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

NathanRicaud said:
Omg, that does look pretty commercial šŸ˜…šŸ‘€

But I thought straight away that this exclusive would go quick so thatā€™s why I said that line. And also because I think itā€™s such a ā€˜differentā€™ kind of VMP exclusive that I think itā€™s one not to miss if you do want to get it!

But omg, it does look like Iā€™m trying to make you buy the exclusive lol šŸ™ˆ
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It would have worked for me, but I went a bit overboard with VMP this month. Byrd, Fiona, Aretha, Living Legends, El-P, Roots ,William Bell, and Little Beaver.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
I don't think Teddy Pain's sound translates well to the vinyl medium. I'd play it once and shelve it for eternity. He's more of a digital vibemaster, but that's just me.
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Mmmmmmmmmmmm I know what you mean! Totally respect that! I would only pretty much spin the first three sides (A, B & C). I wouldnā€™t really spin Side D (maybe only on the first time to listen).
 
Rahawk2 said:
It would have worked for me, but I went a bit overboard with VMP this month. Byrd, Fiona, Aretha, Living Legends, El-P, Roots ,William Bell, and Little Beaver.
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Theyā€™re all great picks! šŸ’ŽšŸ”„šŸ‘

Apart from Little Beaver, and the 3 February ROTMā€™s (which I donā€™t have because none of them have shipped yet), those VMP exclusives are all great! William Bellā€™s Soul Of A Bell is definitely my favourite in there, along with Fiona Appleā€˜a The Idler Wheel... (I easily prefer The Idler Wheel... to her debut ā€œTidalā€).
 
NathanRicaud said:
Theyā€™re all great picks! šŸ’ŽšŸ”„šŸ‘

Apart from Little Beaver, and the 3 February ROTMā€™s (which I donā€™t have because none of them have shipped yet), those VMP exclusives are all great! William Bellā€™s Soul Of A Bell is definitely my favourite in there, along with Fiona Appleā€˜a The Idler Wheel... (I easily prefer The Idler Wheel... to her debut ā€œTidalā€).
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I missed the Idler wheel but Iā€™m pretty certain it will be back. I panicked and bought Bell and Living Legends because it looks like they might sell out real soon, and I really like both of them. I couldnā€™t bring my self to swap any this month, even though I have Aretha now I think VMPs will be special.
 
Jmcg85 said:
T Pain Epiphany was an instant buy for me @NathanRicaud no second thought. I would also like Rappa Ternt Sanga. Its bringing me back to a time of some really great music. I need some "The-Dream" on vinyl too šŸ”„
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Mmmmmmmm after VMP pressing TLC, N*E*R*D and Mariah Carey. And now especially after T-Pain and J.LO, I can 100% see VMP doing some The-Dream exclusives! I would especially love to have The-Dreamā€™s first two albums on vinyl! šŸ¤ž
 
NathanRicaud said:
Omg, that does look pretty commercial šŸ˜…šŸ‘€

But I thought straight away that this exclusive would go quick so thatā€™s why I said that line. And also because I think itā€™s such a ā€˜differentā€™ kind of VMP exclusive that I think itā€™s one not to miss if you do want to get it!

But omg, it does look like Iā€™m trying to make you buy the exclusive lol šŸ™ˆ
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Of course it does. You literally told every one to buy the exclusives in both posts.

I'm half-joking, but... look...

When you're discussing something like J-LO or T-Pain in a review, I think it's going to read weird for a couple of reasons.

One is that they are fucking HUGE. Most people aren't really looking for info about these artists. When you provide a review describing a lesser known artist or release, that makes more sense than describing music that I literally couldn't avoid when I tried to.

You also aren't describing the exclusive or pressing, as in "this seems to be pressed by..." or " I like this color way" or "this one came out really nice." Instead you are reviewing platinum selling albums by the tracks and then saying "buy this VMP exclusive!"

You could have easily said that, out of the two albums, you think On The 6 is a better choice. You also could have said that the T-Pain is a first time vinyl release and it feels like it might not stick around too long. There are several ways to express this stuff and even hype/suggest them while coming across as genuine, as you've done so often in the past, but these recent posts read poorly in my opinion.

And this may be a chicken or the egg scenario. Does it just come across like this, because we know you're being compensated for doing this? Even if you didn't initially post positive things expecting compensation, that's what happened and the terms expressed in the email was that they wanted to keep you on to keep cheerleading for them. Do you feel any subconscious responsibility to do so?

I don't know. What I do know is saying "Get it before you regret it!!!" and "buy this exclusive!!" Doesn't read as very organic statements, even if they are. To me at least. It feels like an ad. That being said, I won't crack jokes on them anymore. I know you are an enthusiastic guy. I was joking, but I'm not totally joking when I responded like that.
 
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Dead C said:
Of course it does. You literally told every one to buy the exclusives in both posts.

I'm half-joking, but... look...

When you're discussing something like J-LO or T-Pain in a review, I think it's going to read weird for a couple of reasons.

One is that they are fucking HUGE. Most people aren't really looking for info about these artists. When you provide a review describing a lesser known artist or release, that makes more sense than describing music that I literally couldn't avoid when I tried to.

You also aren't describing the exclusive or pressing, as in "this seems to be pressed by..." or " I like this color way" or "this one came out really nice." Instead you are reviewing platinum selling albums by the tracks and then saying "buy this VMP exclusive!"

