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

Sonicpharmacist said:
Are you new to VMP? This type of fiasco is a farily regular experience, so the ball is absolutely in their court to make the paying customer happy. Asking them to do so doesn’t make me a twat.
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VMP promised a thing. I tried to purchase said thing. I could not purchase said thing due to website failing.

I am now the bad guy for wanting thing and being unable to purchase and being upset?
 
Mather said:
Pretty sure this was one of the Capitol fires masters that was lost.
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Nah, check out that link I posted. Plangent is transferring from tapes and then cleaning the sound up with their software. Mentioned here too:

The master tapes for all 12 albums were transferred and restored using Jamie Howarth’s Plangent Process playback system, which removes machine noise and unwanted fluctuations from the original analog recordings. “The experience of it is more like you’re listening to Garner through the monitors in a professional studio, rather than listening to him off the tape copy,” said Peter Lockhart, senior producer of the project and vice president of Octave Music
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downbeat.com

12 Erroll Garner Albums Reissued in Octave Remastered Series

Fans of pianist Erroll Garner (1923–’77) have rejoiced in recent years, as reissues and new titles have shone a spotlight on the work of the legendary Pittsburgh native. The resurgence continues with the 12-album Octave Remastered…
downbeat.com downbeat.com

Can't remember who posted that first in the Classics thread or I'd give them credit.

edit: thanks @hatfieldpdx!
 
TheThinWhiteDuke said:
It's because Plangent Process has a digital step.

HOWEVER.

I would take a Plangent Processed remaster over almost any original AAA source unless it was already impeccably mastered. Plangent is AWESOME.
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If anyone is knocking the Plangent process, they haven't heard it. The high end Grateful Dead commercial releases are put through Plangent and it really does wonders to analog source material. The recent June 1976 box set (on CD or Hi-Res digital) will show you what it is capable of.
 
I see the swaps as a bit of a lottery they throw a couple rare ones in to generate some buzz, I doubt they're going to make anything right. But who knows when I swapped for Parliament and Desert Sessions last month they just took the swaps away and said sorry oversold. When I swapped for Bandana they gave me a 40 dollar credit (then Bandana showed up) you win some you lose some I guess.
 
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Sonicpharmacist said:
Are you new to VMP? This type of fiasco is a farily regular experience, so the ball is absolutely in their court to make the paying customer happy. Asking them to do so doesn’t make me a twat.
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Been on and off for the past 3 years but like to think I keep up to date on their goings on.

Not claiming anyone is bad for being upset that they may have wasted time or they missed out on the item they wanted but upset enough to demand VMP set things right? Since the site went down is every member now entitled to a discount/refund/access to a limited product?

That is where my beef lies, folk demanding reparations for the site going down.
 
DevonJD said:
in another swap related note, that Woodstock box set came today
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I was told by the Post Office mine was sent to a different zip code where books go. It ill be redirected to my zip code at some point, I don't understand what any of that meant but at least it's not lost I guess.
 
Wow. I bought back in for the free month. I knew better. I really did, but free vinyl.
Stooges arrived with big seam splits. Multiple emails, nothing but canned replies. Never did get a reply.
Waiting for the drop today, because I had a feeling I'd want a swap. Sure enough, I did and there it is... Phrenology. Tried for almost an hour.
Emailed. More canned responses, plus they didn't even read the thing (I brought up my Stooges, no reply).
Finally able to swap, but Phrenology? GONE. Outkast? Gone.
Guess what else is gone at the end of 3 months?
I knew better.

p.s. They responded in seconds when I called them out on IG. Remains to be seen if they do anything.
 
heartswells said:
Been on and off for the past 3 years but like to think I keep up to date on their goings on.

Not claiming anyone is bad for being upset that they may have wasted time or they missed out on the item they wanted but upset enough to demand VMP set things right? Since the site went down is every member now entitled to a discount/refund/access to a limited product?

That is where my beef lies, folk demanding reparations for the site going down.
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right != give me free shit

right == make the damn website function so this doesn't happen again
 
"Y'know, I think I'm gonna hop back onto VMP for a bit. That 3-months-for-the-price-of-2 deal is looking enticing, so I can start my membership with Phrenology, swap May's record for something really cool that they'll surely have, and end my membership with White Stripes. And who knows, maybe if things are smoother this time around I might let my membership renew!"

Oh, yesterday me. What an innocent, naive little bastard you were. Couldn't confirm my Frances Quinlan swap at all, and all my backup choices disappeared within seconds. I'll be happy to get my Roots and White Stripes records (if that happens lol), but seeing how little VMP has changed is just confirming my decision to steer clear for the most part
 
chrb98 said:
"Y'know, I think I'm gonna hop back onto VMP for a bit. That 3-months-for-the-price-of-2 deal is looking enticing, so I can start my membership with Phrenology, swap May's record for something really cool that they'll surely have, and end my membership with White Stripes. And who knows, maybe if things are smoother this time around I might let my membership renew!"

Oh, yesterday me. What an innocent, naive little bastard you were. Couldn't confirm my Frances Quinlan swap at all, and all my backup choices disappeared within seconds. I'll be happy to get my Roots and White Stripes records (if that happens lol), but seeing how little VMP has changed is just confirming my decision to steer clear for the most part
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Try customer service, they will usually manually swap out any record that is in stock,
 
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