ah that makes sense, yes that's more common in the US
― sleeve, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
I'm in Tottenham too, the Turpike Lane/West Green end!
Ah fab! I'm near Philip Lane! And didn't know Dorian was behind that store - must give it a look!
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 10:07 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKWtZnJvPL4
he took the thing from this and put bluetooth capability in it lol
― ใ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ก ๐ ๐ ๐ๅฝก (Austin), Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
also yes i watch shark tank sorry
I've got a RZA-branded one of those from when he put the Bobby Digital album out
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
https://images.eil.com/large_image/RZA_BOBBY%2BDIGITAL%2BIN%2BSTEREO-313855.jpg]
lol nice never knew about those. definitely knew about the vinyl killer brand in the late 90s, as i worked in a dj shop and we always kept a couple stocked as a novelty.
― ใ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ก ๐ ๐ ๐ๅฝก (Austin), Thursday, 24 November 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
Ha. Apparently that was shot in 2017. I remember this 2018 Techmoan review.
It's still being sold. Wonder how successful it's been. There are a surprising number of content mill "shark tank update" junk sites.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 25 November 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
collecting anything is probably a bad idea
― โCheeky cheeky!โ she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
also we're only a few years out from the CD revival where specialist pop up retailers will offer newly ground down/scratch free pristine discs in flawless jewel boxes in new shrink wrap. "High Fidelity Digital" to play on the wall mounted bluetooth enabled gadget that tops every gen z xmas list
― โCheeky cheeky!โ she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 December 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
well in that case, yes i do have all of the miles davis columbia box sets* and they can be yours for a lot of money. idk six, seven figures at least. make an offer.
*yes the metal box editions, where available. wtf kinda scam do you think this is? i'm not trying to rip anyone off here.
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
i saw this the other night and was wondering why people were waiting in line to check out all the godawful thrift store records, assumed it had to be some sort of speakeasy popup http://throughtherecordshop.com/
― diamonddave85๏ปฟ (diamonddave85), Friday, 27 January 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
i would go hang out there. bring my own cigarettes and booze and then get all indignant as i tell them i have no money; condescendingly requesting "waltz for debby" the whole time.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Friday, 27 January 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
"NO, NOT THE QUINTET VERSION. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE IT, DO YOU??!!?"
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Friday, 27 January 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
didnโt we do jazz cafes recently? On the audiophile thread?
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Friday, 27 January 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link
Coming back full circle on this thread, VNYL is all over my X feed these past few days. Jason Gore from Best Show is on a tear after discovering how big of a rip off these guys are (sending absolute shit albums and auto-charging each month without sending any records at all) and has been calling them out on X - resulting in both the company account and the CEO straight up blocking him.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 20:23 (seven months ago) link
will never forget how i criticized VNYL on instagram and the owner very creepily followed me
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 20:28 (seven months ago) link
VIVNL really do have a terrible attitude/business model. Theyโre the only store I know that goes out of their way to click like on tweets that badmouth other record stores. Straight up goofy, nothing better to do, behavior. How do they still exist?
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 20:48 (seven months ago) link
*VNYL obviously
I was harsh on vinyl me please upthread when they started, probably just unfairly associating their early model with how VNYL was run. But they seem to generally do a pretty good job right? I'm still not into the subscription model for this kind of thing, but a couple good friends of mine are pretty pleased with what they offer.
As far as VNYL, I think they pivoted pretty quickly from their early thrift store scraps model and into record label castoffs, and they take advantage of people's ignorance as far as music on vinyl goes. I still think that's their market.
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 21:13 (seven months ago) link
yeah VMP is solid, I even own a few
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 21:15 (seven months ago) link
(bought second hand, not gonna subscribe)
the name โvinyl me, pleaseโ is horrible + some of the marketing patter has weird menโs magazine โart of manlinessโ vibes. But yeah, their reissues are good, afaik, seems like they pay attention to making a good quality product.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 21:37 (seven months ago) link
yea I hate the name of the company but the two pressings I have from them are really great, packaging and all
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 21:42 (seven months ago) link
They do a nice job. The vinyl is nice. The heavy tip on jackets are super duper nice.
I did a mini subscription when the releases aligned with a few I wanted that were otherwise really hard to get or expensive, but I wouldn't do it all the time. Theres been a couple I've missed, and wish I hadn't as on the secondhand market they got really expensive.
