keylime_5
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It's a step down from the top line plants but I have a lot of records pressed there that don't sound bad at all.
Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop
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I agree, IF they don't have massive warps, or no fill, or that weird sparkly shit that causes crackle; they usually sound quite good. BUT, I find in general they have one of those issues about 40% of the time. Once you get a clean one they generally sound quite nice... it's the amount of copies you have to go through to get one that's the issue.
NewsFedora
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I’ve never had such consistently bad issues that I could tie it back to a specific pressing plant. People moan all the time about Gz but I can’t recall having any major issue with them.
keylime_5
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The only VMP release I've ever had to send back was my copy of The Soul of a Bell which was warped so badly. The rest have been super flat with no defects at all (except a couple ripped edges on a few, but that's another story). And I know people complain and complain a quality control of this company and their pressings. It's hit or miss any time you buy vinyl, especially online where it has to get shipped to you instead of buying it in store.
Well my friend, then you have been very lucky and I applaud your luck.
keylime_5
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The best sounding VMP releases I've gotten besides the AAA ones were pressed at GZ. Left My Blues in San Fransisco and Knock on Wood especially really are as good as you can want these things to sound for being hi-res.
keylime_5
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Apparently so. I read the boards here and on the old forum and on reddit and I'm afraid every month I'm about to get some of these crappy pressings or warped records but so far so good for the most part, and I have about 25-30 records from VMP so far.
I agree that the classics are almost always a cut above every other track, the lower pressing numbers likely help with that.
I'm actually really looking forward to getting raising hell it looks really nice & I've needed some Run Dmc in my collection for too long now but conversely I cant help but feel it's another weak pick for the R&HH sub, I know it seems hypocritical what I'm saying but those are my mixed feelings on it
dhodo
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To me it seems more like a good pick for a historical document than an album I actually want to play all the way through. Most rap pre-87/88 feels dated to me, especially full album length.I'm actually really looking forward to getting raising hell it looks really nice & I've needed some Run Dmc in my collection for too long now but conversely I cant help but feel it's another weak pick for the R&HH sub, I know it seems hypocritical what I'm saying but those are my mixed feelings on it
Yeah It's a very tick the box sort of choice I'd expect for a filler month throughout the year not December to finish off a year. It's been a long time since I've been wowed by a R&HH pick, I've liked and loved some picks but the last time I was properly psyched was maybe HBMS or Juvenile
dmoney
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mmm...food is my last record with VMP. gonna pause on the membership for a while.
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ThePakoBuelna
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NewsFedora
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Yeah that's definitely the VMP version. It's not the first time VMP has given the artist copies to sell directly. Hell that's the only way you can get the Still Woozy VMP exclusive at the moment.
Guess it really is time to get rid of mine, huh?
I´ve been critical of many Things vmp recently, but i actually think giving the Artist copies of rotms and exclusives to sell themselves and thus letting the Artist that created the music directly profit is a thing i do not mind at all
MadLucas
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Glad I copped my copy from her site when I did then. So good.