Shady scams and other silly business ideas to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors

Do you love vinyl? Do you love t-shirts? We do too, and we are launching September 15th! Get a unique t-shirt from record stores around the world delivered to your mailbox monthly.

http://vinylshirtclub.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPfH_9MNXo&feature=youtu.be

great idea to wear two really hideous t-shirts to advertise their t-shirt business

still i appreciate that not everyone lives close to camden market, so good on them

it seems odd that there's not a single example of the shirts or logos.

What kind of dink would wear a shirt from a store they've never been to and have probably never even heard of?

Guys that go to record stores and want to seem cool. Marc Maron types.

Is this an extension of that company that does a dive bar tee subscription service?

All for people too proud to actually go to a thrift store for tees or vinyl.

How is the Record Store Logo Chosen?

The logos are chosen by the crack team of experts at the Vinyl Shirt Club. In other words, we know it when we see it.

it seems odd that there's not a single example of the shirts or logos.

It's to make you want them more.

Hmm... If it's not band/artist T-shirts, but record store logos on a T-shirt, then this business is wandering a few degrees of separation away from the essence of music itself. Not that that's bad. Music is so over.

There is a way to complete the circle, but it's not pretty:

http://s14.postimg.org/eg9if7d9t/vinyls.png

Possible business model right there. (Many apologies, of course, for calling them vinyls. It just felt right)

They are soliciting suggestions on Facebook. The four I checked looked terrible.

Which made me wonder what would make a nice t shirt. The hmv dog?

Rough trade is good. Sister ray is perhaps a bit simple. Maybe the defunkt aron's in LA, just AR in a circle.

Amoeba has a decent logo.

http://i.imgur.com/6jRXr78.jpg

Have these bozos actually got permission to use the logos of the record stores? Cuz, y'know, copyright.

For some, a vinyl record simply represents 30 minutes of incredible music

Have these people actually ever played a record?

No, but they saw some at Urban Outfitters once.

the Hairy Records logo would look nice on a t-shirt (RIP Hairy Records)

http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/5vYZsXzb_ezFA8xec4PpjQ/348s.jpg

its death throes as 'The Vinyl Emporium' less deserving of t-shirt beatification

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Untitled1-663x400.png

The Vinyl Shirt Club!

A shirt made of vinyl, who wouldn't want one

The Music Consortium's Vinyl Emporium is a Dr Seus, right?

unique t-shirt

i need to make more shirts. we sold a ton of them. and people still wear them. but i've been out of them forever. just black with our logo on the front.

http://johndoejunior.com/sign.JPG

https://lostcontinentbooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/john-doe-jr-books-and-records-exterior-1.jpg

I wish I'd bought one when they were still around. I'd wear the shit out of it.

i'm actually thinking of asking people who know how to make shirts to make me some. limited edition style. i always loved how the philly record exchange would get different artists they knew to make different shirts for them.

(or maybe not even people who know how to make shirts. just get people to come up with a design/art.)

cool looking store!

i can think of at least one great illustrator on ilx whose designs would look amazing on a shirt

My favorite t-shirt is a Justin Bartlett designed Aquarius Records one. It's a little worn down. :(

if you are in philly you should go to this. wish i could.

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/11990582_738285656318323_1465214365321780138_n.jpg?oh=3b8115526cf6c0d579167b9e6fa02084&oe=569ACA02

https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12011408_740889882724567_6942776905916401054_n.jpg?oh=76c1f9cd3bf2fee66f4a934164c10cda&oe=56619E2E

greg, who started the record exchange with my pal jacy 30 years ago, is now the president of the rock and roll hall of fame. which still seems crazy to me. he's a really nice guy.

https://rockhall.com/visit-the-museum/learn/staff-bios/greg-harris/

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/16/vinyl-records-club-subscriptions

Those who signed up in August got a limited edition gatefold of Wilco’s mid 90s album AM with a print by artist Ryder V Robison. In June, there was Hot Chip’s 2012 album In Our Heads and September sees Four Tet’s Pink released on vinyl for the first time with a 180 gram double LP ... If you’ve got broad musical tastes, disposable income and the desire to own something relatively unique, it’s a win.

not sure that liking three different indie bands counts as having broad musical taste tbh

I think there's a fair distance covered across the spectrum between wilco and four tet

probably a lot of Four Tet fans not interested in Wilco and vice versa but probably also a lot of "music fans" interested in both, they kind of fall in the "acclaimed" category?

things radiohead fans like

I was thinking "stuff Wire readers might say they like to relate to normalos"

LOL

ie. things Radiohead fans like.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Edit-Vinyl-823609547727620/timeline/
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I'm not a vinyl guy at all but this popped up in my facebook feed and it makes me IA.

The ad copy read "Build up the ultimate collection with records every vinyl collector should have"

what a fucking bullshit concept

"Here's my bottle of Chateau Lafitte Rothschild 1981, here's my Patek Philippe, oh, and this is an interesting piece, The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused"

"Thanks for feeding me good music on the regular, you take all the anxiety out of selecting what to buy next!"

— Steve

Jesus Christ, Steve. Record collecting might not be your thing.

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I did think the "Pastor of Muppets" line was funny.

but old

scott I would totally design a shirt for yr store

I'm not a vinyl guy at all but this [The Edit] popped up in my facebook feed and it makes me IA.

Irrationally Angry?

It's a pretty rational reason! This doesn't seem scammy like some of the other stuff itt, but it really embraces the idea of Smug Vinyl Culture... going even more smug, instead of trying a different message. Stickers with "you have excellent taste" in all caps. And the other one, "there's no accounting for excellent taste". (It feels like we're this close to a club announcing as a selling point "we are The Hipsters, follow us if you're a Hipster", if that hasn't happened already.)

We pack every record in a 3mil poly sleeve ‪#‎cuzwecare‬

Doesn't make me angry tho. Just disappointed. The service itself sounds harmless enough, if you like famous records and flattery. Does anyone know how much they overcharge?

Free trial, pffffft.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/couldyoudefine/IMG_4224_zps5akchhcr.jpg

http://theedit.replyyes.com/about

What a bunch of tools