missy Elliott.

Have VMP used 'celebs' to promote stuff before? Maybe I just missed it.

 

[hayema7]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but I just stumbled across a video of the actress Alyson Stoner (I know her from Cheaper By The Dozen and Step Up but I think she was a Disney Channel actress?) promoting the VMP 20th Anniversary edition of Missy Elliott - Under Construction. Looks like she was a backing dancer for Missy Elliott.

Have VMP used 'celebs' to promote stuff before? Maybe I just missed it.

She’s pretty well known for being in the Work It video, and kind of became pretty popular with millennials for that, which I think was pre acting.

 

[NewsFedora]

I'm not getting it because I have a pretty good OG copy, but Soul Christmas is a fun seasonal album and is cheaper in swaps than it is with the Black Friday "sale" price. Worth it for the opening track Back Door Santa alone.

 

[tvham]

Am I crazy or did swaps open an hour early? Either way, swapped for Fiona's EM.