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hatfieldpdx
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Sahel Sounds vinyl bundle - all 3 titles for $36 + shipping
Les Filles de Illighadad 'At Pioneer Works' LP
Mamman Sani 'Taaritt' LP
Etran de L'Aïr 'Agadez' LP
Les Filles de Illighadad 'At Pioneer Works' LP
Mamman Sani 'Taaritt' LP
Etran de L'Aïr 'Agadez' LP
avecigrec
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Sahel Sounds vinyl bundle - all 3 titles for $36 + shipping
Les Filles de Illighadad 'At Pioneer Works' LP
Mamman Sani 'Taaritt' LP
Etran de L'Aïr 'Agadez' LP
I haven't listened to the Mamman Sani but the other two are fantastic!
zdkaiser
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"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says, fool me once TMR and Verve By Request, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me --- you can't get fooled again."
HayesWeighsIn
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Are you insinuating that the left hand don't know what the right hand's doin??
HayesWeighsIn
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zdkaiser
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I'm insinuating that the Verve By Request series is not worth anyone's time. It is a shit series.
HayesWeighsIn
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Hahaha, was just pulling another quote from that guy from Texas!
Russ I
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Wasn't aware of that! Good to know. Thanks.
zdkaiser
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Great album selection, dont get me wrong. But, cheap, thin jackets. Generic white paper inner sleeves. Scuffed up and noisy vinyl pressings with ok mastering. Maybe my standards are too high from the Tone Poet and Acoustic Sounds series, even Blue Note Classics is waaaaaay better than the VBR. Anyways, I found it to be a disappointing series, from the few I've purchased.
HayesWeighsIn
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This is spot on across the board. I have two of them, both titles I really wanted. I'm not wowed at all. Haven't A/B'd from digital, but it is definitely not night and day.
Vinyl&Kicks86
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any opinions on the sound quality of AC - Ptah, The El Daoud, VBR series presssing?
avecigrec
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Not gonna blow your mind wide open, but to me it sounded better than my boot, which I passed along to a friend
avecigrec
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That said, IIRC there was someone on here who preferred the boot, so YMMV.
I have a very simple basic setup and am happy to have the titles I do have from the VBR series (about a half dozen now I think - a couple I grabbed on discount) rather than spend money I don't have on OG pressings. They're fine enough for me, but nicer setups likely turn up more flaws.
The jackets are obnoxiously flimsy though for sure. And the inners are awful.
it's so frustrating because the titles are amazing. but the execution is just. ugh.
acceptable if you have no other options. I had a boot, which I pif'd here. I also got the VBR, which I also PIF'd here. I'm dutifully waiting on the impulse vmp box.
Portland Sheriff
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My copy is quiet, and it sounds fine or better. Happy to have it on vinyl, and I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it again given the limited options. It’s the only VBR I have.
avecigrec
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Very much this.
Especially when I didn't think I'd be getting the VMP impulse! box. Now that I am I'm sure I'll pass it along when the time comes, but I'm happy to have it for now
MikeH
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Yea the 96/97CD is a much better listen
MikeH
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Good to know it works on preorders…