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

[Holdsworthian]

Skip this one and get the longstanding Pure Pleasure pressing that was pressed at Pallas. I’ve had it for over 15 years and it’s still in print.

Max Roach - We Insist - Freedom Now Suite - Pure Pleasure LP

'This is a classic. At a time when the civil rights movement was starting to heat up, drummer Max Roach performed and recorded a seven-part suite dealing with black history (particularly slavery) and racism. 'Driva' Man' has a powerful statement by veteran tenor Coleman Hawkins and there is...

www.theingroove.com

I have this. This is great.

But ugh, I signed up in October for the three fall records (all of which are great) and am looking forward to the Webster but now starting to wonder about my next move. Being a kid of the 80s, I'm getting Columbia House vibes without the good prices.

 

[Holdsworthian]

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Where is Lionel Hampton when you need him?

 

[Twentytwo]

Anybody heard about hints for the upcoming ROTM's yet?

 

[hatfieldpdx]

Anybody heard about hints for the upcoming ROTM's yet?

If this was asked in sincerity, you might want to catch up on the thread above.

 

[Matt M]

Fire talk is starting a record club but based on how it took them to respond to my email and didn't ship my in stock album after a week so I canceled it. I'd go with a club who has better customer service

Fire Talk Record Club — Fire Talk

Welcome to the 2025 Fire Talk Record Club! If you’re a long time supporter of the label or just discovered us the Record Club is a way to get more new music to your turn table for the whole year & enjoy some of the best selling catalog titles in limited rare variants no longer available and

firetalkrecs.com

Lame-O records has one and you can sign up for a certain amount of their next releases and they are special versions of those.

Also just saw a Pacific NW one that Guerilla Candy and maybe a label/press are starting, first album is The Gits - Frenching The Bully. Musicology Music Club

 

[sulken]

Yikes. What a mess. Anybody got stuff in the store they want? I'll post something in the PIF thread - sorry to have missed out on PIFSgiving this year.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I was just thinking about the Rough Trade record club. Remember that shit show? Talk about fraud.

 

[bdm105]

I was just thinking about the Rough Trade record club. Remember that shit show? Talk about fraud.

Was that the one that had a burlap sack and a pinwheel thing?

 

[Twentytwo]

I was just thinking about the Rough Trade record club. Remember that shit show? Talk about fraud.

Does anything top Bandbox though?

 

[dbarila]

Does anything top Bandbox though?

What was the deal with Bandbox?

 

[boychik0830]

Yikes. What a mess. Anybody got stuff in the store they want? I'll post something in the PIF thread - sorry to have missed out on PIFSgiving this year.

The only things I'd want would be winner by overcoats or those days are over by wilsn but I can't participate in PIF because I don't have anything to offer and I wouldn't feel good about taking something from the PIF thread without offering something first.

 

[bdm105]

Oh no. Paully just said "people are in two buckets"

 

[Nee Lewman]

Oh no. Paully just said "people are in two buckets"

I think the bucket fiasco predated Pauly.

 

[bdm105]

I think the bucket fiasco predated Pauly.

I don't think so? But also the timeline is all blended in my head

 

[Nee Lewman]

I don't think so? But also the timeline is all blended in my head

You could be right. I do forget that those guys only seem to care about their own triggers.

 

[FremerLovesMp3s]

Call me crazy, but if a business model takes this much effort to explain, maybe it shouldn't be the business model?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Call me crazy, but if a business model takes this much effort to explain, maybe it shouldn't be the business model?

But it’s actually less complicated.

 

[Twentytwo]

What was the deal with Bandbox?

They were selling Bandbux for cheap to try to fund their operation a month before they went belly up. ROTM club, then it wasn't, never met shipping deadlines, lot of people on here are owed mulitple records from them.

 

[Skalap]

Can I say "

But it’s actually less complicated.

It's like a meal

 

[dbarila]

They were selling Bandbux for cheap to try to fund their operation a month before they went belly up. ROTM club, then it wasn't, never met shipping deadlines, lot of people on here are owed mulitple records from them.

Ah ok. I missed all that drama. I got some good stuff from them early on and never had any problems. But I suppose I could same the same about VMP.