I guess I'm not really a fan of the hype beast vinyl market.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Thursday, 28 September 2023 05:02 (seven months ago) link
I'd subscribe if I was in the US and had more $$$s - I roll my eyes at a lot of what they press up, and their box sets have been very overpriced and kind of baffling ("Here's 8 or so random Herbie Hancock records, $500 pls"), and I find the sleevenotes often unedifying and the patter in the copywriting aggravating. But their pressings are good, they care about the final product, and they often are repressing things that I'd like to own. They put Buhloone Mindstate back in print a good few years before the DLS reissues earlier this year (sadly both reissues were only 1LP and missing a bunch of tracks, but whaddya gonna do), and I just picked up a second hand copy of their reissue of Kamaal The Abstract, which looks and sounds lovely.
― Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass. Put that in your book (stevie), Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:16 (seven months ago) link
I have a Lee Scratch Perry one and a Jorge Ben one, both excellent and stupidly expensive as OGs
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 28 September 2023 14:39 (seven months ago) link
I didn't know they'd pressed up Africa Brasil. I may have to hunt that down...
― Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass. Put that in your book (stevie), Thursday, 28 September 2023 14:41 (seven months ago) link
okay how much are they paying you guys...
― scott seward, Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:03 (seven months ago) link
lol
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:09 (seven months ago) link
Still not enough to afford their postage to the UK!
― Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass. Put that in your book (stevie), Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:14 (seven months ago) link
also re: VNYL, i'll never forget chaki's invaluable investigative reporter visit to the store. god, what a dire company. i'm surprised there's anyone active at that company to block Jason Gore on twitter, their instagram and Facebook have been dormant for a long, long time.
― omar little, Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:39 (seven months ago) link
Dank Deals and other super bodacious offers to take advantage of before time runs out
― Evan, Thursday, 28 September 2023 15:40 (seven months ago) link
haha yes the whole discovery of the VYNL model was a great ILM moment and Chaki's video the cherry on top
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 28 September 2023 17:54 (seven months ago) link
"Vibe system?!!"
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 September 2023 02:17 (seven months ago) link
I actually like the sound of this, if not the name...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/18/uk-vinyl-hotel-vinyl-pimp-hackney-london
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:49 (five months ago) link
God, awful name.
― houdini said, Sunday, 19 November 2023 17:45 (five months ago) link
Depending on his pricing and overall temperament might be accurate
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Sunday, 19 November 2023 17:59 (five months ago) link
He is described as a "serial entrepreneur"
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 19 November 2023 18:00 (five months ago) link
the idea sounds fun. honestly hard to get past the name.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 20 November 2023 15:41 (five months ago) link
foul name
― budo jeru, Monday, 20 November 2023 17:09 (five months ago) link
I'd be nervous about finding enough vinyl to meet the quota that I'd actually want but I guess it must really be a treasure trove...?
― Evan, Monday, 20 November 2023 18:06 (five months ago) link
nope, nothin but lawrence welk and feels so good, far as the eye can see
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Monday, 20 November 2023 18:19 (five months ago) link
Bed N' Buyer's remorse
― Evan, Monday, 20 November 2023 18:37 (five months ago) link
they're a long established discogs seller with about 10k records listed. prices are not bad for london:
https://www.discogs.com/seller/Vinyl.Pimp.London/profile
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2023 19:33 (five months ago) link
i first encountered them through the record sweep series on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS53xtCgzRE
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2023 19:35 (five months ago) link
most expensive thing they have from my wantlist is an original white label of this for ยฃ85 (which is way more than i'd want to spend on it, but call that one the cost of the hotel for the night i guess):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv8fS3Nt1S8
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2023 20:00 (five months ago) link
only 2 from my wantlist. guess I'm not staying there
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 20 November 2023 20:27 (five months ago) link
tbf that's hardly the point of digging
― budo jeru, Monday, 20 November 2023 20:35 (five months ago) link
it is indicative of whether or not they cater for your tastes though. they are dance music specialists really, they mostly get stock through buying dj collections iirc
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2023 20:43 (five months ago) link
skot was saying on the record store thread that his brother used to do overnight lock-ins at his store, so it's not a new idea, apart from the bit about giving people a bed
― blazin' squab (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2023 20:45 (five months ago) link