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

gregathon said:
The Orchestra Baobab and Ali Farka Toure albums are from World Circuit Records (same label as Buena Vista Social Club) It seems like Orchestra Baobab is getting a standard release from them, but did not see a vinyl pressing of this particular Ali Farka Toure album.

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World Circuit Records - Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniv LP)

Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniv LP)
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Thanks for the heads up! I may pick up the standard release from them. Listening to it on Spotify right now and I’m really liking it.

Edit: $22 shipping to the States. Damn. I may have to buy from VMP...
 
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gregathon said:
The Orchestra Baobab and Ali Farka Toure albums are from World Circuit Records (same label as Buena Vista Social Club) It seems like Orchestra Baobab is getting a standard release from them, but did not see a vinyl pressing of this particular Ali Farka Toure album.

shop.worldcircuit.co.uk

World Circuit Records - Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniv LP)

Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles (50th Anniv LP)
shop.worldcircuit.co.uk shop.worldcircuit.co.uk
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Yes according to JPC the standard 2 lp of Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles is coming up on September 25th. Also don't see anything about the Ali Farka Toure album.
 
MadLucas said:
After weeks of "meh," I want the bundle and that Bar-Kays.
My wallet is just grateful that every week is NOT like this.
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Mmmmmmmm! I did not care for any of the drops last week or the week before, but this week has me like 👏😍🙋‍♂️😇🕺👀🙏 with nearly all the store drops!

Orchestra Baobab’s “Specialist in All Styles” is a magnificent store exclusive! One of the best store exclusives this year in my opinion, in regards of the music! I’m hoping the pressing sounds great! 🤞🙇‍♂️💎

Ali Farka Touré and The Bar-Keys were also exclusives I wanted and grabbed! I absolutely loved what I heard from briefly listening to both those albums! 👍
 
Does anyone have for Guy Davies (Ali, Baobab) on analog and with this type of music? -- I don't see of ton of references and his recent work is across a pretty broad spectrum. That combined with GZ are the big open questions for me... the two albums are great :)
 
Selaws said:
Calling @Poly-Rythmo
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Thanks, but it's got a general release and I'm totally done with VMP so I'll just get the normal one. Orchestre Baobab are one of the greatest ever African bands and I'd really recommend this (although, somewhat snobbily, I'd say the original versions of these songs from the 70s are the best).
EDIT: Just seen Ali Farka Toure, and I'd be more interested in this as haven't seen an announcement for a reissue. That said his red and green albums aren't that expensive to pick up as OGs - I've seen them for about £45 each but had been waiting to pick them up both from the same seller.
 
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Ali Farka Toure is the man. If this will be available elsewhere, then I’ll wait. I am embarrassed by how I learned of him though—an ex made me watch Unfaithful with her years ago and it’s a very noticeable needle drop
 
NathanRicaud said:
Mmmmmmmm! I did not care for any of the drops last week or the week before, but this week has me like 👏😍🙋‍♂️😇🕺👀🙏 with nearly all the store drops!

Orchestra Baobab’s “Specialist in All Styles” is a magnificent store exclusive! One of the best store exclusives this year in my opinion, in regards of the music! I’m hoping the pressing sounds great! 🤞🙇‍♂️💎

Ali Farka Touré and The Bar-Keys were also exclusives I wanted and grabbed! I absolutely loved what I heard from briefly listening to both those albums! 👍
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How's that vinyl diet going Nathan? ;)
 
TCell said:
How's that vinyl diet going Nathan? ;)
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It’s going great thanks! Haven’t purchased much vinyl in the last few weeks! 👍

I’ve only purchased three VMP exclusives in here last few weeks, haven’t purchased anything from Urban Outfitters and only purchased Lianne La Havas’ new album from Amazon! I haven’t purchased anything from my local too and haven’t purchased anything extra from Wax Buyers Club. No Discogs purchases in the last month! I’ve only purchased around 6 records in the last 15 days all together I’d say! 👏👏👏

Going to continue to limit my purchases, and hopefully get it to around only 2 vinyl purchases per week max! Going to delete my Amazon account soon so then I only purchase records from my local, which in turn will mean less purchases, from the VMP store and from Wax Buyers Club! 😊
 
NathanRicaud said:
It’s going great thanks! Haven’t purchased much vinyl in the last few weeks! 👍

I’ve only purchased three VMP exclusives in here last few weeks, haven’t purchased anything from Urban Outfitters and only purchased Lianne La Havas’ new album from Amazon! I haven’t purchased anything from my local too and haven’t purchased anything extra from Wax Buyers Club. No Discogs purchases in the last month! I’ve only purchased around 6 records in the last 15 days all together I’d say! 👏👏👏

Going to continue to limit my purchases, and hopefully get it to around only 2 vinyl purchases per week max! Going to delete my Amazon account soon so then I only purchase records from my local, which in turn will mean less purchases, from the VMP store and from Wax Buyers Club! 😊
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Never change Nathan. You are my favourite internet personality.
 
