Has anyone heard of http://vnyl.org/?
I think it was mentioned in a "terrible ideas" thread but it turns out that it is actually a great idea if you want to find a way to trick people into buying $1.50 worth of records for $25.00 (which I believe is the subscription cost).
http://www.stereogum.com/1801049/vnyl-sliding-why-the-netflix-for-vinyl-service-is-such-a-mess/franchises/essay/
Apparently no matter who you indicate as your favorite artists, they'll just send you a random three common 70s thrift shop records and then play dumb if that upsets you. They don't accept returns.
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:33 (three years ago) Permalink
http://www.recordstoreday.com/
― example (crüt), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:35 (three years ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/themattbates/status/594284588257579008/photo/1
― skip, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:40 (three years ago) Permalink
good lord
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:43 (three years ago) Permalink
http://www.shugarecords.com/
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:45 (three years ago) Permalink
http://www.better-records.com/dept.asp?dept_id=14-015-034
http://www.artvinyl.com/
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:56 (three years ago) Permalink
the second hand rack in the one Urban Outfitters store I've browsed was 98% dogshit and sold everything for £6 but I was happy enough with the Heavy Metal Kids LP I got for that price
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:57 (three years ago) Permalink
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:56 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the branch of (UK odds'n'ends austerity store) Home Bargains near my house sells 12" frames for £1.99 if anyone fancies displaying some LPs on their wall but isn't a profligate moron who thinks that £39 is good value for such a thing
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:02 (three years ago) Permalink
Seriously, how is this a thing?
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:12 (three years ago) Permalink
Which one?
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:20 (three years ago) Permalink
On my twittefeed I keep getting a "Get xx number of indie singles from new acts each month, pre-chosen for youx" subscription service.
I mean, why would I?
(I'd post the link, but it's not there at the mo)
I dare-say a bunch of you music writers would pay a monthly fee to not receive etc, but.
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:30 (three years ago) Permalink
the second hand rack in the one Urban Outfitters store I've browsed was 98% dogshit and sold everything for £6 but I was happy enough with the Heavy Metal Kids LP I got for that price― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:57 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:57 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If that's the one at Marble Arch, all the second-hand stuff has gone, leaving only the 180g represses..
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:32 (three years ago) Permalink
nah it was in Cardiff and yeah it's just moderately overpriced new stuff now so presumably such is the case with all their stores
― pull blart, maul cops (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:34 (three years ago) Permalink
This is more silly than scam, I guess, but ...
http://vinylmeplease.com/how-it-works/
"Custom cocktail pairing recipes"
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:37 (three years ago) Permalink
It's...pretty exclusive. Request your invite today.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:39 (three years ago) Permalink
Wow. This is so depressing.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:53 (three years ago) Permalink
need that custom youth lagoon record for $27
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:06 (three years ago) Permalink
lol these are all pretty great
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:11 (three years ago) Permalink
the VNYL scam is amazing, the robotic 500 days of summer tone of their con artistry is brilliant
― ceres, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:18 (three years ago) Permalink
http://www.homebargains.co.uk/products/10407-rock-it-records-12-album-sleeve-frame-case-of-12.aspx
"Our price: £23.88"
(for 12!)
we have those expensive frames in the office, filled with U2 and Bob Marley sleeves.
― koogs, Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:23 (three years ago) Permalink
That girl on the front page of VNYL. So excited! So naive! Such a perfectly sad thing! Ugh
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:03 (three years ago) Permalink
Not to mention the really poorly executed record-face meme thing with the fka twigs. Just.. no.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:05 (three years ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/ajakober/status/598701455080431616
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:10 (three years ago) Permalink
wasn't there a thread on ILM started by someone looking into setting up something like this a few months ago ?
had a revival a little after, but to little avail.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:14 (three years ago) Permalink
yes, there was
What are your thoughts on a new project I'm working on: Wax & Stamp - a vinyl subscription club (UK)
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:19 (three years ago) Permalink
WTF
https://twitter.com/gotvnyl/status/598911277952557057
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:19 (three years ago) Permalink
That is NOT Doug Martsch...
