The Hello Nasty I picked up from AS is one of the most fantastic sounding hip hop albums in my collection.All I know is it sounds excellent and The Beastie Boys seem like people that respect the vinyl format.
The Hello Nasty I picked up from AS is one of the most fantastic sounding hip hop albums in my collection.All I know is it sounds excellent and The Beastie Boys seem like people that respect the vinyl format.
Well it does say "faithfully restored"Not sure. The Hype doesn’t specify…
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All I know is it sounds excellent and The Beastie Boys seem like people that respect the vinyl format. The VMP version might sound as good but I would be surprised if it surpasses it.
Same. Also in for Dilla, Miles and Yusef.Alright, I’m in for all three Essentials. These details are pretty great and all three albums are great. I already have Blonde on Blonde but it isn’t AAA
From a macro standpoint these are excellent choices from a Micro (me, personally) standpoint these are unnecessary and not better than what I already have.
On that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.
Sleater-Kinney maybe? That album certainly would be reason enough for them to swear off ever doing a new release for Essentials ever again.On that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.
I think Caroline Rose back in 2020. Not a bad album actually either, but not worth the price of a subscription IMOOn that note, when was the last time they did a new release as an essential? Sure they caught a ton of slack for that (especially after the Essentials re-branding), but I always thought it was a wonderfully ballsy thing to do even if I did swap a few of them.
Yeah, that and Caroline Rose did not go over well if I recall. From a quick bit of sleuthing, it seems Rose was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of new release essentials.Sleater-Kinney maybe? That album certainly would be reason enough for them to swear off ever doing a new release for Essentials ever again.
Yeah, that and Caroline Rose did not go over well if I recall. From a quick bit of sleuthing, it seems Rose was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of new release essentials.
Weren't some of those RotM before they started labeling the sub "Essentials"?Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.
Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.Weren't some of those RotM before they started labeling the sub "Essentials"?
Regardless, I like to think of the "essential" aspect of the Morby record as its being produced by Richard Swift.
I believe Sleater-Kinney was as well. I could be wrong about that.Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.
Yeah, now that I think of it, Rose might've been the only one released after the Essentials rebranding. So others were probably just labeled AOM, and therefore a little easier to justify.
Yeah, seems like there was quite a bit of "essential artist but not an essential album" chatter about that one now that we're talking about it.I believe Sleater-Kinney was as well. I could be wrong about that.
I listen to Tennis and Morby more than I do Nebraska or Blonde on Blonde.Yeah, I already have the box sets of Springsteen and Dylan, so it's not exactly "lost sounds found", but I'm still impressed with these picks. They've come a long way since Tennis and ole Dead Eyes, Kevin Morby.
I think Moses was pre-Essentials label... but, yeah, that's a great record! That St. Vincent record was a new release RotM, too.Mitski was too. That was a good one.
Pretty sure Moses Sumney as well and that’s a monster album.
Mitski was too. That was a good one.
Pretty sure Moses Sumney as well and that’s a monster album.