NathanRicaud said:
It’s going great thanks! Haven’t purchased much vinyl in the last few weeks! 👍

I’ve only purchased three VMP exclusives in here last few weeks, haven’t purchased anything from Urban Outfitters and only purchased Lianne La Havas’ new album from Amazon! I haven’t purchased anything from my local too and haven’t purchased anything extra from Wax Buyers Club. No Discogs purchases in the last month! I’ve only purchased around 6 records in the last 15 days all together I’d say! 👏👏👏

Going to continue to limit my purchases, and hopefully get it to around only 2 vinyl purchases per week max! Going to delete my Amazon account soon so then I only purchase records from my local, which in turn will mean less purchases, from the VMP store and from Wax Buyers Club! 😊
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ONLY 6 in the last 15 days?! That’s my haul every two months 😂😂😂. No judgement though, more power to ya, if I could afford it I’d order probably 30 records every month 🙏🏼
 
Ghost said:
ONLY 6 in the last 15 days?! That’s my haul every two months 😂😂😂. No judgement though, more power to ya, if I could afford it I’d order probably 30 records every month 🙏🏼
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If my travelling plans didn’t get cancelled and if I didn’t take out my retirement fund, I would have definitely of purchased less vinyl in the last 3 months! 🙈🙊 Because of those two things occurring, I was able to splurge and get a lot of good stuff (a lot of Analogue Productions + MoFi + Blue Note pressings). Now I’m starting to go back to normal, which I say would be around 5 records a fortnight! 😌

I’m going to try and do 2 albums a week from August. Going to delete Amazon account starting from August, which means no more Blue Note Tone Poet and Blue Note 80 albums! This will leave me only with my local, VMP and Wax Buyers Club (I only get two albums a month maximum from Wax Buyers Club). So yeah, I’m feeling good about cutting back! But also, I have been really enjoying all the recent albums I’ve been getting too! 💎🎯

Also, I just got my tax return and got AUD$1700, so I’m going to put $1,000 in my savings account, which will contribute to my next trip after New Zealand, and the $700 will be for the Herbie Hancock Anthology Boxset! 🤗🎁🙌
 
NathanRicaud said:
If my travelling plans didn’t get cancelled and if I didn’t take out my retirement fund, I would have definitely of purchased less vinyl in the last 3 months! 🙈🙊 Because of those two things occurring, I was able to splurge and get a lot of good stuff (a lot of Analogue Productions + MoFi + Blue Note pressings). Now I’m starting to go back to normal, which I say would be around 5 records a fortnight! 😌

I’m going to try and do 2 albums a week from August. Going to delete Amazon account starting from August, which means no more Blue Note Tone Poet and Blue Note 80 albums! This will leave me only with my local, VMP and Wax Buyers Club (I only get two albums a month maximum from Wax Buyers Club). So yeah, I’m feeling good about cutting back! But also, I have been really enjoying all the recent albums I’ve been getting too! 💎🎯

Also, I just got my tax return and got AUD$1700, so I’m going to put $1,000 in my savings account, which will contribute to my next trip after New Zealand, and the $700 will be for the Herbie Hancock Anthology Boxset! 🤗🎁🙌
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Here's a method I've been employing to limit my vinyl spending: I have a rule that before I purchase a new record I need to have listened to 10% of my current collection. So for me, if I want to buy a record, I have to have listened to ~15 albums.. if I'm not doing much in the way of listening to the albums I own, then I don't feel that justified purchasing new vinyl. Then, obviously, as my collection increases so too does the number of records I need to listen to. You can modify the % value depending but I find this gets me spinning more vinyl rather than just buying it. I think you said you've got ~800 records, so that's 80 albums you want to be listening to before you add #801 ;)
 
mudketeer said:
Here's a method I've been employing to limit my vinyl spending: I have a rule that before I purchase a new record I need to have listened to 10% of my current collection. So for me, if I want to buy a record, I have to have listened to ~15 albums.. if I'm not doing much in the way of listening to the albums I own, then I don't feel that justified purchasing new vinyl. Then, obviously, as my collection increases so too does the number of records I need to listen to. You can modify the % value depending but I find this gets me spinning more vinyl rather than just buying it. I think you said you've got ~800 records, so that's 80 albums you want to be listening to before you add #801 ;)
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mmmm I love that way of thinking! That's a really cool idea! 💡 😇

hmmmm, I'm going to actually going to try and be really hard on myself with buying vinyl! Getting rid of Amazon means I can only get the PJ Harvey reissues through my local, as well as other pre-order records I know I'll want to get via Amazon (like the pre-order Amy Winehouse Half-Sped Abbey Road pressing of Frank), which means it will cost more but it means less vinyl! ☺

Love the way you limit your spending habits on vinyl though! It's creative and awesome! 😍(y)
 
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