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:22 (three years ago) Permalink
Am I crazy here? Are they trying to trick people into thinking that's Doug Martsch, or did this dude trick them?
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:27 (three years ago) Permalink
maybe that guy's name is also doug martsch
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:38 (three years ago) Permalink
Parody account.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:51 (three years ago) Permalink
Real one's GETvinyl not got. Still sux.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:52 (three years ago) Permalink
any evidence that VNYL is actually a successful rip-off, or just a would-be rip-off?
it seems sort of tone-deaf to me.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:01 (three years ago) Permalink
Maybe it will inadvertently lead to a lounge/easy listening revival in a couple years.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:02 (three years ago) Permalink
Is there any evidence that anyone's gotten something besides thrift store garbage from VYNL?
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:36 (three years ago) Permalink
Nope. Even with the happy customers.
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:39 (three years ago) Permalink
I was replying quickly on my phone earlier, so my initial response was to the first one, but it truly is disheartening to see so many.
What happened to vinyl fans being diggers? I remember when I first got into vinyl, it was just instinctual to hit second hand stores. Has common sense gone out the window in order to make room for this renewed interest in vinyl?
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:54 (three years ago) Permalink
lol crut
― markers, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:55 (three years ago) Permalink
Hey, jefferson airplane is not garbage u dummies
― yeovil knievel (NickB), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:57 (three years ago) Permalink
as a new vinyl buyer i will say that i have been to many second-hand shops over the last 5 years and the selections - esp re what i'm looking for - tend to be really really bad. otoh if yr in the market for a jefferson airplane album this is a golden time to be alive.
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:58 (three years ago) Permalink
most of the good vinyl i've gotten have been donations from relatives, finding stuff on ebay, and -- eek - paying full price for some new reissue
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:59 (three years ago) Permalink
Airplane may not suck, but it is an easy, 25¢ thrift store find.
And yeah, genuinely *GREAT* stuff is not going to be found in thrift stores. But when everything's a quarter, you have to expect Cat Stevens, not Velvet Underground.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:03 (three years ago) Permalink
I guess burning n00bs will never get old.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:19 (three years ago) Permalink
dying at the stereogum VNYL story, had not heard of this amazing scam. i'm imagining someone having some kind of account difficulty, they can't turn it off, lost password, and every month three more England Dan & John Ford Coley LPs show up, with "#LazySunday" stickers on the front, because of their interest in Sleater-Kinney, Meat Beat Manifesto and Sun Ra. they run out of places to put them, local stores have them on the blacklist, city sanitation crews rip them out of the trash and hurl them back under their doors. and yet they keep coming. endless England Dan & John Ford Coley. eventually a fire starts and they die of poisonous vinyl fumes. all for only $25 a month --- thanks, kickstarter and #VYNL!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:19 (three years ago) Permalink
i've always wanted to buy a dog eared copies of Sesame Street's The Muppet Musicians of Bremen and a Perry Como compilation for 25 bucks
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:19 (three years ago) Permalink
the best part of the kickstarter economy part of the story is that nobody bothered to see if pay-for-records is legal, so it's now technically pay-for-whatever
the fact that they have no actual curation and it's just backstock and secondhand garbage is icing
― ultimate american sock (mh), Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:26 (three years ago) Permalink
Quoting the owner:
“It fucking sucks when we disappoint our members. We honestly feel incredibly sad when a member doesn’t like what we sent. That sucks for them and also for us. It’s like you just spent all this time planning out what you think is an awesome surprise gift idea for someone and then they can’t mask the look of disappointment when they open it up right in front of you. It’s completely deflating. Unfortunately, this comes with the territory of being a human curated service."
