Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop
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NewsFedora
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This is where I'm at, too.
NewsFedora
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Just dropping this here because I'm inevitably gonna forget, but Storf confirms O.C.'s Word...Life is set to be a ROTM... in 2024 for the album's 30th anniversary.
LordKel
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Man, I hope so!
TCell
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So I just relapsed and rejoined VMP (for Freddie Roach) and would like to upgrade my crappy 75th Anniversary copy of Shades of Blue. Just to be clear:
BN Classics: Mastered by Kevin Gray, Pressed at Optimal, Black Vinyl, Gatefold* (Promo photo looks like it), $38 MSRP, Ships June 15th
VMP: Mastered by Cicely Balston, Pressed at GZ, Coloured Vinyl, Widespine* (At least the promo photo looks like it), $36 as an add-on, Ships in Early-mid June.
I'm leaning heavily toward the BN Classics, but am I missing something?
roffle24
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walkingdogs
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HHV/90stapes just recently put out a reissue of this, so I think it's possible you'll see other US hip-hop outlets drop their own copies too.
TCell
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I don't know, I keep flip flopping. I'm leaning BN classics, but that's more because in my opinion Optimal/Gatefold/Black is better than GZ/Widespine/Coloured vinyl, but Idk. I might wait and see if someone A/Bs them to compare before I decide.
I know the 75th Anniversary Edition is the worst. Guaranteed. I went through two copies. Mastering was fine, but absolute garbage pressings both.
Yeah I mean I'm spinning the MOV limited edition press right now and it's a near perfect press by Record Industry, good size stage, sounds like a sampled hip hop beats album, which it is. Great low end, nice separation, pressed from the OG metal parts. I guess I could see how KPG could maybe clean up the clarity on the samples, but like, they're samples, they aren't supposed to sound like you're listening to a live jazz record. There's natural vinyl noise all over it, pops and clicks, but they're a part of the recording, the press is dead quiet. I dunno, I'm sure the KPG will be a good master but for me the MOV sounds just right and it bangs.
If I had to pick one, I'd go with MOV or BN Classics.
Plumcrazyfx
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The MOV is flat as a pancake and has zero noise that's not from the samples. Madlib now mainly produces on an iPad (don't know what he was using back then) but probably digital so no big deal about AAA. I usually end up sending 50% of BNC back for pressing flaws lately, so there's that.
Murfocakes
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Got an email to join for this madlib record. Not for any of the others. Think this one ain’t shifting like they thought. Coming to bonus album next month me thinks
Really bad timing with the BN Classics out for half the price.
Vinyl&Kicks86
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where are the BN classics titles available for 1/2 price?
avecigrec
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Lee Newman
Frothy
I mean, it's not though...
Retail is 37.98
Madlib - Shades of Blue 2LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
The sound of Blue Note Records has been embedded in hip-hop since the music’s early days with artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, J Dilla, Beastie Boys, and more mining Blue Note’s rich catalog for inspiration and sampling from tracks by Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Lonnie Smith, and...
store.bluenote.com
avecigrec
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I mean, it's not though...
Retail is 37.98
Madlib - Shades of Blue 2LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
The sound of Blue Note Records has been embedded in hip-hop since the music’s early days with artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, J Dilla, Beastie Boys, and more mining Blue Note’s rich catalog for inspiration and sampling from tracks by Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Lonnie Smith, and...
OOoof. $60.99 over here. Damn.
Kind of why I went with VMP on this one. Shipping is murder, then likely to be hit with duties on top of it. There's a good chance it will show up in locals, but figured I know I'm going to snag it this way. Took a gamble on the six months with the three bonus albums to ease the sting.
Yeah, FOMO may have won this round I admit, but I'm hoping for a good string of at least one album from the tracks being great.
avecigrec
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Yeah $60.99 is at one of my semi-locals (Vancouver, rather than Victoria, but I have friends who travel over often, so I can avoid paying shipping and just have to typically wait a little bit longer.) Brutal.