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

Another funding round coming right up then.. Fucking hell. No wonder they haven’t had anyone able to reply to the query backlog when they’ve thrown all their resources at WHITEWASHING CRITICAL COMMENTS THAT ARE FAIR, HONEST AND JUST IN THEIR CRITICISM. Spineless company run by spineless people. How anyone can justify continuing to support them I do not know.

Hold tight the Reddit brethren in charge of the sub, they’ll try to come for your platform next. (And to use their full name in the hopes it increases the chances of appearing in any innocent newcomer or potential investors’ searches,) Vinyl Me, Please shut down their own forum because they couldn’t deal with the criticism of their own incompetence and it would look bad to investors, they’re now actively censoring comments on their social media because it’d look bad to investors. How about you run your business correctly so it’s attractive to investors on its own merit?
 
in 2015 the top 5 were...

www.forbes.com

Amazon Leads The Top Five Vinyl Retailers From 2014

While plenty of music lovers are opting not to own music anymore, sending their dollars to streaming services instead, vinyl has been the golden success story of the industry recently. Other forms of purchasing music—from CDs to digital downloads—all see declines every year now, but vinyl sales...
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While we on the subject, this is interesting also.

www.forbes.com

Vinyl Is Bigger Than We Thought. Much Bigger.

There's lots of talk of a resurgence of vinyl records, but industry sales numbers drastically understate the size of the market because they don't count used vinyl sales. New data tells us that the true vinyl market size is probably twice as large as industry figures report.
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displayname said:
I did NOT know MoFi was doing Supernatural. I will gladly double up on album I already have for that one.
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I have the original LP release of Supernatural. I believe it was digitally recorded. Also it has zero dynamic range. None. It's just loud on top of loud.

A better pressing won't fix this underlying problem. If they could actually remix it using an engineer that wasn't stone deaf, I might be interested. As much as I generally love MoFi albums, save your money on this one. You can't polish a turd.
 
Btsvinylfarm said:
Most rebounds were generally due to being bought out by another group.

Mobile Fidelity's bankruptcy, acquisition by Music Direct, and subsequent revival is one example.
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MoFi went down because a huge distributor went bankrupt. They had most of their eggs in one basket.

MoFi still had a good reputation when they shut their doors. The brand name still had value, which is what Music Direct bought.
 
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HiFi Guy said:
I have the original LP release of Supernatural. I believe it was digitally recorded. Also it has zero dynamic range. None. It's just loud on top of loud.

A better pressing won't fix this underlying problem. If they could actually remix it using an engineer that wasn't stone deaf, I might be interested. As much as I generally love MoFi albums, save your money on this one. You can't polish a turd.
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Some of Supernatural was recorded analog. The mastering on the 1999 original is just trash; way too hot. The 2009 Classic Records release is the best out there, as Bernie Grundman oversaw that effort. From Acoustic Sounds:

Santana's Supernatural is a collection of songs and collaborations between Carlos and a number of other great musicians including Rob Thomas and Eric Clapton. The album was done over a period of a year at many different studios with different engineers and producers. Classic Records LP issue of this multi-platinum album is a two record set presented in a luxurious gatefold jacket with a special insert prepared by Santana's own graphics team. This mastering and cutting was done by Bernie Grundman from the original masters with the remaining source tapes being original DAT masters decoded using the dB Technologies MK II D to A converter for cutting. The sound is great as is the playing. If you like Carlos and the Santana sound, then this LP is a must!
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It's unclear if this will get an OMR or a MFSL banner on the jacket.

HiFi Guy said:
MoFi went down because a huge distributor went bankrupt. They had most of their eggs in one basket.

MoFi still had a good reputation when they shut their doors. The brand name still had value, which is what Music Direct bought.
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Right, for sure. I was mainly just listing an example of a label rebounding, not necessarily one in VMP's position. I don't know if there's a good comparison for them
 
gouis said:
OK I don't go in for conspiracy theories, but them deleting all facebook content and IG comments is alarming.
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That and their auto response email saying they will take up to 2 weeks to catch up on requests indicated that have a lot going on (finally an official word). Then given the fact that support has been behind more than two weeks and the holidays are coming up.
I’d hate to be their accountant to see what extra charges (shipping / refunds / overtime) that has to happen before 2020.
 
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