Yeah, it's true. Mac DeMarco isn't country! I won't put his name with country ever again! I promise! I just......wanted country music to be sexy because a lot of his music is sexy!For the last time, Max Demarco isn’t country!
Haha it was more the Max thing. He does kinda remind me of a country music busker with his out of tune guitar and his unkempt look. I love him for it though.Yeah, it's true. Mac DeMarco isn't country! I won't put his name with country ever again! I promise! I just......wanted country music to be sexy because a lot of his music is sexy!
Stop being so pessimistic Dukey!
That is quite optimistic given the fact that they have a track record of 0 for unearthing crate digger records outside of the labels mentioned. and frankly there is a reason that specialized labels are working on that. Finding and curating is not easy but maybe doable but than tracking down rights owners, clearing these rights, getting masters from long folded micro labels etc etc is tedious hard work that vmp could only manage if they invest in people that do that. in the past they have tried to shoulder gigantic projects like the anthologies with the people they have already on board leading to e.g. the extras on the anthologies being rather lackluster. And those were easy projects with established labels and well documented artists.Stop being so pessimistic Dukey!
If it is a Crate-Diggers' track we get, they will be great choices! They won't be Light In The Attic/Now Again/Mr. Bongo leftovers, trust me! VMP have already been working on the track and would have a strong line-up already! They would pick great records, like Orchestra Baobab/Ali Farka Touré!
I am more than onfident VMP will consistently deliver excellent ROTM picks for the Crate-Diggers ROTM track!
I feel so naive now! I feel like there's less of a chance of VMP doing a crate-diggers track then in 2021! You guys are both so right, VMP hasn't shown themselves to be the kind of company that can do exclusive Crate-Digger like exclusives on their own!
I feel so naive now! I feel like there's less of a chance of VMP doing a crate-diggers track then in 2021! You guys are both so right, VMP hasn't shown themselves to be the kind of company that can do exclusive Crate-Digger like exclusives on their own!
Frankly, they don't have to. there are great labels specialized in this. They are not even a label. Their a subscription service with sometimes stellar rotms. If they would work on fixing the problems they have I' d be back on board soon. But it seems they have all these guys dreaming about new cool projects that no one really likes to do the boring work that goes into fixing fulfillment, quality control, customer service, their store software etc.I feel so naive now! I feel like there's less of a chance of VMP doing a crate-diggers track then in 2021! You guys are both so right, VMP hasn't shown themselves to be the kind of company that can do exclusive Crate-Digger like exclusives on their own!
I think that would be good though so then more people are exposed to the music and it further supports those labels/artists too! As VMP is the biggest vinyl club, it will be huge for those artists/labels to get that exposure! Because ROTM's are huge! They're advertised on Instagram, and sell a lot! I'm definitely for it! And I think VMP will collaborate with a lot of different labels and will choose excellent albums and will give it that extra special treatment
They’re not going to pull stock for swaptions a whole month in advance.I thought I'd just do a random stock check on Shabaka & The Ancestors and it says there's only 40 left in stock. So that means VMP would've taken around 300 copies out, to put into the September Swaptions!
And maybe they did take some Whitney Houston out as well, to put into the September Swaptions too! Not sure about that though (especially as its been selling quite well in comparison to the Shabaka), but I am pretty certain Shabaka & The Ancestors will be in the next Swaptions!
Although the Swaptions weren't amazing for August (there were some nice surprises though - Sampa The Great, MF DOOM, Holy Hive, BBNG, Jason Isbell), I think the September Swaptions might be a bit better just with Shabaka & The Ancestors being in there!
I think VMP would do that! Why else is it down to 40 copies? Do you think it's because of all the replacements they had to send to everyone? And the warehouse did a stock count and VMP updated it?
Probably something like that, they ran an inventory check shortly before swaps opened to get accurate stock figures (it’s why Noname erroneously appeared in stock for a hot minute).
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LOW STOCK ALERT TIME!
Whitney Houston Boxset - 13 copies left
Christelle Bofale VMP Rising - 13 copies left
Loleatta Holloway - Cry to me - 25 copies left
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor - 8 copies left
Afro Peruvian Classics - 20 copies left
The Afro-Peruvian Classics is definitely going to sell out soon, as it dropped yesterday, and the Whitney Houston boxset won't last long either, as will the Local Natives!
Me and @Kyuuji love doing this for you guys!
@Skalap is the expert in this area! I love his passion for those more obscure/crate-digger labels! He turned me onto Analog Africa and I can confirm that the music put out by them is great and their pressings are great too!
I think that would be good though so then more people are exposed to the music and it further supports those labels/artists too! As VMP is the biggest vinyl club, it will be huge for those artists/labels to get that exposure! Because ROTM's are huge! They're advertised on Instagram, and sell a lot! I'm definitely for it! And I think VMP will collaborate with a lot of different labels and will choose excellent albums and will give it that extra special treatment
