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Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Tails Back in the early days of COVID, I got a tip that this was a possibility, but all info has gone cold. The source was pretty reliable (one which lead to the release of The Presidents of the United States of America’s S/T Kickstarter reissue). The original (and...

Tracy Chapman’s S/T needs a reissue/remaster. I’m kicking myself for the many, many, times I passed up great condition copies in the wild for like $20. The cheapest copy on discogs based in the US at VG+ (media) is $55 + shipping. And they should press New Beginning while they’re at it. Never...

Goose - Alive and Well If you’re into jam band music in the slightest, give this compilation and some of their Bandcamp a listen. Next big thing on the jam scene, IMO. Caught my first show last weekend and they were insanely good. Right up there with some of the Phish 3.0 era shows I’ve seen.

It definitely doesn't look like the mock-up, but I do like it. That said, the sound quality is a bit iffy. Mastering is nothing fantastic, and I have some non-fill distortion throughout. There's also a dish warp. Kinda bummed, because I love the album and music on it.

I've also done an A/B on the MoFi Blues for Allah vs the Rhino single LP that was in the Dead Record Store Day studio box a few years ago: www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/epm8wm/listen_to_the_music_play_photos_review/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

So now they're saying the price increase is to hire more Customer Service reps and reduce ship time? Tha fuck? 🤣

And this is the scary part for VMP on something like this: Let's assume they still have the free slipmat offer up because 3,000 units have not yet been purchased. Assume average selling price of ~$425 (assume 50% who purchased had the $50 coupon). If they've sold 2,999 copies, that's $1.275M in...

My guess is it's the same remaster as what was used when Wildflowers was included in the "Complete Studio Albums Vol. 2" box set. Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman (and it is supposedly AAA). This is going to sound very good.

Which is why it would have been real nice for VMP to have whoever writes the descriptions actually do their job. That description is lazy as hell and basically say the quiet part out loud: "you'll buy this without thinking, because our FOMO works. Have a good one!"

Still curious why they'd move away from Ortofon on the US models

Looks like it's just NA. Sumiko Rainier will come on the US iterations. They had used the Ortofon 2M line previously.

This looks really nice. Interesting they ditched the Ortofon carts.

Very. Meaty. Pizza.

I'm still stunned by how much some of the Beatles 2014 Mono titles go for. On one hand, I get it - the quality is top notch and they are technically OOS now. But the press counts on them are likely north of 20K - just damn impressive how much demand there was for these. I lucked out and snagged...

Where are these people getting things "fast as possible"? I just received 3 records, in 3 separate boxes, packaged on the same day and deliverd across different days; these were records that were supposed to ship in July. It's the worst of both worlds. It's not that challenging, and you'd think...

Yup. At the end of the day, it's an album I've always wanted on vinyl, so I'll try not to complain too much. But it's priced as if it is a definitive release and it's anything but that. It's priced to be on par with Tidal - a 2LP at 45rpm (and though cut digitally by not-so-beloved Ted Jensen...

It's not that there's anything too terribly "bad". But it's a total let down. It comes off as just about as lazy of a release as any they've done. Everything is uninspired. The mastering is very meh. The pressing quality is iffy - and that's to be expected from Gz; you win some and you lose...

Oh...I have A LOT of thoughts about When The Pawn. I'm planning to write up a bit of a review post about it. The album "art" (lol) is the least of my gripes, honestly.

That's mostly due to blind belief that they can fix it and run a good business on their own; if only they had more money. At some point, they'll get an offer and their current set of investors are going to push hard to sell in order to get a return. I'm sure it's a disaster. But I think there's...