R.I.P. VMP Forum

Indymisanthrope said:
How exactly does Anthology’s 5 hour sellout prove vinyl isn’t a fad?
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Fremer is on our side. Before our side was our side. He's saying that a 5 hour sellout proves vinyl is viable, as he has for 20 years.

He's also (diplomatically) pointing out that VMP isn't on their game. This isn't news to us, but may be to others.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I did like the comment about the listening notes. I always read them but there are only a few that I have re-read. Most feeling like an essay written using only Wikipedia and really don't add much in opinion.
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I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.

They need to hit the reset button and start over. Don't get me started on the tip on jacket for "A Night at the Opera". That album never had that type of jacket. It's flat out incorrect.

They are making me think of sleazy used car dealers that cover everything in Armor All to make things "shiny".
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I did like the comment about the listening notes. I always read them but there are only a few that I have re-read. Most feeling like an essay written using only Wikipedia and really don't add much in opinion.
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I’ve expressed my lack of enthusiasm about the listening notes before, and I am very much in agreement with you regarding the quality. I do have to say the Al Green Call Me notes are better than most. Of course they were written by Robert Gordon who has made a sizeable chunk of his career on writing about Memphis music.

On that note, go read ‘Memphis Rent Party’ seriously. Buy the album of the same name while you’re at it. Great stuff.
 
HiFi Guy said:
I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.
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Very easy mistake. The picture is really tiny, and VMP only sent him a scan of the thumbnail and he was really busy and he had a bunch of other papers to write and the exam schedule is really unfair this term. I heard you can get an extension if one of your grandparents dies? Is that right?
 
While venting about the listening notes, why did the Blossom Dearie booklet have to be pink? Part of what makes her story interesting is that she succeeded in a male-dominated field. I was thinking to myself when I first got the record, could VMP so stereotypical and simple minded? Nah. Yup, they sure could.

"What colour should the Blossom Dearie cover be?"
"Well with a name like it has to be pink. If we use any other colour our subscribers will surely complain."
 
HiFi Guy said:
Fremer is on our side. Before our side was our side. He's saying that a 5 hour sellout proves vinyl is viable, as he has for 20 years.

He's also (diplomatically) pointing out that VMP isn't on their game. This isn't news to us, but may be to others.
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I can see how that could have read like I was rolling my eyes at it, but I didn’t intend to. I just couldn’t figure out how A told me B. Your explanation makes sense, and you’re more familiar with the writer than I am. But I still think the opposite argument could pretty easily be made on the same evidence.
 
Dash said:
He has always had a soft spot for bro country. One of my first ever conversations with him was calling him out for talking crap about people who like Uncle Tupelo. He said something about how the only people that like UT are elitists who look down on “real country.” I took exception to him trash talking the people who listen, not the music (a huge pet peeve).

As it turns out, he’s a really great dude with strong opinions. One of those opinions is that Thomas Rhett, et al., are great. I disagree, but again, he’s a great dude with strong opinions.
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I give Storf credit for being the only one on VMP's staff who cares about country. He's responsible for the Willie, Cody Jinks, Tanya Tucker, John Prine, Colter Wall and Loretta releases and exclusives. Without him, I'd bet we'd never see any country releases. I am surprised he'd like bro country though. When I have communicated with him, he tends to leans towards classic/outlaw and current trad country artists.
 
Biscuit said:
I give Storf credit for being the only one on VMP's staff who cares about country. He's responsible for the Willie, Cody Jinks, Tanya Tucker, John Prine, Colter Wall and Loretta releases and exclusives. Without him, I'd bet we'd never see any country releases. I am surprised he'd like bro country though. When I have communicated with him, he tends to leans towards classic/outlaw and current trad country artists.
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At the same time he owns multiple Florida Georgia Line Records. *Shudder*
 
HiFi Guy said:
I read the excerpts from the Sister Rosetta Tharpe album. Some "expert" that they dug up from somewhere made note of the hollow body guitar on the cover.

It's one if the most famous guitars in the world- a solid body Gibson Les Paul. A Les Paul Standard Gold Top without the Humbucker pickups. This is not hard to spot.

They need to hit the reset button and start over. Don't get me started on the tip on jacket for "A Night at the Opera". That album never had that type of jacket. It's flat out incorrect.

They are making me think of sleazy used car dealers that cover everything in Armor All to make things "shiny".
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My main complaint is the glossy jackets. It ruins the album art. It's not visible in areas that light hits and I hate staring at my own finger smudges..
 
Biscuit said:
I give Storf credit for being the only one on VMP's staff who cares about country. He's responsible for the Willie, Cody Jinks, Tanya Tucker, John Prine, Colter Wall and Loretta releases and exclusives. Without him, I'd bet we'd never see any country releases. I am surprised he'd like bro country though. When I have communicated with him, he tends to leans towards classic/outlaw and current trad country artists.
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He's very inconsistent. On one hand he holds up Great music like Townes and John Prine while simultaneously defending "Bro Country" a genre that is heavily responsible for why people hate country. I'm still mad that he got "For The Sake Of The Song" out of all the Great Townes records
 
Count_Vader said:
He's very inconsistent. On one hand he holds up Great music like Townes and John Prine while simultaneously defending "Bro Country" a genre that is heavily responsible for why people hate country. I'm still mad that he got "For The Sake Of The Song" out of all the Great Townes records
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Well, I think we all have those "Likes" that kind of fall out of rank with our norms, lol. We like what we like, I'm sure the most dedicated "insert genre here" fan, has something most would scratch there heads over. I mean Barry Manilow hardly fits into a group with David Bowie, but I still think the mans a great songwriter (He lost me with Copa Cabana) and not too shabby for a guy who started his career writing jingles. :)
 
AnthonyI said:
Well, I think we all have those "Likes" that kind of fall out of rank with our norms, lol. We like what we like, I'm sure the most dedicated "insert genre here" fan, has something most would scratch there heads over. I mean Barry Manilow hardly fits into a group with David Bowie, but I still think the mans a great songwriter (He lost me with Copa Cabana) and not too shabby for a guy who started his career writing jingles. :)
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I am stuck on Band Aids, cause Band Aids stuck on me! - Barry Manilow
 
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