Vinyl Me Please Essentials

Indymisanthrope said:
More likely the other/real reason is that they can't get a deal with Tool. We know from years ago that they tried, more than once, back when Severan was still with the company. Granted, they were a lot less of a powerhouse entity back then, but still, my guess is that even now there are barriers that make it even easier to dismiss than if it was just a band that they don't like (which also seems to be the case).
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Of course the other thing I recall Severan saying around the same time was that VMP would be open to taking a slight loss on something like a 3LP AOTM if they thought they could do something really cool with it. I think that was in the context of a Downward Spiral discussion, if I remember right. Either way, I cannot imagine that being even a remotely true statement anymore, so maybe the "Severan said it 4 years ago" explanations are all equally relevant these days.
 
Crabbers said:
I'm assuming the website copy trick will work right now to find out for sure what the releases will be, but I'm lazy to give it a try:)
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Great minds think alike but apparently I have less to do. Soft Bulletin it is.


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The Soft Bulletin

This is an album you return to and hear differently as your own life moves forward and endings of every kind become all too real, a reminder that this flash of now is all we will ever have.
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Can't get Da Brat to work though.
 
chrb98 said:
I like Flaming Lips but have almost 0 knowledge of their vinyl doings and situations. What's the skinny on Soft Bulletin? Is it readily available on vinyl? What's the average going rate for it? Any clear consensus on the audio quality of the readily available qualities? Can we expect the VMP ROTM to be filled with any bodily fluids? (Flaming Lips Blood Vinyl: 10 Copies, $2500, Features Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Nick Cave, Chris Martin Blood)
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It is available a few places for $29.99, which is more than I paid for it a few years ago. Missing from some normal online retail like Bullmoose and Amazon though.
 
I sure hope they do something cool with Soft Bulletin. Maybe a bonus 7" with the Mokran mixes? A nice sturdy tip-on gatefold would be welcome. Not sure it needs a remaster, but the VMP Phoenix earlier this year was a big improvement over the readily available one, so who knows...

This is a huge favorite of mine - got into the Lips via Yoshimi right about when it was released, then picked up Soft Bulletin a few months later. I'd blast them on my hour long work commute through the New Mexico desert, to the first job I had after college, shortly after my first son was born. The bass on Spoonful Weighs a Ton would rattle the windows in that car. Very fond memories of this time, needless to say... ❤
 
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