blenoxsmith
Well-Known Member
My first stop is ALWAYS the bands' website to support them directly.
I just won't buy Target or Walmart variants.
I'd rather get a simple black vinyl pressing from my local record store than buy my vinyl from a big box retailer.
But Again - I need to transition away from my current snobbery.
I'm right here with you. In my earliest days of record purchasing circa 2014 I did buy some records from Amazon to start my collection, esp heavily pressed albums that showed up in the "deals" section of reddit threads or elsewhere. I bought quite a few amazing records for like $11-$13.
Now it's the band's site, bandcamp, and then my local store who I just call or email and they are amazing at getting what I want, even variants they don't even list on their own site. I haven't purchased anything from Target or Walmart since they got in on the vinyl game, and that's probably because my three current sources have had what I want.