I imagine in the back of his mind he's thinking: "Nailed it! Just got to stay in character, then nobody can call us out! It's all subjective, I'll say. As long as enough r/vinyl or Urban Outfitters type kids keep subscribing we should be just fine."
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:27 (three years ago) Permalink
If this was mine I'd just buy the contents of a record store that is going out of business with the kickstarter money and pay someone to put four random records that aren't too beat up in an envelope monthly
that'd be like a half-dozen kids working minimum wage for a couple days per month maximum right?
― ultimate american sock (mh), Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:29 (three years ago) Permalink
https://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/images/a7/yourfavoritexmas3_firestone722.jpg
My #XmasVibes arrived! Nice clean copy. No flood damage!
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:31 (three years ago) Permalink
^Might be U.S.-centric
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:32 (three years ago) Permalink
Looks like a lifehack invented by someone that's running out of ideas for lifehacks.
― Evan, Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:54 (nine months ago) Permalink
S O A E S T H E T I C
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:24 (nine months ago) Permalink
I was actually legit wondering why they didn't hang them with the spines facing out, but then I realized that makes sense and this person is a total fucking lunatic.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:26 (nine months ago) Permalink
kinda cringing at what those clips are doing to the record jackets
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:12 (nine months ago) Permalink
any adult that has balloons up as a decorative feature needs to have a long hard think about where their life is heading.
― mark e, Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:22 (nine months ago) Permalink
They look like thrift store records, who cares?
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:26 (nine months ago) Permalink
Also I'm pretty sure those balloons have the logo of Mind, the mental health charity on them. So possibly actually a charity shop. I mean, I still think it's a terrible terrible idea, but...
― emil.y, Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:34 (nine months ago) Permalink
yeah this is a classic uk charity shop move, pretty sure I saw this in norwich or nottingham or some other place beginning with NO
― my old man’s a wasteman (NickB), Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:41 (nine months ago) Permalink
appropriately enough
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:44 (nine months ago) Permalink
gotta be honest, that's a lot better than how some thrift stores treat their LP section.
― omar little, Sunday, 10 June 2018 20:52 (nine months ago) Permalink
https://i.imgur.com/fVNbWOZ.jpg
― 龜, Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:09 (eight months ago) Permalink
Brutal
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 July 2018 12:54 (eight months ago) Permalink
this store has trouble with math
"i want 7 records."
"that'll be $56. but if you let us give you a dollar, we'll let you take 4 more records on the house."
"uh--"
"don't ask questions, pal."
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 1 July 2018 13:25 (eight months ago) Permalink
You can see some of the other treasures here https://www.yelp.com/biz/records-new-york-new-york
― 龜, Sunday, 1 July 2018 13:41 (eight months ago) Permalink
Specialties:
We sell second-hand vinyls.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:09 (eight months ago) Permalink
The fact that they are featuring ubiquitous dollar bin world champions Chuck Mangione and Joan Baez records in the window, and the fact that this store is in NYC, makes me think this is maybe some kind of elaborate art prank.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:10 (eight months ago) Permalink
all too real
― sleeve, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:12 (eight months ago) Permalink
"IT'S JUST A PRANK, BRO!"
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Sunday, 1 July 2018 17:00 (eight months ago) Permalink
makes me think the dump won't let them bring in any more albums and they have to get rid of them somehow
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 July 2018 08:04 (eight months ago) Permalink
Their website has a link for "records we have" which actually takes you to a Discogs page which shows just about all of those records selling for way less than $10 a piece elsewhere.
― Ex Slacker, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 01:43 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://watape.com/
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:28 (eight months ago) Permalink
good god
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 09:09 (eight months ago) Permalink
lol
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:10 (eight months ago) Permalink
that is straight-up insanity
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:40 (eight months ago) Permalink
years ago i recorded a band and we did the tracking on computer and at the end ran it through someone's reel to reel for a mastering pass to get the tape compression and sort of pre-master the song. its kind of a common technique.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:52 (eight months ago) Permalink
ripoff that they only send you a 16 bit CD quality WAV tho
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:53 (eight months ago) Permalink
legowelt does this for his own music with cassette. go to 16:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCxBVu1-sE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:08 (eight months ago) Permalink
yeah, people do this. I wonder how often they replace the tape, though.
