Shmily

I just thought it was odd that your big thing was about it was worth it because the higher quality of the pressing, then as soon as you found out the kranky release was on clear vinyl you said you wished you had just got that one instead. I don't really do much mail order except from kranky and drag city so I can't speak to other places, but the costs on kranky seem very fair to me, and I mean, it's a small label releasing mostly niche releases; they aren't swimming in seas of money so I just feel like haggling over a couple of dollars for shipping is something I wouldn't do, I'd rather them have it and put out more records. I know I'm screaming into the wilderness here, but the collector mentality sometimes just frustrates me so much. When I got this record in the mail and saw it was a clear vinyl I though "oh cool" but my friend here was irked/bothered/whatever. Also like when the latest ty segall record came out and some copies were red. If I had got a red one I would have though "oh cool" but there were people on here and the drag city facebook angry as hell saying "now I'll have to track one down, thanks a lot." Why would a record company do anything cool anymore when collectors are just gonna fuss at them when they don't get one? Folks, just listen to your records and enjoy the sound that they make. A lot of this has nothing to do with this thread, but I won't be posting anymore so I figured I'd get it in here. No hard feeling, friends.

God this thread is funny. Guy kept saying how much better the erased tapes version was going to be, it'll sound so much better, you should even get the black version on erased tapes instead of kranky, then when a cool little surprise happened and the kranky version is clear you were actually annoyed. You should be happy with your far Superior erased tapes pressing! (Except for The fact that your copy was damaged/doesn't sound great, which....is bitterly ironic). As for your sales advice I'm pretty sure this'll sell plenty no matter what. And to the other guy complaining about kranky not cutting a deal give me a break. They put out awesome records and offer them cheap as hell with shipping included! You gotta be kidding me. I don't mean to be harsh, we all enjoy the neo classical ambient tunes of a winged victory for the sullen, but c'mon chums