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 (seven years ago) link
http://www.recordstoreday.com/
― example (crüt), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:35 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/themattbates/status/594284588257579008/photo/1
― skip, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:40 (seven years ago) link
good lord
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:43 (seven years ago) link
http://www.shugarecords.com/
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:45 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
― 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 (seven years ago) link
Seriously, how is this a thing?
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:12 (seven years ago) link
Which one?
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:20 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
It's...pretty exclusive. Request your invite today.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Wow. This is so depressing.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:53 (seven years ago) link
need that custom youth lagoon record for $27
― Mr. Murphy in the wine bar. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:06 (seven years ago) link
lol these are all pretty great
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:11 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ajakober/status/598701455080431616
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:10 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
WTF
https://twitter.com/gotvnyl/status/598911277952557057
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:19 (seven years ago) link
That is NOT Doug Martsch...
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:22 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
maybe that guy's name is also doug martsch
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Parody account.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Real one's GETvinyl not got. Still sux.
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:52 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
Nope. Even with the happy customers.
― Evan, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:39 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
lol crut
― markers, Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:55 (seven years ago) link
Hey, jefferson airplane is not garbage u dummies
― yeovil knievel (NickB), Thursday, 14 May 2015 19:57 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
I guess burning n00bs will never get old.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:19 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
^Might be U.S.-centric
― andrew m., Thursday, 14 May 2015 20:32 (seven years ago) link
I think I understand this as you pay money along with a group of strangers, for someone to buy a record, then this person gives you a rip of the record and this person keeps the record.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 14 November 2021 15:43 (seven months ago) link
But also there’s an option for the buyers to vote to sell after it’s been ripped?
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 14 November 2021 16:04 (seven months ago) link
back in my day we shared dope music with anyone who would listen 100% for free.
seems like another nightmarish way that the internet is monetizing what used to be organic human interaction.
i mean, neat idea to get otherwise obscure music "out there" but right up front there's a huge disclaimer about how it's for "TEACHING, RESEARCH, PRIVATE STUDY, AND REVIEW ONLY I SWEAR GUYS I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY" and i am as equally as horrified by it as i am enchanted.
thread delivers two days and running. very creepy "sunday in perfect suburbia" vibes, this last one.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Sunday, 14 November 2021 20:37 (seven months ago) link
ahh shucks, i got this one confused with Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil
but still, this is a really great one too.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Sunday, 14 November 2021 20:39 (seven months ago) link
that is some weird trapdoor backgroundo elitist ridiculousness! ever heard of YouTube? oh wait are these supposed to be like Dr Ebbetts quality?
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 November 2021 22:52 (seven months ago) link
iow, what austin said!
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 November 2021 22:53 (seven months ago) link
lads i just had lunch and i’m storing up a few big lossless rips myself
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 November 2021 14:04 (seven months ago) link
FLAC
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 November 2021 14:05 (seven months ago) link
This thread from Scat Records is, disheartening, to say the least.
We've been pressing records at RTI for 25 years. They're so backed up now that they won't accept *new* print deliveries for the last 3 months of 2021. Much of the print we've sent their way earlier this year is being stored outside.Time to take the hint. Open to suggestions.— Scat Records (@_ScatRecords) November 4, 2021
My distributor: "we've gone beyond pressing delays to systemic collapse"— Scat Records (@_ScatRecords) November 4, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 22:55 (seven months ago) link
related, on the trucking shortage:
https://jalopnik.com/greed-is-why-the-supply-chain-crisis-isnt-ending-veter-1848068966
― Communist Hockey Goblin (sleeve), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:17 (seven months ago) link
Is this rolling US economy into shitbin?
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:55 (seven months ago) link
Is this rolling US economy into shit cut-out bin?
Fixed
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 November 2021 00:04 (seven months ago) link
this is such bullshit, bring back CDs already
― brimstead, Friday, 19 November 2021 00:12 (seven months ago) link
just sell cds in the same sized jackets that vinyl came in, best of both worlds, no more backlogs
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 November 2021 01:12 (seven months ago) link
this is such bullshit, bring back CDs already― brimstead, Thursday, November 18, 2021 4:12 PM
― brimstead, Thursday, November 18, 2021 4:12 PM
BUT MY WARM AESTHETIC!
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Friday, 19 November 2021 03:38 (seven months ago) link
maybe VNYL can sell "smug, unearned superiority complexes" for a premium too if they run short on product
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Friday, 19 November 2021 03:40 (seven months ago) link
then what have i been paying for this whole time!!????!?
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Friday, 19 November 2021 04:02 (seven months ago) link
surely this isn't real
https://better-records.com/collections/new-arrivals
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 31 January 2022 17:28 (four months ago) link
Imagine paying $650 for Blind Faith.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:35 (four months ago) link
the FAQ teeters on the edge of being an actual store for the ludicrous Hot Stampers guy we were mocking this summer, and being an extremely knowing parody. the item descriptions feel overwhelmingly like the latter, so somehow sadly i think it's probably the former.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:37 (four months ago) link
What’s the difference between White Hot, Super Hot, and Nearly White Hot. Are these Goldmine standards.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:39 (four months ago) link
lol this is good.