― scopin' VARs (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:02 (eight months ago) Permalink
CD-quality seems scammy, though. Can't imagine people only or mostly do it as a final step. I guess it depends on pricing. Maybe it's fairly cheap and intended for home recordists. I'm sure Jack White has his own steam powered tape machine to use.
― Impossible Burgermeat. Unlikely Seitan. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:39 (eight months ago) Permalink
i did it with a VHS once. sounded really cool. that's some thick tape.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:41 (eight months ago) Permalink
dear god. the vinyl movie sdtk reissue industrial complex has found a new revenue stream. pic.twitter.com/ZPQNj9WUSA— Bruce Levenstein (@BruceLevenstein) July 12, 2018
― 龜, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:05 (eight months ago) Permalink
Oh man. That is fantastically tragic.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Friday, 13 July 2018 01:32 (eight months ago) Permalink
https://corporate.hallmark.com/news-article/hallmark-introduces-first-ever-vinyl-record-greeting-cards/
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:33 (six months ago) Permalink
It's just a reissue of a 45 with a godawful pun printed on the sleeve.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:20 (six months ago) Permalink
Brand new vinyl is one of this decade's biggest confidence tricks. pic.twitter.com/KXAPhZjBhQ— Billy Bell (@Billy_Bell99) September 16, 2018
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:20 (six months ago) Permalink
holy shiiiiiiiit
remember when vinyl was cheap? that was cool.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:28 (six months ago) Permalink
jeez
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:29 (six months ago) Permalink
my local thrift store is now pricing anything on Deutsche Grammophon for $3.99, it's the end times
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:30 (six months ago) Permalink
my wife comments: "is this his retirement plan or some shit like that?"
― sleeve, Sunday, 16 September 2018 15:31 (six months ago) Permalink
(re: McCartney)
But thanks to the economy of scale isn't vinyl much more expensive to produce?
― canary christ (stevie), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:40 (six months ago) Permalink
Than it used to be. I mean, obvs labels and stores are also trying to make £££s off the only music people actually pay for anymore.
It is, but small labels still manage to sell LPs for under £10 on much smaller pressings than Paul Mcfuckingcartney, so this is still a massive rip off
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:42 (six months ago) Permalink
I had dinner at Cracker Barrel last night, and in the shop they have a line of "exclusive" picture discs, including the Walk The Line soundtrack.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 September 2018 01:33 (six months ago) Permalink
Holy shit, I'm standing in a Movie Exchange (what CD Warehouse turned into) which carries used vinyl now. The one closer to me has a totally random selection stuff all priced at $3.99 a title, but this "Flagship" location has a bunch of popular titles at the hugest gouging prices I've ever seen.
For example, not one but two used 2003 reissues of Dark Side of The Moon for $69 apiece.
And as a further obscenity, a vintage copy of Songs In The Key Of Life with both records and the EP but no book and there's a full split bottom seam on the back cover could be yours for a cool $100!
I'm about to barf.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:14 (four months ago) Permalink
This price only available for the next 05:32 minutes!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:15 (four months ago) Permalink
jfc
― sleeve, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:21 (four months ago) Permalink
Actually, that’s not a terrible price for the 03 DSOTM. It’s pretty widely esteemed by the Hoffman nerds as being the closest you’ll get to an original pressing - and more likely to not be crackly. You can find em a bit cheaper on Discogs but not much - & likely by the time you factor in shipping... but that Key of Life price is donkulous.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 23:33 (four months ago) Permalink
Maybe the Stevie is a HOT STAMPER.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 November 2018 00:26 (four months ago) Permalink
it sure ain't the NICE PRICE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 November 2018 00:29 (four months ago) Permalink