It'd be wise to email them asking for their stocks before placing any orders. That's the first thing I did after I saw a vinyl I was looking for everywhere ('Lali Puna's Scary world theory') and that was supposedly available on Forced Exposure. Then I learnt they don't have any 'out of stock' Lps over there.
Prolly you should ask for a refund on those 9 Lps.
― Moka, Monday, 17 November 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
FE usually tells you they can't get what you want and offers to send what they can get. You shouldn't get charged for anything that's not in stock. I would tell them to just send what they have and ask if they can notify you on any of the other stuff if it happens to become available (and I would not be optimistic).
― funky president (call all destroyer), Monday, 17 November 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, I emailed them, and told them to hold it for about 3 weeks and then send my order but replacing the not in stock items with a bunch of other stuff that's definitely in stock. They shouldn't be charging me for those 9, unless somehow they all come in in the next while, but that's unfortunately doubtful.
It's disappointing though, because out of nowhere I suddenly had access to all these gems I missed out on and have been kicking myself since. You can't just play with someones emotions like that!
― Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Monday, 17 November 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
that happened to me all the time--seeing stuff in stores, passing it up because it's on order at FE, never materializes. they need some kind of 'in-stock/remaining copies' thing on their website!
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 17 November 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Might as well bump thread. Anyone happens to know where can I get the LP version of "bavarian fruit bread" by Hope Sandoval?
― Moka, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I might know where, do you have an e-mail?
― cozwn, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
motelmoka(at)gmail.com
― Moka, Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Hello fellows.
The web-store for Academy Records NYC is now up & working. The catalog is limited to about 300 items right now, but we're adding things every day. You can check it out & browse by genre (also searchable!) at www.academyannex.com
The catalog is all vinyl. Sorry for the self-promotion, but I've spent the last few weeks getting this shit together and am pretty psyched that it's operational.
xoxoIJ
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
King Tubby : African Love DubClocktower reissue
Price: $110.00
Wau! I will sell my copy for $100
― mizzell, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
hey ian nice job on that!
― Burt_ in the disco! Hongro blessed DJ! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
cool ian i will check that out.
btw. i have had a falling out with a certain local record store.
i will be pretty covered on most stuff, jazz, classic rock, folk, more mainstream indie stuff...however, is there any good place online to order new LPs...um...like say something like Blank Dogs or bands in that general realm?
any advice would be appreciated. thanks
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
M@tt, this is bad news because now that my record player is back up and running, i was going to ask you where you were buying stuff.
― Burt_ in the disco! Hongro blessed DJ! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
oops lol that's a typo. (re: king tubby)
matt we carry lots of blank dogs & related marchandise, though none of it is on the website yet. e-mail yer wants to academymailor✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ and me or arturo will take care of you.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
errr. academy mail order at gmail dot come no spaces.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
when I click on store, I get directions.
is it a wordpress blog? there's a great plugin you could use for audio samples that I use on the Acute site.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
― Burt_ in the disco! Hongro blessed DJ! (jjjusten), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:05 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i totally endorse roadrunner, eclipse, hymies, even electric fetus and cheap have a lot of stuff.
i am pretty much done w/tr33h0use so there's just a small niche of more obscure indie/punk stuff that sort of isn't covered by those places...
but most of the stuff you need you can get at the places i mentioned.
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
and honestly i shouldn't discourage you from shopping at a local business even though i just happen to personally hate the owner, tr33house is a good store.
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah it's a wordpress blog.
click on genres to get to the store--i dunno what's fucked up with the image map.
thank u guyss for helping me fix errors.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
actually, clicking on "Store" on firefox here seems to take me to the store's display of recently added items...
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
the two things up on your site look real intriguing ian : )
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
;_;
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
like, i know the "local labels" page currently sends you to the directions, but do you all really have trouble accessing the store? cuz if it's just me that it is working for then i will be needingk to fixing it.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
also dan if you ever want to come show me how to use sound sample plug-in i will trade you records or food for your time.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
hey ian the Mark Fry - Dreaming with Alice record is labeled Dreaming with Acid
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
lololol thanks, i'll fix gthat.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
― ian, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:38 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
dude i wasn't being a dick! i swear...i meant the abner jay and obfesa (sp?) LPs looked cool!