You could have easily said that, out of the two albums, you think On The 6 is a better choice. You also could have said that the T-Pain is a first time vinyl release and it feels like it might not stick around too long. There are several ways to express this stuff and even hype/suggest them while coming across as genuine, as you've done so often in the past, but these recent posts read poorly in my opinion.

And this may be a chicken or the egg scenario. Does it just come across like this, because we know you're being compensated for doing this? Even if you didn't initially post positive things expecting compensation, that's what happened and the terms expressed in the email was that they wanted to keep you on to keep cheerleading for them. Do you feel any subconscious responsibility to do so?

I don't know. What I do know is saying "Get it before you regret it!!!" and "buy this exclusive!!" Doesn't read as very organic statemens, even if they are. To me at least. It feels like an ad. That being said, I won't crack jokes on them anymore. I know you are an enthusiastic guy. I was joking, but I'm not totally joking when I responded like that.
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Wait what? Nathan actually does work for VMP or gets compensated to cheerlead is this correct?

I feel duped. I thought all the enthusiasm & emojis I never knew existed and am very unlikely to ever use was all genuine? šŸ˜”

Anyone wanna buy my VMP collection for 60k? šŸ¤”

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ I'm joking on last 2 part but really?
 
Crabbers said:
Got another bullshit reply on my blossom order...itā€™s been 2 weeks and have only gotten the response ofwe are still backed up with issues and are working on it blah blah blah....

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If this was the most recent "restock", I tried to purchase one as well and they nixed it the next morning. Curious they are giving you the runaround.
 
Dead C said:
Of course it does. You literally told every one to buy the exclusives in both posts.

I'm half-joking, but... look...

When you're discussing something like J-LO or T-Pain in a review, I think it's going to read weird for a couple of reasons.

One is that they are fucking HUGE. Most people aren't really looking for info about these artists. When you provide a review describing a lesser known artist or release, that makes more sense than describing music that I literally couldn't avoid when I tried to.

You also aren't describing the exclusive or pressing, as in "this seems to be pressed by..." or " I like this color way" or "this one came out really nice." Instead you are reviewing platinum selling albums by the tracks and then saying "buy this VMP exclusive!"

You could have easily said that, out of the two albums, you think On The 6 is a better choice. You also could have said that the T-Pain is a first time vinyl release and it feels like it might not stick around too long. There are several ways to express this stuff and even hype/suggest them while coming across as genuine, as you've done so often in the past, but these recent posts read poorly in my opinion.

And this may be a chicken or the egg scenario. Does it just come across like this, because we know you're being compensated for doing this? Even if you didn't initially post positive things expecting compensation, that's what happened and the terms expressed in the email was that they wanted to keep you on to keep cheerleading for them. Do you feel any subconscious responsibility to do so?

I don't know. What I do know is saying "Get it before you regret it!!!" and "buy this exclusive!!" Doesn't read as very organic statemens, even if they are. To me at least. It feels like an ad. That being said, I won't crack jokes on them anymore. I know you are an enthusiastic guy. I was joking, but I'm not totally joking when I responded like that.
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Iā€™m guessing anytime Nathan posts about VMP records from this point onward everyoneā€™s reaction will be as follows:
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Jmcg85 said:
Wait what? Nathan actually does work for VMP or gets compensated to cheerlead is this correct?

I feel duped. I thought all the enthusiasm & emojis I never knew existed and am very unlikely to ever use was all genuine? šŸ˜”

Anyone wanna buy my VMP collection for 60k? šŸ¤”

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ I'm joking on last 2 part but really?
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They gave him his main track free for life to thank him for continuing to promote them and be positive through all their fuck ups. Whilst Nathan is Nathan and itā€™s only $400 a year, itā€™s still $400 to a non employee because he hypes them no matter what.

Nathan posted the email from them somewhere further back on this thread.

That said he hyped them before that and it was often nonsensically OTT and hyper positive then too.

I think it makes it even more clear that they are lurking in this forum as well tbh.
 
Joe Mac said:
They gave him his main track free for life to thank him for continuing to promote them and be positive through all their fuck ups. Whilst Nathan is Nathan and itā€™s only $400 a year, itā€™s still $400 to a non employee because he hypes them no matter what.

Nathan posted the email from them somewhere further back on this thread.

That said he hyped them before that and it was often nonsensically OTT and hyper positive then too.

I think it makes it even more clear that they are lurking in this forum as well tbh.
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If they are lurking WHY AREN'T THEY ANSWERING MY EMAIL, REDDIT DM, TWITTER DM AND INSTAGRAM DM. I JUST WANT ANSWERS!!!!
 
Joe Mac said:
They gave him his main track free for life to thank him for continuing to promote them and be positive through all their fuck ups. Whilst Nathan is Nathan and itā€™s only $400 a year, itā€™s still $400 to a non employee because he hypes them no matter what.

Nathan posted the email from them somewhere further back on this thread.

That said he hyped them before that and it was often nonsensically OTT and hyper positive then too.

I think it makes it even more clear that they are lurking in this forum as well tbh.
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Ah ok I missed all that thanks Joe

Well imo it sounds like Nathan has been transparent about what they have done and continued to just be himself. That's just the way I'm seeing it & is totally fine by me. As long as he continues to call out bad picks like he has previously and stays authentic I dont see any issues. šŸ‘šŸ»
 
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