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

JonnyH said:
I think my clear no code was at least $40, iirc.

PJ has us conditioned to pay that much as they tend to charge $50+ for their vault releases.

The TEN and Vs/Vitalogy boxsets seem like an absolute steal today. I think those were like $70 or so.
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Just checked my order on the clear No Code - it was $32, shipping was $13.

Best deal I ever got was my copy of the Ten Super Deluxe box set - won it with a $5 raffle ticket at a Wishlist pre-party/fundraiser. Although that also kickstarted my vinyl habit, so maybe it wasn't a great deal after all.
 
MikeH said:
plus different master (which maybe goes without saying) and different pressing plant obviously. it would not be a surprise if the VMP one sounds better.
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is it a diff master? the 2016/2019 master was redone for vinyl (ie, it wasn't the 1998 master)

I wonder if it's this mix

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PEARL JAM Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of 'Yield' With New Spatial Audio Mix

PEARL JAM and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's monumental fifth studio collection, "Yield", with a variety of release events kicking off with a new spatial audio mix of the album available today. The spatial...
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yukbon said:
is it a diff master? the 2016/2019 master was redone for vinyl (ie, it wasn't the 1998 master)

I wonder if it's this mix

blabbermouth.net

PEARL JAM Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of 'Yield' With New Spatial Audio Mix

PEARL JAM and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band's monumental fifth studio collection, "Yield", with a variety of release events kicking off with a new spatial audio mix of the album available today. The spatial...
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if it's 2LP vs 1 LP, it has to be a new master right...? they have to recut it.
 
MikeH said:
if it's 2LP vs 1 LP, it has to be a new master right...? they have to recut it.
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avecigrec said:
Can't they just do a new cut from the existing master?
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I think we may be mixing up masters and plates(aka metal work) here.

I am no expert. But, I believe the master is the tape(or high res digital). They use the master to make plates to press the vinyl.
I am not aware of needing to do anything specific with the master in order for it to be a 1LP or 2LP release. But again, I'm no expert.
 
JonnyH said:
I think my clear no code was at least $40, iirc.

PJ has us conditioned to pay that much as they tend to charge $50+ for their vault releases.

The TEN and Vs/Vitalogy boxsets seem like an absolute steal today. I think those were like $70 or so.
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To be fair, the Vault releases are generally top quality and fairly limited. The $50 for a 2 or 3 LP pressed at RTI in the special bookbinding sleeve seems reasonable compared with the $35 standard release single LPs coming out these days. But that $15 to $20 shipping fee has led me to skip a couple of them. And the fact that I'm somewhat afraid they're giong to relase a ton of them at once like they did with the bootleg CDs back in 2001/2002. If I buy all of them as they release them now, I'll have to buy all of those if they do a batch, right? :)
 
avecigrec said:
Can't they just do a new cut from the existing master?
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JonnyH said:
I think we may be mixing up masters and plates(aka metal work) here.

I am no expert. But, I believe the master is the tape(or high res digital). They use the master to make plates to press the vinyl.
I am not aware of needing to do anything specific with the master in order for it to be a 1LP or 2LP release. But again, I'm no expert.
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Correct. I was talking about a mastered mix and @MikeH is talking about the vinyl master (which is the precursor to the mother).
 
yukbon said:
Correct. I was talking about a mastered mix and @MikeH is talking about the vinyl master (which is the precursor to the mother).
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yea--this is what i was referring to. it'll have to be a different vinyl master. and even if you had the same master tape, it would sound different depending on who cuts it. Looks like Levi Seitz cut this one. I don't have any of his work but looks like he has cut about 10 different live Pearl Jam albums for vinyl + Eddie's Earthling solo album.
 
Damnit. This overpriced Pearl Jam (combined with the Columbia House Deal) might get me back. I saw PJ on this tour in '98, and I've always kinda felt like Yield was underrated. But...do I really want to hook back up with VMP? (Let's hope I don't drink too much tonight.)
 
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