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
btw ian the site works fine for me (firefox PC)
― Burt_ in the disco! Hongro blessed DJ! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah looked fine here too, firefox on mac
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks dudes.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
no prob. ian, when I get a moment I can just email you the link. It's really easy, just a plug-in you install to wordpress, then when you're making a blog post, you just type a simple code and it does it all automatically.
check out the samples on this blog post:
http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=50
it's definitely a popular plug-in because I see it used elsewhere. You can use some basic coding to adjust it's look, for instance I made mine black and red to match the site. The "control-click to download" is just additional code from me, not part of the plug-in, and probably not something you'd need.
But to be able to have a record and a simple way to play an mp3 sample, this is the best.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/
― dan selzer, Thursday, 12 March 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome. thanks dan.
― ian, Thursday, 12 March 2009 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://wayneandwax.com/?p=4229
Buying vinyl in Morocco (and links to ethical issues re which vinyl gets reissued)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
does listening to music on the net count as vinyl
― mittens reduxeo, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Hilarious
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
no you
― mittens reduxeo, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
ethically-licensed high quality vinyl reissues of obscure Amazonian cumbia.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
tracks on that blog are sweet
― pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, $1 and 9 cents (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=34&v=GuCdsyCWmt8
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
I am imagining that narrator is Jared from Silicon Valley
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
About 41 million vinyl albums were sold in 2022, compared with about 33 million CDs, RIAA said in its year-end report released Thursday.The figures contributed to another banner year for the music industry. Sales of recorded music rose 6% to a record $15.9 billion last year...Revenue from vinyl records rose 17% to over $1.2 billion last year, the 16th straight year of growth for the format and nearly double what it was two years ago. Vinyl albums accounted for 71% of physical format revenue
The figures contributed to another banner year for the music industry. Sales of recorded music rose 6% to a record $15.9 billion last year...
Revenue from vinyl records rose 17% to over $1.2 billion last year, the 16th straight year of growth for the format and nearly double what it was two years ago. Vinyl albums accounted for 71% of physical format revenue
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 10 March 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
Wild development
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 11 March 2023 07:38 (one year ago) link
yeah but
https://public.tableau.com/static/images/U_/U_S_RecordedMusicSalesVolumesbyFormat_0/SalesVolumebyFormat/1_rss.png
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Saturday, 11 March 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
I read that vinyl sales were actually down if you correct for sales of mdnights
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Saturday, 11 March 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
I'd believe that
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Saturday, 11 March 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
So if I'm interpreting this correctly, the # of units went down but the revenue went up, so (and sorry if I'm being obvious) the conclusion is that vinyl prices went up significantly...? I'd believe that. I rarely see new vinyl under $20 nowadays. Mostly $23 to $33 (which seems crazy to me) for a single disc.
― ernestp, Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
yes it actually averages out to $30 per LP, I read elsewhere, which is just staggering to me
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
CDs in the nineties were regularly 15-18, which adjusted for inflation is in the $35+ zone. Do it’s not crazy but the issue is that nobody’s income has kept up with inflation. This post inspired by the bodega charging $10 for a 12 pack of lacroix.
― ian, Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
I think Universal (?) raised their vinyl pricing across the board, so naturally everyone else followed suit. 2LP releases routinely hang around the $40 mark now, if we're talking major label stuff (indies seem to have agreed on $30 as the mark to hit there).
I'm sure the costs actually have risen in some areas of the manufacturing process, but A LOT of that is bloat.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Wow, dang. Yeah, good point about inflation. I feel like it's even hard to find used vinyl under $15 except for: classical (which has always been generally inexpensive), jazz (except for Miles, Coltrane, etc.), and avant-garde that's off people's radar (e.g. not NWW list stuff). The best luck I've had lately is finding some great but lesser known $5-$8 jazz records (someone got rid of their Altschul collection! Score!).
― ernestp, Saturday, 11 March 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link