Pre-Order Thread

I actually just cancelled $220 worth of preorders. I just needed to do that. Felt good. Cancelled my 2 Stereolab preorders (which I will still be buying), 2 Chance preorders (might snag Coloring Book still), the Crumb EP’s, and the Jeff Tweedy deluxe box.

Need to get back to buying records I NEED at a more deliberate pace. Fighting FOMO is hard as fuck. But no reason I can’t take a break and snag the Stereolab reissues in a month or so.
Just cancelled my Chances too. They’ve been up for long enough that there’s no way these won’t show up for a more accessible (shipping) price.
 
I likes this, pre-ordered. Looks like 34 left on the site.

This description alone should pique the interest of a certain few:

Bringing together their combined classic influences from bands like Lush, The Sundays, Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine, they developed their unique sound as it is today.
The FOMO got me. This is good stuff. After checking out their catalog on the label site a lot of those bands are right up my alley.

Check this one out: https://sodalilies.bandcamp.com/album/love-cemetery-tapes
 
Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies

@Sanders

For anyone interested, differences from the original black press:
*Colored vinyl (duh)
*Gatefold jacket (original was single pocket)
*8 page booklet (original had a one page insert)
*No CD
*Numbered, limited, all that jazz

Looks like pre-orders are selling out quick, even faster than Elect The Dead! Grab it fast! Got mine from Bullmoose.
 
Woah! SIGNED SERJ TANKIAN VINYL!

Signed presses of all of the Music On Vinyl reissues of Serj Tankian's catalog! Including a (so far) unannounced reissue of the Elect The Dead Symphony live album!

These are pricey, but really cool! Both the US and EU color variants are avaliable! Direct from his webstore! Most of these are limited to 100 signed copies, so act fast if you want one!

 
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Woah! SIGNED SERJ TANKIAN VINYL!

Signed presses of all of the Music On Vinyl reissues of Serj Tankian's catalog! Including a (so far) unannounced reissue of the Elect The Dead Symphony live album!

These are pricey, but really cool! Both the US and EU color variants are avaliable! Direct from his webstore!

I really want that signed elect the dead but I need to buy a car next month :( hope discogs is friendly with this one
 
$65 is a lot, but it's one of my favorite albums of all time. I might go cancel my unsigned copy and order this.

In a moment of clarity, I decided I don't need both new color presses. So I cancelled both of my pre-orders for the two colored presses, and ordered the gold/black mix signed one. So, one signed instead of two unsigned.
 
In a moment of clarity, I decided I don't need both new color presses. So I cancelled both of my pre-orders for the two colored presses, and ordered the gold/black mix signed one. So, one signed instead of two unsigned.
Which Serj album is his best solo one if your opinion?
 
Which Serj album is his best solo one if your opinion?

Elect The Dead is the most diverse, experimental and powerful, in my opinion. It tackles subjects of suicide, imperialism, poverty and environmental destruction in new ways that leave you to answer the questions the album proposes. Try the songs Empty Walls, Sky Is Over and Feed Us to get a good feel of the album. It's an incredible record.

Though, they're all amazing in their own ways. Imperfect Harmonies is more of an orchestral/alt rock record. Harakiri is more of a punk rock/alt metal record. All are fantastic!
 
Kano (arguably one of Londons greatest Grime artists) has a new album coming out at the end of August. Outrageously expensive at £32.99 (not including shipping) for a single 10 track Lp so might be worth waiting for it to drop in price, it doesnt seem limited. For those of you that want to pre order;

Heres the link to Kano's website and the album 'Hoodies All Summer'
 
Ayyyye! Appreciated! And @Dead C only cuz Mexican Summer sent me 2 of Jassbusters instead of 1 Jass and 1 Forever Dolphin Love

I think it's lasted because people see me in the rap hip hop threads all the time and assume my taste in other genres is skewed. IT'S KEWL GUYZ


Oh speaking of taste. This isn't for me but maybe for one of you lol New Iggy Azalea preorder

Did you ever end up getting Forever Dolphin Love? Curious to hear how that one sounds on vinyl. I'm gonna look to pick that one up as well. Been on a big Connan kick lately ever since I saw him live last month.
 
Woah! SIGNED SERJ TANKIAN VINYL!

Signed presses of all of the Music On Vinyl reissues of Serj Tankian's catalog! Including a (so far) unannounced reissue of the Elect The Dead Symphony live album!

These are pricey, but really cool! Both the US and EU color variants are avaliable! Direct from his webstore! Most of these are limited to 100 signed copies, so act fast if you want one!

I came here just to post this for ya haha.
 
My two cents on the Wilco controversy: this would be a bigger deal if fans had to pay $500 to have a copy of the record (in other words, if the $500 package was the only one available, and there were no cheaper options to buy the vinyl). Think VMP's Anthology, which required people to dish out big money if they wanted a reissue of certain long out-of-print Blue Note records. Or the Frank Ocean records. That is price gouging.

I feel that what Wilco is doing is different. Fans who want to buy the music can still do so at a reasonable price. Fans who want a $500 luxury item can pay $500 for it. Musicians have to make money to survive and save for retirement, too. If they think enough people will pay an absurd price for a weird book or a freaking axe, more power to them.
1. I think a lot of the Wilco conversation is just based in disappointment. I think it’s a ludicrous price. I’m not gonna not buy the record though.

2. How exactly did Frank Ocean gouge the customer? While a little pricey, neither Blonde or Endless approached egregious pricing and were well under some hip hop limited releases.
 
1. I think a lot of the Wilco conversation is just based in disappointment. I think it’s a ludicrous price. I’m not gonna not buy the record though.

2. How exactly did Frank Ocean gouge the customer? While a little pricey, neither Blonde or Endless approached egregious pricing and were well under some hip hop limited releases.
Ps I also don’t think anthology was gouging. The pricing was in line with similar pressings. Their failure to deliver on all aspects promised is another story altogether.
 
Ps I also don’t think anthology was gouging. The pricing was in line with similar pressings. Their failure to deliver on all aspects promised is another story altogether.
Charging those prices and not delivering on a top end product is 100% price gouging. I have very little problem with high prices as long as the product is worth it, and nothing that I've seen from Anthology is worth the price it was marked at. Hell, I would have bought Anthology no questions asked if I thought they were able to deliver on their promises.
 
Fleecing is fleecing doesn’t matter which market is getting the lion’s share.

Personally, I find the retail market raising its price in reaction to secondary performance more distasteful than a flipper.

Give us a fair price every time. Secondary market will do what secondary market will and the reason I find Newbury distasteful (and Music Matters and VMP - although this is one of their lesser evils) is because they react to secondary market pricing.
The way MM raises their price as stock gets lower is egregious to me. It's so infuriating. I think their regular pricing (especially when it started out) isn't that insane for what you get. I do find the Tone Poets to be of a similar quality though and I have gotten most of those for under $30.

At the rate everything is going though, pretty soon feels like a regular 1LP release is going to be $35-$40. I do think the bubble is going to burst soon and companies like Newbury and VMP are trying to squeeze every dollar out of it before it does.
 
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