Melt Face Molly Drop
Well-Known Member
Agreed, though I would argue that their target demographic isn't looking for Bartz and Nina. For me, it does come down to "will I spin it", vs. it used to be "if I don't spin it, can I just resell it for at least what I paid." There's so much VMP crap floating around these days that I'm not sure that latter question is true. But as you said, if you get the year + bonus records then it somewhat ends up being a decent deal.Eh--yes and no. Obviously it's subjective but I've been waiting for any good label to reissue some of these albums in a good quality (Gary Bartz and Nina in particular). If you like any of these albums, you should be pretty happy with VMP reissuing them. The sound quality has really been pretty stellar ever since they have gone almost exclusively with RKS and Cicely cutting the ROTMs. GZ has mostly improved as well.
The curation is hit and miss as usual. I personally get maybe 1 ROTM each month at most, but at the current renewal price + bonus records + referral bonus I think it's completely worth it. I agree with ya that I don't get as hyped as some about these releases and I can't remember the last time I've gotten more than 2 ROTMs in any given month.
VMP exists to me as a grail label now, popping in for those can't miss records which used to be monthly, then quarterly, now maybe once a year.