hatfieldpdx
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FWIW, the VMP is also a tip-on jacket.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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walkingdogs
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Same case for me concerning the 20% off email. I'm just glad I jumped on joining that track on time for the one month to get it.
Portland Sheriff
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Normally, I want the RKS master. That’s the only thing giving me pause.
NewsFedora
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The VMP will also be pressed at Furnace. Not sure where the 1LP is being done, but Furnace is solid.
seeing as its not promoted as a bonus thing its probably gonna be pressed at furnace for both.. but I can ask the discord if the pressing plant is the same
MikeH
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Curious who cut the generic release...but it seems like RKS cut is exclusive to VMP. This could very well be similar to the David Gray - White Ladder VMP situation where the VMP is substantially better sounding than the generic 33 cut. If RKS did the 33 too then I'd go 33.
Portland Sheriff
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Brb going to spin my David Gray, that one was a vast improvement over the standard. The standard was rather disappointing if I remember correctly.
Edit: just saw @Portland Sheriff comment, forget I said anything at all
MikeH
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for what its worth, i have a feeling it will stay in stock for a bit. but if someone sees it's going low stock....please let me know.
MikeH
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yea. everybody was convinced that the VMP one wasn't 45 and that storf and co were lying and it was just a color variant. but it ended up sounding real good. IIRC the generic 33 suffered from distortion on a few tracks
avecigrec
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I have NO doubt the RKS 2x45 Shabaka will sound fantastic — I just don't want to spend $66.50 on it, after translation.
roffle24
Member
The first thing they have in the short description after "VMP-exclusive edition" is, "mastered for vinyl by Ryan K. Smith". Either they are exploiting the lack of pressing details of the 33, or the 45 is the only RKS cut.
I understand 45 should technically sound better, but enough to warrant an "exclusive pressing" if both the 33 and 45 are RKS?
MikeH
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VMP isn’t involved in the 33 so not sure if they’d know one way or another who cut that one. I don’t think that description is misleading or exploitative. because they do seem to have the only 2x45 pressing which makes it exclusive. I’ll try to do some digging to see who’s cutting the 33. The VMP Honky Chateau was also a different cut than the generic release and there are a few other cases where VMP’s cut was different to wide release.
If they are both RKS, I’d personally go for the 33. Mostly because I’m lazy. if only VMP is RKS (which wouldn’t surprise me) then I’d probably go with the VMP.
MikeH
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I’m amped on the lineup of musicians on the Shabaka and it’s cool he recorded a lot of it at RVG’s studio.
roffle24
Member
Agreed. I'm just wondering if they're flexing the RKS mastering because there is a lack of details available for the 33. You'd also think that if the 33 is RKS that they'd advertise that in some fashion.
roffle24
Member
In like 2019 Storf told us no ROTM's would ever be pressed again.
I'm not salty about this at all or holding onto it as a bold faced lie.
I'm not salty about this at all or holding onto it as a bold faced lie.
There was time before that where in emails VMP said that no record in there store would ever be more than something like $20.
TrainFan73
Frothy
And that nothing sold in the store would ever be an ROTM.
hatfieldpdx
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I remember Cam coming on to one of these forums and boldly declaring that add-on tracks would *never* cost more than $23.
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