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Journey to the Moon and Beyond

'Journey to the Moon and Beyond,' the 2023 release from the Mort Garson archives, is available on exclusive "Pluto" Marble vinyl.
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Twentytwo said:
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Supermodel of the World

The reissue of RuPaul's 1993 album, 'Supermodel of the World,' is available on exclusive Red Marble vinyl. $1 from each sale will go to translifeline.org to help with their mission of providing trans peer support across the US.
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You gotta woooork (to afford this)
 
Twentytwo said:
No Anthologies in swaps this month but Willie Live and Sublime are in there.
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Also HBMS's White People. I love most of the songs on it, but the skits just go on for way too long. I don't think I could stomach spinning it regularly on the turntable, which is a shame because I love So How's Your Girl so much.
 
NewsFedora said:
Also HBMS's White People. I love most of the songs on it, but the skits just go on for way too long. I don't think I could stomach spinning it regularly on the turntable, which is a shame because I love So How's Your Girl so much.
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I've been thinking and I will probably swap for HBMS actually. Willie Nelson seems to be the "most valuable" swap this month.
 
I've been a member since 2016, and I think I'm finally done. I have two months left on my sub, and I was thinking about just swapping for credit the rest of the way, and then re-joining on the 6+3 deal to grab Sly, Willie Live, and ???, but I don't think there is any guarantee those will be included in the free choices, right? And to me the only way VMP makes economical sense is if you do a 12 month sub ($36/month) but then I would have to choose 8 free records and there is no way I can find 8 records that I want from them. I keep thinking, well, with 5 tracks now there will always be at least one record I want, but then in reality I end up swapping for credit a lot because IMO the curation has gone downhill. I used to grab every Classics and now I feel like it's just a bunch of jazz titles that I don't need. Plus I'm running out of shelf space and I want to be more selective in my purchases.

Sorry for the one-man therapy session, curious to hear how others are justifying the continued cost of this membership, or if they're not.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I've been a member since 2016, and I think I'm finally done. I have two months left on my sub, and I was thinking about just swapping for credit the rest of the way, and then re-joining on the 6+3 deal to grab Sly, Willie Live, and ???, but I don't think there is any guarantee those will be included in the free choices, right? And to me the only way VMP makes economical sense is if you do a 12 month sub ($36/month) but then I would have to choose 8 free records and there is no way I can find 8 records that I want from them. I keep thinking, well, with 5 tracks now there will always be at least one record I want, but then in reality I end up swapping for credit a lot because IMO the curation has gone downhill. I used to grab every Classics and now I feel like it's just a bunch of jazz titles that I don't need. Plus I'm running out of shelf space and I want to be more selective in my purchases.

Sorry for the one-man therapy session, curious to hear how others are justifying the continued cost of this membership, or if they're not.
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Totally understandable. I took 8 months off for similar reasons (money, shelf space, Will I spin this RotM twice and then have it collect dust?). I didn't feel like I missed anything super needed. I just rejoined with SRV on a six month, but knowing that I was going to Swap for Credit every month and use the credit on the Impulse! Anthology, and just grab a few add on titles that I really wanted. (This month that's Strokes and Sly, and maybe McCoy Tyner, but again do I really need Trident? I have a couple of his other albums.)

I enjoy the VMP's curation, but there are a lot of records out there, and more coming every week, and I'm sure you also have lots on your shelves already to re-enjoy. I think the take a break and catch up on what you really want strategy is a good one.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I've been a member since 2016, and I think I'm finally done. I have two months left on my sub, and I was thinking about just swapping for credit the rest of the way, and then re-joining on the 6+3 deal to grab Sly, Willie Live, and ???, but I don't think there is any guarantee those will be included in the free choices, right? And to me the only way VMP makes economical sense is if you do a 12 month sub ($36/month) but then I would have to choose 8 free records and there is no way I can find 8 records that I want from them. I keep thinking, well, with 5 tracks now there will always be at least one record I want, but then in reality I end up swapping for credit a lot because IMO the curation has gone downhill. I used to grab every Classics and now I feel like it's just a bunch of jazz titles that I don't need. Plus I'm running out of shelf space and I want to be more selective in my purchases.

Sorry for the one-man therapy session, curious to hear how others are justifying the continued cost of this membership, or if they're not.
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It also seems like at this point with VMP being so saturated, and not really limited in scope, you can get most if not all of their releases on Discogs for close to the 12 month price as people unload them upon receipt. I still stay in the loop with what they release, but I'm with you in their curation not being worth the price of admission and the last thing I need is money sitting in their coiffeurs as I wait on something I actually want.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I've been a member since 2016, and I think I'm finally done. I have two months left on my sub, and I was thinking about just swapping for credit the rest of the way, and then re-joining on the 6+3 deal to grab Sly, Willie Live, and ???, but I don't think there is any guarantee those will be included in the free choices, right? And to me the only way VMP makes economical sense is if you do a 12 month sub ($36/month) but then I would have to choose 8 free records and there is no way I can find 8 records that I want from them. I keep thinking, well, with 5 tracks now there will always be at least one record I want, but then in reality I end up swapping for credit a lot because IMO the curation has gone downhill. I used to grab every Classics and now I feel like it's just a bunch of jazz titles that I don't need. Plus I'm running out of shelf space and I want to be more selective in my purchases.

Sorry for the one-man therapy session, curious to hear how others are justifying the continued cost of this membership, or if they're not.
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You can choose 8 albums you know you'll be able to sell for 15ish/album to a local to recoup the cost
 
Question for my internationals.

I have just had an email to say that I owe £50 in customs fees before they release the parcel to me. I suspect its VMP (as SADDLE CREEK LOGISTICS SVCS is the name given) and I suspect its the Tribe Anthology box set that I ordered.

I've never had to pay customs in my 6-years of membership, so my question is whether this is something that should have been picked up at VMP's end or if I do indeed have to pay it?
 
Selaws said:
Question for my internationals.

I have just had an email to say that I owe £50 in customs fees before they release the parcel to me. I suspect its VMP (as SADDLE CREEK LOGISTICS SVCS is the name given) and I suspect its the Tribe Anthology box set that I ordered.

I've never had to pay customs in my 6-years of membership, so my question is whether this is something that should have been picked up at VMP's end or if I do indeed have to pay it?
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Did your invoice from VMP include UK VAT itemised and does it have their UK registration number for paying VAT? If it does then you should be able to use that as proof for customs of UK VAT paid. If it doesn’t you owe the fees.

There’s been a bit of a thing with VMP in Europe where VAT and customs was due but it wasn’t always being picked up by postal providers, even though it was due. They were forced by law to register for EU VAT to sell into the EU last year and our prices have gone up hugely because of the extra VAT charge being taken at source which previously we were getting away with because of lax postal services. By law we should have paid it on every package that ever came in.
 
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