Vinyl Me Please Essentials

[duke86fan]

BGC seems like an interesting artist.. one of the first trans artists to be an ROTM.. and it fit the clue since it was only released twice (once in Canada, next in the netherlands)

 

[avecigrec]

Definitely surprised by the Beverly Glenn Copeland album. Need to give that another listen.

Very happily surprised. What a great note to go out on!

 

[siremobunny]

De-Loused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta's 'De-Loused in the Comatorium' is the Essentials Record of the Month for July 2021. It comes on 2LP Gold & Black Marble vinyl.

www.vinylmeplease.com

pressed at Gz

standard weight too...not sure if the official release is 180g or not

 

[Gavaxeman]

Mars V swapped for John Prine ..which was nice

 

[Tortured Diaper Baby Dept]

Nothing wrong with any of these picks per se but didn't Storf say something about what a time to be alive? Someone check his pulse cause he must be on life support

 

[jfitzy]

Excited for Wu-Tang. Very curious to hear how this sounds on 2 LPs.

 

[Ghost]

Listening to Beverly Glenn Copeland right now, VERY pleasant so far. Completely unfamiliar.

 

[avecigrec]

Listening to Beverly Glenn Copeland right now, VERY pleasant so far. Completely unfamiliar.

Best surprise of the batch! An absolute delight whose resurgence of late is well deserved.

 

[debar22]

Excited for Wu-Tang. Very curious to hear how this sounds on 2 LPs.

Yeah, I'm curious to hear this too. I always assumed the lo-fi quality of the album was either due to the recording & mixing and even partially due to how RZA sampled on his EPS & ASR.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Yeah, I'm curious to hear this too. I always assumed the lo-fi quality of the album was either due to the recording & mixing and even partially due to how RZA sampled on his EPS & ASR.

All of that is true but you’d image you get a bigger sounding version if the tracks have more room to breath potentially resulting in a more booming low end. The album is 61 minutes in length so depending on where the decide to make the cut offs for each side you are talking about approximately 15 minutes per side which should be fantastic. The only limit they would have is based on the compression of the source material so I don’t know how large the gains will be but I’d imagine there is still some room and given it’s arguable the greatest Rap album of all time I am excited to hear the final results too.

 

[jaycee]

Can you add tracks and swap still?

 

[Mather]

All of that is true but you’d image you get a bigger sounding version if the tracks have more room to breath potentially resulting in a more booming low end. The album is 61 minutes in length so depending on where the decide to make the cut offs for each side you are talking about approximately 15 minutes per side which should be fantastic. The only limit they would have is based on the compression of the source material so I don’t know how large the gains will be but I’d imagine there is still some room and given it’s arguable the greatest Rap album of all time I am excited to hear the final results too.

Welp, I guess I'm in for copy #3.
MOV Copy #2 YOU'D BETTER START PULLING YOUR WEIGHT AROUND HERE OR YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF RELEGATED TO COPY #3 PRETTY EFFING QUICK.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Can you add tracks and swap still?

Yup

 

[Hollywood]

Can you add tracks and swap still?

I don't see why not.

 

[duke86fan]

i am pretty sure they ONLY did wu tang as 2LP not for sound quality but to make the album in the original sequencing

 

[Andy]

i am pretty sure they ONLY did wu tang as 2LP not for sound quality but to make the album in the original sequencing

I’m sure it’s both. it’ll definitely sound better spread over 2 12s

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I’m sure it’s both. it’ll definitely sound better spread over 2 12s

Agreed. Rap albums almost always sound better spread over two LPs. Heavy bass requires wide grooves.

 

[bdrummond]

Giving Beverly-Glenn Copeland a play. Seems more of a Classics pick, no? Wonder why they chose it for Essentials. Not bad but I don't think I'll be picking that up. Otherwise I'm in for RHH/Classics for the next three months and debating updating my Wu.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

debating updating my Wu.

oh you know your gonna grab it. Everyone’s gonna update their Wu’s.

 

[The Voidoid]

Giving Beverly-Glenn Copeland a play. Seems more of a Classics pick, no? Wonder why they chose it for Essentials. Not bad but I don't think I'll be picking that up. Otherwise I'm in for RHH/Classics for the next three months and debating updating my Wu.

Agreed. Wondering if they maybe felt like they couldn't sell the folkiness of it in the Classics track. It's a fascinating record, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't get a lot of spins in my house. I'll likely be swapping it for the Bill Withers or Outkast next month.