MikeH
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I think it will eventually be a new track plus store drops plus posters. seems they have brought the mondo folks in to help be involved in LOTS Of vmp stuff including packaging, art prints, etc.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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Twentytwo
Pre-order Goodness
TYLER STOUT X VMP SLIPMAT #0001
Professional grade felt slipmat featuring artwork from Washington artist Tyler Stout’s celebrated Welcome Home print. Great for slip-cuing, but mostly makes your record player look marvelous.www.vinylmeplease.com
I like it but I need another slip mate like I need another record.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
So VMP is the new Mondo? Make pretty packages that sound like hot garbage?Interesting:
Vinyl Me, Please Adds Former Mondo Co-Founder Rob Jones and Creative Director Alan Hynes to the Team
Vinyl Me, Please is proud to announce today the additions of Rob Jones as Executive Creative Director and Alan Hynes as Senior Creative Director to its team.Grammy Award-winning designer Rob Jones, joining VMP from his role as co-founder at Mondo, brings a wealth of experience in the creative...
Skalap
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To be fair, if they step up their game with their own pressing plant and start offering some nice alternative packaging, this could be a great and positive change. It will also means another $20 to be added to every new "exclusive".
Twentytwo
Pre-order Goodness
If you thought Mondo prices were expensive for their soundtracks, just wait.
Skalap
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Skalap
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Will give them a chance. I never bought Mondo releases but like what they do. Now if they increase the price by another $30 with a poor pressing and/or no quality control, it may cost them a lot of money.
D Jilla
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Did he actually sell off his collection though? I remember him offering it for some ridiculous price and saying local pickup only, and then getting annoyed when people asked if he'd sell individual records.
It was definitely an odd situation. I remember him getting super annoyed anytime VMP pressed something he didn't like, like it was their fault
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D Jilla
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Interesting...I have all but two of these (Chico and Lorez), but I wouldn't say "definitive" copies of any. Going to be a tough call on this.
zdkaiser
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Hasnt half of this boxset already been reissued elsewhere?
D Jilla
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For sure - more than half even, but mostly budget-type reissues:
- Mingus - Superior Viaduct did one that's okay at best (nowhere near their great version of Black Saint)
- Szabo - LITA did a decent version. I think it's a Rainbo pressing, but my copy sounds fine
- Mel Brown - recent Verve reissue done at Third Man
- Karma - Chad did this one, I assume it's a good one
- Alice - recent Verve reissue done at Third Man
Joe Mac
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Did he actually sell off his collection though? I remember him offering it for some ridiculous price and saying local pickup only, and then getting annoyed when people asked if he'd sell individual records.
It was definitely an odd situation. I remember getting super annoyed anytime VMP pressed something he didn't like, like it was their fault
He wasn’t a nice person. On the old forum he used to gaslight anyone who had pressing problems on a record and shout over their complaints.
Also used to be very outspoken, acted like the forums official spokesperson and couldn’t deal with disagreement. Everyone who disagreed, no matter how minorly was orchestrating some kind of mass witch hunt style pile up.
Also he wanted the whole discogs median $65k, local pick up only. Didn’t like people kindly, initially, pointing out that he couldn’t realise that in one drop. Was told collector not could afford that and that a dealer would knock at least 40% off because they have to make a profit. Apparently these were bad faith attacks
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bdm105
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Interesting:
Vinyl Me, Please Adds Former Mondo Co-Founder Rob Jones and Creative Director Alan Hynes to the Team
Vinyl Me, Please is proud to announce today the additions of Rob Jones as Executive Creative Director and Alan Hynes as Senior Creative Director to its team.Grammy Award-winning designer Rob Jones, joining VMP from his role as co-founder at Mondo, brings a wealth of experience in the creative...
TYLER STOUT X VMP SLIPMAT #0001
Professional grade felt slipmat featuring artwork from Washington artist Tyler Stout’s celebrated Welcome Home print. Great for slip-cuing, but mostly makes your record player look marvelous.
I'm excited about this. There are a ton of artists who will work with them after how everything will shake out
Nee Lewman
बैस्टर्ड
He was nice but quirky. I’m not nice, y’all seem okay with me…
walkingdogs
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I think they are just aiming to do all their ROTM tracks and then anything else is a bonus for them, if they even take that on. I don't see them pressing much outside of their ROTMs at the new plant though.
zdkaiser
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The definition of Lost Sounds Found.
lonestarlahr
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Love the idea of more premium, artist-led packaging (for soundtracks or other releases). But definitely worried about price.
Joe Mac
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He really wasn’t to me. But then the old place, and here in the beginning but not so much now, could be really cliquey with the longer term forumers.
You’re grand, just a bit grouchy, that I can deal with.
Skalap
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He was my first contact with the VMP community. I added Irma Thomas to Discogs before receiving it so he did what he could to have my entry removed and them messaged me telling me "per rule blah blah blah you can't do that". I was like, ok whatever. Do it yourself when you have it. I then found the forum and when I read one of his post for the first time I knew it was the same person.
I never engaged any conversation with him but he was one of the most active forumer. I think he was not enjoying records after all and fell in a hole he couldn't see himself out. It was complete FOMO.