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

tonythegamer said:
Anyone have any good things to say about Busta Rhymes, Elton John, or the Salsoul Orchestra releases in swaps this month?
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I'm also curious as to the Busta and Salsoul. I think it's going to be an either or situation this month with the Country and Classics track (I already have Aesop and Iggy and no desire to double up - I picked up the 2LP Iggy with the Bowie and Iggy mixes and I don't know why I would go with the VMP otherwise).
 
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Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease

Hein-Hoffman Richter (a.k.a. Rod McKuem)'s 'Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease' is available on exclusive Antifreeze Green vinyl.
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VMP has the most obscure exclusives man. The amount of albums I listen to or comb through every week is already pretty extensive in terms of range from popular acts to underground acts but I have never once seen any of these bands pop up on my radar.

It’s nice because I get to discover even more music but not nice cause there’s never anything immediately tempting
 
Ghost said:
VMP has the most obscure exclusives man. The amount of albums I listen to or comb through every week is already pretty extensive in terms of range from popular acts to underground acts but I have never once seen any of these bands pop up on my radar.

It’s nice because I get to discover even more music but not nice cause there’s never anything immediately tempting
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My 12 month sub expires end of this month and one of the reasons I'm not renewing is that, despite having >$100 in store credit all year from swapping for credit because the ROTMs have gone downhill, I also can't find any store exclusives I want. In the past 12 month I have only bought 5 store exclusives.
 
Ghost said:
VMP has the most obscure exclusives man. The amount of albums I listen to or comb through every week is already pretty extensive in terms of range from popular acts to underground acts but I have never once seen any of these bands pop up on my radar.

It’s nice because I get to discover even more music but not nice cause there’s never anything immediately tempting
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It's nice because I usually safely ignore it, because if I'm walking into a record store I'm spending way too much money without giving VMP money for overpriced exclusives.

Ignorance is bliss.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
My 12 month sub expires end of this month and one of the reasons I'm not renewing is that, despite having >$100 in store credit all year from swapping for credit because the ROTMs have gone downhill, I also can't find any store exclusives I want. In the past 12 month I have only bought 5 store exclusives.
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I'd much rather buy the albums I want online or from a record store then spend $40 on the ROTMs plus whatever the store drops costs on things that have I zero interest in owning. The last ROTMs I was actually excited about was the doors and bella donna. The last store drop I could honestly say I was interested in was Giving the World Away by Hatchie but I got the Secretly membership version which honestly was a better value for me as I joined for three months and I got two other albums I was interested in owning as well.
 
Twentytwo said:
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www.vinylmeplease.com

Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease

Hein-Hoffman Richter (a.k.a. Rod McKuem)'s 'Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease' is available on exclusive Antifreeze Green vinyl.
www.vinylmeplease.com www.vinylmeplease.com
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I saw this one on the Real Gone website a few days back and have been meaning to check it out. I definitely love the title, and it seems like the kind of weirdness I'd be into. But definitely an odd choice for an exclusive.
 
Hemotep said:
I'm not sure. I only looked a couple days ago because I forgot it was a 45, remembering that made my disappointment immediately evaporate.
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The standard pressing seems a little tight with the number of songs for a single LP, so I was kind of curious about them spreading it out on to two LPs. But I had a hard time pulling the trigger with it being from the new plant and all and the price. But now that it's furnace....
 
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How much do y'all think VMP loses on all these exclusives that just sit untouched? Or do they actually do quite well on exclusives?
 
Ghost said:
How much do y'all think VMP loses on all these exclusives that just sit untouched? Or do they actually do quite well on exclusives?
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I assume that they make enough money off of them on the front end or we would see reductions in quantities and selection. This is not a low profit business. Also, they outsource their warehousing anyhow so I don't imagine it hurts their cost until they reach a new threshold which I am sure they offset with sales and renew or join today to get x amount of records.

I actually imagine that the profits are tighter on the ROTM because of their exclusivity desires. I imagine that Sturgill and even Madlib were tests of the water to see what it looks like when it isn't truly exclusive from a catalog title standpoint to look at banking on anniversary tagalongs in the future to reduce those costs.
 
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