"tell me you have more money than you need without telling me you have more money than you need"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:40 (four months ago) link
from the Jackson Browne description:
This one was bigger and bolder, with more Tubey Magical richness on Jackson's voice
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:40 (four months ago) link
"The most Tubey Magic, without which you have almost nothing. CDs give you clean and clear. Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes in 1978"
Pretty sure no one was using tube equipment in 1978.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:43 (four months ago) link
three hundred for supertramp!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:44 (four months ago) link
(i thought these might be nfts)
Wait, does this dork think all analogue recording was on tubes?
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 17:46 (four months ago) link
Hot Stamper FAQ answers written as if the jig is up, probably with the salesman mindset that coming off as brutally honest and self aware will build trust.
― Evan, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:01 (four months ago) link
$150 for the Doowackadoodlers!
IMAGINE THE PRICES FOR DOODLETOWN PIPERS ULTRAHOT STAMPERS!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:18 (four months ago) link
most of our clowning on Hot Stampers as a concept is in the Snake Oil thread. the discussion I was thinking of from last year starts here: Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:26 (four months ago) link
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
there is still tons of tube gear being used to this day
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:28 (four months ago) link
though a lot of it is being used on digital recordings which kinda defeats his point
but tube consoles are still used in studios all the time and were even more so in 78
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:30 (four months ago) link
Hot Stamper 'First Mention': Crazy Priced Vinyl On EBAY
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:31 (four months ago) link
lmao at the last sentence here
What makes you guys think you know it all?We definitely don’t know it all. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. If we knew it all we couldn't learn anything from the piles and piles of records we listen to every day. With practically every shootout we learn something new about our favorite records. That, more than anything else, is what makes the kind of tedious, time-consuming, mentally exhausting work we do fun. Case in point: a Columbia Pressing we played not long ago.
― frogbs, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:33 (four months ago) link
Self-XP And that post was about 'Better Records'!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:34 (four months ago) link
that paragraph from frogbs makes me feel attacked
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:49 (four months ago) link
though a lot of it is being used on digital recordings which kinda defeats his pointbut tube consoles are still used in studios all the time and were even more so in 78
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:14 (four months ago) link
https://vinylblade.com/productwon't this be a bit heavy and tricky to play at the right speed? i dunno about this
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:10 (two months ago) link
also, not vinyl:Vinyl Blade’s grooves are copper-clad steel, which may wear your stylus down faster than a normal record.and not really a saw:Do not use Vinyl Blade on a saw. It is not rated or intended for use as a functional saw blade. Attempting to use Vinyl Blade on a saw could result in serious injury or death.yup really got my doubts on this one
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:13 (two months ago) link
what could possibly go wrong
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:13 (two months ago) link
got to up the speed to play it right, just be very very careful
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 18:14 (two months ago) link
I was hoping there would be some disclaimer about having to disconnect your stereo every time you wanted to put this record on because with all of the metal bullshit it's made out of, you will get electrocuted if you touch it while everything's powered on. Just paying for the luxury of inconvenience at this point.
I'm just waiting for the tie-in where they start selling a subscription service for needle replacements. Because you just know some goober is going to SWEAR YOU GUYS THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN FIDELITY I MEAN IT, it will become a regular thing, and then this thread can finally merge with Awesome Audiophile Snake Oil and we can sit here and just be all like, "Yep."
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:20 (two months ago) link
NEEDLE ME, PLEASE
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:21 (two months ago) link
some goofy art thing... kinda can't wait to see what they sell for, tomorrow
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:28 (two months ago) link
The funniest thing about this is that its a Weeknd song. How is this not some metal band?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 8 April 2022 05:28 (two months ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/49/76/164976990c547d6d697ef98b555e4a69.jpg
― koogs, Friday, 8 April 2022 07:12 (two months ago) link
old school sunday: introducing the amazing compact disc.
really funny watching stuff like this now. SILICON CHIPS? SOUNDS FURPHY TO ME THERE, SHEILA.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Monday, 20 June 2022 04:24 (five days ago) link
i love that story, saw it on first broadcast on aus TV back in the day and have happily watched it through at least 3 times since it appeared on youtube - it's not just nostalgia, I think it's actually really well-made TV
have never quite lost that sense of the compact disc being a nifty modern invention, and the styling on those early players is ultra-tasty IMO
― the life of a rebo band is always intense (emsworth), Monday, 20 June 2022 04:53 (five days ago) link
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/the-james-brand-vmp-knife
$79 stainless steel artisan knife for opening records, with a handle inlay made from recycled vinyl from VMP pressings.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 June 2022 05:03 (five days ago) link
vmp doubling down.
(or is this tripling, quadrupling, or perhaps even more by now?)
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Monday, 20 June 2022 05:08 (five days ago) link