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

NathanRicaud said:
YES, YAASS, YEAH BABY!!!!! 🍾💃🕺

Storf said that for the October ROTM’s, two of them will have exclusives paired with them! 🥳

Because we already got exclusives for the future October Classics ROTM (the Fania Records exclusives), it looks like we will get exclusives to go with the Essentials and Rap & Hip-Hop ROTM’s! 🤗
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or it could be that he is counting the already existing fania exclusives as one of the two
 
Mather said:
For the record I just wrote them a letter, it is as follows...

I just wanted to write a quick note about this Joel Ross Exclusive pressing from BlueNote that you guys put out this month. The music is great but this is a really disappointing pressing and package considering the price. This is a noisy record, every quiet passage is just covered in background noise and fuzz, and it's covered in pops and clicks likely from the super cheap paper sleeves that it was shipped with because they're basically sandpaper on any vinyl they touch. With the high quality pressings that VMP puts out every month in the classics subscription it's really disappointing to pay $33 USD for a Bluenote album and have it arrive with the cheapest gatefold and paper inner sleeves possible and to have the actual pressing of the album be so bad. This is worse than any of my Bluenote 75 pressings, and they are RENOWN for how bad they are but at least they only cost about 18 dollars each brand new.

I don't know that's there's specifically anything wrong with my copy that isn't the same on all the rest of them but if VMP is trying to make a name for itself when it comes to high quality audiophile quality releases these types of pressings shouldn't happen or at the very least they should be about 10 dollars cheaper. I don't usually say this when it comes to VMP but I feel like I got ripped off on this one.

-I'm sure they'll just offer me another which will sound exactly the same but I just think they need to hear this stuff sometimes...
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Djxfactor511 said:
RE: Joel Ross -

Mine sounds exactly the same as how y'all are describing it.

I even cleaned it again and my needle just to be sure.
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Damn this is really gutting news. This has been the record I have been most anticipating from VMP far a long long while. I've mentioned a few times that I was able to see Joel Ross perform live in a tiny venue in London (me and @NathanRicaud tag-teamed his 2 day residency and covered a day each) and it was superb. Especially considering the vibraphone is a rare instrument to see used nowadays. Its a shame that such a great up-and-coming artist should have such a shitty pressing for their first release.

According to the tracking I should be receiving my package today (Joel Ross, Comet is Coming, Knxwledge, Isley Brothers) and will spin Kingmaker first with crossed fingers.
 
Selaws said:
Damn this is really gutting news. This has been the record I have been most anticipating from VMP far a long long while. I've mentioned a few times that I was able to see Joel Ross perform live in a tiny venue in London (me and @NathanRicaud tag-teamed his 2 day residency and covered a day each) and it was superb. Especially considering the vibraphone is a rare instrument to see used nowadays. Its a shame that such a great up-and-coming artist should have such a shitty pressing for their first release.

According to the tracking I should be receiving my package today (Joel Ross, Comet is Coming, Knxwledge, Isley Brothers) and will spin Kingmaker first with crossed fingers.
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Yeah it sucks. I mean it's possible we just got a bad batch. But a bad batch of 500? They're probably all like this unfortunately. The thing is this was apparently mastered by Kevin Gray so I don't know who plated and pressed it but whomever it was they did a horrible job. There's no info regarding that on the site, but I'm guessing maybe Memphis since VMP seems pretty enamoured with them these days...
 
Selaws said:
Damn this is really gutting news. This has been the record I have been most anticipating from VMP far a long long while. I've mentioned a few times that I was able to see Joel Ross perform live in a tiny venue in London (me and @NathanRicaud tag-teamed his 2 day residency and covered a day each) and it was superb. Especially considering the vibraphone is a rare instrument to see used nowadays. Its a shame that such a great up-and-coming artist should have such a shitty pressing for their first release.

According to the tracking I should be receiving my package today (Joel Ross, Comet is Coming, Knxwledge, Isley Brothers) and will spin Kingmaker first with crossed fingers.
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Mather said:
Yeah it sucks. I mean it's possible we just got a bad batch. But a bad batch of 500? They're probably all like this unfortunately. The thing is this was apparently mastered by Kevin Gray so I don't know who plated and pressed it but whomever it was they did a horrible job. There's no info regarding that on the site, but I'm guessing maybe Memphis since VMP seems pretty enamoured with them these days...
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I'll be cleaning my copy tomorrow and will report back as well. I'll be interested to see if similar reviews of the standard black pressing start popping up soon.
 
oldschoolkirby said:
I'll be cleaning my copy tomorrow and will report back as well. I'll be interested to see if similar reviews of the standard black pressing start popping up soon.
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A user on discogs suggests the standard is the same. I always assumed VMP just did coloured presses of current releases at the same plant using same stampers as the standard variant so I'm not too surprised that they are all alike.
 
Mr Moore said:
A user on discogs suggests the standard is the same. I always assumed VMP just did coloured presses of current releases at the same plant using same stampers as the standard variant so I'm not too surprised that they are all alike.
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I've asked Tyler who pressed it so we'll see but yes if that review of the black version is one to go on these are all bad. I can't think KG would be overly thrilled at this. I've never heard a KG master that sounded this bad, so sometime seriously dropped the ball on this one.
 
Mather said:
I've asked Tyler who pressed it so we'll see but yes if that review of the black version is one to go on these are all bad. I can't think KG would be overly thrilled at this. I've never heard a KG master that sounded this bad, so sometime seriously dropped the ball on this one.
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Yeah, it is a shame. I was just gonna grab a standard when I see it over here but I think I'll give it a miss now.
 
Mather said:
Tyler responded and offered to replace the album but also offered some credit's instead since I wasn't really claiming I got a bad one, more that it just wasn't a good pressing in general. So as usual CS steps up which is nice but doesn't solve the issue really. Still, I'm glad they've heard my complaint. I'll likely take the credits but if anyone gets a clean copy I will try for another, but I'm very much doubting that will happen, I suspect this is just what this one sounds like unfortunately...
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I decided to spin my Joel Ross last night to check out the sound. I don't have the most high-end set up, but I have a decent player with an Ortofon Red cartridge. The static and noise are very noticeable, especially during the quiet parts of Touched By An Angel. I sent an email this morning.

On another note, The Isley Brothers sounds fantastic and Skull Snaps turned out to be a great surprise.
 
Mr Moore said:
Yeah, it is a shame. I was just gonna grab a standard when I see it over here but I think I'll give it a miss now.
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If you can get it cheap it's not the worst. The louder passages sound good, it's just the quiet ones especially on side A and B that are rough. But the 33 dollar price tag for cheap as dirt pressing, jacket, and sleeves is galling. It's highway robbery.
 
oldschoolkirby said:
I'll be cleaning my copy tomorrow and will report back as well. I'll be interested to see if similar reviews of the standard black pressing start popping up soon.
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Mr Moore said:
A user on discogs suggests the standard is the same. I always assumed VMP just did coloured presses of current releases at the same plant using same stampers as the standard variant so I'm not too surprised that they are all alike.
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Mather said:
I've asked Tyler who pressed it so we'll see but yes if that review of the black version is one to go on these are all bad. I can't think KG would be overly thrilled at this. I've never heard a KG master that sounded this bad, so sometime seriously dropped the ball on this one.
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Just done a bit of digging and Tone Poet Guru - Joe Harley commented on his copy (look at the bottom comment) saying that its 'nice and quiet although slightly warped. Not enough to cause any issues but worth a mention'. In fact theres a few users commenting on warps but saying that their copy sounds fine. Making me wonder if theres just a bad batch amongst some good presses?
 
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