Vinyl Me Please Anthology

jamieanderson1968 said:
The first Durutti Column record had sandpaper on the outside so it would destroy the records next to it on the shelf. Ian, amongst others, helped assemble the record package.
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Yes, while the rest of the band were watching porn in the other room. (I've been streaming the Transmissions podcast and that came up yesterday).
 
marshall said:
Sounds like Ian Curtis! He apparently did that at Factory Records on purpose to destroy records from other bands.
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To be fair it wasn’t his idea, it was Tony Wilson’s. And yeah it was “Return of the Durutti Column”.

He cribbed it from a situationist author whose idea was that it’d destroy all the shit books either side of it. Joy Division did agree to make it for extra money but the rest abandoned Ian to do it while they watched hardcore porn and drank cheap beer because he needed the money more having a wife and young kid.
 
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DJSJ said:
Lies! Blasphemy! Heathen!




I hope you're right though, im excited for it.
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I received an email from VMP saying it’s shipping in late May and to make sure my address is correct on my account no later than May 21st. So I’m assuming they’ll start shipping that last week of May. I’m excited too!
 
Joe Mac said:
To be fair it wasn’t his idea, it was Tony Wilson’s. And yeah it was “Return of the Durutti Column”.

He cribbed it from a situationist author whose idea was that it’d destroy all the shit books either side of it. Joy Division did agree to make it for extra money but the rest abandoned Ian to do it while they watched hardcore porn and drank cheap beer because he needed the money more having a wife and young kid.
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Thanks for the info! I was listening on podcast so I may have missed some of the finer details. The whole thing is kinda nuts. Very punk rock (post-punk) I guess.
 
I’ve resisted the Herbie box so far, but all the praise is def causing me to reconsider. What price have recent purchasers been able to get it for? I see $349 in cart & know there was a discount for previous Anthology purchasers or current members (I am both), but can’t find anything looking through old emails from when it was announced way back when.
 
oldjollymon said:
I’ve resisted the Herbie box so far, but all the praise is def causing me to reconsider. What price have recent purchasers been able to get it for? I see $349 in cart & know there was a discount for previous Anthology purchasers or current members (I am both), but can’t find anything looking through old emails from when it was announced way back when.
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On Monday my discount code no longer worked, so I forwarded CS the original email with my old discount code and they put $60 in credit in my account towards it.
 
TCell said:
On Monday my discount code no longer worked, so I forwarded CS the original email with my old discount code and they put $60 in credit in my account towards it.
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Right on, thx. I emailed CS asking re: it, but haven't heard back yet. Still kinda on the fence, though having a bangin' copy of Headhunters does sound nice...
 
Ghost said:
Herbie is officially on the way WOOOOO! Praying I get a clean box, I really, really dislike the regular VMP replacement roulette
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I got a shipping notice too! Really hoping it’s a clean set as well.

I’m probably most excited to listen to Headhunters. I can’t imagine it sounding better than the AP pressings, yet people here are claiming that it does. So stoked.
 
jfitzy said:
I got a shipping notice too! Really hoping it’s a clean set as well.

I’m probably most excited to listen to Headhunters. I can’t imagine it sounding better than the AP pressings, yet people here are claiming that it does. So stoked.
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Think I'm most excited about The Piano and 1 + 1, I get the sense those will creep up to become the most spun out of the boxset for me. That being said I'm beyond stoked to nab great pressings of Headhunters and Maiden Voyage as well. I currently have zero Herbie so its going to feel great crossing off those big ones with some end game copies will I work on scooping up the BN80s and TPs to fill out the collection. Now we just need an Empyrean Isles reissue.
 
Ghost said:
Think I'm most excited about The Piano and 1 + 1, I get the sense those will creep up to become the most spun out of the boxset for me. That being said I'm beyond stoked to nab great pressings of Headhunters and Maiden Voyage as well. I currently have zero Herbie so its going to feel great crossing off those big ones with some end game copies will I work on scooping up the BN80s and TPs to fill out the collection. Now we just need an Empyrean Isles reissue.
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Yeah I’m hoping Empyrean gets reissued as part of the Classics series BN is in the middle of.

If you don’t have any more Herbie, I highly recommend the BN80 pressing of Inventions and Dimensions. One of my favorites of his Blue Note catalogue outside of Maiden and Empyrean.
 
jfitzy said:
Yeah I’m hoping Empyrean gets reissued as part of the Classics series BN is in the middle of.

If you don’t have any more Herbie, I highly recommend the BN80 pressing of Inventions and Dimensions. One of my favorites of his Blue Note catalogue outside of Maiden and Empyrean.
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'My Point of View' is also essential! I never gave it a chance before the TP release but I am so glad I finally did.
 
TCell said:
On Monday my discount code no longer worked, so I forwarded CS the original email with my old discount code and they put $60 in credit in my account towards it.
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oldjollymon said:
Right on, thx. I emailed CS asking re: it, but haven't heard back yet. Still kinda on the fence, though having a bangin' copy of Headhunters does sound nice...
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Update on Herbie: CS basically told me "no more coupons"/"no help w/ store credit," so I guess I can be thankful they saved me 300 bucks....
 
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