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

Mather said:
Good catch on that GZ DMM, I didn't notice that before. Well that's actually better than a straight repress, I mean it ain't classics but... it's better than nothing...
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Yeah mixed feelings. I would almost always prefer a dedicated lacquer, but the few RJ / Sterling cuts I have were very rolled off in the bass. I find cuts from RKS or JNH at Sterling today to be much better (some of their recent hip-hop cuts have been amazing IMO), but I wouldn't doubt a GZ cut lacquer could best a conservative RJ cut.
 
In unrelated news, I got my 4th (!!) copy of Southerplaylistic in yesterday. Finally got a second disc with no marks, but sadly the disc was slightly warped. I'll take that for silent playback. I know a lot of folks here have issues with VMP CS, but I'm very glad they worked with me to get a decent copy of this. Still completely stupid that all 4 copies had some flaw with the play surfaces and I had to Frankenstien a good copy.
 
SanSeattle said:
How good is the quality of Loretta's Fist City? Thinking about adding a track to swap for it and saving a whopping $1 haha.

Added Essentials to swap for Alex Cameron. Man, those 3 released tracks are something else. Super excited for this record.
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I swapped for Fist City. Everything I have read has been positive. It’s a fairly short album but they pressed it at 45rpms. So I am on board. Plus it’s first time it’s been reissued in any format since 1968 and there are only 1000 albums of em (they’ll stick around for a while but once they are gone they’re gone).
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I swapped for Fist City. Everything I have read has been positive. It’s a fairly short album but they pressed it at 45rpms. So I am on board. Plus it’s first time it’s been reissued in any format since 1968 and there are only 1000 albums of em (they’ll stick around for a while but once they are gone they’re gone).
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45RPM?? Somehow, I missed that detail this whole time! Been thinking about grabbing this, and that detail alone pushes me closer to it just because it's interesting lol
 
SanSeattle said:
How good is the quality of Loretta's Fist City? Thinking about adding a track to swap for it and saving a whopping $1 haha.

Added Essentials to swap for Alex Cameron. Man, those 3 released tracks are something else. Super excited for this record.
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I asked upthread and 3 members vouched for it, so I went for it as well. What interests me is the most is that one of the delays was ostensibly to locate tapes for the transfer, which would indicate a new master from the one that’s sitting on streaming services. Like a lot of neglected country albums, that master is a bit of a rocky mess, so hopefully this sounds much better. If it is indeed a new digital master this seems to be the only way to hear it. I do wish they had been able to get a dedicated lacquer cut though, but I’ll refrain from judgement till it ships.
 
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